Rebekah from Pantyhose & Potholes shows how she repurposed an old blazer and sweater into this cool new purse. I love this!!! Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Awesome Amy Cardigan with gathered shoulders and blanket stitched neckline
Shannon from luvinthemommyhood shows how to make her Awesome Amy Cardigan out of a stretch knit fabric. It’s part of her Sewing With Knits Mondays series (co-hosted with Anna from Noodlehead). The lightweight wrap is perfect for the cooler … Read More...
Tutorial: Summer Romper Pajamas
Destri from The Mother Huddle shares a tutorial for making what she calls “the best summer pajamas ever.” I agree – these may be the best summer pajamas ever. They’re a one piece sleeveless romper, made from a stretch knit … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Summertime Racerback Dress for girls
LiEr from ikat bag shares a 3-part tutorial on her blog for making a racerback dress for a little girl. The front of the dress is a classic tank dress with a gathered skirt. The back of the dress has … Read More...
Tutorial: The Circle Wrap Skirt
Elizabeth from Simple Simon and Co shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a simple but lovely wrap skirt. The pattern is based on a circle skirt, but is made to wrap and tie around your waist … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt little ladybug softie
Jess from Bits for Baby and Craftiness Is Not Optional shares a tutorial for making a little ladybug softie. The soft toy is made from craft felt, with grosgrain ribbon tags for legs. Cuuuute!! She cut the circles using her … Read More...
Tutorial: Make an adjustable buckled waistband
Sabra from Sew a Straight Line guest blogs in the Dress Your [School] Boy series at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make an adjustable buckled waistband for a pair of pants. The buckle at the … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric covered twist ties
Karen from Sew Many Ways… shows a fun way to tie up a small gift bag. She uses fabric-covered twist ties! I LOVE this idea!!! The wired fabric strips are so pretty, and you can make them out of scraps … Read More...
Tutorial: Child-sized doll sling, and a doll-sized doll sling too
The Sewing Dork shows how to make a child-sized sling so your little girl (or boy) can carry around their favorite dolls just like they see their mama doing. She also gives the dimensions to make a sling that a … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: DIY Maternity Pillow
Instructables member Cassiadawn show show how to make a maternity pillow. She starts with a regular king-sized pillow and then alters it to remove the stuffing out of the middle portion of the pillow. The stuffing on either end of … Read More...
Tutorial: Alphabet bean bags
Melanie from The Crafty Cupboard shows how to make a set of alphabet bean bags for a child. She’s using them to help her dauhter learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet. What a fun way to encourage reading!! … Read More...
Tutorial: Castle Peeps Magical Storytelling Pouch
Deborah from Whipstitch helps out with Lizzy House’s 1001 Peeps Summer Camp with a tutorial showing how to use the fabric from the Castle Peeps line to make a Magical Storytelling Pouch. The drawstring bag holds a handful of stuffed … Read More...
Tutorial: Reusable lunch sacks from recycled materials
Lex shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she made a pair of reusable lunch sacks for her daughters. The bags themselves are made from recycled plastic grocery sacks that she fused together with her iron. She added colorful … Read More...
Tutorial: Pleated table runner
Amanda from Simply Homemade guest blogs in the Pleat Weeks series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to make a pleated table runner. It’s lovely out of the sheer white fabric, but you could also make this … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Felt Party Favor Bag
Sachiko from Tea Rose Home and Tea Rose Companyshows how to make a simple little purse from felt. She used them as favor bags for her daughter’s birthday party. This is such a cute idea!! Get the tute.… Read More...
Tutorial: Easy Binky Bag
Taylor from Taylor Made shares a tutorial at Honest to Nod showing how to make a little fabric bag to hold a baby’s pacifier. A ribbon at the top allows you to tie the pouch around the slats of a … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabulous ruffled tulle skirt
Elizabeth fromSimple Simon & Co. . guest blogs at Somewhat Simple with a tutorial showing how to make a fabulous tulle skirt for a little girl. The simple gathered skirt is covered in rows and rows of gathered tulle. … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled drawstring backpack
Wendy from Well Good and Craft Goodies shows how to make a drawstring backpack that’s covered in fabulous girly ruffles. You can make all the ruffles the same colors, or mix things up with stripes of different colored ruffles. These … Read More...
Tutorial: Fringed Carnival Dress for toddler girls
Blooms and Bugs shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her fringed and knotted Carnival Dress for little girls. This is a super easy sewing project – it takes just a couple of seams. She gets the … Read More...
Free pattern: Owl softie
Melissa from A Hundred Billion Stars shares a free pattern at Free Spirit Fabrics for making a little owl softie. Cute!! Get the pattern.
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