23 Jun

Tutorial Thursday

March 31, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
free tutorial, pattern, sewing, tutorial thursday
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This week’s free tutorial find is from Fantastic Toys. Aren’t these the cutest pincushions you’ve ever seen?? I could see them making great swap or gift items. And the instructions look really easy!

I love projects like this. The materials look fairly inexpensive, and you can make the mushroom top with a little pretty from your scrap stash. What do you say…should I make a mushroom forest for all my blog subscribers? lol, just kidding!! 🙂

17 Jan

Bag Making Techniques, Bags, Tutorials

VIDEO: Using Woven Labels for Your Bags

January 17, 2022
bag pouch, bag tags, sewing, woven labels
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In this video, I will show you some fun woven labels that you can add to your bags or pouches. The labels add a little bit of extra special to your projects. You can find the woven labels here: https://tinyurl.com/2mepk36n [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tazjMmFr1Io]

Honeymooner Suitcase pattern hack, original pattern from Big-City Bags book

30 Apr

Pattern Hacks, Tutorials

Pattern Hack – Honeymooner Suitcase

June 18, 2016
free tutorial, pattern hack, sew sweetness honeymooner suitcase
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This is a pattern hack of the Sew Sweetness Honeymooner Suitcase sewing pattern, from the book Big-City Bags. The modification to the pattern is for luggage straps and a mesh zippered pocket! While this tutorial is free, you’ll need to pick up Big-City Bags for the pattern in order to complete the rest of the bag. DEFINITION – Pattern Hack : to modify...

29 Feb

Uncategorized

Craftsy Review Month

March 22, 2016
class review, craftsy classes, quilting, sewing, sewing pattern review
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March is Craftsy Month here on Sew Sweetness! If you are not familiar with Craftsy, it is a series of hundreds of online classes for learning techniques and projects. There are free classes to try out, and any classes that you purchase stay in your account forever so that you can reference them at any time! My love affair...

Free Tutorial: Adding a Zippered Mesh Pocket to the Sew Sweetness Ansel Camera Bag sewing pattern

19 May

Bag Making Techniques, Tutorials

Tutorial: Adding a Zipper Mesh Pocket to your Ansel Camera Bag

May 19, 2015
ansel camera bag, free tutorial, sew sweetness, zippered mesh pocket
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If you've picked up my Ansel Camera Bag sewing pattern, I've put together a free tutorial in case you'd like to add a handy zippered mesh pocket to the lining side of your lid. This is really quick and easy to do, and great for storing small items like sd cards, lens cap, camera manual, etc. Before getting started, please...

19 Jan

Bags, Bags, Tutorials

FREE Pattern: Baker Street Bag

December 28, 2017
baker street bag, free bag pattern, free tutorial, recessed zipper, sew sweetness, tote
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Enjoy this free pattern for the Baker Street Bag - you can download the pdf pattern instructions here:PATTERN - Baker Street Bag . It features 11 pages of sewing instructions, and 26 full-color step-by-step photos. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDYWEZfdZzM] The Baker Street Bag only features one pattern piece (the rest are rectangular cuts), so only one page of templates to print (and no taping together!)....

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05 Jan

Uncategorized

Sew Sweetness 2014 in Review

This is a little view of some of the things that went down here at Sew Sweetness in 2014! Initially, I wasn't going to write a post like this (a lot of things leave my being the minute I finish making them...I guess I'm more interested in the actual making than in the finished project, lol), but I've been...

02 Dec

Bag Making Techniques, Tutorials

How To Sew with Faux Leather

November 28, 2014
free tutorial, how to sew with faux leather, sewing
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Today's post is brought to you by Liz from Moments... She is an avid sewer of faux leather, and I thought it might be nice to pick up some of her tips for sewing with leather, as it's not something I commonly do (but would like to!). pleather, PVC leather, fake leather ...whatever you call it ... is way easier...

12 Nov

Bag Making Techniques, Tutorials

Tutorial: Adjustable Strap with Swivel Clip

November 11, 2014
adjustable strap, bag, free tutorial, purse, sew sweetness, swivel clip
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An adjustable strap is great, but what happens when you want to add an adjustable strap to a bag that has swivel clips on both ends? Today I wanted to show you how! I used this method in my upcoming pattern for the Tudor Bag. I made this version in delicious Tula Pink 'Elizabeth' fabrics. Supplies Needed Strap Fabric (I cut...

03 May

Quilts and Home Decor, Tutorials

Flower Pillow Tutorial made in Jungle Ave. Fabrics

Happy weekend! I just wanted to share with you a pillow tutorial that my friend, Kim, made using my Jungle Ave. fabrics. This pillow is for my booth at Quilt Market, less than 2 weeks away. And who doesn't love scrappy binding! She told me yesterday that she is not hand-sewing any more binding for me on any more...

05 Feb

Bags, Tutorials, Uncategorized

Free Bag Pattern: Arabesque Bag

February 10, 2019
arabesque bag, bag sewing pattern, bag sewing tutorial, birds and the bees, free bag sewing pattern, free tutorial, grosgrain ribbons, renaissance ribbons, salt water, sew sweetness pattern, squirrels, tula pink
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Hello there and thanks for stopping by! Today, I have a surprise (hey, it was a surprise to me too) FREE bag sewing pattern. I haven't written a bag pattern that I can share since my Bag of the Month Club pattern last month. I am always so freakishly obsessed with writing patterns with tons of detailing (flap pockets, panels,...

21 Oct

Bags, Uncategorized

Purse Palooza :: Pattern Review : Tohoku Tote

April 4, 2014
bag, bow, free tutorial, Momma Hear My Roar, pattern review, pleats, purse, purse palooza, Tohoku Tote
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This post is part of Purse Palooza 2013. For full schedule of guest post pattern reviews and prizes, click here! Katy from The Littlest Thistle is an amazing bear-maker, astounding paper-piecer, and I can always count on Katy to make me laugh. Check out her blog to see what she is up to now! Hi, I'm Katy from The Littlest Thistle, and I'm...

17 Oct

Bags, Uncategorized

Purse Palooza :: Pattern Review : Anna Maria Horner Right Turn Bag

April 4, 2014
anna maria horner right turn bag, chevron, free tutorial, patchwork, pattern review, pieced, purse palooza, sewing pattern review
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This post is part of Purse Palooza 2013. For full schedule of guest post pattern reviews and prizes, click here! Cindy of Raspberry Sunshine is a talented bag-maker and quilter. You can see all of her handbag work here (and there's a ton to look at!!). I am so excited to be one of the guest posters for the 2013 Purse Palooza! Today, I...

suemac says:

June 23, 2011 at 8:59 pm

Cute. What is holding them up. I guess I could hit the link and find out. LOL. Have a nice day.

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suemac says:

June 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm

Ok. How easy. I need a new pincushion.

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