Archive Category: 'Sewing'

• Weekend Kit: Vintage Pattern: This pattern is from a 1920’s or 1930’s booklet by Columbus Blenback Oil Cloth entitled “How to Make good looking-inexpensive Things For The Home with Blenback Oil Cloth“. It’s quite a handy design that is a fold-over pouch with inside pockets to store items for travel (one wide bottom pocket plus 5 pockets across the middle). The [...]
• Vintage Needlecase Pattern – Flower Bouquet: This pattern is from 1936 and is a Flower Bouquet design. There are three pieces: the inside section, outer section and stem. The outer section and stem are transfer patterns, if you need help transferring them, see this page: Pattern Transfer Tips. Instructions from the pattern are below. Needlecase (Bouquet Design): Consists of 3 pieces. The outer case and [...]
• Organizing Fabric: Folding Tips: Today’s feature is an update to include this video demonstrating how to fold your fabric stash neatly for organized storage: This folding method is very similar to Happy Zombie’s Fabric Folding: This is the fabric folding method I used in my re-do (BTW, not quite yet a re-DONE but I’m getting there!). Anyhoo I’m not sure if [...]
• Thumb Pincushion Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Annies Crazy World with a tutorial for a Thumb Pincushion, easy to make and how handy is this! I made the pink thumb pin cushion at Nowra Crazy Quilt Retreat and have had a couple of requests for the pattern, today I have got around to writing the instructions… All you need [...]
• How To Make A Bath Towel Head Wrap: Today’s feature is from Marmadaisy with a great project for repurposing old towels with Bath Towel Head Wrap: As someone with long hair I can confirm that it’s mightily annoying to have your towel spontaneously unwrap and drop dripping hair everywhere. We all have those towels that have seen better days, lost their “fluffiness” and are, frankly, [...]
• Post Office Bag: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Elsie Marley with Post Office Bag Tutorial, this is one super-neat bag! Now that I have an etsy shop I find myself at the post office more than ever. Along with all the packages I have to carry I have a stroller to push and a toddler’s hand to hold. The packages are [...]
• Wild Flower Pincushion – Free Pattern: Today’s feature is from Better Homes & Gardens with Wild Flower Pincushion (this one’s a keeper!): Choose a mix of your favorite fabrics, pile on the petals, and watch your garden grow — dozens of fanciful pincushions could sprout up over a weekend. Materials Needed: 1/4 yard multicolor print (pincushion sides, bottom) 1/8 yard orange floral (petals) 6″ square magenta [...]
• Apron Breakfast Set: Vintage Pattern Freebie: This set includes a pattern and directions for an Apron with matching Tray Cloth, Napkin and Potholder. Published in 1944. There’s a pdf download for this pattern at the bottom, enjoy! Apron Breakfast Set Materials: Flowered Muslin – 3 yds. J. & P. Coats Percale Bias Trim, single fold Eyelet Trim (1″ wide) – 6 1/2 yds. Scraps of toweling for interlining 2 [...]
• A Few Sunbonnet Sue Goodies: Today’s feature is a small mix of Sunbonnet Sue treats… Sunbonnet Babies Paper Dolls: Adorable free printables perfect for appliqué, quilting and embroidery work–or let the kiddos have some fun playing with them. Found via SharonB who always has nice finds on her site! QuiltersCache Pattern Freebie: 8″ block template with instructions for increasing to a 12″ [...]
• 12 Laptop Sleeves & Cases: Free Tutorials & Patterns: Here are a dozen different sewing, knit & felting tutorials and patterns for laptop sleeves and cases. These are my favorite picks of what I found available online for freebies. Enjoy! 12 Laptop Sleeves & Cases: Free Tutorials & Patterns Whip Up Tutorial: Fabric Laptop Sleeve: A nice and easy sewing tutorial for a fabric laptop sleeve, [...]
• 50 Tips For Sewing – A Collection Of Timeless Wisdom: These tips were collected from a variety of books and magazines from the 1940s and 1950s. Most of these tidbits are still helpful today, a few were included because they are a charming reflection of the time these were written. Enjoy! 50 Tips For Sewing – A Collection Of Timeless Wisdom Pressing seams as you go is [...]
• Vintage Panholder Patterns – Free Download: Here’s a fun freebie download, it’s a set of six different panholders (or potholders) from a loose sheet I had stashed away in my vintage patterns. I believe they’re from the 1940s-1950s. Some are straight sewing, others involve a bit of embroidery and some involve a bit of appliqué work–there’s something for everyone in this lot! The [...]
• Hanging Pocket Tool Holder: Vintage Sewing Tutorial: Make A Tool Holder For The Kitchen It’s handy to put mother’s name on a few of the more ordinary type shop tools and keep them in the kitchen. Then, when she needs a screw driver, hammer, or a pair of pliers, she knows they are in a convenient place. Also, if the tool is nearby, [...]
• Homemade Swiffer Cloth Patterns: A bunch of new patterns for reusable swiffer cloths added! Who doesn’t hate paying money for swiffer cloths that you just end up throwing out? Here are a few ideas for making reusable ones from cloth plus a bunch of knit, crochet & sewing patterns to make your own: Use old flannel diapers, jogging fleece, flannel [...]
• Hanging Pocket Organizer: Free Pattern: Today’s feature is from Burda Style with a free pattern for a Hanging Pocket Organizer, this is in the style of an over the door shoe organizer: A simple and pretty way to reorganize your sewing room, your toiletries, make up whatever it may be. A great solution to hide away all those little objects that [...]
• 50 Free Apron Patterns & Tutorials: Last November’s big list of free apron patterns and tutorials is one of the most popular resources on Tipnut, but the fun doesn’t stop there! Here are another whopping 50 patterns and tutorials I’ve found online since then, including the couple vintage apron patterns published on Tipnut since that time so everything’s in one handy place [...]
• 8 Fabric Bags & Beach Goodies: Here are free patterns and tutorials to make a variety of goodies that you can take to the beach, cute stuff! Fabric Bags & Beach Goodies Bagsket Tutorial Beach Bag – With Handles Towel Pool Bag Beach Sarong Made From An Old Towel Vinyl Tablecloth Beach Bags Bamboo Beach Purse Tote-Able Towel Tutorial (#50 on list) Pocket Beach Towel Pattern (#7 on list)
• 10 Clever Dish Towel Crafts: Summery Dishtowel Totebag Tutorial: Uses two rectangular dishtowels to make a lined bag, strips of webbing for the handles. Perfect for the beach! See also this dishtowel tote. Dishtowel Bib: Great gift for a baby shower, simply cut a hole in the dish towel for the head and sew on some ribbing. Since all edges of [...]
• Perfectly Fitted Mattress Pad: How To: Today’s feature is from Future Girl with A New Life For An Old Fitted Sheet, if you’re tired of wrestling with ill-fitting mattress pads, check this out: I like using a mattress pad. And, although the tops are always nice and padded, the sides are either way too tight, or, like my last one, made [...]
• Free Petal Apron Pattern – Vintage (1959): This pattern is a three petal apron found in an old WorkBasket magazine. I’ve included the pattern chart and you’ll also find the embroidery pattern below for the pansies. Click the pattern pieces so you can print a larger size for your files. Petal Apron Pattern Directions: Make pattern from chart, allowing each square to equal one inch. Center one [...]
• Pocket Hanger Cover – Vintage Sewing Pattern: Materials: 1/2 yard Quilted Cotton 1/2 yard Satin Ribbon (1″ wide) Bias Binding, double fold, of contrasting color Clark’s “Anchor” Six Cord 80 yards Sewing Thread Directions for Cutting: 1 piece – 11″ x 16″ 2 pieces – 5 1/2″ x 16″ Directions for Making: Bind one long edge of each 5 1/2″ x 16″ piece with bias trim. Place one 5 1/2″ x 16″ [...]
• Free Casserole Tote Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Dixie Doodles with “Cozy Toter” Casserole Dish Carrier: This casserole dish carrier is something that we use often in our home. We have lunch after church each Sunday, so the machine quilted ‘cozy toter’ really comes in handy for transporting our food and keeping it warm until time to eat. But who [...]
• 46 Free Pincushion Patterns: Free Ice Cream Cone Pincushion Pattern/tutorial (pdf download) Fantabulous Pincushion Tutorial *updated link Pixie Blossom’s Teacup Pincushion Tutorial Square Wrist Pincushion Baby Food Jar Pincushion / Sewing Kit Martha Stewart’s Tea Cup Pincushions Martha Stewart’s Homegrown Tomato Pincushions African Violet Pincushion How-to Ladybug Pincushion How-To Mushroom Pincushion How-To Small Wonder Pin Blossom Southern Girl’s Pincushion Tutorial Soda Bottle Cap Pincushion Square Pincushion Tutorial Pansy Pincushion Pattern Tin Can Pincushion Pincushion/Thread Catcher [...]
• Free Laundry Bag Pattern – Vintage (1944): Materials: 3/4 yard Printed Cotton J. & P. Coats Percale Bias Trim, single fold Coat Hanger J. & P. Coats or Clark’s O.N.T. Mercerized Sewing Thread in matching colors, or Best Six Cord in white Directions for Cutting: 1 piece — 18″ x 36″ 2 pieces — 7″ x 17 1/2″ Directions for Making: (1/2″ allowed for seams) Place 7″ x 17 1/2″ pieces (top [...]
• Free Ripply Apron Pattern – Vintage 1951: Materials: 3/4 yard 36″ printed cotton 3 1/2 yards of bias cotton skirt facing in contrasting color Directions: Following Diagram 16 (see below), cut apron. Also cut 2 ties each 4″ x 36″. Make two 1/2″ pleats on each side of top edge of apron, bringing notches to circles, as on diagram. Pencil lightly around apron 5″ up from [...]