Twitter the bird is the latest softie design from Melly & Me.  I love the big eyes and the tiny wings!!  To celebrate the new design, Melly & Me are giving away a Twitter pattern away to three lucky readers. … Read more ...

Here’s a stylish way to patch your jeans.  Rather than trying to conceal the stitching, call attention to it.  Patch from behind, and then stitch around and over the hole again and again…and again and again….  Find out how from … Read more ...

When you stitch overlapping pieces of elastic, does the under side end up a huge mess?  Sure, the elastic is typically enclosed in a casing where no one can witness the bird’s nest of threads, but wouldn’t it be better… Read more ...

Put your Uncle Ed’s prodigious necktie collection to good use.  Jill Nicolaus posts at Dave’s Garden about making stuffed snakes from old neckties.  Get the tutorial. Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for… Read more ...

Got an ugly rip in the upholstery of your couch?  You could slipcover it, but that’s expensive.  Or you could replace the whole thing, but that’s even more expensive.  OR, you could just mend the rip, the least expensive option… Read more ...