Marissa from Rae Gun guest blogs at Brassy Apple with a tutorial showing how she gathers fabric. Instead of running basting stitches across the top, she uses a zig zag stitch to couch a thin cord to the fabric. The … Read More...
Tutorial: Knit skirt to halter top refashion
Head over to Mandy Made to find out how to refashion a knit skirt into a summer halter top. She literally turns the skirt upside down to turn it into a top. A few clever seams turn the skirt hem … Read More...
Tutorial: Layered and gathered fabric flower headband
Hayley from Welcome to the Mouse House guest blogs at Project Run and Play with a tutorial showing how to make this fabric flower hair accessory. The layered and gathered fabric flower is stitched to an elastic headband. Get the … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Chevron maxi dress for nusing mamas
Sabra from Sew A Straight Line guest blogs at Melly Sews with a tutorial showing how to make a chevron maxi dress that’s also a nursing dress. She pieced the striped fabric to create a large chevron design. The wide … Read More...
Tutorial: Water bottle pouch
With the hot summer temps setting in, I find myself carrying a water bottle with me – a lot. Pretty Shabby UK shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pouch to carry your water bottle. Get … Read More...
Tutorial: Zippered leather purse with metal stud accents
Andrea from For The Love Of shares a tutorial at Making It Lovely showing how to make a leather purse with metal stud accents. It’s essentially a basic zippered pouch, but larger made from leather instead of quilting cottons. Add … Read More...
Cool idea: Sparkly rhinestone hem detail
Kate from See Kate Sew shows a pretty detail she added to the hem of a skirt. She used iron-on rhinestones to create a series of sparkly arrows around the hem. The sparkle of the rhinestones on the sheer fabric … Read More...
Tutorial: Sewing curved seams
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she sews curved seams. Curves, especially tight curves, can be a frustration for a new sewer, but with her tips (and plenty of … Read More...
Tutorial: Custom fabric prints with a glue resist dying technique
Stephanie from Pinafores & Pinwheels shares a tutorial at Project Run and Play showing a cool glue resist dying technique you can use to make a custom fabric print. She dyed pink over pink fabric for a super girly fabric … Read More...
Tutorial: D-ring belt, two variations
Rach from Family Ever After shares a tutorial at The Ribbon Retreat showing how to make a simple D-ring belt in two variations – out of webbing and lace, or out of a length of jacquard ribbon. Get the tute… Read More...
Tutorial: Gathered ruffled Sweet Skirt for a girl and her 18″ doll
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shares a tutorial showing how to make her Sweet Skirt. This simple gathered and ruffled skirt works for any size. She gives the formula for figuring the measurements to cut to make one to fit … Read More...
Tutorial: Wipe-clean placemats from laminated cotton
Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots guest blogs in the Color Your Summer series at Kojo Designs with a tutorial showing how to make placemats from laminated cotton. The waterproof surface wipes clean easily. And though the designer laminated cottons … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrap stash friendship bracelets
Anna from Noodlehead guest blogs at Delia Creates with a tutorial showing how to make quick and easy friendship bracelets. You can pull out your scrap bin for this one – the bracelets are made from a small rectangle of … Read More...
Tutorial: Add contrast trim and a bow to a t-shirt sleeve
Katrine from Make It & Fake It guest blogs at Henry Happened with a tutorial showing how to give a plain t-shirt some designer styling with contrast bands and bows at the sleeve hems. Her project was inspired by a … Read More...
Tutorial: Hemstitching on kitchen linens
Head over to Colette Patterns to find out how to add hemstitching to a linen tea towel. Precision in aligning your stitching lines will create the larger holes down the center. It’s a lovely accent for kitchen linens, though they … Read More...
Tutorial: Needle cushion
Wendi Gratz from Shiny Happy World shares a free tutorial on her blog for making her needle cushion. It’s like a pincushion, but it’s shallower and has a plastic across bottom (from an old credit card) to keep your needles … Read More...
Tutorial: French Mariniere t-shirt dress for little girls
Justine from Sew Country Chick shares a tutorial at Project Run and Play showing how she made her French Mariniere t- shirt dress for her little girl. The perfect placement of the blue stripes, leaving the top portion plain white, … Read More...
Tutorial: Graffiti Skirt for little girls
Natasha from Little Pink Monster guest blogs in the Skirt Week series at Crafterhours with a tutorial showing how to make her super cute graffiti skirt. She turned her daughter loose with some fabric markers to graffiti up some plain … Read More...
Tutorial: Geek Chic iPad Case
Jessica Jones from How About Orange shares a free tutorial for making the Geek Chic iPad Case. With a leather strap, snap closure, and purse hardware, it looks more like a smart little purse than a tablet cover. The PDF … Read More...
Tutorial: One-hour strapless summer dress
Head over to Craft for a tutorial by Nicole Vasbinder showing how to make this strapless summer dress. They say it can be done in just an hour. The stretchy gathers at the top and waist are made with elastic … Read More...