What better material to use for a tissue holder than a vintage hankie?  Cintie from My Poppet shows how to do it.  She used a handkerchief that was just the right size to wrap around the tissue pack, so it … Read More...

Mira from Sewing The Littleheart Collection shows how to make a variation of the circle skirt tutorial at MADE.  Instead of making the skirt from one piece of fabric, she pieces together 4 panels and adds piping to the seams.  … Read More...

The very first step when sewing a garment is preshrinking your fabric.  After all, you don’t want to invest the time and money into making a garment, only to have it shrink up with its first washing.  Sew4Home gives the … Read More...

 Sew4Home shows you how to make a garment cover to protect a special piece of clothing from dust and debris as it hangs in your closet.  It’s a practical item, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be pretty, too.  Their … Read More...

Chiffon…  It comes in such beautiful prints, and has such a nice drape.  But sewing on it can make you want to pull your hair out.  It slips, it flops, it doesn’t hold a crease.  (There’s a reason why all … Read More...

Heather from Sew Easy Being Green shows how she pieced a number of chevron prints together to make this rainbow twirly skirt.  The chevron prints were all from the same line – but in different colors – so she was … Read More...

Mira from Sewing The Littleheart Collection shows how to make a drape neck top with rows of horitzontal pintucks across the shoulder.  It’s the third (and final) installment of her One Pattern – Three Tops series.  Go to her tutorial … Read More...

Over at Scared Stitchless, the conversation is about choosing fabrics for your sewing projects.  She muses about the gap between the fabrics she is naturally drawn to and the fabrics that will give her an end result that she’s … Read More...

Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial on her blog showing how you can make a throw pillow with a single pleat down the front . It’s embellished with a row of buttons, created a faux placket … Read More...

Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how to make her Getting Gathered Pillow.  With a ruched front, braided trim, and button embellishments, it looks like it could have been purchased from an expensive home decor catalog.  Get the how-to.… Read More...

Mira from Sewing the Littleheart Collection shows how she made a pleated cap sleeve.  Though she shows it on a shirt for her young  daughter, this would also be a beautiful detail for an adult shirt.  Get the how-to.… Read More...

Shannon from Little Kids Grow shows another remix on a pillowcase top.  This time she turns it into a gathered halterneck top.  This is such a pretty style!  You can make them in sizes for little girls through teen/small adult.  … Read More...

Colette Patterns shares a tutorial on their blog, The Coletterie, showing how to make a lovely basketweave inset.  It’s a pretty neckline detail for a top or dress.  Get the how-to.

[photo from The Coletterie]

Whether it’s high school, college, or pro sports that you  follow, you can make a dress of your own out of a team shirt and a some coordinating knit fabric yardage.  Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares … Read More...

Dana from MADE created scalloped bunting as a welcome for a friend’s new baby.  That’s such a sweet gift!  And it can be used again and again to  mark the child’s birthdays and other special occasions.  She shares a tutorial … Read More...

Sometimes it seems that the lower looper on a serger is the work of the devil.  When that thread breaks, it seems near impossible to get everything sewing right again.  It seems fixed, but it breaks again.  And again. And … Read More...

Miss Lovie shows how to make a felt board that’s made to travel.  It folds up and has handles so it’s easy to carry.  When it’s time to play felt board, it unfolds to become a felt board easel.  Go … Read More...