I love how a simple embroidery stitch can make a plain tote bag feel like a special gift. This tote bag upgrade is quick and easy, yet your friends will feel appreciated and loved when they see the care you put into to making a hand-stitched gift. (It makes a great gift, but you can definitely make ...
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Make Bias Binding from a Fat Quarter
Here's a tutorial showing you how to make bias binding from a fat quarter. (After making these pencil pouches with the girls last week, I realized I needed a tutorial they could reference!) Why make your own? Well, store-bought bias binding is typically a poly/cotton blend of fabric. It's a little ...
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Zipper Pouch Girls Sewing Day
Last week, I spent the day sewing with my daughter and 6 of her friends. It was a zipper pouch girls sewing day! The girls we invited all had basic sewing skills (able to thread the machine and sew straight stitches...) and a desire to learn more. My goal was to introduce a couple of new techniques ...
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Blue Ridge Dress Pattern Swap
Have you seen the new Blue Ridge Dress pattern by Hello Holli? It's a sweet girl's dress; feminine with modern details. While I was making the Blue Ridge Dress this week, Holli was busy sewing up one of my Retro Rucksacks. Be sure to look at her blog to see the finished bag!
Holli has ...
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Professional Zipper Pocket Tutorial
(it's probably not the method you have been using!)
Do we really need another zipper pocket tutorial in the sewing blog world? A quick google search yields dozens of helpful results. So why am I adding my own version? Because most of the zipper pocket tutorials at the top of the search results are ...
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Southport Dress
I've been admiring the Southport Dress by True Bias since it was released a few months ago. I really love the maxi version of the dress that Teresa made. I had the opportunity to test the Mini Southport Dress recently and was really happy with the finished dress. Kelli produces high-quality, modern ...
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