How to make a dinosaur softie inspired by the Amazon show Dino Dana. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Inspired by the girl’s Titanoboa softie, I wanted to make my own dinosaur softie inspired by Dino Dana. What is Dino Dana? If you don’t know Dino Dana yet, allow me to introduce you. The […]
Kid-Directed Softie Projects
The girl is getting older and she’s less likely these days to accept creative prompts that I give her. So it always thrills me when she wants to make something I didn’t suggest. So it was with these kid-directed softie projects. I was thinking about what I was going to do to celebrate Sew a […]
Mend a Fresh Hole in Jeans with Weaving
Learn how to mend a fresh hole in jeans while the threads are still there to weave with. Easier than patching later! I have this pair of jeans I love. They were the first real (as in, not from Target) jeans I bought after my daughter was born, which means they are probably seven years […]
How to Sew a New Hem on Your Jeans the Easy Way
Learn how to sew a new hem on your jeans when they are too long for your height or the shoes you wear with them. Affiliate links included for your convenience. Have you noticed that jeans, at least “premium” jeans, these days don’t seem to be made for people of a normal height? Maybe I’m […]
How to Sew a Button on a Coat and Make it Last
Here’s an easy way to sew a button on a coat so it will stay on no matter how much you bundle up underneath. Affiliate links provided for your convenience. It’s a good thing I’m a knitter, because there’s nothing I like more than a big, bulky sweater, indoors or out, for much more of […]
Save Your Holey Sweater in a Flash with this Quick Tip
Affiliate links included for your convenience. Learn how to mend a sweater or other garment made with knit fabric when it gets a hole. Do you know why your T-shirts sometimes come out of the wash with holes in them? It’s not moths; it’s the zippers on other garments grabbing them in the wash and […]
More Softies to Sew for Valentine’s Day and Beyond
Sewn softies are a great Valentine’s gift for a little one in your life, and they don’t usually take a lot of time or supplies, which is great when you’ve got a deadline, right? I recently shared my tutorial for X and O softies, but there are lots of other options some of my blogger […]