Sew4Home shows how you can make a boxy bench cushion with contrast piping that makes the edges pop.  You can adjust the dimensions so it’s an exact fit for your bench, and with all of the gorgeous home dec fabrics … Read More...

In the second episode of It’s Sew Easy, Threads Editor Deana Tierney May shows how to create a simple lace top.  It might seem that this would be a difficult project, but it’s actually pretty easy.  You can find … Read More...

Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make what she calls “The Easiest Skirt You’ll Ever Make.”    The construction is super simple – fabric gathered on to an elastic waistband.  If … Read More...

Lizzie B. from Cotton & Curls shows how to make a baseball (raglan) tee.  I’m loving the combination of the solid white body and floral sleeves!  Go to her tutorial.

[photo from Cotton & Curls]

Cheryl from Sew Can Do gives a tour of her sewing and crafting space.  It’s a small space, but it’s loaded with low cost organization.  It had originally been a laundry room with a ktichenette.  Check out the ironing surface … Read More...

Jen from iCandy Handmade shows how to make a child’s kimono style towel robe.  It’s a great pool cover-up, or maybe just a robe to wear after a bath.  She made hers from a beach towel that had her child’s … Read More...

Sew4Home devotes a whole post putting the stuffing into a pillow you’ve made.  They cover how you should fluff the stuffing before putting it in the pillow, tools for getting the stuffing poked into corners, and how to sew up … Read More...

Ashley from Make It and Love It found some cool ruffled fabric and used it to make a long A-line skirt.  The ruffled fabric has stripes made of zig zag texture and short ruffles.  It’s fast and easy to turn … Read More...

Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to make a pair of lace leg warmers that the tween set is sure to love.  The scrunchy leg warmes are covered in a pretty lace, and lined in knit fabric so they’re … Read More...

Heather from Sew Easy Being Green shows how to make a short gathered skirt with pockets.  It has a wide waistband with belt loops to hold a ribbon sash.  She calls it the Tanya skirt, named after her friend who … Read More...

Jessica from Sunny Tuesday shares a tutorial at  Positively Splendid  showing how to make these cute knotted fabric flip-flops, no sewing required.  She wraps and knots strips of fabric around the flip flop straps.  Because just the edges of the … Read More...

Tension problems are hard enough to diagnose on a regular sewing machine, but on a serger it’s  further complicated by the multiple thread paths through the machine.  Palak from Make It Handmade continues her series all about learning to love … Read More...

Holocaust Museum Houston wants to collect 1.5 million handmade butterflies, one for each child who perished in the Holocaust.  Technique and medium are wide open – fabric, paper, clay, stitched, glued, whatever you choose – but 2-dimensional butterflies are preferred … Read More...

Larissa from mmmcrafts shows how to make a throw pillow with a mod four leaf clover motif.  The leaves are pieced from solid fabrics, and the pillow is edged in contrast piping.   Get the tute.

[photo from mmmcrafts]

Christine from Daughter Fish shares a tutorial over at Prudent Baby showing how to sew a built-in bra into the next top that you make.  It has cups, so it provides more support and more shaping than a simple shelf … Read More...

Chie from Vivat Veritas guest blogs at iCandy Handmade with a tutorial showing how to make a cropped high low top out of a button down shirt.  If you’re not brave enough to show your bare belly, you could always … Read More...

I know it’s true.  You know it’s true.  Now you can let the whole world know the truth about your hobby.  “Sewing is cheaper than therapy.”  You can get the free printable at U Create.  You can get it … Read More...

Kristina J. shows how you can use the color blocking trend to add extra length to a skirt (or dress).  In her example, she matches the color and texture of a striped skirt, but you could also use contrsting fabric … Read More...

Amber from Crazy Little Projects shows how to make a throw pillow with an an accent stripe and jumbo ric rac. The envelope opening on the back makes it easy to remove the pillow form when you want to change … Read More...

A French seams sounds so ooh, la, la froofie, right?  But it’s actually a very useful seam that keeps the inside of your project just as neat and clean as the outside.  Heidi from Elegance and Elephants shows how to … Read More...