Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Tutorial: Clear vinyl mini notions bag
These small zip pouches with clear fronts are all kinds of handy! Use them to organize your sewing notions, craft supplies, or your kids’ small toys. Emily from Simply Notable shares a tutorial for making them.
Click the link below to go to her tutorial:
Mini Notions Bag Tutorial, by Simply Notable
[photo from Simply Notable]
Looking for more DIY sewing patterns to make your own bags, totes and clutches? Check these Sewing patterns out on Etsy
It doesn’t matter whether you sew by hand or by machine, you need a pincushion. You need a spot to parks pins and needles and keep them within easy reach for when you need them again. There are a lot of styles of pincushion to choose from. Some magnetic, some fabric. Some cute, some purely functional. This “little bit extra” pincushion has a spot to store all the different types of pins and needles you might need while sewing. Polka Dot Chair has a free sewing pattern you can use to make one for yourself.
This handy little pincushion has a circular shape and is divided into sections to store different types of pins. The bottom section is for your regular straight pins. Just poke them in and they’re ready for when you need them. The top has one section with a felt flap perfect for holding your sewing needles. I don’t know about you but I don’t like mixing my hand sewing needles in with my pins on a pincushion. It makes it hard to find the needle when I want it. So having a separate section for the needles is a great idea.
This “little bit extra” pincushion also has a spot to hold a few fabric clips. Fabric clips have become popular alternatives to a traditional straight pin. They hold fabric pieces together without piercing the fabric, which is important when sewing leather, vinyl, or other materials that will show permanent holes from pins.
You can sew the “little bit extra” pincushion from large fabric scraps or small fabric cuts (fat eighth). You probably already have all the supplies you need to sew one in your sewing supplies already.
Get the free pattern for this “little bit extra” pincushion over at Polka Dot Chair.
[photo credit: Polka Dot Chair]
It’s a link to learn guitar
This link for tutorial for the mini notions bag takes you to a site to learn how to play the guitar.
It appears their blog no longer exsits, We have changed the link to the webarchive version.