Hello everyone! I am Katie Skoog, owner and designer over at Simple Life Pattern Company. We design baby and girls patterns and I am also a fabric designer for Art Gallery Fabrics. You can see all our creations in our Facebook group and I am excited to share with you a pattern I created just More …
Download the Daisy’s Sun Bonnet pattern and create a cute practical sun bonnet to protect your littles from the sun. It can easily be transitioned into every season. More …
Cozy Cushion: Simple Sewing with Big Impact Like everyone else, I am always working on making my home a little cozier—the latest Scandinavian design trend “hygge” is all about making things feel extra comforting, special, and downright cozy. It’s all about the details that evoke this feeling. For me, a pastel pink faux fur bean More …
School is back in full swing which means so is the homework. One of the goals for this year is to devote at least 20 minutes each evening to reading. So I set aside a quiet area of the house that is loaded with books and made an oversized pillow that my youngest can use More …
To celebrate the warm summer weather, stitch up the Relax Anywhere Mat. This quick project is perfect to take anywhere and relax! More …
Hello everyone! Hayley here, reporting from the BERNINA of America headquarters! I have an easy quilt project for you today. This baby quilt is a quick finish with simple strip piecing and a few half square triangles. For beginners, this is a great way to practice consistent piecing techniques and for those of us who More …
While getting ready for back to school this year, I discovered that child-sized messenger bags are few and far between. Finding one that’s made for boys is even harder. So this year, I decided to make a messenger bag that not only suits my child’s interests (which is currently Pokemon Go), but is the perfect More …
Hi everyone, I’m Ashley from Make It and Love It. SO happy to be here today….sharing something perfect for spring! Ahhh…spring is my absolute favorite time of year! The sun is staying out a little longer, trees are starting to bloom, new grass is pushing its way through, and I start getting an itch to More …
Helping you to stay organized, these rounded zip pouches are practical and fun! Make one or make several to showcase a favorite fabric and use up some of those vintage zippers on hand. Vinyl zip pouches are quite popular at the moment! The vinyl allows you to see clearly what is contained in your pouch More …
Hello there! My name is Melissa Mortenson and I’m the girl behind the Polka Dot Chair Blog. Some of my favorite things to sew are zippered pouches. They are easy to stitch and make great gifts! In honor of my kids going back to school soon, I decided that I’d design a zipper pencil case with More …
Welcome to Part III of our Kids Shorts Tutorial Series by Shauna Wightman of Shwin And Shwin—the gathered shorts. Today is the last style alteration of the basic shorts, covered in part I of this kids shorts mini-series. For instructions to sew the curved shorts, click here. Materials to sew gathered shorts for kids: Shorts pattern BasicShorts2T_Pattern More …
Welcome to Part II of our Kids Shorts Tutorial Series by Shauna Wightman of Shwin And Shwin—the curved shorts. We continue the summer shorts series with shorts number two, the curved shorts. A quick alteration to the pattern and we have a whole new style. Materials to sew a curved kids shorts: Shorts pattern, BasicShorts2T_Pattern ½ More …
