Are you hoping to have friends over for parties, picnics, and BBQs this summer? If you are you need to look through these free things to sew for your kitchen. I just love an excuse to sew something new, and there’s none better than sewing something useful. Save the environment with … Continue reading
I love to sew bags and I can tell that you do too as the bag and purse patterns on my site are always very popular and get a lot of sewing pattern downloads and pins. There are a lot of tote, bag, wallet and purse patterns out there so … Continue reading
Did you make a New Year’s resolution this year to work out more, go to the gym, do daily yoga, jog, run or even walk more? How is that going? Oh dear…me too. My 30 days of yoga stopped after day 8 and has been rather sporadic after that. Isn’t … Continue reading
Are you a Mom? What do you want for Mother’s Day? Is something made just for you especially dear to your heart? I love to get gifts that have been made just for me – shows so much extra thought and care. With Mother’s day coming up, I wanted to … Continue reading
Around this time last year, a reader, (whose name I have forgotten, sorry) wrote and asked if I had any ideas for Teacher Apreciation Gifts. It was only then that I really becamse aware of the custom in the USA for a Teacher Appreciation Day/Week. It’s not something formal … Continue reading
Having designed simple clothing patterns myself, I have the greatest admiration for those who create patterns for 3d items such as soft toys and dolls. Visualizing how something flat such as fabric or a paper pattern, can be turned into something 3 dimensional is a skill indeed. That’s why I … Continue reading
By now you’ve probably all already seen the Big List of Online Fabric Shops and the Best Etsy Fabric Shops articles. Awesome right. Yeah, if you are in the US. But although most of my readers are in the USA, a lot are also from the UK. Perhaps it’s my … Continue reading
It seems there is a National Day, Week or Month for almost everything these days. One that caught my eye for March was Clean Your Closet Week (running 17th – 24th). I’ve just recently lost some weight, with a little more to go and I’ll be cleaning out my closet … Continue reading
I know you must all be familiar with the great site All Free Sewing. Many of you may have even found this site originally from one of their links. They’ve been kind enough to feature quite a few of my patterns – in fact I have my own designer page … Continue reading
If you’ve been following a while, you’ll remember that I had 3 friends all expecting babies within a few weeks of each other near the end of last year and I went sewing crazy with multiple baby-related sewing projects. It was fun to sew in nice bright colors and small … Continue reading
Messenger bags are everywhere these days. Grown ups, kids, men, and even dolls have a messenger bag. Large or small, inconspicuous or bright, plain and simple or full of pockets, catches and accessories – the messenger bag allows you to carry exactly what you need everywhere. For the office, school, … Continue reading
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