Month: August 2012

How to Make Your Own Trick-or-Treat Bags

Send your little one off to celebrate Halloween in style with these easy-to-sew, fun-to-make Trick-or-Treat bags. Spook them up with seasonal embroidery and use glow-in-the-dark embroidery thread for maximum effect. Need something a bit smaller for a party favor or gift bag? Then stitch up a cute mini version!
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Morsbags: Sewing to Save Our Planet

Did you know that over 1 million plastic shopping bags are consumed each 60 seconds all around the globe? Take matters into your own hands by making quick, reusable grocery bags out of scraps of fabrics or old fat quarters you have in your stash, morsebags.com tells you how! … More

The GREAT Summer Orphan Block Challenge

How many orphan blocks do you have in your stash? Here’s a great idea for the summer. Use them in a project and you could win a phenomenal prize package! (Including a BERNINA Sew Essential Tool – a sewing kit in a Swiss knife!) Check out The Great Summer Orphan Block Challenge at Hummingbird Highway!
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Visit Our WeAllSew Boards on Pinterest

Have you seen our WeAllSew boards on Pinterest? We’ve created fun boards to spark your imagination – from our creative and easy-to-sew WeAllSew projects to sewing tips and techniques, plus recycling, fun notions, favorite fabrics, awesome prints, sewing spaces, quilting trends, and much, much more.
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Meet the Experts: Ashley Johnston

Meet Ashley Johnston, proud mother of two and creative blogger. She finds ideas in magazines, online and in the streets and then thrives on discovering how to re-create them. She finds time to construct these beautiful, unique items during naptime or late at night and most enjoys creating charming things for her home, family and friends. … More

Embroidered Circles Folio

Here’s Pam Craig’s version of a folio project from a class Amanda Whitlatch taught at Southern Sewing School. Want to make one of your own? Download The Folio Project instructions from the project page of Amanda’s website – and send us photos of your creation! … More

Jessica’s Wedding Gown, Part 1

I was thrilled when Jessica asked me to make her wedding dress! I love to sew garments and my favorite thing of all to make is bridal gowns. Our first step: decide exactly what she wanted. This was a task in itself! Jessica sometimes has a hard time making up her mind, which makes me a little nervous. … More