Sarai from Colette Patterns guest blogs at Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing with a tutorial showing how to add a lace insertion to a garment. It’s part of her blog tour introducing her new book, The Colette Sewing Handbook… Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a sleeping bag for your child’s softies
The Sewing Dork shows how to make a simple sleeping bag for a child’s small stuffed animals and softies. You can easily adjust the dimensions of the sack to accommodate a larger or smaller softie. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Little birdie pincushion
Sharon Holland Designs shares a free PDF pattern and tutorial for making this super sweet, super cute birdie pincushion. Get the pattern and tutorial.
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Tutorial: Little girl’s simple knit dress with ruched sleeves
Jess from Bits for Babyand Craftiness Is Not Optional shares a tutorial for making her Katy dress for little girls. It’s a simple knit dress with ruched sleeves. It can go dressy for church but is still loose and … Read More...
Tutorial: Sewing on faux fur
I love the texture that faux fur can add to a sewing project, but all that fur can be difficult to work with. If you cut it wrong, you end up with the pile chopped short at the edges. If … Read More...
Tutorial: Super Easy Snack Bag
Jen from New Green Mama shows how to make her Super Easy Snack Bag. The small fabric pouch is made from a single rectangle of cotton fabric and has an easy Velcro closure. It’s a quick and easy project, suitable … Read More...
Tutorial: Fix a plunging back so your bra strap won’t show
Dana from MADE shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she fixed the plunging back of a top so her bra strap wouldn’t show. (What’s up with clothing designers not taking our bra strap into account, anyway? I mean, … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a pair of legwarmers
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to make a pair of legwarmers. They’re a trendy look this year, and add an extra layer of warmth over a pair of leggings or jeans. You can make them out of an … Read More...
Tutorial: Add long sleeves and and a child’s short-sleeved tee
Anshu from Blooms and Bugs shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to add long sleeves to a child’s short-sleeved t-shirt. She also shows how to add some coordinating stripes across the front of the shirt to pull it … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s scrappy fabric tutu
Jessica from Sweetie Pie Bakery shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a little girl’s tutu out of fabric scraps, no sewing required. The bright colors and raw edges of the fabric strips give a carefree, scrappy … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage sduitcase doll playset
Stacy from Hart + Sew guest blogs at Prudent Baby with a tutorial showing how to make a doll playset that’s stored in a vintage suitcase. I LOVE this idea!! The suitcase holds a soft doll and interchangeable backgrops, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Chenille and Vintage Hankies Christmas Stocking
Becky from Patchwork Posse used vintage chenille and handkerchiefs to create beautiful Christmas stockings, and she shares a free pattern and tutorial so you can make some too. The body of the stocking is made from chenille, and the cuff … Read More...
Tutorial: Little boy’s cardigan from an adult crew neck sweater
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shares a tutorial at The Girl Creative showing how to refashion an adult sweater into a little boy’s cardigan. She started with a crew neck sweater, sizing it smaller and then adding the button plackets … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a hoop skirt
Elizabeth fromSimple Simon & Co. . shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a hoop skirt to layer under a full skirt or dress to provide maximum poofiness. You might think they’d be difficult to make … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt stocking and mittens Christmas garland
Ros Made Me shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Christmas Elves garland of miniature felt stockings and mittens. Letters stitched on each mitten and stocking spell out a Christmas greeting. Cute!! Get the tute.… Read More...
Video tutorial: Sewing a pair of pants from a printed pattern
Vanessa from Crafty Gemini shares the final installment in her 3-part series of video tutorials on learning to sew from a printed pattern. The pattern she has used for the examples is a basic elastic waist pant, which makes a … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a spaghetti strap top
Crafty Mamas shares a tutorial on their blog showing how to make a basic spaghetti strap top. The fitted, sleeveless top is great for layering. Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Organizer wallet
LBG Studioshares a tutorial on their blog showing how to make a handy organizer wallet. The small wallet has a pocket to hold a small notebook, a pocket that can hold an iPhone, and a couple of smaller pockets … Read More...
Tutorial: Weathered and grungy toddler jeans
Elvi from LoLovie shows how to make wondrously weathered jeans for toddlers. They look like they’d be high-priced designer jeans, but they’re actually made out of run-of-the-mill jeans. The grunged up jeans are awesome for little boys, but could also … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a cable knit Christmas stocking out of an old sweater
Sara from Making Life shows how to create a cable knit Christmas stocking out of an old sweater. If you don’t have an unloved sweater shoved into the deepest recesses of your dresser, you can also find them inexpensively at … Read More...