Archive Category: 'Sewing'

• Vintage Apron Pattern: View 1 Cut paper pattern 10″ x 18″ — Measure as shown and cut off small piece. View 2 Apron pattern in 2 pieces. — Cut three pieces of larger part in plain material — Cut three pieces of smaller part in print material. View 3 Stitch together as view 3. Hem all around. Add small tucks or gathers [...]
• How To Make Buckwheat Hull Pillows: These instructions are for sleeping pillows, not the Microwaveable Heating Bags. Supplies Needed: organic, pillow grade buckwheat hulls zippered cotton pillowcase liner regular pillowcase Directions: Fill the zippered pillowcase liner with buckwheat hulls. Fill to your preference, but you don’t want them so full that the pillow will be hard or stiff while sleeping on it. Place the zippered pillowcase liner inside [...]
• How To Make A Sofa Slipcover: Today’s feature is from Vrya with her detailed instructions found on My New Slipcover: Finished at last! Had I not had this week of vacation-from-paid-work in which to toil, this project would have taken me forever. As it was, it was a solid week of work, and then some if you count the prep. pre-fabric arrival: planning, [...]
• Süße Sac Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Kristin La Flamme with her Süße Sac Tutorial: The pattern is based on a bag I saw in a Japanese craft book, but I have changed the size (theirs was too small, though mine is not large) and added patchwork, plus yo-yo embellishment, so I think I can share this without stepping [...]
• 30 Top Sewing Secrets: Today’s feature is from MaryRoehr.com with a full page of tips and hints for sewers with her article 30 Top Sewing Secrets. Using diagrams along with before and after pictures that cover things like fit and alterations, you can really see how much difference can be made by just the slightest things. Here’s a tip in the [...]
• Scrap Happy – More Than 50 Fabric Scraps & Remnant Ideas Plus Free Patterns: A Needle Case, or a case for Knitting Needles, or one for Crochet Hooks and what about a Kimono-Style Case Diaper Case Pin Cushions. Fabric Coasters and another Mouse Mat Covers An iPod Cozy Microwaveable Rice Heating Bags and Tootsie Warmers Oven Mitts and Hotpads Book Covers, or this Journal Cover, and there’s an idea for a moleskin too Pencil Roll & Art [...]
• Tote Bag Ideas & Free Patterns: For some, tote bags may not be symbols of high fashion but they are awesome tools to stay organized. And if you sew them yourself, you can make them as high-fashion as you like ! Here are a few ideas for using tote bags: Have a tote ready for work (water bottle, planner, personal needs) [...]
• Make Your Own Oven Mitts: Today’s feature tip is from My Longest Year with the tutorial for How To Make Oven Mitts I have provided templates for both a child-sized and adult-sized oven mitt. Trace as instructed on the template if you have preferences for fabric placement (for instance, I wanted the red fabric to be on “top”). Materials Needed: [...]
• Free Bunny Pattern Roundup: Today’s feature tip is from three different blogs for bunny crafts, the first is Missy Ballance and her Bunny Pillow Tutorial I started making these little bunnies last spring as pins. They were kind of a booth filler for me, and I really loved making them and seeing them all together in a bowl, [...]
• Fabric Trim Boxes: Tutorial: Today’s feature blog is All Buttoned Up with Melissa’s tip Trim Box Instructions: We’re breaking down the trim box today. These instructions will work for a box of any dimensions, but I’m in the middle of this particular project, so you get the ones for trim! These instructions are meant for personal use. Lots of photos [...]
• Vintage Apron Bonnet Pattern: Earlier this week I promised a unique vintage apron pattern and here it is. It’s from Women’s Household Magazine, July 1968–nearly 40 years old! It’s something I haven’t come across before. It’s an apron with two pockets. Or you can use it as a clothespin holder. Or you can button it up into a bonnet. I think [...]
• How To Make A Dishtowel Apron: Today’s feature is a great tutorial for a Dishtowel Apron: I decided to break out one of my Martha Stewart dishtowels and make a “Mommy’s Little Helper Kitchen Apron”. My initial goal was to make it to fit Aubry but it turned out closer to a size to fit an 8-11 year-old girl instead. If you want [...]
• Tips for Beginner Sewers: Here are a few basic but helpful sewing tips for beginner sewers: Pressing each freshly sewn seam as you are sewing your project truly does make a difference in the finished piece. Iron out all the wrinkles of the pattern pieces before pinning to fabric. This makes the cutting job more accurate as well as much [...]
• How To Make A Hotpad: Today’s featured tip is from Anna’s blog: Pleasant View Schoolhouse. She has an easy-to-do hotpad tutorial: Okay, ladies, this is really simple! Just cutting, pinning, and straight-line sewing. There are probably *better* ways to sew up a hotpad, but this has got to be the easiest. I love projects like this because a) they’re useful and [...]
• How To Make A Microwave Heating Bag: Instead of using electric heat pads & blankets or hot water bottles for your aches and pains, these microwaveable bags are just the ticket! They’re known by a few different terms such as: bed buddies, stress busters, magic bags, corn cozies, rice bags–but they’re basically all the same thing. These bags serve a dual purpose as [...]
• How To Make Potato Baker Bags: Perfectly baked potatoes using a microwave and a fabric bag? Cute idea! This simple bag creates a “just right” baked potato in your microwave. The inside is well done, yet moist, and the skin remains tender. The bag will cook one to four medium sized potatoes at once. Simply wash and dry your Potatoes. DO NOT [...]