Archive Category: 'Sewing'

• 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 [...]
• Seersucker Apron: Vintage Sewing Pattern: Materials Needed: 1 yard – Striped Seersucker (36″ wide) 9 yards – Rickrack Thread Directions for Cutting: 1 piece: 27″ x 28″ 2 pieces: 4″ x 27″ for ties Directions for Making: On tie pieces, finish all except one short end with narrow machine hem. On apron piece, turn under and press 1/4″ along sides and bottom. Along top (28″) edge, turn in 1/4″ to [...]
• DIY Two-Toned Button Window Shade: Today’s feature is from Woman’s Day with this easy project for a DIY Two-Toned Button Window Shade: Make your own colorful window shades with this easy DIY craft project from Ty Pennington. This clever shade couldn’t be easier to make and uses a different fabric print for each side of the shade which gives quite an impressive [...]
• Simple Six-Pocket Bag: Sewing Tute: Today’s feature is from Better Homes And Gardens with A Simple Six-Pocket Bag: This easy-to-sew bag cleverly incorporates outer pockets for everyday necessities. I think this would be great as a project bag, lots of outside pockets to hold supplies and it’s really quite simple to make. Straps are just fabric (which I like), but you could [...]
• Cottage Chic Reversible Apron: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Grosgrain with this Cottage Chic Cooking Apron Tutorial: Now, I know there are some AMAZING apron patterns out there! If time were on my side, I would have went out and purchased one because I LOVE the way some of them look! But, I just wanted to show everyone that if you [...]
• The Weekender Tote: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Weekend Designer with a tutorial for this tote–The Weekender: So this weekend will have you jetting off to the coast for sun & surf? For a weekend excursion you need a quick trip bag. Forget the luggage (too bulky); you need a versatile tote made specifically to carry all your belongings from [...]
• Two-Kates Project Bag: Free Pattern Download: Today’s feature is from Needled with this free pattern for Two-Kates Project Bag: Free tutorial to stitch up this nifty bag for your knitting and notions. I’ve named it Two-Kates because two of us were involved in the design. It’s very simple to make and I’m hoping (fingers crossed) that my instructions are easy to follow, even [...]
• Quick & Easy Spring Tote Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Homemade By Jill with this Spring Tote Tutorial: Tote bags are an easy and satisfying sewing project, and can also be a quick project if you are using pre-cut fabric, like tea towels. For this bag, I used a set of Orla Keily towels from Target. This tote is a very quick & [...]
• Cozy Camera Case Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Amy a la Mode with Cozy Camera Case Tutorial: Here is a tutorial on how to make a cute little quilted Cozy Camera Case for your point and shoot camera. This one fits my Canon G10, which is 4.3″ x 3.06″ x 1.81″ (according to the manual — I promise I’m not that [...]
• Tipnut’s Picks: 41 Free Baby Patterns & Projects: Here’s the latest batch of free baby projects and this time I included a handful of vintage embroidery cuties that would be perfect to add to bibs, blankies, shirts, hats and whatever else you like. Just click on the pics to get your copies (save to your computer’s desktop first before printing). To view the first [...]
• Pretty Pillow Ideas: Free Patterns: Today’s feature is a double-hitter with two different patterns for pretty cushion covers (one for sewers, one for knitters). The first is from Sandi Henderson Design with Free Pattern – Ruffle Pillow. Not only are these pillows very pretty (I love the different prints used for front, back and ruffle), they’re very easy to make too. The [...]
• Vintage Teapot Holder Pattern: Cup & Saucer: Pattern Directions: Transfer pattern onto felt material. Cut out felt, cutting along the inner edge of the stamped line. Cut another piece the same size for back. Cut another pair from contrasting felt for the inside facing. Pin the front section over a contrasting facing section and join entire edges together with buttonhole stitch. Use embroidery wool [...]
• Crafty Idea: Repurposed Wool Potholders: Today’s feature is from Craft Sanity with The Best Potholders Ever: Potholders made from felted wool are the bees’ knees! Two layers of recycled, felted wool blankets or wool sweaters make it impossible to burn yourself. Wool potholders can be machine-washed when they get gunky, because the felted fabric has been pre-shrunk. And, wool is naturally [...]
• Kitchen Towel Dress: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Calamity Kim with this (too cute!) Tutorial for “Dress” Kitchen Towel: A Tutorial on creating a little dress of a kitchen towel that hangs nicely over your stove handle. This dressed up dish towel is double sided. It could even be made with two totally different sides. Imagine one side for Halloween [...]
• 5 Dainty Tea Apron Patterns: Vintage Hank-afores: Step By Step Instructions For Making Your Hank-afore Here’s a vintage pamphlet with instructions for making five different styles of tea aprons that you make from handkerchiefs (you can use finished squares of fabric as well–just make sure each are the exact same size…bandanas would work well too). The pamphlet was included in a package of 4 [...]
• Magnetic Wrist Pincushion: How To: Today’s feature is from DIY Style with DIY Sewing Accessories: Magnetic Wrist Pincushion: Supplies Needed: Two coordinating cotton print or solid fabrics 2 Magnets measuring about 2″ x 1-1/2”, when placed side by side, OR multiple magnets about the same size 2” Velcro Marking pen Pins This is a super easy project to make and the size of the wrist pincushion [...]
• Quick Project: Cute Felt Scissors Case: Today’s feature is from Wild Olive with this tutorial for a Felt Scissors Case: To go along with January’s Snippy Scissors, how about making a custom case for your scissors? Just download the free file, and you’ll have a workshop in a PDF that you can Make. Do. Create. The case has a top flap button closure and [...]
• Lovely Recipe Card Holder: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Anna Maria Horner with this tutorial for a Recipe Card Holder: With all the wonderful soup recipes that I’ve been gathering, and all those that I’m sure you’ll come across in these most yummiful weeks of the year, I think we should store them in a lovely way. And even more, I [...]
• Tri-Fold Tea Wallet: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Krustallos with this Tri-fold Tea Wallet Tutorial: This is a tri-fold wallet that can hold six tea bag packets and includes four extra pockets for other items such as sweeteners. Snap or button closure. Open wallet finished dimensions approximately 9″ x 7″ (not including tabs) Closed wallet finished dimensions approximately 3″ x 4 ½″ (including [...]
• Dollhouse Potholders: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Freda’s Hive with Doll House Potholder Tutorial: I decided to name this new house block pattern “Doll House”. It is taller and smaller than the cottages and just reminded me of a little doll house. The block seemed like a perfect size for a pot holder but the Doll House could be applied [...]
• 25+ Free Apron Patterns & Tutorials: I think it’s time for some Apron goodness again (yay!), here’s a new batch of free tutorials and patterns I’ve collected from around the web. This now makes over 100 tutorials for aprons shared here on Tipnut! Here’s what we have so far: 52 Free Apron Patterns You Can Make 50 Free Apron Patterns & Tutorials *I went through [...]
• How To: Fragrant Trivet Project: Today’s feature is from Esprit Cabane with details for how to make a Fragrant Trivet: When you place your hot pans and dishes on this spice-filled cushion, the air will fill with the scent of delicious cooking. Save your counter tops and tables from heat damage with this easy to make trivet. The fabric used in the [...]
• How To Make Homemade Feminine Pads: Free Pattern List: If you’re into the environment and saving money, this is a great tip–imagine never having to buy disposable menstrual pads again! Reusable homemade pads really are soft and lovely. Even though I don’t faithfully use them, I did make a large stack for myself (with a complimentary flannel drawstring bag to hold them in) and packed [...]
• Pretty Ruffled Totebag: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Weekend Designer with a tutorial for a pretty, frilly Ruffled Totebag: A beautiful drawstring totebag made of soft cotton with a cascade of ruffles. You will need: Fashion fabric, 45″ wide equal to 3.5 times your bag circumference measurement (W). Coordinating thread This bag is a perfect Spring/Summer tote (that seems so far away doesn’t [...]
• Pieced Pot Holders & Recipe Book Cover: Vintage Pattern: Here’s a vintage pattern from the 1960s for two different pot holder designs and one recipe book cover. The pattern needed for the Octagonal Design is at the bottom, you can download this to your computer (.jpg file). Pieced Pot Holders & Recipe Book Cover Notice how scraps are chosen and arranged to accent each other. Materials Needed: Scraps of [...]