Crystal from Stitched by Crystal shows how to make a hooded cape, like her daughter is wearing as part of her Little Red Riding Hood Halloween  costume. The shorter cape coming just above the knees is a good length for … Read More...

A pouf really is quite a versatile piece of living room decor.  It serves as a foot rest and extra seating, and also provides an opportunity to inject a punch of color or pattern.  Sew4Home shows how to make their … Read More...

Cheryl from Sew Can Do shares a tutorial for making a fleece pumpkin Halloween costume.  It’s made like a tunic, with a rounded bottom and a pumpkin face appliqued on the front.  I’m loving the green leaf collar!  You can … Read More...

To celebrate the release of her Bedbug doll pattern, Jill from Snugglebug University shares a tutorial showing how you can make a witty bitty sleeping bag for a doll.  The dimensions she gives will make a bed to fit a … Read More...

Softie making involves sewing lots of small bits and pieces, turning narrow tubes, etc.  And when you’re sewing small bits like that, it’s helpful to have the right tools.  They’ll help make fast work of turning those narrow tubes, and … Read More...

Petro from The Seaman Mom shows how you can make a cute Halloween tote bag.  With boxed bottoms and reinforced stitching where the straps attach, it’s big – and sturdy – enough for a good trick or treating haul. Or, … Read More...

Bag feet help protect the bottom of your bag by keeping it from resting directly on the ground.  Deby from So Sew Easy shows how you can install those bag feet in the next purse you meet.  Her tutorial shows … Read More...

Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make her Spooky Cat pillow cover.  This would be so appropriate sitting on our front porch, as we have 5 black cats as our pets.  … Read More...

PharMa shows how you can DIY a maternity skeleton Halloween costume.  It does more than just accommodate your belly, it makes it part of the costume.  The stenciled skeleton bones include an x-ray view of a bitty bitty baby in … Read More...

Addie from AddieK.com shares a free pattern at Sew McCool for her Bonjour Beret.  It’s made from a soft fleece and would be cute made up in prints or solids.  Her free pattern makes a beret to fit girls age … Read More...

Mollie from Wild Olive made pumpkin “stockings” for her younger siblings to hang by the fireplace.  They’re like Christmas stockings, but instead of Santa it will be The Great Pumpkin leaving treats in them.  The pumpkin stockings are shaped nothing … Read More...

Alicia from Felt With Love Designs shares a free pattern for making a set of felt Halloween ornaments.  Included are templates to make a candy corn, a skull, a haunted house, a gravestone, and a moon & bat.  They’re made … Read More...

Emily from Nap-Time Creations shares a free pattern for making a kids raglan sleeve t-shirt.  The long sleeved raglan tee works equally well for boys and girls. The raglan sleeve lends itself well to mixing prints, which is a plus … Read More...

Looking for some quick Halloween costume ideas?  I’ve just posted a review & giveaway for Playful Hoodies: 25 Reinvented Sweatshirts for Dress Up, for Costumes & Fun by Mary Rasch.  Be sure to read all the way to … Read More...

Here’s a cute pumpkin project,  no carving required.  Simply make a pair of witch legs to put under the pumpkin, and tack a sign saying “I’ll get you my pretty” on the front.  Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shares a … Read More...

Leggings are a girls wardrobe necessity, especially in fall as the temperatures start to drop.  You can layer them under shorter skirts and dresses for extra warmth, or for modesty when playing on a playground. Stef from Girl. Inspired. shares … Read More...

This being a sewing blog, I figure most of our readers will immediately recognize what this Halloween costume is.  A rotary cutter and cutting mat! And not just any rotary cutter, an OLFA brand cutter with the signature black and … Read More...

An from Straight Grain shows how you can make a set of mommy & me tote bags.  Everything about the pair of bags is the same – the fabric, the faux leather bottom, the sturdy construction – but one is … Read More...

Red Brolly shares a free pattern for making the prettiest teapot pincushion.  It’s a squat little teapot, with a handle peeking out from one side and a spout from the other.  To make one you’ll need only a fat quarter… Read More...