Sewing

Sure, you can buy packaged bias tape at the fabric store.  Or, you can make your own using a handy bias tape maker (check the notions wall).  Melissa from Melly Sews  blogs at Keeping It Simple with another option –… Read more ...

Trang from Behind the Seams shows how to add studded vinyl elbow patches to a plain sweater.  Get the tute. [photo from Behin the Seams]… Read more ...

Danielle from My Sparkle made this art deco-inspired dress for her little girl.  The black and white print in the skirt is actually a reproduction of her favorite prints in a much-loved vintage quilt.  She recreated the design on her… Read more ...

This is a sandwich box, right?  Karen from Sew Many Ways shows how she used the partitioned lunch box as a sewing kit.  The compartments can hold threads, needles, and small notions.  The top, where a sandwich would go, can… Read more ...

Check out this piggy bank that Onel from Onelmon made!  It’s an actual functioning piggy bank stitched from felt.  She made it to celebrate Chinese New Year.  A length of PVC pipe on his insides gives him his round piggy… Read more ...

Is there anything girlier than a sash tied into a big bow at the back of a dress?  Or how about a wide sash tied into a bow at the neck of a pillowcase dress?  Destri from The Mother Huddle… Read more ...

I am absolutely swooning over this little alpaca bag that Eri from Llevo el invierno made for her girl.  Except I don’t know that I could give it to my daughter.  I might have to keep it for myself.  If… Read more ...

Anneliese from Aesthetic Nest guest blogs in the Winter Whites series at Kojo Designs with a tutorial showing how to make a faux fur slip-through scarf.  The faux fur is sooo pretty!  And warm, too!  It’s hard to see because… Read more ...