I love the idea of homemade Christmas gifts, and I am always looking for ideas that will be unique and useful (because—let's face it—a lot of homemade gifts are not). These are a few of my most successful handmade stocking stuffers from previous years to inspire some creative handmade gifts this ...
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Vintage Lace
My neighbor recently gave me a giant box of old sewing supplies. It took a while to sort through and find the things that were still usable. There were dozens of cards of seam binding tape, which I have never used before but may have to experiment with now. Most of the items were too damaged or ...
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Wildflower Tea Towel Calendar Hemming Tutorial
This design has been updated for the current year! I participated in Spoonflower's 2014 Tea Towel Calendar contest this year. This seems to be one that many of the designers look forward to and tea towels seem to be one of their best selling items. I received my order a few days ago and the design ...
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Learn Sewing Terms: Download A Free Sewing Glossary!
I have added a glossary of sewing terms to my resource library to help beginner sewists navigate sewing pattern terminology!
Patterns assume a knowledge of these sewing terms. They are pretty easy to learn, but it helps to have a short glossary of sewing terms nearby to help translate those ...
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Sewing Tote Bag Straps from Fabric
In my Water Bottle Tote pattern, I suggest using pre-made cotton or nylon webbing as bag straps. But what if you don't have any on hand or you can't find the right color to coordinate with your fabric?
Sewing tote bag straps from fabric is a simple change you can make to add more personality and ...
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Introducing: The Water Bottle Tote Pattern
It's finally ready! The Water Bottle Tote Pattern.
Several months ago, I drafted a pattern for a divided tote bag designed to carry 6 water bottles. We keep color coded bottles for the children to keep the dishes under control and avoid buying drinks when we are out. The tote was only meant to ...
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