Category Archives: sewing

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 …

Sew a Christmas Tree Softie

Sarah White December 2, 2016 Crafts / sewing12 Comments

I love doing little hand-sewing projects, and the girl is starting to get into them, too. (I had so much fun working through Crafty Critters with some of my fiber arts students and I can’t wait for the girl to make some of these adorable things, too.) I thought it …

Stitch a Burlap Bookmark

Sarah White May 20, 2016 Craft Challenge / Crafts / sewing1 Comment

I was sure I had shared this project when I did it with the girl’s class earlier this year, but I can’t find it in my archive, so, because I’m doing it again I thought I would share it this time. Burlap is a great material for new hand-stitchers to …

Sew a Dress Fast with Style in an Instant Fabric

Sarah White May 18, 2016 Craft Challenge / sewing3 Comments

I love the idea of sewing clothes, but maybe not as much the execution. You may remember that I’m afraid of zippers, and there’s only so much you can do with an elastic waistband (and even those I manage to mess up sometimes by making too big, but at least …

Make a Pillow {Craft Challenge, Day 127}

Sarah White May 6, 2016 Craft Challenge / sewing0 Comments

Now that my scrap fabric has been sewn and stitched on, I knew I wanted to do something cool with it, so I decided to make a pillow. I happened to have a 14 inch pillow form already in the house (because my craft stash is like that) but you …

Embroider a Word on Fabric {Craft Challenge, Day 125}

Sarah White May 4, 2016 Craft Challenge / sewing0 Comments

Last week I made some fabric out of scraps and told you I would be doing something with it this week. The first thing I did was to embroider a word on the fabric to make it a little more fun. It happened there was a nice solid blue patch …