Archive Category: 'Sewing'

• Grocery Cart Caddy: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Blue Cricket Design with this very clever Cart Caddy Tutorial: I came home to create this Coupon Catch all for my Shopping cart! It has two pockets! One to hold my Coupon Organizer and one to store the coupons I will be redeeming! And if you’re not a coupon shopper it’s the [...]
• How To Make a Sofa Wrap: Today’s feature is from Threads Magazine with this tutorial for how to Make a Sofa Wrap: This alternative to reupholstering or slipcovering is fast and simple to make, easy to launder, and, if you choose to make a wardrobe of wraps, can be changed frequently for the occasion or season. A sofa wrap is made of three [...]
• Piano Shoulder Bag: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Bored & Crafty with How To Make A Piano Shoulder Bag: The piano tote is one of my bestsellers. It may sound completely irrational but I’m thinking of letting this particular bag design retire. So to celebrate, I made a piano bag tutorial. Happy sewing! This bag is perfect for the music lover or [...]
• String Quilt Pattern: Vintage: *Click Picture For Larger File String Quilt Pattern Use 10 inch squares (or smaller) from better parts of worn blankets or men’s flannel shirt tails, for block foundation Step 1. This also makes the lining for finished quilt. A grand opportunity to use up all those long slender scraps left in the scrap-bag. Pre-Shrink Materials That Are New [...]
• How To Make Neck Coolers: Today’s feature is from Salihan Crafts Blog with this tutorial for how to make DIY Neck Coolers: Yesterday I went to two pharmacies hunting for the neck coolers with no success. They only had overpriced large wheat bags and the medipacks. So with a quick google search, I found this crystal filled neck cooler tutorial. The crystals [...]
• Patio Party: Groovy Hostess Apron: Today’s feature is from Sew4Home with this tutorial for Patio Party: Groovy Hostess Apron: Aprons are all the rage right now because they are so fun and easy to make. Try this cute little number, and show off your own party style. This project has quite a few steps, but the sewing is really very simple, [...]
• 60 Free Pincushion Patterns: Newly Updated List! I’ve pruned out the links that no longer worked or were no longer free (thanks for the heads up Linda!), fixed a few that have moved and added over a dozen new pincushion patterns and tutorials. If you’ve been through this list before, everything after #44 is new to the list (#58, #59 and [...]
• Jazzy Porch Pillows: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Flipt Studio with this tutorial for Pillow Talk: Contrasting Tailored Flange: Soft pillows thrown haphazardly on the old wicker or rattan just beg you to have a seat and and take a load off. However, if your well worn lake cabin pillows look a little bedraggeled, run over to the flea market, [...]
• Car Craft Caddy: Sewing Project: Today’s feature is from Craftzine with instructions for making this handy Car Craft Caddy: What better way to celebrate summer then to hit the open road. If you’re a constant crafter, such as myself, you look for every opportunity to take your projects on the go. On our last road trip, I was constantly fishing scissors and [...]
• Bath Towel Apron Pattern: Vintage: This vintage goody was suggested as a gift for new mothers, a pretty bib apron made with a bath towel and trimmed with chintz. This apron will not only help keep mom dry during baby’s bath time, but will also be soft against baby’s bare skin. Supplies are very basic and with some clever cutting of [...]
• All-In-One Picnic Tote: Quick Sewing Project: Today’s feature is from Home Made Simple with Easy Instructions For Creating A Picnic Tote: Make an impromptu picnic with friends even easier with an all-in-one tote for your picnic essentials! The picnic tote looks like an ordinary blanket when unfolded, but it also has pockets for all the supplies you need for your picnic. Once [...]
• 3 Decorative Pillows: Quick & Easy: Today’s feature is from Threads Magazine with Quick to Make: Great Pillows 1, 2, 3: Featuring classic button details and an intriguing contrast of translucent silk organza and earthy, textured linen and silk, these three easy-to-sew pillows resemble the $200 variety available from fine stores and interior designers, but at a much lower price. You don’t [...]
• Double Oven Mitt: Vintage Sewing Pattern: Material: 1/2 yard plain or printed percale or gingham 2 yards (same or contrasting color) percale bias trim or a bias strip cut from fabric 1/2 yard cotton batting or scraps of heavy woolen fabric Directions For Cutting Pattern No. IV: 4 pieces of fabric, 2 pieces of cotton batting or several thicknesses of woolen fabric. Pattern No. V: 2 [...]
• 33 Reusable Grocery Bags You Can Make: Free Patterns: **Updated List** Sure you can buy some trendy brand name shopping bags, but why not make your own bags for cheap (and even free!), they can be as chic and cool as you like (and original too)! Here’s a bunch of free patterns and tutorials to get you started, I have them sorted in three sections: [...]
• Quick & Easy Summer Library Tote: School’s out, summer holidays have begun and that means plenty of library trips for the kids, here’s an easy dishtowel tote for them to haul their books around in style. Today’s feature is from Anna Maria Horner with Dishtowel Library Totes: Two girls + 4 dishtowels + lots of trips to the library = something even [...]
• 29 Fun Summer Sewing Projects: Today’s feature is from Martha Stewart with 29 Summer Sewing Projects: These cheerful, warm-weather sewing ideas make perfect decorations, accessories, and gifts. Quite the jackpot here! Lots of fun projects to choose from, my favorites: Towel Tote: This homemade satchel does double duty as a tote bag and a beach towel. Plus, it has pockets inside for holding [...]
• Goofy Bags: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Thimbleanna with How To Make Goofy Bags: Goofy Bags are nice for controlling the clutter in larger tote bags. I made them for the Cami Peeps to put knitting odds ‘n ends in their knitting bags. The Goofy Bags for the quilty peeps were made to hold crochet items that are [...]
• Sweet Patchwork Button Pouch: Sewing Tute: Today’s feature is from mairuru with How To Make A Patchwork Button Pouch: This pouch measures 15 cm wide, 13 cm tall. To make it, you need the outer fabric, the inner fabric and batting. Each measures 16 cm wide, 37 cm long (with 5 mm allowance). These would make adorable gifts for young girls (and older gals [...]
• Scented Hanger Pouches: Sewing Tute: Oh I like these! Today’s feature is from White Sewing with this tutorial for Scented Hanger Pouches (pdf): Time for a little spring cleaning? Freshen your closet with scents of lavender and roses by hanging your clothing on these simple-to-sew hanger covers. The handy pocket under the flap holds a sachet pouch or use it to hide [...]
• Margaret Sling Bag: Sewing Tute: Today’s feature is from Oh, Fransson! with this pattern/tute for a Margaret Sling Bag: So, by popular demand, I’ve made a pattern and written a tutorial for this bag that I originally designed for my sister, Margaret, for her birthday. The bag pattern is larger than 8.5″ x 11″, so it needs to be printed and pieced [...]
• Window Treatments: Free Patterns & Tutorials: You can easily update and freshen up a room with new curtains, drapes, fabric shades and valances. Buying window treatments can get pretty expensive but you can easily make them to custom fit your windows and save money. Here’s a collection of free patterns and tutorials for assorted styles I’ve found around the net. Window Treatments: Free [...]
• Cowboy Boot Pillow: Cute Vintage Pattern: Cowboy Boot Toss Pillow Pattern This pillow will delight any cowboy fan. Make it from one color with embroidered designs, or make the top plaid or stripe and use plain for the bottom. Make the pattern on paper and cut the top apart from the bottom. Lay the pieces on material. Add 1/4″ for seam allowance. Turn under [...]
• Reward Card Wallet: Sewing Tute: Today’s feature is from Sproutz with this tutorial for a Small Folded Wallet: My mom had a great idea for the zipper pouch. Her idea was to use the zipper pouch for all the extra cards you “need” but you don’t have room for in you wallet. Doesn’t it seem like every grocery store, every restaurant, [...]
• How To Make A Coupon Clutch: Sewing Tute: Today’s feature is from The Object Project with this Coupon Clutch Tutorial: I always clip coupons with the best of intentions. Unfortunately, it seems they find their way into the strangest places and never in my hand at the checkout counter. I made this super simple little clutch to keep them in one place, plus help me [...]
• Weighted Pincushion Organizer: Sewing Tute: Today’s feature is from Sew Mama Sew with this tutorial for a Weighted Pincushion Organizer: This sturdy pincushion has plenty of space to store pins and a wool felt strip for your needles. The hanging pocket is a perfect place for storing easily-misplaced tools like seam rippers, embroidery scissors and thread snips, and the detachable scrap [...]