tutorial Archive

Composition book covers are wonderful!  They are great to make in a bunch and then have on hand for quick presents along with a set of highlighters, or fancy pens.  The books can be

Lately there has been a few clothes and t-shirt quilts hanging out in the sewing cottage.  Sewing with clothes, t-shirts and other pieces of clothing can be tricky.  If you don’t get it all

The warmer days are hitting around here and there will for sure be a need to start carrying around a water bottle.  So, for this weeks 52 UFO Quilt Block Pick Up- how about

I love sewing stuffed animals and sewing dolls.  I am pretty much smiling the whole time.  They have their own little character and personality– and I love it.  I’m almost like Geppetto from Pinocchio.

The fun thing with a mug rug pattern is that you can adjust it for whatever size you like! The typical size is around 7 1/2″ X 9 1/2″ but if you have some

This week I am going into the bag pattern arena!  Second hoarding collection of mine is bags! {first of course being fabric– to make the bags with}  This pattern uses a dutchmans puzzle– but

Just recently I revisited the Posie Quilt Block– and I just knew i had that block somewhere around in the sewing studio.  Well, I couldn't find it, however I did find this posie quilt

Today we will be going over a pretty simple and basic technique- How to Applique Yo-yo's.   It's Springtime around here and the flowers are starting to pop out of the group, and the

Awhile ago I had posted one of my most popular posts on the blog. Ending Bum Crack One Pant at a Time.  Just looked at the time stamp on that post– 2008!!! whoop whoop.

I was using the oven the other day and it dawned on me that at one time I had made a hot pad trivet with a quilt block!   Do you know what a

I had something else planned for today, but I came across something over the weekend at the sewing retreat {where we tried the new iron!}and thought that this was better timing for this week!

I was at quilt group last week and we had a little make and take wool applique project. She handed out little kits with all the pieces- {we cut out the shapes}.  This was