Overrun with those plastic grocery sacks?  Lindsey from Fort Worth Fabric Studio shows how you can make a grocery bag holder.  It’s amazing how many plastic bags you can shove inside one of these holders!  And then, when you need … Read More...

I’ve got a review of The Magic Pattern Book by Amy Barickman over in our Giveaways section.  I filed it there because there’s a giveaway at the end!  So go read my review and then enter the giveaway while you’re … Read More...

Joy from xoxo Grandma tells how she made this Very Hungry Caterpillar costume for her granddaughter.  It’s her response to the Signature Style sew-along theme for Project Run and Play.  It’s based on a dress pattern, with elastic added to … Read More...

A Cup of Thuy shows how you can make a pretty little tufted cushion to hold your pins and needles.  It’s a square cushion with boxed sides, tufted in the middle with a covered button.  They’re elegant from a soft … Read More...

Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares a free pattern for making this little girls Minnie Mouse birthday dress.  She made it as a special birthday present for her niece, who was having a Minnie Mouse themed birthday … Read More...

Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shares a tutorial showing how you can make Pac-Man and ghost Halloween costumes.  Wokka, wokka, wokka…  They’re quick and easy to make from felt.  If your family does themed costumes, this would make a … Read More...

Melissa Mortenson from Polka Dot Chair shares a tutorial for making this witch silhouette Halloween pillow.  The silhouette on a white oval background looks like old timey cut paper silhouettes, or perhaps even a cameo.  She includes a template for … Read More...

Sara from Sew Sweetness shares a tutorial showing how you can add piping when sewing a bag.  The piping adds a pretty finish to your seams and shows off the lines of your bag.  Her tutorial shows how to make … Read More...

Sasha from Tattooed Martha shares a tutorial for making this spooky bat Halloween pillow.  The pillow is made from a gray and black fabric to look like a spooky moon, with a flock of felt bats flying across.  The … Read More...

Christina from Lincoln Street Blog shares a tutorial at Eighteen 25 showing how you can make these cute flannel Halloween face pillows.  She shows how to make a pumpkin, a ghost, a monster, and (my favorite, of course) a black … Read More...

Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings   shares a tutorial for making a Kristoff costume for a baby.  I think I may be the only person in the United States who hasn’t seen Frozen yet, but I hear Kristoff is a character … Read More...

Nicole from Modern Handcraft shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make this cute autumn pumpkin throw pillow. It would be a nice addition to a front porch swing or rocking chair.  Or, throw a couple … Read More...

This sweet felt flower arrangement also happens to be a place to hold your sewing pins.  Lauren from Molly and Mama guest blogs at Sew McCool shows how you can make one.  You can make the whole thing with hand … Read More...

Sara Curtis of Radiant Home Studio shares a tutorial at Sew Mama Sew showing how you can make her Scrappy Stripe Tablet Bag.  It has simple modern styling, but with a strip of patchwork down the center.  The patchwork stripe … Read More...

Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shows how she made her Blinged Out Raglan Tee for her daughter.  It’s a simple raglan tee from knit fabric, but the sleeves are some of that sequiny costume fabric.  She used … Read More...

I am no good at keeping a clean car.  There’s always trash in the floor! Receipts, empty water bottles, you name it.  Becky from Patchwork Posse shows how you can make a car trash bag, so your car won’t look … Read More...

Angel from Fleece Fun shares a tutorial at U Create showing how you can make these fabulous scrunched Minky pumpkins.  The sides are ruched to create the shaping and the ridges in the pumpkin sides.  A bit of a twig … Read More...

Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shares a tutorial for making this little girls fabric and tulle ruffled skirt.  Three of the four rows of ruffles on this pretty skirt are a floaty tulle, and one a cotton print.  I don’t … Read More...

These fabric feather crowns by Monica from Marino Bambinos remind me of woodland fairies, like in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  They’re fanciful and colorful, but earthy at the same time.  She shares a tutorial showing how you can make … Read More...