Category Archives: Sewing

How to Sew a Button on a Coat and Make it Last

Sarah White March 29, 2017 Sewing3 Comments

Here’s an easy way to sew a button on a coat so it will stay on no matter how much you bundle up underneath. Affiliate links provided for your convenience. It’s a good thing I’m a knitter, because there’s nothing I like more than a big, bulky sweater, indoors or …

Save Your Holey Sweater in a Flash with this Quick Tip

Sarah White March 9, 2017 Sewing2 Comments

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 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 Holidays / Sewing7 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 Sewing2 Comments

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 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 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 …