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DIY, DIY Sewing, Fabric, Ironing Board, Ironing Board Cover, Rockerbye, Rockerbye Destash, Rockerbye Destash Fabrics, Skulls, woven fabric - August 11, 2021

DIY Ironing Board Cover

I got to looking at my ironing board cover the other day... and boy... was it boring and dirty. For something I use so often and is always present in my sewing room I decided I needed to change this dire situation. So I took to the floor (literally it's a big thing and I had to cut on the floor) to work out how to make a new one and it was surprisingly successful! I wanted to give you all a quick and dirty DIY on what I did so you can upgrade too!! First- Not every ironing...

Applique Guest Blog by Pamela Sue Hay of s.wonderful.sews!

How to Make Your Own Head Into an Awesome Applique! Hey all! My name is Pamela and I’d like to show you how you can easily make your head into an applique. This is a great way to use up fabric scraps. It looks awesome, is pretty easy and very rewarding! Supplies: Photo (electronic or physical) Trace Paper and Pencil Fabric Scraps (any kind will work, I am using knit for this tutorial) Rotary Mat and Cutter Scissors Water Soluable Fabric Glue Thread Sewing Machine Let’s do this! First you will want to gather your photo or photos. I traced...

Guest Blog by Crazed Creationz Cloth - Sew a Pad Tutorial!

How to sew a serged exposed core pad with Crazed Creationz Cloth! Fabric by RockerByeDestash Fabrics.

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fabric, juneteenth, sew, sewing - June 18, 2021

Juneteenth Handmade Auction

The annual Juneteenth Handmade Auction starts today - stop buy, shop and support marginalized folx.

DIY Plant Pot Cover

So I've recently become a plant mom so obviously the new Monstera rainbow print has my heart big time. There's about a million things I want to sew with it but I was trying to figure out something fun and unique. After some Pinterest searching I discovered people actually make fabric pot covers *mind blown*! I can do that!! So I set out looking at tutorials and honestly I wasn't really happy with most of them. I'm very much a lazy/easy as possible sewist. So after some searching I decided why not make my own. So- anyone want to make...