Head over to Cook Clean Craft for a tutorial showing how to make a felt version of an ear of corn. The “kernels” were created with a bit of simple weaving. Brilliant!! Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Use French seams to avoid raw edges on your seam allowance
If floppy raw-edged seam allowances on the inside of your sewing projects seam messy to you, why not give a French seam a try? A French seam encloses the raw edges and stitches them down to the underside of the … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage Hankie Dress (or shirt) for baby girls
Tanya from Trey and Lucy gives the how-to on her blog for making this sugar sweet baby girl’s dress from a pair of vintage hankies
. The sewing is simple – just three seams and three snaps and you’re done. … Read More...
Tutorial: Refashioned jeans skirt with tree applique
The Sewing Dork from Redemption reveals her response to the Sew What? skirt challenge. She made a skirt out of a pair of jeans, and then appliqued it with an awesome tree motif. She’s written up a tutorial showing … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy Sweet Summer Top for little girls
Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to make this easy summer top for little girls. The gathering and the tie top straps make this an easy shirt to fit. The chest measurement is the only measurement you’ll need. Go … Read More...
Tutorial: Snap Attack clutch
Head over to the Lark Crafts blog to download a PDF tutorial for this Snap Attack clutch. It’s offered as an excerpt from the book, Pretty Little Purses and Pouches
. I’m loving the layered, off-kilter flaps and the pearl … Read More...
Tutorial: Anthro-inspired cardigan with free-motion embroidered floral motifs
Inspired by a cardigan she saw at Anthropologie, Bethany from Craftopia made the fabulous cardigan using free-motion stitching on her sewing machine. She she shares a tutorial showing how she did it. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Easy Reversible Sun Top for girls
Christine from From an Igloo guest blogs over at U Create with a tutorial showing how to make this easy Reversible Sun Top for girls. These pretty summer tops are made from rectangles of fabric (no tricky curves to draft … Read More...
Tutorial: Printed fabric luggage tag
Em from That Crafty Mrs. V will be going on a trip soon, and needed a way to easily identify the family’s suitcases. She made these brightly colored fabric luggage tags. One side is a fun fabric design, while the … Read More...
Read all about it: Sewing with outdoor-safe fabrics
Head over to Sew4Home for some tips and tricks for selecting and sewing outdoor-safe fabrics. Go to the article.
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Tutorial: Wipe-clean vinyl highchair mat
Larissa from Just Another Day in Paradise shares a tutorial for making this highchair dropcloth to catch the inevitable drips and spills that occur at mealtimes. She made it from a vinyl tablecloth for a wipe-clean surface. Go to the … Read More...
Tutorial: No-scratch infant mittens
Rochelle from Home Sweet Homebodies shows how to make an itty bitty pair of mittens sized to fit infants’ hands. These little mittens keep baby’s sharp nails from scratching their skin. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Getting it smooth and full when stuffing pillows
Polyfil is an inexpensive and readily available pillow stuffing, but it’s easy to end up with a pillow that’s either understuffed or lumpy. Donna Babylon shares a tutorial on Sew4Home for creating a smooth, full pillow even when stuffing by … Read More...
Tutorial: Hemming pants like a pro
My least favorite sewing task is the very one that I’m asked to do the most – hem pants. The sewing itself is fairly simple, it’s trying ot make sure that I get them the right length. Charity from Indietutes… Read More...
Tutorial: Padded highchair seat cover
Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how to make a padded highchair seat cover. She uses some of the fabulous Amy Butler laminated cottons for a wipe-clean surface. (VERY important for a highchair!) It’s not cheap material, but it only … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Shirred beach towel dress
Lookie what Dana from MADE just made! It’s a swim cover-up made from a shirred beach towel. BRILLIANT!! The towel fabric absorbs water, and the bright colors are perfect for summer. Read more about her project at MADE.
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Video tutorial: Baby or toddler pants from an adult t-shirt
Vanessa, the Crafty Gemini, shares a video tutorial showing how to repurpose a plain t-shirt into a pair of baby or toddler pants. I love refashioned t-shirts for little kids’ clothes – the knit is always so soft!! Get … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric bicycle bucket
Anna from Noodlehead shows how to make a fabric bucket that hangs off the handlebars of a kid’s bicycle. The size is perfect to bring a small bottle of water or favorite toy with them on their biking adventures. Velcro … Read More...
Sewing pattern Tutorial: Tissue flutter tank
Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking made this lovely tissue flutter tank, inspired by a simlar top by J. Crew. She shares the tutorial showing how she did it. Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Ruffled pillowcase dress for babies, plus a simple quilt
Melissa Mortenson from The Polka Dot Chair shows how to make a pillowcase style baby dress out of fat quarters. You’ll need one fat quarter each for the front and the back of the dress, plus one for the little … Read More...