Sewing Tutorials


How to make a homemade tea towel, what is chore coat toweling?

How to make a Homemade Tea Towel

While I thoroughly enjoy the tedious sewing of a quilt, this project was simple and refreshing. When Ruby Star Society first released their chore coat toweling, I was intrigued, but the yardage never made it further than my shopping cart on Etsy until this month.

How to sew a Christmas Pillow Cover

How to Make a Pillow Cover with a Zipper

These are rather simple to make if you have the patience to learn how to put in a zipper. If you don’t want to tackle the zipper, try an envelope pillow cover instead.

How do you sew a pillow cover with a zipper? Here’s a tutorial.

How to sew a homemade white linen pillow cover.

Homemade White Linen Pillows

My sister said she read that we should all be changing out our pillow covers to white linen right now. Spring is here and summer is right around the corner, and we need to freshen up our decor. 🙂

How to Sew a Gauze Baby Blanket or Quilt

How to Sew a Gauze Baby Blanket

(Please know that affiliate links have been used in this post.) Babies are the best excuse to purchase new fabric and sew a quilt. So I did just that. Some…

how to make fabric covered buttons or magnets

How to Make Fabric Covered Buttons or Magnets

I’m stepping out on a limb and trying a new product. It’s a completely different price point, and it’s a completely different level of time commitment.

The Willow Market, How to Make Fabric Postage Stamps

How to Make Fabric Postage Stamps

Something small. Something quick and whimsy. Something just to make them smile. I’ve seen fabric postage stamps for years, but I had no reason to take the time to make them until now. They’re fun and quick and simple.

Easiest Simple mask to make without pleats for simple sewing machine

What is the Easiest Mask Tutorial for a Beginner with a Basic Sewing Machine?

As we all know, anyone who can sew is making masks. A couple months ago, I made a few masks for family members. I made a pleated mask. Maybe I should say, ‘I ATTEMPTED to sew a mask.’ My sewing machine cannot go through pleats well. It just can’t chew through that many layers of fabric well. The stitch doesn’t stay a consistent length, and I have to pull and tug a bit to get my machine to stitch through the pleats.

Checkered Garden Quilt by Film in the Fridge. Made by The Willow Market.

A Checkered Garden Quilt

I have four children right now. They are seven, five, three, and three months. A couple years ago, I finished an economy block quilt for my seven year old. I have sewn zero quilts for my other children.

Quilting with Triangles, how to sew with Triangles

Sewing and Quilting with Triangles

Do you like the fabrics in this pillow? Unfortunately most of these well loved fabrics are no longer available for purchase. All of these prints were done by the ladies of Ruby Star Society.

How to Sew a Triangle Quilt

How to Sew a Triangle Quilt

Sewing a triangle quilt was actually one of my very first quilt projects. It was an extremely frustrating project. I hadn’t done any research at all. I ran across a quilt that inspired me to make a triangle quilt. I went to Jo-Ann’s and bought a triangle ruler. I went home and started sewing.

How to make a burp cloth with jersey knit fabric.

How to Make Burp Cloths from Jersey Knit Fabric

A couple weeks ago I purchased a variety of 1/4 yards of jersey knit fabric. Since these were not fat quarters, they are pretty narrow strips of fabric. They are only nine or ten inches wide. My options for creations were limited because of this.

I originally bought the fabric to make a few headbands for our new baby girl.

So I made a handful of headbands and though, ‘now what?’

how to turn your embroidery project into a pillow

How to turn your Embroidery Project into a Pillow

So here’s a project I’ve never done before. A good friend found this embroidery project at a second hand store months. She asked if I could turn it into a pillow.

Here’s how I turned this vintage embroidery project into a pillow cover.

How to Sew a Cuddle Quilt without the Binding

If you are looking for a quilt to snuggle or a quilt that’s warm to the touch as soon as you pick it up, this is it.

It’s soft, cozy, fluffy, and warm.

Log cabin block, vintage linens, quilted pillow cover, vintage patchwork, sewing with vintage sheets

How to Make a Log Cabin Block with Strips of Scrap Fabric

(Please note that affiliate links have been used in this post.) I’ve recently been inspired to hand quilt. Since my post last Monday, I’ve done a LOT of hand quilting.…

Homemade Christmas stockings, Noel Fabric, Hand quilted

Homemade Quilted Christmas Stockings…Done Early!!

(Please note that affiliate links have been used in this post.) These are done early you guys! I was quite enamored last night when my five year old was so…

Compass quilt block, quilted pillow cover, appliqued and English Paper Pieced

A Compass Quilt Block – Appliqued and English Paper Pieced

(Please note that affiliate links have been used in this post.) Sometimes it takes other people to stretch us and take us to uncharted territory. A dear friend asked about…

how to cut 8 half square triangles at once.

Eight Half Square Triangles at the Same Time???

(Please note that affiliate links have been used in this post.) I wrote this tutorial a long time ago. It is perfect for learning how to sew half square triangles.…

Vintage inspired dresden plate quilt. Bella ruby ice fabric.

A Dresden Plate Quilt that is Starting to look like a Quilt

(Please note that affiliate links have been used in this post.) This quilt has seen extremely slow progress. I’ve let it sit for over a year now. I’ve never sewn…

Serendipity quilt. Girl quilt. Scrappy patchwork quilt. Serendipity fabrics by Zeriano.

A Serendipity Quilt

(Please note that this post contains affiliate links.) I have three very blond haired little boys. I absolutely love some of the newer fabrics with some appropriate prints for boys…

How to sew new covers for your patio chairs. How to sew a box.

How to Recover Square Patio Cushions

I clicked through to a couple online stores the other day to find some new cushions for our patio chairs. Our cushions have seen better days, and we went all…