How To Sew A Handbag With Bamboo Handles

How To Sew A Handbag With Bamboo Handles

A few weeks ago, we spent our spring break vacationing in Hawaii! I know, life’s rough 😊 Our daughter is actually spending her freshmen year of college in Hawaii and our boys have never been, so we figured it was the perfect trip to plan,…

Sew A Thanksgiving Table Runner

Sew A Thanksgiving Table Runner

Thanksgiving is right around the corner!! I don’t know about you, but I love decorating for ALL holidays, including Thanksgiving. As soon as Halloween is over, my son is ready to put up the Christmas tree, but I always tell him NO! Let the turkey…

Fashion Design Class Patterns

Fashion Design Class Patterns

*This post is primarily for my fashion design students As some of my regular readers may know, I teach sewing classes 🙂 One of the classes I’ve added this semester is a fashion design course. This is an advanced class, for students who have taken…

Sew Fleece Backed Placemats and Coasters In 4 Easy Steps

Sew Fleece Backed Placemats and Coasters In 4 Easy Steps

HaPpY OcToBeR!! I love this time of year, with the holidays right around the corner and fall in the air (well- kind of…we don’t get too much of a fall in Southern California but the weather has cooled off a little). What is your favorite…

How To Sew A Water Bottle Sling

How To Sew A Water Bottle Sling

Hello!! It’s been way too long since I’ve posted my last tutorial. I have soooo many tutorials that I’ve recorded/photographed, but there seems to never be enough to post them all. I thought I might get caught up this summer, but between my sewing camps,…

How To Sew A Fabric Box

How To Sew A Fabric Box

I’m really excited to share this fun project with you today! I have been wanting to offer a class making fabric bins/boxes, and with Valentine’s Day coming up, it seemed like a fun time to do it! I remember making boxes in elementary school (and…

Hand Stitching A Felt Needle Book

Hand Stitching A Felt Needle Book

A couple months ago, I launched hand-stitching classes for my younger crowd. I’ve had so many young students want to start sewing with a machine, but it’s difficult for kids much younger than 8 years old (I will work privately with 7 year olds, but…

How To Sew Fabric Pumpkins

How To Sew Fabric Pumpkins

Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Where has 2022 gone? I can hardly believe we are at the end of the year already. Is it just me or does every year seem to go by faster and faster?? At any rate, holiday sewing is my…

How to Sew a Simple Block Skirt (With French Seams)

How to Sew a Simple Block Skirt (With French Seams)

Happy Monday!! Are Mondays ever really happy? Ha ha. For me, Monday is a day to plan out my week, get ahead on the menu planning and the laundry and all the other boring chores of the household. And sometimes, when I’m lucky, I might…

How To Sew a Pillow Cover Using Fabric Scraps

How To Sew a Pillow Cover Using Fabric Scraps

It’s officially Spooky Season!! Actually, when does spooky season officially begin? We are still in September and maybe it isn’t truly spooky season until October, but the stores already have their Halloween stuff out and my house is officially decorated (as of last weekend), so…