Sewing Tutorial: Ruffle sleeve maternity sweatshirt refashion

People often say how hard it is to be pregnant in the summer time because of the heat, but being pregnant in the colder months presents its own set of challenges. Namely, finding maternity clothing that will keep you warm! Kate from See Kate Sew shares a tutorial at Gugu Guru showing how you can refashion a sweatshirt to make it into maternity wear. She takes two sweatshirts and combines them to create one stylish hoodie sweatshirt with ruffle sleeves and extra room in the belly. She tapers the sides to give room where needed without it looking like you’re just wearing an oversized sweatshirt.

Click below for her tutorial:

DIY Maternity Refashion with See Kate Sew

[photo from See Kate Sew on Gugu Guru]

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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