by Virginia | Sep 24, 2019 | fabric, give away, patterns, sewing, tutorial
When I made my video about 8 ways to Make Sewing more Fun, I received so many comments about the pattern weights that I decided to share instructions to make pattern weights! I also wanted to try some other versions to make it more fun and so that I could learn...
by Virginia | Aug 30, 2019 | color inspiration, decorating, fabric, pillows, quilt, sewing, tutorial
I love a good quilt block design. Sewing a whole quilt? Not so much! I do love the few quilts I’ve made and the process was wonderful but I don’t want to devote the time to a whole quilt right now. BUT, I do have time to make a quilted pillow to decorate...
by Virginia | Jul 24, 2019 | fabric, organizing, sewing, sewing for baby, Travel, tutorial, Uncategorized
I recently took a trip to the beach and made several of these cute drawstring bags to help organize small things in our bags. They worked great! Especially for my little ones. She loved packing her underwear and socks in these pretty bags. Click on the video below to...
by Virginia | Jul 23, 2019 | sewing, tutorial
I like to sew up quick and simple projects that will be useful this time of year. Last summer I shared a video with instructions to make scrunchies, eye mask and sun glass holder. This summer I made a NEW video featuring how to sew an insulated water bottle sleeve, a...
by Virginia | May 25, 2019 | patterns, sale, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized
Several people have told me that are a little wary of the eyelet feature of the Bucket Bag. One thing that is funny about sewists is that although they may have accomplished a very elaborate pieced quilt, they may not have done something simple like installed a zipper...
by Virginia | May 23, 2019 | patterns, sewing, tutorial
You all know I LOVE to change things up with my patterns, right? This is one of the best things about sewing- slight changes and getting a new look. Well in this circumstance, this is actually how I originally made the bucket bag! But I changed it to the one long...
