My mom started a tradition when my sister, brother, and I were young. Every year for Christmas she would buy us each a Hallmark ornament that was personal to us in some way. We carefully packed the ornaments away at the end of the season only to unbox them the following year when we received ... [ Read More ]
Why Aren’t You Sewing?
Are you like me? You love to sew. It makes you happy. But you spend more time thinking about sewing than actually doing it. Are thoughts constantly crossing your mind about what you want to sew for yourself, your home, or others? Whether I'm at home, work, or pumping gas, I'll see something ... [ Read More ]
Sewing Projects for Beginners
The free online sewing class Get Ready to Sew! is just the beginning of your sewing journey. Take a look at the following sewing projects for beginner sewists. Each project was designed to help you get comfortable with your sewing machine and develop foundational sewing knowledge and skills. ... [ Read More ]
How to Sew a Tic-Tac-Toe Board
Once you work through the steps to make a bean bag, it doesn't take too long to make a bunch of them. The process of making a bunch of bean bags is even more efficient if you do one step for all the bean bags before moving on to the next step. But what in the world can you do with a bunch of bean ... [ Read More ]
How to Sew Bean Bags
Bean bags are a wonderfully simple invention. A small bag filled with beans can actually be used in a lot of different ways and they don't take long to make. This makes bean bags a great project for a beginner sewist. In addition to being pretty quick to construct, you get to practice rotary ... [ Read More ]