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...
Tutorial: How to move darts in a sewing pattern
Darts are essentially places where you pinch out extra fabric to create shaping in a garment. But did you know that you can move the darts? Sunni from A Fashionable Stitch shows you how. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Cozy and cuffed flannel PJ pants
Is there anything cozier than a pair of flannel PJ pants? Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a tutorial on her blog showing how you can make them yourself. Her version of the simple pants adds a contrast cuff at … Read More...
Tutorial: Cuffed skirt refashioned from a pair of pants
Sheri from Sew Much Fun and Awesomesauce & Asshattery shows how she refashioned an unloved pair of pants into an awesome new cuffed skirt for herself. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: “Junk for the Trunk” car organizer
Suzanne from Just Another Hangup shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her “Trunk for the Junk” organizer. The fabric bucket hangs from the back of the front seat and gives a place – other than the … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s footless spring tights
Jessica from Running With Scissors shares a tutorial on her blog showing how you can turn a little girl’s pair of outgrown tights into a new pair of footless tights for spring. By cutting off the feet, you get a … Read More...
Tutorial: Tote with ruffled pocket and knotted straps
Sew4Home shows how to make a pretty tote bag with a ruffled outer pocket and straps that tie in a knot at the shoulder. Mismatchy buttons attach the straps to the bag. They made theirs out of a toile, but … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Kicky new spring dress out of a frumpy dated dress
Would you believe that this frumpy, dumpy dress could become a kicky new spring dress? Jennifer from Two Butterflies took her scissors and sewing machine to the dress and did just that, and shares the results on her blog. Go … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a reversible jacket for a young child
Rose from A Rosie Sweet Home made this reversible jacket for her toddler daughter, using a jacket that fit her young child as a guide for cutting the pattern. It turned out so CUTE!! Want to make one for yourchild? … Read More...
Review & Giveaway: Heart-Felt Holidays
Go check out my review of Heart-Felt Holidays
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Sewing Pattern: Designer-inspired high-waisted silk shorts
Donatella from Inspiration & Realisation shows how she recreated the look of a designer pair of shorts. The inspiration was a high-waisted gathered short in a brightly patterned silk. They came with a price tag of $310. She got a … Read More...
Tutorial: D-ring belt
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a D-ring belt out of webbing. The plain webbing she uses is just right for a boy’s belt; if you … Read More...
Vote for your favorite Typography project
The entry period of The Typography Challenge by Ricochet and Away! and Sew La Vie has ended, and now it’s time to vote for your favorite typogrpahy themed project. You can vote once per day throughout the month of April. … Read More...