Toni from Sew Jereli shows how she adapted the Lady Skater Dress pattern by Kitschy Coo to give it a button front.  The original pattern has a plain bodice, but it was an easy variation to split it down the … Read More...

Deb from So Sew Easy shares a free pattern for making her Wear Everywhere knit dress with a beautiful squared neck line.  It’s a simple dress with only two pattern pieces – no setting in sleeves and no closures necessary.  … Read More...

Sew4Home shows how to make a tea towel with a jumbo ruffle.  You can make them to match any  style décor.  They’re pretty as shown using bright prints for the ruffle.  They’d also be pretty from a vintage-y floral, or … Read More...

Leila from Lolita Patterns shows how you can add a back stay to the next coat or jacket that you make.  A back stay stabilizes the upper back of the coat so the fabric keeps its shape.  It’ll also help … Read More...

RaeAnna from Sewing Mama RaeAnna shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how she created this shredded raglan tee for her son.  The shredding is only on the front, which she has backed with a layer of contrasting fabric.  … Read More...

Faux fur brings a sense of warmth and luxury to winter accessories.  Laura at A Beautiful Mess shows how to DIY a faux fur shawl collar for your coat.  It’s detachable so you can go back to your plain coat … Read More...

Ajaire from Call Ajaire shows her quickie method for piecing together strips of bias to make bias tape.  She doesn’t have to cut long strips by hand, and she doesn’t have to cut the ends at 45-degree angles and pin … Read More...

When a pocket gets a tear, the lightweight fabric often starts shredding and won’t hold a new seam.  Or at least, you’d have to come in so far from the edge with your new seam that you’d end up shrinking … Read More...

Oliver + S shows how you can customize a basic raglan sleeve pattern to make it color blocked.  Their tutorial shows how to draw the color blocking lines so the stripes will match at the sides and also that the … Read More...

These fabric flowers by Red Brolly are a welcome contrast to the gray winter skies outside my window.  She shares a tutorial showing how to make them.  You’ll use fabric, but there’s no sewing involved.  They’re assembled using hot glue, … Read More...

Nicole from The Felted Fox shares a free pattern for making her felt squirrel brooch.  Look at these sweet squirrel faces!  She designed the little squirrel pins to use up some of her scraps.  Each one takes a piece of … Read More...

Sew4Home shows how to make a snake catnip toy for your kitties to play with.  Made from bright, cute fabrics, they’re anything but scary.  Especially with a bow tied around their necks.  Catnip included with the stuffing will drive your … Read More...

Ashlee from My So Called Crafty Life turns her smallest vintage feed sack scraps into pretty spool pendants.  These pieces are too small to use in a sewing project, but too pretty to throw away.  She shares a tutorial showing … Read More...

Heidi Kay from Muslin & Merlot shows how to make mini burp cloths out of Minky and flannel.  Minky and flannel are both so soft for baby gifts!  And the flannel is absorbent, too.  At roughly 8″ x 8″, they … Read More...

Rina from Oomanoot shows how to make a child’s Play Kitchen-in-a-Box that won’t take up too much space in your house or cost you a ton of money to buy.  The pretend stove and oven is made from a fabric … Read More...

Sewing has a way of taking over our space.  Between the space needed to set up a sewing machine, store notions and patterns, and cut out pattern pieces, you can end up giving a large amount of your living space … Read More...

Sometimes all a shirt needs to make it fit perfectly are a couple of well placed darts.  Anna from Plan B shows how to add darts to a shirt so it fits your body.  (The English translation of her post … Read More...

My favorite winter gloves are always ones with long arms on them so the cold doesn’t creep in at my wrists.  They’re not always easy to find in styles I like, though.  The Selfish Seamstress shows an easy solution, adding … Read More...

Teresa from Dandelion Drift shows how to add leather heart pockets to a garment.  She added the heart-shaped pockets to some simple A-line dresses. They’d also be cute on skirts, or as back pockets on a pair of pants.  Add … Read More...