Sew4Home shows how to use faux fur to make a luxe blanket and throw pillow. Get the how-to for making these beautiful home accessories.
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Tutorial: Insert lace trim in your handmade garment
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...