Tamara Tripodi shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make a ruffled coffee cozy.  It makes a great Christmas gift – if you really like the person you also include a coffee gift card!  Personalize it … Read More...

Libby from Libby’s Lifestyle shows how you can make a bucket style peg bag out of upcycled denim.  It has a mesh bottom so it can be left outside and any rain water can drain out the bottom.  Then handle … Read More...

Geneva from A Pair and A Spare shows how you can create a fringed hem on a pair of jeans.  It’s an easy easy to update a pair of jeans for this season.  And when fringe hems are no longer … Read More...

Here’s a sewing project for all you Gilmore Girls fans!  Anorina from Samelia’s Mum shares a free pattern for making a mug rug inspired by the Gilmore Girls.  It features a large coffee cup applique with words from the song … Read More...

This fleece turkey hat might just be the most perfect thing to wear to your Thanksgiving dinner!  And Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shares a free pattern at eHow for making one.  It’s easier to make than you’d think – … Read More...

Remember those wooden jewelry boxes from your childhood?  We don’t use those so much any more, do we?  It seems you can always find them at thrift stores or estate sales.  Here’s an awesome idea for putting one to work … Read More...

Jill from Creating My Way To Success shows how you can sew some of your smallest fabric scraps into a small patchwork drawstring bag that’s perfect for gift giving!  Not only does it make use of some fabric that might … Read More...

Emily from Nap Time Creations shares a tutorial for making a festive felt table runner for Christmas.  It’s a simple felt runner covered in holly leaves and button berries.  The bright colors and the simple shapes pop against the gray … Read More...

If you want to make an Advent calendar, now’s the time!  It’ll be December before you know it and time to fill the Advent calendar with goodies.  Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial for making a … Read More...

If I’m sewing clothing, or anything else that will get washed, I always always always prewash my fabric before sewing it.  In a perfect world, I’d prewash all of my fabric before it went into the stash, but this is … Read More...

Whether you knit or sew or scrapbook, or do any other type of craft, this tote bag is perfect for your supplies!  And Sara from Sew Sweetness has a free sewing pattern for you to make it when you sign … Read More...

Changing the look of a straight back is as easy as slipping a cover on the back!  And Abby from Sew Much Ado shows how you can make these chair back covers with pom pom trim.  Choose a pretty fabric … Read More...

These poinsettia pillows are so striking – and so easy to make!  Simple Simon & Co shares a free pattern for making them.  The pillows are made from a solid quilting cotton, and the beautiful poinsettia blooms from felt.  If … Read More...

Petro from Creative Homemaking shows how you can make corded bag handles from webbing.  You can buy webbing at the fabric store and it’s usually used as is for handles.  But by adding cording she makes the webbing handles sturdier … Read More...

Keep track of your child’s growth over the years with this felt Christmas tree growth chart!  Emily from Nap Time Creations shares a tutorial showing how you can make one.   Each year, place a felt ornament on the Christmas tree … Read More...

Sugar Bee Crafts shows how you can create beautiful fabric flowers to add to your fall decor.  The gathered fabric blooms are glued around twigs for stems.  They’re quick and easy, so make a whole bouquet!  Minus the stems, they’d … Read More...

The things we sew for our kids are made special by the fact that we sewed them just for them.  Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shares a free printable for these ‘My Mommy Made It’ sewing labels.  You can print … Read More...

Delilah from  Delilah Iris shares a free pattern for making a little felt turkey softie.  He’d be cute sitting on a side table or with a grouping on your mantel.  What a fun little project for Thanksgiving!

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Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shows how you can create a fold over clutch out of upcycled denim and leather.  Her fold over clutch has strips of denim pieced for the top and for the strap.  You … Read More...