Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction, shares a tutorial for making  this sweet Bird in the Hoop ornament for your Christmas tree.  It’s a good project to use up… Read more ...

Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shares a tutorial over at A Subtle Revelry/ showing how you can make one of these cute stuffed animal scarves.  Little kids will love these!!  One end of the scarf has the front of the… Read more ...

Darts add shaping and dimension to a flat piece of fabric.  They’re used in garments to make a piece of clothing fit the curves of a human body.  In softie construction, darts can create the rounded shapes of heads, bellies,… Read more ...

Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction gives some tips for teaching people how to use their sewing machine.  (That’s right, in addition to the blog and her book and her … Read more ...

Sewing any curved pieces together can be tricky, but the little curved pieces of a softie can be especially difficult.  According to Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction, the… Read more ...

Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction, teaches a beginning sewing class.  She’s done it for over 2 years and has helped many a new sewer become comfortable with her… Read more ...