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Mie from Sewing Like Mad guest blogs at Sew Country Chick with a tutorial showing how to adapt a basic shorts pattern to make a pair of culottes. To make the culottes, you need to add extra width to the legs and create a longer crotch. She includes dimensions for making a size 3T, but her instructions will work with any size of shorts. Get the how-to.
[photo from Sewing Like Mad at Sew Country Chick] Looking for more Shorts patterns? Check out these patterns we found on Etsy.
Christmas is one of those holidays that you just can decorate too much for. There’s no limit to the amount of holiday cheer you can bring into you home! There’s no such thing as too many Christmas decorations. You can bring Christmas décor into any room of the house – including the kitchen! Which is kind of fitting given how many Christmas activities and gifts are made in the kitchen. We’ve rounded up 13 Christmas kitchen accessories you can sew for your home or to give as gifts.
The list includes holiday themed hot pads, potholders ,aprons, and more that you can sew and decorate your kitchen all season long. Most are things you can make in an evening or less. These would also make wonderful hostess gifts for any holiday parties or gatherings you’re attending. Read on for the kitchen sewing ideas!
Here are 13 festive Christmas kitchen accessories you can sew today!
Sew a Christmas Tree Holiday Potholder – Free Sewing Pattern by Sew Can She
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Vintage Ornaments Christmas Tea Towel by Orange Bettie
[photo credit: Orange Bettie]
DIY Oven Mitt Sewing Tutorial by Sweet Red Poppy
[photo credit: Sweet Red Poppy]
Kitchen Christmas Towel Tutorial by Kiki and Company for U Create
[photo credit: U Create]
DIY Children’s Holiday Apron by Crafting Cheerfully
[photo credit: Crafting Cheerfully]
DIY Christmas Potholder Towel Tutorial by Rae Gun Ramblings
[photo credit: Rae Gun Ramblings]
Easy Hanging Towel Tutorial by Skip To My Lou
[photo credit: Skip To My Lou]
Christmas Apron Tutorial by Sew Mariana
[photo credit: Sew Mariana]
How to Sew a Reversible Casserole Dish Hot Pad by Needlepointers
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Plaid and Polkadot Deer Dish Towel by Flamingo Toes
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Christmas Potholders Tutorial by Life Sew Savory
[photo credit: Life Sew Savory]
Vintage Apron Pattern Free and Tutorial by Fleece Fun
[photo credit: Fleece Fun]
Simple Hanging Tea Towel Pattern by Polka Dot Chair
[photo credit: Polka Dot Chair]
I want to be all cheerful and say they are so cute
however these are not culottes they are split leg skirt the difference being that culottes have it hidden that they are trouser leg and i suppose at a glance these may look like a skirt but it would not hold up for long.
i have a niece and god bless i love her but she can’t sit like a lady to save herself. She lives in box pleat culottes and i mean box pleat front and back they are so cute. i would really be interested in seeing some one doing a box pleat culottes with contrasting internal pleats for fun