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Sewing Tutorial: Sew a vinyl coated lunch bag

May 12, 2017 by Anne Weaver

These vinyl coated lunch bags are perfect to pack a lunch for the park or pool. Especially when they’re made from fun summery prints! Audrey from Audrey’s Reflection shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how to make them. … Read more ...

Tutorial: Easy kimono top

May 12, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Light and breezy and sewn from beautiful prints, kimono tops are perfect for summertime layering! They’re also easy to sew, and Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom has a tutorial showing how. Choose a pretty print and sew… Read more ...

Tutorial: Use a ladder stitch to sew a pillow closed

May 12, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Domenica from Easy Sewing for Beginners shows how to sew a pillow or softie closed, and have your stitches hidden. She shows how to make the ladder stitch, or invisible stitch. It’s a simple hand stitch that’s useful for any… Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial: Fat Quarter Garden Party Apron

May 11, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Pull 5 fat quarter from your stash and sew them up into a pretty Garden Party apron! Sew4Home has how-to. (You’ll also need a half yard of another print for the lining.) The Garden Party apron has a drop waist… Read more ...

Tutorial: Mother’s Day fingerprint table runner

May 10, 2017 by Anne Weaver

This Mother’s Day table runner is decorated with flowers made from kids’ fingerprints. Bonnie from Whisk ‘Em shares a tutorial for making it. It’s a cute way to involve the kids in making Mother’s Day gifts! They’ll love getting to… Read more ...

Tutorial and pattern: Unicorn cat softie

May 8, 2017 by Anne Weaver

I *might* have squealed out loud when I saw the latest free pattern from Sew Desu Ne? It’s a mewnicorn – party cat, part unicorn! The soft plushie is big enough to double as a pillow. I’m in love! Free … Read more ...

Tutorial: Knotted dog chew toys

May 8, 2017 by Anne Weaver

I sew a lot of knits and I’m always looking for a way to use up my knit fabric scraps. Charlie from This Blog Is Not For You shows how you can use strips of knit fabric to create knotted… Read more ...

Tutorial and Sewing pattern: Peas in a pod pincushion

May 7, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Tutorial and pattern: Peas in a pod pincushion

Three fabric peas sewn up into a pea pod pincushion! It’s a free pattern from Bustle and Sew and it is adorable! Each of the little peas is stuffed to hold pins. You could use the three stuffed peas… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sew a simple gathered skirt

May 6, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Pam from Threading My Way shows how you can sew a simple gathered skirt. They make a great first sewing project, or a quick afternoon project for a more confident sewist. You won’t even need a pattern, just some basic… Read more ...

Tutorial: How to make a hairbow

May 4, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Alicia from SolSolito shows how you can make your own hairbows. Add them to hair clips or headbands to make allll the hair accessories for your little girl. Her tutorial is written in Spanish but she includes plenty of pictures… Read more ...

Pattern and tutorial: C-3PO Star Wars softie

May 4, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Here’s an awesome May the F0urth project to sew up today! Or any day, really. Mollie from Wild Olive shares a free pattern for sewing a C-3PO softie. I am loving this so much! He’s made from felt with a… Read more ...

10 tips for getting out of your sewing rut

May 3, 2017 by Anne Weaver

As much as we’d like to be in full on create mode all the time, the fact is that creativity and productivity ebb and flow. A certain amount of creative is necessary, but it can be hard sometimes to move… Read more ...

Tutorial: Key fob teacher gift, plus printable

May 2, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Teacher gifts are hard. You want to get them something nice, but not spend too much – especially if you’re buying for more than one teacher. You want it to be something they’ll like and use, but unless you’re super… Read more ...

Tutorial and pattern: Seahorse softie

May 2, 2017 by Anne Weaver

These seahorse softies are so cute with their tufts of hair and seahorse fins and their belly pockets to hold an itty seahorse baby! Jill from Snugglebug University shares a free sewing pattern and tutorial at Make It and Love… Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial and pattern: Maternity t-shirt

May 1, 2017 by Anne Weaver

Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shows how you can sew a maternity t-shirt pattern. You’ll need to start with a basic t-shirt pattern (she gives a link to her free Blanc T-shirt pattern). She shows how to… Read more ...