An amazing post from the Showcase Blog . Check it out if you are looking for a perfect way to use up fabric and batting scraps. And to practice quilting. Having a cute potholder makes cooking even nicer 🙂 To go to the tutorial and get the pattern click here.
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Back to School Sewing Ideas
What can be more amazing for a sewing mum (or a dad) than sewing for children:) The satisfaction from seeing little girls and boys wear their mum’s creations is just indescribable. This post with a bunch of back to school ideas is for you dear sewing parents. The source for all the ideas and tutorials are as follows: http://www.sewmamasew.com/ http://www.modabakeshop.com/ http://www.skiptomylou.org/ http://hartandsew.blogspot.ie/ http://www.sameliasmum.com/ Owl Backpack Tutorial This backpack is fully insulated with heat/cold resistant batting […]
A double zip pouch with two compartments – video tutorial
Searching for ideas for you dear readers and fans of sewing, I stumbled up an amazing website: http://www.japanesesewingbooks.com by Yifarn. In the sew along section every month she publishes amazing, very detailed tutorials with the patterns available for download. I am definitely going to try to make this double zip pouch with two compartments. There are detailed pdf slides and even a video tutorial. All tutorial and photos are from www.japanesesewingbooks.com
Old Mens Shirt upcycled to lovely ladies outfit – tutorial
Check out this amazing idea – how a regular old mens button-down shirt can be completely changed . This tutorial from cutoutandkeep will show you how to turn an old mens shirt into a ladies outfit with a DIY Peter Pan Collar. The tutorial is available here
Paper piecing simple patern
If you liked the idea of paper piecing, you might be interested in trying something for yourself. Here is a very simple project you could try to do on your own (with at little bit of patience). It is called Border star. You will need to create 8 (star) pieces and then sew them together. And you can download pattern for these project from Sew Easy website – click here for the pattern.