Do you have a tea lover on your holiday shopping list? Connie from ReFabulous shows how you can make a pretty patchwork teapot trivet, with matching teacup-shaped coasters. She made them with pretty patchwork designs, but they’d also be nice … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s gathered skirt with interchangeable bow
Liz from Simple Simon & Co. shows how to make her Any Occasion Skirt for little girls. It’s a simple gathered skirt, but with a ribbon threaded through buttonholes stitched around the hem and tied into a pretty bow. You … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Pegboard hutch for sewing tools
I’m feeling a bit of sewign studio envy creeping on as I see the pictures of the pegboard hutch that Lina from Fancy Frugal Life has in her craft room. I use a pegboard to organize my sewing tools, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruched velveteen belt with gathered flower embellishment
Sew4Home shows how to make a fancy ruched velveteen belt, embellished with a large gathered flower. The statement belt may be just what you need to take a dress from plain to something suitable for a holiday party. You could … Read More...
Free pattern: Topsy-Turvy Rag Doll
va Monleón from Misako Mimoko guest blogs at Handmade Charlotte with a free pattern and tutorial for her Topsy-Turvy Rag Doll. It’s acutally two dolls in one. The gathered skirt hides a second doll head. You can flip the skirt … Read More...
Tutorial: Sweater pillow cover with envelope opening
Ahna from Easier Than I Thought shows how she made a cozy, wintry pillow cover out of an old sweater. The back is made from inexpensive felt, with an envelope-style opening to insert the pillow form. Get the how-to.… Read More...
Sewing Tips – Larissa’s favorite cutting tools
Larissa from mmmcrafts dishs on the her favorite tools for cutting felt and fabric. Her post is in response to question from one of her readers, who asked what she used to cut felt. Obviously, she uses scissors – but … Read More...
Tutorial: Pants leg purse with a necktie strap
Sheri from Awesomesauce, and author of Confessions of a Refashionista
(check out my review here), shows how you can create a cool new bag for yourself using a pants leg and a vintage necktie. Go to her blog … Read More...
Tutorial: Tea Party Tuffet
Vanessa from Lella Boutique shares a tutorial over at Moda Bake Shop showing how to make her Tea Party Tuffet. It’s pretty with a patchwork top or with a top cut from a single piece of fabric. Get the tutorial… Read More...
Tutorial: Use tailor tacks to transfer sewing pattern markings
Gretchen Hirsch from Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing shares a tutorial over at Coats & Clark’s Sewing Secrets blog showing how you can use tailor tacks to transfer pattern markings on to your cut fabric. You can use them … Read More...
Tutorial: Layers of Lace pillowcase style dress for little girls
Kirstin from Kojo Designs shows how she made her Layers of Lace dress for her little girl. It’s covered with row upon row of pretty, girly lace, but the shape of the dress is a simple pillowcase style so it’s … Read More...
Tutorial: Pretty pleated Christmas tree skirt
The Petite Sewist shows how to make this pretty pleated skirt for your Christmas tree. She made hers out of a muslin with a bright red trim. The simple lines show off the pleated trim around the hem. Go to … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Confessions of a Refashionista by Sheri Pavlovic
Confessions of a Refashionista
: Life on the Zig Zag
is a collection of 50 DIY fashion projects. It’s brainchild and self-published book by Sheri Pavlovic from Mensch T’s and the blog Awesomesauce. She’s pulled some of her most … Read More...
Tutorial: Rudolph the Red Nosed Throw Pillow
Liz from Cotton & Curls shows how she made this Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer throw pillow. She printed the reindeer illustration on the fabric for the pillow. A red yarn pom pom gives him his big ol’ shiny nose. … Read More...
Tutorial: Lace covered holiday dress for little girls
Stef from Girl. Inspired. joins the Basic Bodice Design series at iCandy Handmade with a tutorial showing how she made a lace covered dress for her little girl. I’m loving the black lace with the champagne satin under layer! It’s … Read More...
Free pattern: Elf hand puppets
Susi from Lilla Luise guest blogs at Wild Olive with a free pattern and tutorial for making a pair of Christmas elf hand puppets. Love!! Get her pattern and the how-to.
[photo from Wild Olive]
Tutorial: Mini Boden-inspired snap shoulder raglan tee
Melissa from Melly Sews guest blogs in the Knock It Off series at Elegance & Elephants with a how-to for this raglan sleeved tee with snaps at the front shoulders. She made it for her little boy, but it would … Read More...
Tutorial: Gingerbread man t-shirt
Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how she created this cute gingerbread t-shirt for her son. She appliqued a gingerbread body just below the neck of the shirt so her son’s head becomes the head of the gingerbread man. Go … Read More...
Tutorial: Insert an invisible zipper in a lined bodice
Simple Simon & Co. shows how to insert an invisible zipper into a lined bodice. The zipper tape ends up in between the lining and the bodice fabric, making a nice clean finish on the inside and outside of the … Read More...
Free pattern: Leather iPhone cover
Amanda from Kitschy Cooshares a free pattern and tutorial for making a leather (or faux leather) case for an iPhone. The simple pouch has a foldeover flap held in place with a strap. She says it can be made … Read More...