Sewing
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Friday faves – My favorite fabrics for Fall!
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase items using my link, I’ll get a small commission and you’ll have done me a solid by supporting my blog! Please see my disclosure policy for more info. I absolutely love browsing fabric and thought I’d share some of my most favorite, fall vibe fabrics! Most of these are from fabric.com which is one of my absolute favorite resources for fabric. I’ve also included a few of my favorite Spoonflower fabrics. I love shopping Spoonflower because each purchase directly supports the small biz designer who created that fabric! Now to decide what to make… Art Gallery Fabrics Dear Stella Fabrics Cloud 9…
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Bunny Hat Sewing Tutorial with Free Pattern
With Easter right around the corner I thought I would share this sweet bunny hat sewing tutorial including a free pdf pattern! When my kids were babies I loved making little knotted hats for them. One Easter I added one more “knot” and came up with this cute little bunny! What you’ll need: 1/4 yard stretchy knit fabric. I love shopping serger.
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DIY Face Mask for Mask Shortage
Sewers all over the country are coming together in an amazing way and creating homemade face masks due to the shortage of masks caused by covid-19. This sewing tutorial for a face mask for the covid-19 mask shortage will hopefully give you an easy step by step guide that even the most novice sewist can follow! The shortage of masks for health care providers, those with compromised immune systems, nursing homes and even those with the virus, is so frightening. I was lucky to stumble across a Facebook group this week with over 6500 local fellow sewers from in and around Northwest Indiana who made me aware of this situation…
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Turn your kids creations into plushies!
Turn your kids creations into plushies!
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Candice Ayala’s Upcycling Challenge
A while back, a friend of mine, whose sister owns an adorable boutique, gave me this funky pair of pants. They’ve always been just a little too tight and I’ve never quite been bold enough to wear them. I love the fun print though and have been wanting to upcycle them into something for my daughter and just haven’t gotten around to it. I came across Candice Ayala’s Upcycling Challenge on Instagram and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get to work on turning these forgotten pants into something usable! You can read about Candice’s challenge here, but basically it’s a competition to upcycle an existing piece into…
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Matching skirts for Mother’s Day – DIY pencil skirt
I kinda, sorta, made myself and the girls matching skirts for Mother’s Day. 🙈 I know it’s dorky, LOL, but I’m going to do it while my girls are still proud to match their Momma! Over on Instagram I gave a sneak peek of the skirts and promised to go into more detail about how to make a DIY pencil skirt. I come from a a few generations of seamstresses. My mom can literally sew anything. Growing up my sister and I always has intricately sewn, handmade Halloween costumes. She can reupholster anything. Friends and family are always coming to her to altar prom dresses, wedding dresses, pants, you name it.…
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Soft blocks sewing tutorial
Hopefully you’ve already visited my crib sheet tutorial and are here because you have bunches of 8X8″ squares left over from all of the adorable sheets you’ve made! If not, head to your fabric scrap stash and find some fun coordinating fabrics for this quick and easy soft blocks sewing tutorial. I whipped up 4 blocks during my toddler’s nap time. The whole process took about an hour! Quick and easy. These soft blocks are a cute little accessory for a nursery and they make a great gift! I created my blocks using 8X8″ squares leftover from all of the crib sheets I’ve made, but you can really make them…
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Friday faves – My favorite fabrics for the nursery
(This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for more information). For quite some time now, fabric.com has been my go to for all things fabric. It’s definitely not always ideal to hop in the car with all three kids and head to the fabric store (unless I have plenty of suckers handy, lol)! Local fabric stores don’t always have the fabric selection that I’m looking for, so I almost always buy my fabric online. I talked about a few of my favorite places to buy knit fabric here. Knits are great for baby accessories and clothing, but when it comes to decor and bedding, you probably don’t…
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DIY Crib Sheet Tutorial
Crib sheets are a simple and fun way to add some personality and style to your little ones nursery! Today I’m going to walk you through a step by step crib sheet tutorial. Crib sheets were one of the very first baby items I ever made after finding out I was pregnant with my first. One of the very first items I ever sewed actually! They are so incredibly simple that even the most beginner sewer can make them! I promise that once you start making your own you’re going to be hooked! Your baby nursery dreams will come true as you’ll be able to choose any fabric out there…
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DIY spring garland
It’s still 30 degrees here in Indiana, but I’m doing my best to make my home feel bright and springy! I still had a lot of my winter decor around the house, and this week I got the urge to freshen up the house for spring! I LOVE garlands and have been looking for a light and springy garland that doesn’t look like it belongs in a babies room. I also don’t want to spend $30 on something I can make myself, SO I decided to make my own DIY flower garland! We have this big, old barn window (straight from my dad’s barn) right above our buffet in the…
