For Sewing Enthusiasts
Do you love the beach? Are you constantly dreaming of the sandy toes and salty air? Then you you’ll love this round up of over 100 tutorials of things to make for the beach. Whether you want to carry all of your things in one big bag or just want to cover up from the sun, these free patterns and tutorials will be the perfect way to enjoy your time in the sun.
Chance are sewing a pillowcase was one of your very first sewing projects. The nature and ease of sewing pillowcases lends itself to those learning to sew but it’s a project that also brings character to any room. And they are SO addicting once you get started. Kids and adults alike would be thrilled to look upon their favorite fabrics as they drift off into dream land. But, did you know there were so many different ways to sew pillowcases? Twenty, to be exact!
Check out all 20 of these different ways to sew pillowcases. You’ll be amazed at how beautiful and varied these are. I just can’t choose which one is my favorite. Can you?
Can’t find the perfect fabric for your project? No worries you can use heat transfer vinyl to MAKE your dream fabric. If you haven’t tried this stuff, it’s washable vinyl that you can iron onto fabric. You can make the ultimate fan inspired creations all the way to sporting necessities. This little technique is one of my all time favorite tricks to sprucing up my handmade creations.
Did you know that you could print directly on fabric from your home computer? That’s right, you can! The Sewing Loft has mapped out 5 easy methods for you to print fun notes, labels and more onto your fabric of choice right from your desktop. It is much easier than you think.
This time of year I always seem to be needing gifts. Whether it’s for mom or dad, your favorite teacher, or the random birthday boy or girl, some times I just want to give a gift card. Even though I know they will be able to get something they absolutely love, it feels a bit impersonal to me so I always love to make a fun gift card holder. Check out these 15 awesome DIY gift card holder tutorials and as a bonus many of them can be used after the gift giving is over as a fun little pouch.
If you like the look of quilting, you’ll love HST’s.
With a few simple tricks, these little squares of goodness are a snap to make and The Sewing Loft has broken it down for us. Learn different techniques to make half square triangles fast and accurately. Just think of all the ways you can use up leftover fabric scraps with these pretties.
Can’t find the fabric you want ANYWHERE? You can design your own! Here are a bunch of fantastic tutorials for filling the void yourself, based on how you want to go about making it. Digital prints, hand printing, hand painting and dye are all options for getting exactly what you want in a design. You can also save a bundle on by choosing an inexpensive base fabric and customizing yourself. The sky’s the limit!
Check out these resources with step-by-step tutorials:
Have you found other tips and tutorials that helped you? We’d love to hear about them in the comments!
Whether you are a creative whirlwind or a structured plan type sewist, an organized sewing room goes a long way to helping increase productivity. If you can easily find the things you need, you’ll get more done in the limited sewing time you have. Any sewing notion organization that shows off all of those beautiful colors is always a hit for me. Have you ever given thought to how your thread spools are organized? Do you use a thread spool holder?
Grab your coffee and get ready for some truly inspiring ways to organize your thread spools. Click over to Beatnik Kids to see 15+ Thread Spool Holders that will have you all geared up to organize your sewing supplies.
Vintage sheets with their prints and perfectly washed softness lend themselves well to sewing pajamas. Make these pretty and feminine pajama shorts with a free pattern and tutorial from Melly Sews. Go here to get the pajama sewing tutorial.
I love teaching people how to sew. My default newbie sewing project is a basic banded skirt. But, you can only sew so many skirts and what about the boys that want to sew? These DIY reversible placemats are my new favorite newbie project because they give lots of straight line sewing practice and build on those first skirt skill with turning fabric right side out and top stitching.
Get the FREE pattern and learn how to sew reversible placemats!