Disney from Ruffles and Stuff guest blogs over at I Am Momma, Hear Me Roar with a tutorial showing how to make a cozy button wrap for the cold weather ahead. I love this! Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Embellished sweater arm warmers
Megan from Brassy Apple shares a tutorial on her blog for making these super cute arm warmers. They’re made from the arms of recycled sweaters, with ribbons and embellishments to make them girl-fabulous. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Mend a broken zipper
There’s nothing like a broken zipper to render a favorite hoodie useless. Laupre shows how to mend it, replacing the broken zipper with a new zipper that works. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: City Cowl
Anneliese from Aesthetic Nest shares a tutorial showing how to make her City Cowl. The soft fabric cowl slides over the head and scrunches aroundyour neck to keep it warm and snuggly. Go to the tutorial.
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Free pattern: Pumpkin decorative placemat
Phyllis Dobbs shares a free pattern and tutorial on her blog showing how to make a cute pumpkin decorative placemat. Various sizes of buttons give the pumpkin a personality. Or, if you want to use the placemat as part of … Read More...
Read all about it: Thrifty Christmas Challenge at Seams Inspired
Seams Inspired announces her Thrifty Christmas Challenge. This year, her family has decided to give only thrifted gifts. This includes hadmade items made from fabric stash or thrifted fabrics!
From now until Christmas, she’ll host weekly link parties and posting … Read More...
Tutorial: Make your own pattern weights
I love love love using my pattern weights to keep patterns in place while cutting them out. They’re far less hassle than using straight pins. You can buy fancy sets of pattern weights at the fabric store, but you can … Read More...
Tutorial: Curly ribbon korker bows
Christine from From an Igloo shows how to make those super cute curly ribbon korker bows that little girls loooove to wear in their hair. When you make them yourself, you can have a set of korker bows to match … Read More...
Tutorial: Create a lettuce edge on your sewing machine
Head over to the Oliver + S blog to find out how to create a lettuce edge on your sewing machine. It’s easy to do and creates a pretty ruffled edge on knit fabrics. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Cowl neck sweater dress for baby
Amy from Naptime Crafters shows how to make this stylish cowl neck dress for a baby girl out of an adult’s turtleneck sweater. A red sweater dress (like the one she made) would make the best Christmas photos! Get the … Read More...
Tutorial: Shirt-sleeve tote bag
Cathe Holden from Just Something I Made shows how to make a pretty tote bag out of a pair of shirt sleeves. The rounded sleeve cap gives a fun curved shape to the top of the bag. Get the tutorial… Read More...
Tutorial: Angrakha wrap tunic
AdithisAmmaSews shares a pair of tutorials for making an angrakha wrap tunic from scratch. The tunic has a very flattering shape, and the asymmetrical neckline is a beautiful detail. The first tutorial shows how to draft the pattern (you’ll need … Read More...
Tutorial: “She’s a Lady” luxe cardigan
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff gives us a tutorial showing how to make her “She’s a Lady” cardigan. It’s a plain cardigan embellished with pleated ribbon and bow detail at the neckline. These simple additions give a plain sweater a … Read More...
Tutorial: Military pencil skirt
Shauna from Schwin & Schwin guest blogs at Ruffles & Roses with a tutorial showing how to make a Project Runway-inspired military pencil skirt. Love it!! Get the how-t0.
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Video tutorial: Ripping out stitches the easy way
Aside from cutting errors, there are few mistakes in sewing that can’t be easily fixed. Unwanted or crooked stitches can be ripped out and resewn. If that sounds labor intensive, check out this video tutorial that Vanessa from Crafty Gemini… Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric napkins with contrast stripe
Sew4Home shows how to make a set of their Bistro Napkins – fabric napkins with a stripe of contrast fabric across one end. They’re easy to make and pretty for your table. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Billy Cardi jacket
Katy from No Big Dill guest blogs at luvinthemommyhood with a tutorial for making her Billy Cardi. I love this!! You get two distinct, but equally stylish, looks from this one cardigan. I am SO going to have to make … Read More...
Tutorial: Make reusable snack bags from a plastic tablecloth
Polly from Polly Wogs Place and Learn and Go shows how she took a plastic tablecloth she found at a garage sale and turned it into a set of reusable snack bags. Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: 5 Minute Simple Pillow
Kathleen from Grosgrain and The Tumtum Tree shows how to give a throw pillow a facelift – in just five minutes. Her trick for keeping the pillow out of the way while stitching the cover closed is brilliant! Get the … Read More...
Read all about it: Sewing thread
Keyka Lou shares an article on their blog all about the types of thread available for machine sewing. Read all about it at the Keyka Lou blog.
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