Learn how to hem pants, use your sewing machine feet, make bias binding, and more!
I saw a sneak peek at the Black Friday ad for Jo-Anns Fabrics and guess what’s going to be 75% off? FLEECE! Oh, I hope I don’t get in trouble for telling you that. 🙂
So I thought I would share with you a sweet little pattern that I designed just for fleece fabric. It’s a bolero jacket that folds together like fabric origami and is secured only with buttons. And since fleece doesn’t fray, you can choose to finish the edges or not.
Introducing the Easy Ruffle Shrug! This pattern belongs to me, I once sold it as a .pdf pattern, but now I’m offering it to my SewCanShe readers as a free download from my Craftsy Shop.
Read on to see my girls’ Easter outfits.
Nothing is cozier than a warm flannel scarf. Lucky for us, flannel scarves are so easy to sew! Stephanie from Swoodson Says shared a great tutorial this week with a fabulous and super easy flannel infinity scarf.
You’ve got plenty of time to whip up a sweet scarf of your own to wear this fall!
A couple weeks ago I had a scarf emergency.
I was blessed with pure inspiration that day (probably because it was Sunday, lol) and I ended up making a soft and beautiful double gauze cotton scarf with no sewing and in practically no time at all!
Christmas pajama pants are probably the most common tradition, don’t you think? If you are lucky enough to have people to sew for, make them some P.J. Pants for Christmas this year! The free pattern that I used is super fast to sew so it can even be a very last minute gift.
You can sew cute boutique style girls’ dresses with just a tee shirt, some elastic, and some cotton fabric! Let me show you how with a free step by step tutorial plus how to use the fabric to make a matching applique.
I can’t tell you how much Cadie loves the little tee shirt dresses that I made her. And they were so, so, easy!
It’s so easy to make boy’s swim jammers! They are really just biker shorts made with swim fabric, in other words, short leggings with swim fabric!
Last month I wrote a Sewing 201 post about knit fabric binding, and it was so successful that I thought I’d write the next Sewing 201 about it’s cousin… woven fabric binding. Woven fabric can also be used for a self binding (like on the little dress above) or a contrasting binding on a woven fabric project. It can replace a facing or even a lining if your fabric will allow. It is definitely prettier than a hemmed neckline or armhole, in my opinion. The trick is that the binding must be cut on the bias to allow a tiny bit of stretch. This will make your bound edge pretty and crisp. Read on for all the cutting and sewing instructions below!
It’s been ages since we’ve had a Sewing 201 post, hasn’t it? Well I’ve been sewing lots of knit binding on little knit tee shirts and dresses lately so I thought I’d show my process.
You can sew knit binding if your pattern calls for it, or as a substitute for facing or a typical ribbed neckline. If you are substituting it for a different edge finish, trim away the seam allowance.