Tutorial: Faux fur vest
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a tutorial showing how you can make a faux fur vest. A faux fur vest adds drama (and warmth) to a fall or winter outfit, and they’re actually quite easy to sew. She made… Read more ...
Tutorial: Jumbo storage tote
This jumbo storage tote by Sew4Home can be used to organize just about any room in your house. At 17″ high x 16″ in diameter, it’s big enough to hold toys or rolled up bath towels, or a throw blanket… Read more ...
Tutorial: Patchwork baby blanket
Surayya from Blissful Sewing shows how you can make a patchwork baby receiving blanket. The square patchwork is easy to sew and is suitable for any style of fabric. It’ll work with traditional baby fabrics, soft florals, bold graphics, retro… Read more ...
Tutorial: Baby doll receiving blanket
Melissa from Polka Dot Chair shares a tutorial for making a receiving blanket for a baby doll. It’s a self-binding blanket, meaning that the edges of the back wrap to the front to cover the raw edges. The self-binding creates… Read more ...
Tutorial: Splash! poolside bucket tote and blanket set
Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how you can make this poolside bucket tote and matching beach blanket. The bucket tote is pieced from a handful of coordinating prints. Knotted rope and grommets make the nautical style handles. It’s big… Read more ...
Tutorial: Itti Bitti Tag Blanket
Amy from And Sew We Craft shares a tutorial showing how to make her Itti Bitti Tag Blanket. It’s a fabric square backed with a soft nubby Minky, with tags of ribbon peeking out from the edges. It’s a good… Read more ...
Tutorial: Picnic set with a basket liner, blanket, and napkins
Picnics are made more fun when you have a cute picnic set. Jessica Ween from A Making Life shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how you can make a covered picnic basket, as well as a picnic blanket… Read more ...
Tutorial: Self binding minky baby blanket
Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial showing how you can make a cuddly soft minky baby blanket. A self-binding technique, in which the back of the blanket wraps around the front, finishes the edges quickly and… Read more ... Tutorial: Bread Blanket embellished flour sack towels
Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial for making her Bread Blanket flour sack towels. They’re made from flour sack towels, which you can get inexpensively at the discount store, with a ruffle and fancy trim sewn to the… Read more ... Tutorial: Snuggly Bunny Baby Blanky
Shannon from Googiemomma shares a free pattern for making her Snuggly Baby Bunny Blanky. It’s a soft baby blanket made from minky and flannel, with a cute bunny softie attached. The bunny snuggle blanket would work equally well for boy… Read more ... Tutorial: Finish a baby blanket with satin blanket binding
Shelly from Giggles and Beans shows how to sew wide satin binding around the edge of a baby blanket. The blanket itself is simply two squares of flannel set wrong sides together. Her tutorial includes how to fold the binding… Read more ... Tutorial: Reversible horse blanket for an American Girl horse
Over at Arts and Crafts for your American Girl Doll, you can get a free pattern for making a reversible horse blanket for an American Girl horse. It’s an easy project to make. Her pattern will fit an American Girl… Read more ... Tutorial: Simple gauze swaddle blanket
Sara and Melissa from alice & lois design studios guest blog at Pretty Prudent today with a tutorial showing how to make a gauze swaddle blanket. Gauze makes awesome swaddle blankets because they’re stretchy and breathable. The blankets are easy… Read more ... Tutorial: Faux blanket binding
Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how to use a faux binding technique to finish off a blanket. The blanket is made from two layers of fabric, with the faux binding peeking from between them. She shows this finish on… Read more ... Tutorial: Lightweight knit receiving blanket with contrast binding
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make a receiving blanket from knit fabric. It’s a lightweight blanket, made from a single layer of knit fabric. Bright binding adds a punch of color. The rounded corners are… Read more ...