Linda Matthews shares a tutorial on her blog, A Creative Journey, showing how to make a lined purse strap. It’s a nice way to finish off a purse strap, especially if you use a contrast fabric for the lining. … Read More...
Tutorial: Cropped military jacket for little girls
Shwin W. from Shwin & Shwin shows how she made this super cute cropped jacket for her toddler girl. The tabs across the front give it a military look, while the puff sleeves keep it girly. Go to the tutorial… Read More...
Tutorial: Recover a car seat
Ashley from Make It and Love It couldn’t find a car seat with a design that she liked, so she bought one with ugly fabric and recovered it. What she ended up with looks like it stepped straight out of … Read More...
Tutorial: Wallet-style case for a Nintendo DS and games
Becky from Patchwork Posse shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a wallet-style case for a Nintendo DS. The roll-up organizer has a large pocket to hold the game system, as well as smaller pockets to hold … Read More...
Tutorial: Child’s apron with gathered pocket
Lynne from Sugar City Journal shares a tutorial showing how to make a child’s apron with a ruffle across the bib and a pretty gathered pocket on the skirt. Get the how-to.
[photo from Sugar City Journal]
Tutorial: Elastic waist pants with lining
Dana from MADE shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of lined pants with an elastic waist. It’s part of Celebrate the Boy, but there’s no reason why our girls can’t have a pair … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Little girl’s collared shirt with gathers
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shows off the the shirt she made for her little girl. It’s a collared shirt with gathers just above the waist. If you think she spent hours making that perfect collar, you’re wrong. The shirt … Read More...
Tutorial: Hand-dyed and pieced lace fabric
Katy from No Big Dill shares a tutorial at Project Run and Play showing how she made the fabric for her Chocolate Delivery dress. It was the winner of the Valentine’s Day challenge. The simple A-line dress is made … Read More...
Read all about it: Inexpensive sources of fabric and notions
It’s no secret that it’s easy to drop a bundle on yummy fabrics and notions, but that doesn’t mean sewing has to be expensive. In fact, there are lots of ways that you can still have awesome fabric and notions … Read More...
Tutorial: Pocketed Notebook Cover
Vicki Welsh from Field Trips in Fiber shares a PDF tutorial at 3 Creative Studios for her Pocketed Notebook Cover. The fabric cover holds a standard spiral-bound notebook, and has pockets on the front to hold your pens and your … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Patchwork jersey knit pants
Kirstin & Jordan from KojoDesigns help Celebrate the Boy with a tutorial on their blog showing how to make a pair of pieced jersey knit pants. These so stinkin’ cute!! Get the tute.
[photo from kojodesigns]
Tutorial: Tucking in the seam allowance on a turning hole
Sunni from Love Affair With My Brother shares a cool trick that she does when turning items right side out. This extra little step makes it easy to tuck in the seam allowances of the hole that you leave open … Read More...
Tutorial: Interchangeable ruffles to add length to girls’ jeans
Nikki from Lilybug Designs shows how to extend the life of a pair of girls’ jeans that have grown too short. Literally, extend the life. She adds an interchangeable ruffle to the hem to get extra length. They add extra … Read More...
Tutorial: Drawstring bolster pillow from pajama pants
Cassandra from Sleeping or Sewing shows how she turned a pair of pajama pants that her daughter had outgrown into a cute bolster pillow. This is such a clever refashion! It takes just one leg to make one, so you … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Girl’s half slips from thrifted adult-sized slips
When I was a kid, I always had a slip I could wear under my dresses and skirts if needed, but these days they’re actually fairly difficult to find. Chris from Pickup Some Creativity guest blogs at Liberate Creativity with … Read More...
Tutorial: Pieced oval mug mat and coffee cozy
Crafty Staci shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make an oval mug mat and matching coffee cozy. Hers is pieced from a bunch of 1-inch strips of fabric. This would be an awesome way to use up … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Strawberry purse
PA Country Crafts wanted a special place for her daughter to store her Strawberry Shortcake dolls, so she made a purse shaped like a strawberry. This is so cute!! She shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she did … Read More...
Tutorial: Super cute kitten softie in an itty bitty box
Care from Obsessively Stitching shares a pattern and tutorial for making this sweet little kitty softie. And isn’t he soooo cute in his itty bitty box? She has the pattern for that, too. Get the patterns from Obsessively Stitching.… Read More...
Tutorial: Embellished burp cloths
Mama Crafts shares a tutorial for making embellished burp cloths from prefolded fabric diapers. You can buy the diapers at any discount store, and then use fabric and ribbon to dress them up. This would make a great gift for … Read More...
Cool idea: Birdie wreath baby mobile
Clare from Naptime Novels shows off the lovely baby mobile she made. She used the free pattern from Spool (link to the pattern is in the sidebar of their blog) to make a bunch of birdie softies, and hung them … Read More...