The Urban Pasture shares a fun idea for making giftwrap trim out of felt scraps.  She cuts the felt into small pieces and stitches them together to form a colorful and scrapply ribbon to wrap around the gift.  It’s pretty, … Read More...

Sometimes you need to add a slit to a sewing project – either at the bottoms of a garment’s side seams, at the bottom of a sleeve, or at the neckline.  Kaja from Kaja & Lilla Krax shares a tutorial … Read More...

If you like to sew with commercial patterns, then check out The Straight Grain.  It’s a new blog that focuses on sewing patterns – what’s new, what’s hot, and what’s on sale.  Check out The Straight Grain for the … Read More...

Chris from Pickup Some Creativity guest blogs at The Polka  Dot Chair with a tutorial showing how to dress up a plain wall shelf with a box pleat shelf skirt.  Get the tutorial.

[photo from The Polka Dot Chair]

Brenda from Therapeutic Crafting shows how to turn a onesie into a t-shirt.  The crotch snaps of the onesies were complicating her daughter’s potty training, so she came up with a quick way to convert the onesie into a t-shirt.  … Read More...

Bramcost Publications continues their 12 Days of a Vintage Handmade Holiday series with a tutorial showing how to make a dolly bonnet.  The project is from the 1920s and was intended to teach children how to sew.  Go to the … Read More...