You can find a free pattern and tutorial for making a pillowcase dress for an 18″ doll over at Skip To My Lou.  The doll version of a pillowcase dress is just as easy to sew as a child-size version.  … Read More...

Many of us have seen projects where people make a denim skirt out of a pair of jeans.  Claudia from Sew Lil Time did the opposite, making a pair of jeans out of a denim skirt.  Brilliant!!  Most of the … Read More...

Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how to make an Olympic torch softie and a fabric gold medal.  The torch is made from gold pleather with felt flames.  The gold medal is also made of the pleather and hangs from … Read More...

Lainie from Maker*land shares a free pattern and tutorial for making the cutest little hedgehog pincushion.  Look at her little hedgehog nose!  And the faux fur “spikes”!  And those little ears and the pretty itty bow!   If you don’t want … Read More...

Amanda from The Quilted Fish shares a free pattern and tutorial over at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College showing how to make her Glamper Pincushion.  It’s shaped like a retro camper trailer.  It has little wooden wheels, and gathered … Read More...

You can find a free pattern for making the chic Media Mini Kaftan by HotPatterns over at Fabric.com.  It’s a swimsuit cover-up with a contrast around the shaped neckline and at the hem and sleeve bands.  A drawstring waist gives … Read More...

If you have a Silhouette digital cutter, go grab this week’s free cutting file.  It’s a cute little fox softie pattern.  You can use their interfacing to cut it directly out of fabric.  Or, cut them from paper as pattern … Read More...

Suzanne from Just Another Hangup shares a free pattern and tutorial for making her Ruffle Bib.  This is such a pretty little bib!  It would make a sweet gift for a new little baby girl.  Get the pattern and tutorial… Read More...

Nancy from Sew, Sew, Happy shares a tutorial at Riley Blake’s Cutting Corners College showing how to make a pumpkin pincushion.  You could make a single and use it as an actual pincushion, or make a set of them for … Read More...

Head over to The Coletterie (the blog for Colette Patterns) to find out how to create a rose petal edge.  The scalloped edge detail is made from gathered fabric stitched down at intervals to create poufs.   Design assistant Caitlin … Read More...

After having nursed my daughter for nearly 2 years, I find that I need a lot of… ahem… support in a bathing suit to keep the girls somewhere in the northern hemisphere.  Unfortunately, it can be difficult to find a … Read More...

Jackie from In La La Land shows how she updated the look of a bandeau bikini with long fringe sewn across the top.  The fringe is cut from swimwear fabric that she added to the bathing suit.  Her suit is … Read More...

Monica from Monzanita’s shows how to make a caterpillar softie toy inspired by the widely loved book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.  The sections of the caterpillar body are made from scraps of fabric and are attached together … Read More...

Thaís Melo from My Own Landscape Dreams shows how to make a simple mug cozy.  The band of fabric wraps around a mug so you can hold a hot cup of coffee (or tea, or hot chocolate) in your hands … Read More...

Amie Plumley and Andria Lisle, authors of book “Sewing School: 21 Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make” and the blog Sewing School, guest blog at Craft Foxes where they answer readers’ questions about teaching kids to sew.  They also … Read More...

Jenilyn from Grits & Giggles guest blogs at Sewing Secrets (the Coats and Clark blog) with a tutorial showing how to make an easy swimsuit cover-up.  Her project is inspired by a similarly shaped cover-up from Victoria’s Secret.  Get the … Read More...