If gift cards are on your gift giving list, check out this tutorial by Marissa fromRae Gun Ramblings .  She’s over at See Vanessa Craft today showing how you whip up a pretty fabric gift card holder.  It’ll take … Read More...

Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for her Carnaby Carry All Bag.  It’s a largish bag, measuring 20″ long X 14″ high when finished.  The shape is a basic U-shape bag, with angled pockets and piecing.  It’s … Read More...

Jen from The Crafting Fiend shares a tutorial over at Pattern Revolution showing how you can make a stocking with a coloring book illustration on the front.  You can make it from Christmas scene coloring pages for a vintage-y blackwork … Read More...

Katie from Good Golly Ginger shares a free pattern for a baby boy’s bib with an appliqued neck tie.  It’s a quick and easy project, one she says can be done in just 30 minutes.  She made the tie from … Read More...

Erin from Sewbon shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to make a pair of leather-soled mittens.  These mittens are made for cold weather!  They’re lined with fleece so they’re extra warm and have ribbing at the wrist … Read More...

Over at Stitched By Crystal, you can see how to make this throw pillow cover with a leaf applique design.  But wait, there’s more!  Turn it inside out, and now it’s got a holly and berry applique for Christmas.  How … Read More...

As a child of the 80s, I have a soft spot for Cabbage Patch dolls.  The soft dolls with plastic heads and yarn hair are still around and still very much loved by kids.  You can find a free pattern … Read More...

Lisa from Wine & Glue shares a free pattern for making a fleece knight hat.  She made it for her son’s Halloween costume, but he continues to wear it just for fun.  It has ear flaps, a strip of red … Read More...

Stitching and Bacon shows how to make a pieced Christmas tree trivet or hot pad.  You’ll be able to use smaller pieces of fabric for this project, so pull out your scrap bin and see what goodies you can find … Read More...

Jane fromMaiden Jane  shows how you can make a trivet or hot pad out of a sweater.  I love this idea!!  They’d make great Christmas gifts, or even a thoughtful hostess gift for Thanksgiving celebrations.  The number of hot … Read More...

Sew4Home shows how you can make a sleeping bag and matching pillowcase for a child.  It’s perfect for sleepovers at friends’ houses or with the grandparents.  There’s nothing like snuggling into a special sleeping bag when you’re away from home!  … Read More...

Amy from Ameroonie Designs guest blogs in the Swell Noel series at Positively Splendid with a tutorial showing how to make a Christmas ornament bean bag toss game.  The bean bags are shaped like Christmas ornaments.  To play, you toss … Read More...

Kyla from Funky Polkadot Giraffe guest blogs in the Bake, Craft & Sew Along at Skip To My Lou with a tutorial showing how to make an ice cream carton cozy.  It’s like a coffee cozy, but instead of protecting … Read More...

One of my favorite baby gifts to give is a handmade bib, one that’s nicer than the ones you find the stores and made from a special fabric.  I often make a stack of them in a sewing frenzy and … Read More...

For the month of November (2013), you can download the Go To Gift Bags pattern for FREE!  Andrea from Go To Patterns and The Train To Crazy is offering the pattern to help us reduce the amount of gift wrap … Read More...

Cindy from Skip To My Lou shows how to make this fabric pocket Advent calendar.  Tag-shaped pockets are labeled with numbers and clipped to a ribbon or length of ric rac.  The pockets are quick to sew up, and she … Read More...

Need a last minute hostess gift?  Susan from Organized 31 shows how you can repurpose a pants leg into a wine bag.  Brilliant!  She uses the pants hem as the top of the bag, and inserts a ribbon into a … Read More...

Claire from Craft Schmaft shares a free pattern for making this mushroom pincushion out of a women’s knee sock.  The crazier the print, the cuter the little mushroom!  The rounded mushroom cap is made from the toe of the sock.  … Read More...