Kitchen – Page 6

Free sewing pattern: Round pocket potholders

March 10, 2019 by Anne Weaver

Melissa from Polka Dot Chair shows how you can make these sweet pocket pot holders. The quilted pot holders are handy to have around in the kitchen. Plus they make great gifts! Tuck some kitchen tools in the pocket of… Read more ...

Sewing pattern: Snap top kitchen towels

March 7, 2019 by Anne Weaver

Sewing tutorial: Snap top kitchen towels

The snaps

across the tops of these kitchen towels helps them stay in place. You can make them with a tutorial over at the Make Something blog by Dritz. They’re easy to sew because you start with a purchased towel… Read more ...

Sewing pattern: Love tea towel from home dec cotton

January 28, 2019 by Anne Weaver

Sewing tutorial: Love tea towel from home dec cotton

Home decor weight cotton makes beautiful tea towels!! I used some vintage home dec weight fabric to create this Love applique tea towel with a design loosely inspired by a towel I saw at Anthropologie. I went with a color… Read more ...

Sewing pattern: Yummo double oven mitt

January 20, 2019 by Anne Weaver

This double oven mitt is perfect for someone who loves to bake! The fabric that connects the two mitts helps protect your arms from a hot dish. And the applique at the ends is so cute! Heather from The Sewing … Read more ...

Sewing pattern: Patchwork potholder

October 10, 2018 by Anne Weaver

A patchwork potholder makes a nice little gift – or an extra something nice for your own kitchen. Plus, youcan use up your scraps! Svetlana from SOTAK Handmade has a tutorial for us showing how. Simple improv piecing makes the… Read more ...

Sewing pattern: Hanging dish towel

September 17, 2018 by Anne Weaver

This handy hanging dish towel is simple to make using an inexpensive hot pad and a kitchen towel. Simple Simon & Co. shares a tutorial at Polka Dot Chair showing how to do it. The towel buttons around an oven… Read more ...

Sewing pattern: Kitchen applique potholders

August 29, 2018 by Anne Weaver

Sewing tutorial: Kitchen applique potholders

These quilted potholders have the sweetest little kitchen illustrations made from a combination of free motion stitching and applique! Minki Kim shares a tutorial and free pattern at We All Sew. The illustrations are from her book Diary In Stitches… Read more ...

Sewing pattern: Reusable kitchen clean up towels

August 8, 2018 by Anne Weaver

Sewing tutorial: Reusable kitchen clean up towels

Paper towels are certainly convenient for cleaning up a mess, but they’re not so great for the environment. But what if your paper towels weren’t paper, but fabric? Then you could wash and reuse them again and again. Melissa from… Read more ...

Cricut Tutorial: Donut hot pad

January 15, 2018 by Anne Weaver

Polka dots are a staple in my fabric stash. They’re just so versatile – and so cute! Amber Simmons shows how you can create these donut hot pads, with polka dot fabric giving them sprinkles. Donuts and polka dots in… Read more ...

Video tutorial: Quick casserole carrier

January 13, 2018 by Anne Weaver

Beth from The Renegade Seamstress has taken her popular casserole carrier tutorial and created a 1-minute video showing how it’s put together. The insulated carrier wraps around a rectangular baking dish

and has loops at the top where you… Read more ...

Tutorial: Easy quilted pot holder

December 31, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Shelly from Coral & Co. shows how you can sew up a quick quilted pot holder. She designed it as a last minute Christmas gift to sew, but of course Christmas is not the only time we might need a… Read more ...

Tutorial and pattern: Pinch grip oven mitt

December 11, 2017 by Anne Weaver

This oven mitt lets you get a good grip when picking up a hot pan while still protecting your hands. Mayra from So Sew Easy shares a free sewing pattern for making one. Choose two cotton prints – one of… Read more ...

Tutorial and pattern: Merry and Bright Christmas towels

December 3, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Add some fun Christmas cheer to your kitchen with these cute Merry and Bright retro towels! Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial and free pattern at Therm O Web. They’re quick to sew and make great gifts. Use… Read more ...

Sewing Pattern: 3 ways to put a handwritten recipe on a tea towel

November 9, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Tutorial: 3 ways to put a handwritten recipe on a tea towel

A favorite family recipe printed on a tea towel makes a heartfelt and treasured gift, especially when the recipe is written in grandma’s (or other loved family member’s) handwriting. Autumn from It’s Always Autumn gives the run-down on three methods… Read more ...

Tutorial: Jelly roll strip pieced placemats

October 29, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Sew4Home shows how you can sew up a set of placemats out of a Jelly Roll (precut fabrics). The stripes are pieced from a jelly roll of fabric (or you could just cut your fabric yardage into strips), and the… Read more ...