Archive Category: 'Sewing'

• Star Fruit Cushion Tutorial: {Sewing}: Here’s a fun, creative cushion idea from Matching Pegs for today’s feature: Star Fruit Cushion Tutorial: This cushion is really a large version of a Lotus Biscornu, and used May Britt’s Pincushion Tutorial as a starting point (with her permission). I thought it ended up looking like a cut piece of Star Fruit, hence the [...]
• Free Potholder Patterns: {Sewing ~ Crochet ~ Knitting}: Here’s a big list of free potholder patterns I’ve been collecting from around the net, I’ve organized them into their own categories (sewing, crochet & knitting). The links to the patterns are underneath the pictures (just click the corresponding number), on the right side I’ve included potholder patterns that have been featured on Tipnut in [...]
• Tab-Top Panel Curtains Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Sew4Home with this tutorial for making Tab-Top Panel Curtains with Button Accents: In true Sew4Home fashion, our tab-top curtains are easy to make. Clever seaming gives you fully lined, finished panels with no visible stitching on the sides. Open or closed, these curtains are lovely to look at and enhance the room. [...]
• Reusable Sandwich & Snack Bags: {Crafty How-To}: Today’s feature is from So You Think You’re Crafty with this Kitchen On The Go tutorial: In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make two different types of reusable bags: the sandwich bag and the snack bag. You’ll need: 2 gallon size freezer-safe (because the plastic is thicker) plastic bags 2 coordinating cotton fabrics (washed, pre-shrunk, and pressed), [...]
• Lovely School Bag Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Running With Scissors with this great School Bag Tutorial: My friend is a 5th grade school teacher. I was thinking of a gift, and I thought of a large tote-ish bag to carry all her necessary school gear. Big enough to carry a bunch of stuff, cute enough she’d actually [...]
• Raw Edge Circle Quilt Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Cluck Cluck Sew with this Raw Edge Circle Quilt Tutorial: This is an easy quilt but a little more time consuming than some of my others. This finished quilt measured about 42″x 56″ give or take a couple inches. Its easy to make this whatever size you want…just cut more or less [...]
• Sweater Mittens Tutorial & Patterns: {Sewing}: Waiting for inspiration to bring out those lovely old sweaters you’ve been dying to use in crafting? Today’s feature fits the bill with this project from Five Green Acres Sweater Mitten Tutorial: The patterns were given to me by a kind and generous woman in Northern Wisconsin who whips out dozens of them each year, both [...]
• Easy Pocket Organizer With Vintage Graphics: Today’s feature is from Just Something I Made with this lovely Easy Organizer Project: Cabinet Cards and Napkins: I bought 6 cards, scanned them into digital images and came up with an easy and inexpensive project for using their graphics. Use the pocket organizer as a bed caddy or sofa/armchair caddy to keep things handy and organized. [...]
• Insulated Shopping Tote Pattern: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Sew4Home with this clever Insulated Shopping Tote: I live a ways out of town, so transporting home frozen food before it thaws can be a challenge. Canvas grocery totes are a great alternative to the standard store plastic bags, but they don’t help with my frozen food dilemma. This insulated shopping bag with [...]
• Hanging Mail Sorter Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Bright and Blithe with this clever Mail Sorter: A Tutorial: I always feel better greeting the new year with a clean house. At least, as clean as our house gets. It seems I’m in a losing battle with our mail. It ends up heaped in the office where things are buried, lost, [...]
• Quilt-In-A-Day Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is this quick & easy quilt by Floating On Cloud9 – Quilt-in-a-Day Tutorial: If I can do it, pretty much anyone with basic sewing skills can! I’ve made 2 of these now, and both took about 2 hours. The sample in the tutorial is for a baby quilt but you can make it larger for an [...]
• Reversible Toaster Covers: {Sewing Tutorial}: Today’s feature is from Sew Mama Sew with Sewing for the Home ~ Reversible Appliance Covers: Sarah’s Reversible Appliance Cover Tutorial can be adapted for just about any appliance in your home. Do you want to protect your sewing machine from dust? Do you want to hide the TV? The tutorial example is for a two-slice toaster [...]
• Free Vintage Sunbonnet Pattern: {Sewing}: Sunbonnets and more sunbonnets! Make ‘em to match your housedresses, your gardening outfits, even your sports clothes or your square dance costumes. Here’s one that opens flat for easy ironing and it’s so very easy to make. Two-thirds of a yard of average material will be enough. The proportions shown on the chart should remain, but [...]
• Tabletop Ironing Pad Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Little Birdie Secrets with this clever Tabletop Ironing Pad Tutorial: I don’t have a big craft room (yet!) where I can leave out all my crafting necessities, like my ironing board. (Even simple sewing projects usually require you to press something in one direction or another.) Love, love, love this simple ironing [...]
• Pretty Vintage Potholders Patterns: {Sewing & Embroidery}: Two lovely potholder patterns to add to your collection, one is a creamer and the other is a sugar bowl–each decorated on one side with embroidered flowers and leaves. These are from the 1940s and are stuffed with batting and finished off with binding. Each measures between 10″ – 11″ from farthest edges but they [...]
• Fabric Wallet Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Very Purple Person with this lovely fabric Wallet Tutorial: The tutorial includes two variation of the closure, one with tab and velcro and the other with fabric loop and button. finished size when folded: 21×10 cm finished size when opened: 21×20 cm 2 full width pockets 1 zippered pocket 6 card slots There are two different variations for [...]
• Smile & Wave’s Tote Bag Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Smile And Wave with this Tote Bag Tutorial: I had some odd shaped leather left over from pink journals so I took a cue from Katherine’s pretty totes and used them for straps. I used Kona cotton for the inside and fabric from a thrifted dress for the pocket. You may or [...]
• Strawberry Pincushion Tutorial: {Sweet}: Today’s feature is from Embroideroo with this sweet Strawberry Pincushion Tutorial: Would you like to make a strawberry pincushion? I will show you step by step, how to make these little cuties. It is very easy. (This pattern will make two pincushions). Supplies needed are minimal: 8 inch square of red fabric scrap of green felt strong thread, sewing needle, [...]
• Top 10 Makeup Bags: Free Tutorials: Makeup bags are perfect to give as gifts and they’re quite handy for more than just cosmetics. I took my time selecting these bags, making sure there’s a nice mix of everything: Some simple, some zipped, some larger, some small. There’s one felted pattern (knitting) and the rest are sewing tutorials. For a treat I [...]
• Free Christmas Apron Pattern: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Phyllis Dobbs with this seasonal cutie: Sew A Christmas Apron With This Free And Easy Pattern: Cooking and entertaining goes with the holidays, so I designed and sewed this Christmas apron for a festive addition to kitchen chores. The first step was to hit my fabric stash to find red and green fabrics. [...]
• Recycled Grocery Totes: {Tutorial}: Today’s feature is from So You Think You’re Crafty with this crafty & clever Grocery Totes Tutorial: Ready to go green? Then say goodbye to your old grocery bags by melting them into something cute. Afterall, plastic is the new plastic, right? We’ll be fusing layers of old grocery bags together to create a stronger “fabric” for [...]
• Sofa Caddy Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Sew4Home with this tutorial for a Sofa Caddy: Sometimes, I think my TV remote has a mind of its own. Nine times out of ten, it’s not where I want it when I sit down. I figure it must get up and leave when I’m not looking. Same thing goes for all [...]
• Pretty Fabric Woven Potholders: How-To: Today’s feature is from Blessed Femina with this tutorial for making a Fabric Woven Potholder: Start by selecting a lovely combination of fabrics….using a variation of dark and light colors. A Jelly Roll works really well for this sewing project…since your strips need to be cut 2 1/2″ or 3″ in width. The tutorial explains how to weave [...]
• Charm Pack Tote: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Buttonberry with this Charm Pack Tote: If you can’t get charm packs then it’s not a problem – you can cut your own squares! You’ll need about 1 yard of fabric in total but try to use at least 2 different prints – more for a really shabby chic, “scrappy” look! This sweet tote [...]
• Sewing Organizer Tutorial: Today’s feature is from FlossieBlossoms with this Sewing Organizer Tutorial: Kitten (Kid?) Proof Sewing Organizer for Sofa or Travel Please feel free to make these for yourself or for gifts or to sell locally, but I’d appreciate it if you didn’t sell them on Etsy as I intend to put some in my shop there. Thanks! The tutorial [...]