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Tutorial: Basic features of your sewing machine

September 4, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Sewing machines have lots of buttons and knobs and numbers on them. If you’re used to using a sewing machine, you know what all of these parts and pieces do. But to a new sewer (or someone considering buying a… Read more ...

Free pattern: Child-size conductor’s hat

September 4, 2012 by Anne Weaver 3 Comments

Andrea from The Train To Crazy and Go To Patterns shares a free pattern for making a child-sized conductor’s hat. This hat, plus some overalls and a bandana, will make a cute train conductor Halloween costume. The pattern is available… Read more ...

Read all about it: Steph’s advice for buying garment fabric

September 4, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Steph from 3 Hours Past gives her advice for buying fabric to make garments. She cautions against “binging on prints”, which basically describes my entire fabric stash. 🙂 Whoops. But she’s right – a more thoughtful approach to buying fabric… Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial: Teapot Cozy

September 4, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Lisa fromA Spoonful of Sugar shares a tutorial for all you tea drinkers out there. (I’m a coffee girl myself.) She shows how to make a teapot cozy to keep your tea warm. Get the tute. [photo from… Read more ...

Read all about it: Preshrinking your fabric

September 4, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

The very first step when sewing a garment is preshrinking your fabric. After all, you don’t want to invest the time and money into making a garment, only to have it shrink up with its first washing. Sew4Home gives the… Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial: DIY Comfy Maternity Skirts

September 4, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Jessica from Craftiness Is Not Optional gave her maternity wardrobe a much needed boost when she made up a bunch of her DIY Comfy Maternity Skirts. They’re simple skirts from a stretchy knit fabric with waistbands that stretch to fit,… Read more ...

Tutorial: Garment covers out of pretty fabric

September 3, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Sew4Home shows you how to make a garment cover to protect a special piece of clothing from dust and debris as it hangs in your closet. It’s a practical item, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be pretty, too. Their… Read more ...

Tutorial: Cat ear headband

September 3, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Andrea from Go To Patterns and The Train To Crazy shows how to make a pair of cat ears on a headband. The tutorial is part of her Handmade Costume series. Her method for attaching the ears to the headband … Read more ...

Tutorial: Sewing on chiffon

September 3, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Chiffon… It comes in such beautiful prints, and has such a nice drape. But sewing on it can make you want to pull your hair out. It slips, it flops, it doesn’t hold a crease. (There’s a reason why all… Read more ...

Tutorial: Bountiful Beach Blanket made from towels

September 3, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Colleen from My Material Life pieced together a couple of towels to create an oversized beach blanket. Her Bountiful Beach Blanket is big enough for several people to sit on. It’s a fairly simple project, and her post tells how… Read more ...

Tutorial: V-neck t-shirt binding

September 3, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Crafty Mamas share a tutorial on their blog showing how to create a bound V-neck for a t-shirt. It’s very similar to binding off a rounded neckline, but with a few extra steps to create the V in the middle. … Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial: DIY maternity pants

September 3, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Shauna from Shwin & Shwin kicks off the Belly + Baby series (co-hosted with Jess from Craftinss Is Not Optional and Kate from See Kate Sew) with a tutorial showing how to convert a regular pair of pants into… Read more ...

Tutorial: Pieced rainbow chevron skirt

September 3, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Heather from Sew Easy Being Green shows how she pieced a number of chevron prints together to make this rainbow twirly skirt. The chevron prints were all from the same line – but in different colors – so she was… Read more ...

Tutorial: Kimono top with high-low peplum

September 3, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Meream from Bored & Crafty shows how to make a kimono top with a high-low peplum. It has a high neck on the front, and a back that plunges to a deep V and ties closed. (Even with the ties,… Read more ...

Tutorial: Easy Zippy Pouches

September 2, 2012 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Erin from Dog Under My Desk shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Easy Zippy Pouches. The zipper is set into the flat side of the pouch (rather than across the top seam), and it has… Read more ...