Category: Creative Sewing Challenge
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Sewing Inspired by the Sea
Sewing is such a versatile hobby, it allows you to express your creativity in so many different ways. If you combine this with a theme as inspiring as the sea, well the world is your oyster, and the results can be beautiful, interesting or challenging. Here’s an overview of some of the many types of…
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Strawberry Sewing Tutorials
When the sun is out, and tennis season has begun, there is nothing quite so appealing as a delicious, ripe strawberry (with maybe a scoop of cream on the side). If you want to keep that strawberry-feel-good factor with you all year long, here are a collection of sewing projects inspired those special summer berries.…
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5 Charities That Need Your Sewing Skills
If you have ever wanted to use your sewing talents for a greater good, you are not alone. Simply making and donating handsewn items to charity is a worthwhile activity in itself. However, there are many organisations who have established their good works around the premise that people who love to sew also have good…
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Sewing Tutorial: make a cupcake coaster
These pretty little coasters are a great use for fabric scraps. They are easy to make, and give you a chance to master your free-motion embroidery skills. You will need: Fabric for the coaster base (enough to make two squares approx. 12cmx12cm) Scraps of pretty fabric for the cupcake Iron-on adhesive (eg. bondaweb) A button…
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Really Simple Sewing Pattern: Pencil Case
I love this sewing pattern! Its free, very easy to follow, and is a brilliant way to build your confidence attaching zips. The tutorial is by Katie from Sweet Verbena, you can find it in this post. Its a wonderful pattern for beginners, as it introduces you to the basics of quilting, AND gets you…