Tutorial: Journaled Burlap Bags
Melony from Mel Designs shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Journaled Burlap Bags with a lovely collage effect. The bags are made from burlap and painted canvas, with journaling words stitched to the front. Fabric… Read more ... Tutorial: Make cropped yoga pants out of a t-shirt
Shawna from My Water Jar guest blogs at Stellar Mother with a tutorial showing how to create a pair of cropped yoga pants out of a large t-shirt. The refashion uses almost every piece of the t-shirt; the only scrap… Read more ... Tutorial: Add ruffles to the hems of girl’s leggings
Cheri from I Am Momma, Hear Me Roar shows how to add ruffles to the hems of a pair of girl’s leggings. They look like high-end chee-chee boutique pants, but you can make them out of knit fabric recycled from… Read more ... Tutorial: Make a t-shirt to match flannel pajama pants
Polly from Helping Little Hands wanted to make a t-shirt to match a pair of flannel pajama pants. It would be easy enough to just cut a motif from the scrap fabric and applique it to the shirt, but the… Read more ... Tutorial: Ruffled Java Cup Jackets
Sew4Home shows how to make their Java Cup Jackets edged with frilly girly ruffles. The fabric coffee sleeves don’t require very much fabric to make – you probably have what you need in your scrap bin. Get the tutorial.… Read more ... Tutorial: Make a fabric wallet
Brandi from JuBee’s Craft Box created this fabric wallet as a gift for her brother, and she shares a tutorial showing how she did it. Inside the wallet is one large pocket for paper money, and two smaller pockets for… Read more ... Tutorial: Scrap fabric Christmas tree ornament
Luvinthemommyhood shows how you can use your fabric scraps to make a cute Christmas tree ornament. The tree is made from stuffed fabric triangles, with a button embellishment for the star. It’s assembled entirely with handstitching and hot glue. Get … Read more ... Tutorial: Make clothes for dolly
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how to make dolly clothing out of your scrap fabric stash. The simple dresses are easy to sew and can be made to fit any size doll. Get the tutorial.
[photo from Shwin … Read more ... Tutorial: Layered and fused fabric Christmas ornaments
Vicki Welsh shares a tutorial on her blog, Field Trips in Fiber, showing how to use fusible webbing (she used MistyFuse), fabric scraps, and angelina fibers to create these lovely Christmas ornaments. Though the layering and stitching makes them look… Read more ... Tutorial: Petite Purse Ornament
Michele from Michele Made Me guest blogs in the Haul Out The Holly series at Gwenny Penny with a tutorial showing how to make her Petite Purse Ornament. It’s made from small pieces of fabric, so you can probably find… Read more ... Tutorial: Ruched Christmas tree skirt
Jackie from Teal & Lime shows how to make a lovely ruched Christmas tree skirt. The ruching creates pretty scallops around the edge. She started with a round tablecloth, so she didn’t have to press and stitch the hem around… Read more ... Tutorial: Fabric Fishy Purse
Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Fabric Fishy Purse. The body of the fish purse is covered in colorful scrappy scales. The drawstring closure creates his puckered mouth. … Read more ... Tutorial: Turn scrap fabric into colorful flowers
Melissa from Until Wednesday Calls shows how to turn your scrap fabric into colorful flowers. She shows them made into hair accessories, but they’d also make fun brooches. Get the tutorial.
[photo from Until Wednesday Calls]… Read more ... Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Ruffled Christmas Pillow Cover
Chris from Pickup Some Creativity shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a throw pillow cover with rows and rows of ruffles. She made each ruffle from a different fabric in a Christmas color scheme for a… Read more ...