Category Archives: sewing

How to Sew a New Hem on Your Jeans the Easy Way

Sarah White May 17, 2017 Crafts / Make Do and Make / sewing1 Comment

Learn how to sew a new hem on your jeans when they are too long for your height or the shoes you wear with them. Affiliate links included for your convenience. Have you noticed that jeans, at least “premium” jeans, these days don’t seem to be made for people of …

Save Your Holey Sweater in a Flash with this Quick Tip

Sarah White March 9, 2017 sewing1 Comment

Affiliate links included for your convenience. Learn how to mend a sweater or other garment made with knit fabric when it gets a hole. Do you know why your T-shirts sometimes come out of the wash with holes in them? It’s not moths; it’s the zippers on other garments grabbing …

More Softies to Sew for Valentine’s Day and Beyond

Sarah White February 12, 2017 Crafts / sewing0 Comments

Sewn softies are a great Valentine’s gift for a little one in your life, and they don’t usually take a lot of time or supplies, which is great when you’ve got a deadline, right? I recently shared my tutorial for X and O softies, but there are lots of other …

X and O Softies to Sew for Valentine’s Day

Sarah White February 4, 2017 Crafts / Holidays / sewing5 Comments

Valentine’s Day is not a day I normally do a lot of sewing for, but on a whim a few years ago I made my daughter a Valentine’s Day dress because I happened to have some really cute flannel with hearts on it. I decided this year to make X …

How to Mend a Torn Seam by Hand or Machine

Sarah White January 10, 2017 Make Do and Make / sewing1 Comment

I’ve been on a bit of a mending tear (ha!) recently. I had this huge stack of things that needed to be fixed, and I have other things on my list, but I’m plugging away and thought I would share some basic mending methods with you. Probably the most common …

Sew a Softie with the Kids for the Holidays

Sarah White December 14, 2016 Crafts / sewing0 Comments

The other day I shared with you my Christmas tree softie, which I made myself but would be great for kids to make, or even for a group of kids to do together as they learn embroidery stitches. A bunch of my blogger friends have been sharing their own holiday-themed …

Sew an Infinity Scarf and #givewarmth

Sarah White December 5, 2016 Crafts / sewing0 Comments

What if you want to #givewarmth to someone who lives somewhere it doesn’t get that cold? Or you want to do something that isn’t a no-sew scarf option, but you’re not a knitter or a crocheter? Why not sew an infinity scarf? It’s a really quick and easy project you …