Carina Gardner shares a tutorial at Riley Blake’s Cutting Corners College showing how to make her Double Ringed Pincushion. The doughnut shaped pincushions can be stacked on a tower of wooden spools. You can make it as tall as you … Read More...
Tutorial: Pirate Girl Circle Skirt Dress
Justine from Sew Country Chick shows how she made her super cute Pirate Girl Circle Skirt Dress. The red & white stripe top with the navy skirt is perfect! It’s absolute cuteness in the nautical theme, but this shape would … Read More...
Tutorial: Soft Petal Blouse
Head over to It’s Always Autumn to find out how to make yourself this lovely Soft Petal Blouse. It’s a simple blouse made out of a lightweight fabric and embellished with oversized petals (with finished edges so they won’t fray … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s Caroline Dress with criss-cross bodice
Jen from My Own Road shows how to make a little girls’ dress with a criss-cross bodice. She calls it her Caroline Dress, and it’s lovely. Her tutorial shows how to craft your own pattern for the criss-cross bodice, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Elastic neckline with a bias tape casing
Jodie from The Haby Goddess shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make an elastic casing around the neckline of a garment. Instead of just folding under the edges, which can create puckers due to the curve of … Read More...
Free pattern: Swinging Swingy Dress for toddler girls
Jen, aka The Crafting Fiend, shares a free pattern and tutorial on her blog for making her Swinging Swingy Dress for toddler girls. The loose, swingy, sleeveless dress is pretty, and also easy for small children to play in. … Read More...
Tutorial: Make an iPhone cozy from your old jeans
I have a bin in my sewing room full of scraps of jeans left over from previous sewing projects. Katie from Punk Projects shows how you can use some of those leftover bits of denim to make a cozy for … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Tooth fairy doll pillow
Simple Simon & Co. hares a tutorial at the Riley Blake Designs blog showing how to make a cute tooth fairy doll pillow. A little pocket on her front holds the tiny tooth, and the money that the tooth fairy … Read More...
Tutorial: Summertime Wallet
Maggie from Midwestern Sewing Girl shows how to make her Summertime Wallet. At just 3″x4″ finished size, it’s a simple wallet sized with two pockets for holding ID and credit cards. Get the tute.
[photo from Midwestern Sewing Girl]
Tutorial: Alter a darted bodice to create an armscye princess seam
Sunni from A Fashionable Stitch shows how to alter a darted bodice pattern into one with an armscye princess seam. A princess seam is actually very similar to a pair of darts, but it provides smoother contours. It’s also faster … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage-y apron with overall buckles
Sew4Home shows how to make an apron with vintage charm. It uses overall buckles to attach the straps (adjustable!). Contrast cording and a ruffle across the bottom are pretty details. Get the how-to.
[photo from Sew4Home]
Tutorial: Tulip Skirt
Melly from Melly Sews shows how she made her Tulip Skirt that was part of her entry into the circle skirt remix challenge at Project Run and Play. Her interpretation of the circle skirt has oversized petals sewn together … Read More...
Tutoria: Strapless blousant beach dress
Kirstin from Kojo Designs shows how you can make this strapless drop waist beach dress. Easy, breezy, and perfect for beachy wear! If a trip to the beach isn’t in your near future, this would also make a nice cover … Read More...
Tutorial: Throw pillow with staggered ruffle stripes
This throw pillow by Cathie Filian has the coolest staggered ruffle stripes. Part of each stripe is ruffled, and part is just a straight fabric stripe. She shares a tutorial showing how to make one. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Leather headband with a pretty little bow
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shows how to make a leather headband with a pretty little bow. I recently found some fantastic leather pieces in the form of thrifted leather skirts, but if you don’t have a source of real … Read More...
Tutorial: Sleepy scrappy fish softie
Beth from Love From Beth shares a tutorial at Moda Bake Shop showing how to make her sleepy scrappy fish softie. All those fabric and ribbon scales and tabs are fun for small fingers to grab a hold of. Each … Read More...
Tutorial: Pieced chevron stripe circle skirt
Jessica from A Little Gray shares a tutorial at Project Run and Play showing how to make her pieced striped circle skirt. The black and white chevron skirt was part of her winning entry into the circle skirt remix challenge. … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a simple pencil skirt
Danielle from Blissful and Domestic found some hot pink fabric that she loved and knew it needed to be made into a kicky pencil skirt. She shares a tutorial showing how she did it, making her pattern from a skirt … Read More...
Sewing Pattern – Designer-inspired ruffle tank dress for little girls
Melanie from Artzy Creations shows how to make this girl’s ruffle tank dress. Inpsired by a dress by Kate Spade, the summery knit dress has a large ruffle wrapping around the neck and down the front. Get the how-to.… Read More...
Tutorial: Wrapped Up Dress for girls
Jen and Autie from iCandy Handmade guest blog at Project Run and Play with a tutorial showing how to make their Wrapped Up Dress. It’s such a fun style for girls, especially the older girls who don’t want cutesy dresses … Read More...