Jill from Creating My Way to Success shows how to make a set of fabric folders that hold a paper version of the Battleship game. These would make awesome car games for a road trip! And they’re not just for … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy Baby Bib
Zaaberry shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Scrappy Baby Bib. Not only is the scrappy look super cute, but it also means that you can use up your smaller pieces of fabric to make this … Read More...
Tutorial: Interactive race car play shirt
Mandy fromSugar Bee Craft Edition shows how to make a boy’s shirt that also functions as a toy. It’s an interactive race car play shirt, with roads appliqued up, down, and around the shirt. Pockets give a place to … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiered Twirly Skirt
Creative Mama from Adithis Amma Sews shows how to make a tiered twirly skirt. This is such a pretty, versatile skirt style! You can make this skirt for kids or adults, and can include as many tiers as you like. … Read More...
Tutorial: Mudpie Apron
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs tells how to make a Mudpie Apron. Like the name suggests, it’s designed for kids to wear when playing in the mud to keep their clothes from getting dirty. It’s made from a vinyl table … Read More...
Tutorial: Big Bloom fabric flower
Keyka Lou Patterns shares a tutorial on their blog showing how to make this Big Bloom fabric flower. This is such a beautiful flower! It’s shown here in silk, but their blog also shows pictures of it made from a … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt shooting star toys
Maureen and Shanti from Twig and Toadstool share a tutorial at Rhythm of the Home showing how to make felt shooting stars. The stuffed felt stars have ribbon streamers that will trail behind when it gets tossed. What an absolutely … Read More...
Tutorial: Carrying case for a portable DVD player
Amy from Nap Time Crafters shows how to make a carrying case for your portable DVD player. The fabric folder has a place for the DVD player and a small selection of DVDs. It folds up together for easy transport. … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a toddler’s playdress from an older child’s t-shirt
Jen from My Own Road shows how she created this cute playdress for her daughter out of an older child’s t-shirt and some extra knit. (She got the extra knit fabric from a man’s undershirt, but you could also use … Read More...
Tutorial: Padded messenger bag for a notebook computer
Staci from Crafty Stacicreated a messenger bag to make it easy for her daughter to carry her new notebook computer to and from school. A unique button tab and loop combination serve as the closurel. She included a cotton … Read More...
Get it now: Free weasel softie pattern
Laura from Wilsons Etsy Storeintroduces her new weasel softie pattern, and from now until noon Thursday, March 31, 2011 you can download it for free from her blog. Go to her blog to get the pattern.
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Tutorial: Make a cowl pullover from a zippered hoodie
Look at this awesome little boys’ cowl pullover! Would you believe that it started out as a zip-up hoodie? Mary from Craft Buds shares a tutorial showing how she removed the hood and the zipper, and then reshaped the neckline … Read More...
It’s new: Miss Elizabeth dress ePattern
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs introduces the latest in her line of ePatterns – the Miss Elizabeth dress. The split overskirt has fairy tale charm sure to appeal to little girls. The ePattern also includes instructions for making a matching … Read More...
Tutorial: Toddler’s ruffled t-shirt dress
Rachel from With Love By Rach shows how she created this ruffled t-shirt dress for her toddler girl. It’s inspired by a similar dress from J. Crew (that wasn’t available in her daughter’s size). Little girls will LOVE these ruffles! … Read More...
From my studio last week: March 28, 2011
It was Spring Break last week, which was both a blessing and a curse. Those of you with school age kids will know what I’m talking about. I loved having the little girl around me all week. But we also … Read More...
Tutorial: Grocery bag dispenser
AnneMarie from Gen X Quilters shares a tutorial on her blog for making this plastic bag dispenser. It keeps all those plastic grocery sacks neat and tidy and in one place. The bags go into the hole at the top … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a simple camera strap cover
Willow Would shows how to make a simple camera strap cover. It’s a quick and easy project, perfect for a beginner sewist. It takes just two strips of fabric and few seams to make one. Her strips were from a … Read More...
Tutorial: Detachable Coat Skirt
Camilla from Rosy Red Buttons shows how to create a detachable coat skirt. The skirt attaches to the inside of your coat with hook and eye, and peeks out from the bottom. It lends a more romantic, feminine look to … Read More...
Tutorial: Sunkissed ruffled aprons
LeAnne from Everyday Celebrations shares a tutorial at the Moda Bake Shop showing how to make her Sunkissed ruffled aprons. The rows scrappy ruffles are made from the 10″ squares you can get in a Layer Cake of precut fabric… Read More...
Tutorial: Roll-up chalkboard and dry erase drawing mat
Sarah from The Split Stitch shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a roll-up chalkboard and dry erase drawing mat. One side is made from chalkcloth, the other from fabric covered in clear vinyl. The dry-erase side … Read More...