quilted pot holders

How to sew quilt potholders

An amazing post from the Showcase Blog . Check it out if you are looking for a perfect way to use up fabric and batting scraps. And to practice quilting. Having a cute potholder makes cooking even nicer 🙂 To go to the tutorial and get the pattern click here. 

Back to School Sewing Ideas

What can be more amazing for a sewing  mum (or a dad) than  sewing for children:)  The satisfaction from seeing  little girls and boys wear their mum’s creations is just indescribable. This post with a bunch of back to school ideas is for you dear sewing parents. The source for all the ideas and tutorials are as follows: http://www.sewmamasew.com/ http://www.modabakeshop.com/ http://www.skiptomylou.org/ http://hartandsew.blogspot.ie/ http://www.sameliasmum.com/   Owl Backpack Tutorial This backpack is fully insulated with heat/cold resistant batting […]

double zip purse

A double zip pouch with two compartments – video tutorial

Searching for ideas for you dear readers and fans of sewing, I stumbled up an amazing website: http://www.japanesesewingbooks.com by Yifarn. In the sew along section every month she publishes amazing, very detailed tutorials with  the patterns available for download. I am definitely going to try to make this double zip pouch with two compartments. There are detailed pdf slides and even a video tutorial.   All tutorial and photos are from www.japanesesewingbooks.com