RosMadeMe shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a peg bag to hold your clothespins. The fabric pocket slips over a clothes hanger so you can keep your clothespins right where you need them when hanging laundry … Read More...
Tutorial: Dance Duffle Ruffle Bag
Rachel from Family Ever After created a duffle bag for her daughter to carry to dance class. She added a ruffle to the top of the outside pocket, and it became the Dance Duffle Ruffle Bag. But it doesn’t have … Read More...
Tutorial: How to make a perfectly aligned coverstitch hem
Amity from Amity Originals shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to create a coverstitch on your serger that is perfectly aligned with the edge of your hem. Getting the edges perfectly aligned means she doesn’t have to go … Read More...
Tutorial: Four squares of fabric make a top
Jamie from Jamie Christina Designs and Pretty Ditty shows how to make this breezy swingy summer top. The shape looks like it would be difficult to draft, but it’s actually just four squares of fabric. The angled pieces look really … Read More...
Tutorial: Turn a little girl’s t-shirt into a dress by adding a ruffle
Jen from My Own Road shows how easy it is to turn a little girl’s t-shirt into a dress. It’s just a matter of adding a ruffle! She says it can be done in just 20 minutes. How’s that for … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Tote-style Easter Basket
Pam from Threading My Way shows how to make a fabric Easter Basket. It’s made like a tote bag (but with smaller dimensions) so you can use it both as an Easter basket and a special bag for a little … Read More...
Tutorial: A-line pocket skirt
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy guest blogs at Whatever Dee Dee Wants with a tutorial showing how to make her A-line skirt pocket skirt. This is so cute!! She shows this for young girls, but I think they’d be cute … Read More...
Free pattern: Dutch Baby A-line Dress
Small Dreamfactory shares a free pattern on her blog for making her Dutch Baby Dress. This A-line jumper dress is so versatile! You can sew it up out of a single print or piece together several fabrics. You can add … Read More...
Tutorial: Boutique-style embellished tees for little girls
Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how you can add fabric embellishments to a plain t-shirt to create a boutique-style top for a little girl. Aside from some handstitching to gather up the fabric rosettes, there’s no sewing required. She … Read More...
Tutorial: Adding trendy metal trims to a sewing project
Metal trims are showing up more and more in sewing projects. Sew4Home gives the scoop for working with these trims, including how to finish the end of zipper tape and how to thread leather cord through a chain and finish … Read More...
Tutorial: Diaper changing pad and matching wipes case
Larissa from Just Another Day in Paradise shows how to make a diaper changing pad and matching wipes case. The changing pad has a vinyl layer covering the cotton fabric so it has a handy wipe-clean surface. This would make … Read More...
Tutorial: Tassel pillow with jute webbing backing
Sew4Home shows how you can create a luxe tassel pillow with a jute webbing backing. Their post says that they have seen similar pillows for $300 to $500. Scandalous when you can make one yourself! Get the tutorial to see … Read More...
Tutorial: Lined waterproof hiking pants for toddlers
CraftyMom from A Thought or Two made a pair of hiking pants for her toddler son. They’re made from two layers – a fleece lining and a waterproof nylon outer. This was her first time ever making a pair of … Read More...
Tutorial: Soy Envelope Clutch with two closure options
Mel from All Wrapped Up shares a free pattern on her blog for making her Soy Envelope Clutch bag, with a couple of variations for the closure. The original tutorial shows how to make the purse with a bag lock. … Read More...
Tutorial: Gauzy A-line spring skirt with sash
Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how you can make a gauzy A-line skirt for spring. Instead of buttons or a zipper closure, it has an easy elastic waist and an optional sash. The gauzy fabric is light and breezy … Read More...
Tutorial: Zippered pouch to hold small first-aid supplies
Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugar received such a positive response to her Emergency Zippered Pouch that she created a tutorial showing how to make one. The small zippered pouch is just big enough to hold a couple of bandaids … Read More...
Tutorial: Patchwork rainbow hand towel
A patchwork rainbow adds some bright and happy to a plain hand towel. How would this be for a kid’s bathroom! Or, you could make the patchwork in any color scheme to match any bathroom decor. Stacey from Boy, Oh … Read More...
Sewing Pattern : Striped shirred sundress
Rachel from Family Ever After guest blogs in the Sewing for Me! series at KojoDesigns with a how-to for making a shirred sundress. The stripes in the fabric provide perfect stitching lines for her shirring. (No having to measure or … Read More...
Free pattern: Baby boy t-shirt pants
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shares a free pattern on her blog for a pair of baby boy pants that you can make out of an old t-shirt. She adds contrast stitching down the front and around the knees. The … Read More...
Enter the Typography sewing challenge
Rikka from Ricochet and Away! and Keren from Sew La Vie bring us their Typography Challenge. For this contest, they challenge you to create a sewing project that uses typography as the main graphical element. Shown here is the … Read More...