How-To: Sew a Crib And Toddler Bed Sheet
Dana from MADE guest posts over at Luv in the Mommyhood with this tutorial for whipping up crib and toddler bed sheets. What a fun way to inject some personal style into your child’s room!
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Video Tour of the Baby Lock “Natalie”
I love my “Natalie” sewing machine. It’s a great tool, and has been a dependable workhorse. I picked it up from a local business called The Sewing and Vacuum Place. I was thrilled to find that Pam and her partner in the business, have a great YouTube channel with lots of videos about machines. In […]
Space Slug Door Draft Blocker
Bonnie at StarWars.com shows you how to make a space slug door draft blocker using old socks and my favorite, googly eyes.
Birthday Sewing Box
What a sweet birthday gift for a friend with a new sewing machine: an elegant sewing box. Silke Stoddard over at Martha Stewart’s The Crafts Dept. blog put together this one using readily available containers and supplies from a few big box stores but then personalized it by making a lovely leather case for the […]
Crafting a Corset, Part 1: Getting Started
By Alaina Zulli Corset-making may seem like a job only for the professionals, but anyone who can sew a straight line on the sewing machine can do this project. Over the course of three lessons for the next three Mondays, I will teach you all the techniques I learned as an apprentice to an historical […]
Stitched Alphabet Book
Forty-two Roads made this stitched felt alphabet book for her son Jacob’s first birthday. I love the idea of making this custom to your kid’s favorite things to help them learn textures, animals, shapes and more while they learn their ABC’s.
How-To: Felted Capelet
Process: Felted Capelets with SmallStars from Etsy on Vimeo. Here is a special treat for you today from British costume designer, Claire Townsend. In this video, Claire graciously shares her process for making hand-felted, hand-stitched capelets, which she sells at her Etsy store, Small Stars. Claire started making the capes as a creative outlet from […]