Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
D’Arcy-Jean Milne, author of Fabric Leftovers
, shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she refashioned a maxi skirt into a gathered camisole dress. What a clever refashion! Don’t have a maxi skirt in your refashioning stash? I suspect… Read more ... 
Sabrina from Honor Roll shows how to make this pretty ruffle purse for girls. They’ll love the rows and rows of ruffles! If you cut the ruffles out of your scrap bin, they might even recognize a favorite mama-made garment… Read more ... 
kz from kzjo’s studio shares a fun back-to-school tutorial for making a simple fabric bookmark. It fits around the corner of a page to mark your spot in the book. You can make them quickly, and from the contents of… Read more ... 
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shares a project for your scraps of knit fabric. She turns a strip of knit into a soft headband. A bit of gathered tulle or other embellishment completes the look. Go to the tutorial.… Read more ... 
Teresa from My Patchwork tells how to make a quick and cute little pincushion. It’s also a great project for the scrapbin – you need only two 6-inch squares of fabric, some buttons, a bit of ribbon, and a wad… Read more ... 
Pascale from //Between the Lines//shares a clever project on her blog – a clothes hanger wrapped in scrap fabric. What used to be something purely functional is now utterly delicious. Find out how to do it at //Between the Lines//… Read more ... 
Amy from Vintage Fern guest blogs over at The Vintage Sheet Blog with a tutorial showing how to use scraps of vintage fabrics, hankies, and doilies. Oh my, this is SO fabulous!! I love the eclectic look! Go to the … Read more ... 
Pat Bravo’s soon-t0-be-released line is called Paradise, and she’s offering a bag of scraps from this lovely line to one lucky reader at her blog. Get the details and enter at her blog. She’ll announce the winner on Monday,… Read more ... 
Find out how to make these simple fused fabric ornaments over at C & T Publishing blog. They show them in hearts, but you can create them in any shape you like. (Keep it simple, though, as you’ll be… Read more ... 
Jess from Craftiness is Not Optional shares a tutorial for making a soft headband for a little bitty baby. The white fabric bands that you see in the picture are loops that allow you to attach a clip to embellish… Read more ... 
Amy from Serving Pink Lemonade shows how to make a quick little marble maze from scrap fabric. The goal is to maneuver a marble through the maze stitched into a fabric pouch. Because it’s all enclosed, you can keep this… Read more ... 
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shows how to make her Lauren headband from scrap vinyl. The simple stacked bows are so elegant!! Don’t think you have any scrap vinyl? Think again. When she says “scrap vinyl” she’s not meaning just… Read more ... 
1 down, 4 to go… Last night I completed the first of the 5 dolls I pledged to the Craft Gossip Dolly Donation Challenge.
Granted, he still has no face but we’ve got plans to address that. My dear… Read more ... 
Katie from Punk Projects shows how to sew up a cute sleep mask. It’s a quick project and takes just a few scraps of fabric (plus a bit of batting and some elastic). If you’re already making a nightgown or… Read more ... 
Becky from Patchwork Posse shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this no-sew wreath. She made it in red, white, and blue for a fun 4th of July decoration, though you could easily change the look (and… Read more ... 
