With handy mesh pockets, this fl oral tote is the ideal quilt class companion. Flower Power Bag Free Sewing Tutorial.
How to Make a Garden Tote
Pop mucky wellies in the big bag and use the smaller bag as a container for treasures or gardening tools. The ties at the sides can be attached to the headrest of a car seat for car journeys, giving these totes multiple practical uses!
Gadget Sleeve Tutorial
This gadget sleeve is both pretty and useful. The quilted lining provides protection for your kindle while the pockets provide somewhere to keep your book club notes. Choose a large, pretty button to compliment your fabric.
Swimming Tote Bag Tutorial
Durable and versatile this tote is large enough to accommodate towels, snacks and even a pair of trainers. The water-resistant straps wrap around from the bottom for extra support and are long enough to carry over your shoulder. The laminated cotton fabric helps keep belongings dry, making this the perfect multi–purpose bag for sport activities or days out.
Market Day Quilted Tote Bag Tutorial
Do your shopping in style with this sturdy tote that will hold up to a morning of shopping at the farmer’s market or an afternoon of retail therapy. Created using the quilt as you go method, it is big enough to hold all the essentials and more.
How to Make a Bicycle Pannier Bag
A stylish and useful stitch project for the man in your life. Made in water resistant fabric both inside and out, this bicycle pannier bag can be used singularly to attach to a cross bar or in pairs to fit on a rear bike rack.
Travel Document Holder Tutorial
This is the travel document wallet you have been waiting for, with easy storage for all your family passports and boarding passes without fussy poppers and zips. So, with all your important documents safe and sound, you can relax and enjoy a glorious summer adventure.
Bucket Bag Tutorial
This simple but stylish bucket bag will co-ordinate beautifully with your capsule wardrobe. With its timeless and sophisticated navy wool fabric, leather accents and metal hardware, it will work with any number of outfits, making it a real staple in your wardrobe!
Origami Reversible Bag Tutorial
Using a clever folding technique this useful market bag is perfect for carrying all sorts of shopping.
Its simple construction makes it perfect for showing off beautiful printed fabric and it is even fully reversible meaning you can choose two favourite fabrics to show off!
Quilting Tutorial: Cathedral Windows
Edwardian Cathedral Window Hanging Tutorial. This stylish wall hanging uses the secret garden version of the traditional Cathedral Window patchwork.
iPad Cover Tutorial
This stylish case is designed to fit an iPad Air but its size can be adjusted to fit any tablet device or Kindle. Free Sewing Tutorial.
Denim Drawstring Backpack Tutorial
This great little backpack would make a lovely present for a younger family member. Jeans Drawstring Backpack - Free Sewing Tutorial.
Steps and Buttons Purse Tutorial
Make this attractive little purse from two Courthouse Steps blocks and an assortment of pretty buttons.
How to Make a Sewing Machine Cover
This made-to-measure cover will protect and keep the dust off your machine when it’s not in use. It’s fun and stylish, but with a neat handle opening and side storage pocket/s it’s also practical and transportable. It’s also a great way to use up leftover squares or scraps, and the quilting possibilities are endless!
Triangle Pouch / Coin Purse Tutorial
DIY Easy to make triangular pouch / coin purse / FREE Sewing Tutorial and Pattern. I do love geometry and I do love a useful purse so the idea of combining the two seems like bliss. So without further ado, that is actually what I did. This little lovely starts life as a trapezoid and then becomes a triangle.
Easy Tote Bag Tutorial
How to make a Simple Tote Bag. This make looks complicated but really it is so easy that it doesn't even need a pattern template!
Fabric Envelope Tutorial
Handy little envelope - free sewing tutorial.
I am really into fabric envelopes at the moment - no idea why but they are high on the appeal list so I thought that we could make one (or two or three).
Flowers Tote Bag Tutorial
This spacious bag is ideal for fun shopping days, day trips and there’s even room for a towel for sunshine days at the beach! The front panel is made from Economy patchwork blocks, which are great for fussing cutting. The back of the bag has a zippered letterbox opening for a secure pocket.
Cathedral Window Cushion Tutorial
This sumptuous cushion is made from ‘Cathedral Window’ patchwork, the technique where sewing meets origami. It first evolved in the 1930s, when it was also known as ‘Daisy Block’ or ‘Mock Orange Blossom’. The folded, petal-shaped frames provide a showcase for tiny fragments of fabric and some mid-twentieth century charm quilts consist of dozens of cotton prints, all different.
Pencil Pouch Tutorial
How to Sew a Pencil Pouch with zipper | DIY Pencil Pouch | Easy Pencil Case Tutorial. This roomy pencil case will keep your stationery supplies organised.
Practical Fabric Baskets Tutorial
These nifty little baskets are practical for storing bits and bobs. Free Sewing instructions. Small, Medium or Large Basket.
Retro Scandi Tote Tutorial
This go-to tote is functional, practical and stylish! I wanted to design something which wasn’t too over engineered and fussy, that had pockets, and that could be folded and rolled to take on shopping trips. Having tested my bag on a trip to the shops I can confirm it does indeed tick all these boxes!
Pretty Purse Tutorial
Make a nifty little purse for your next shopping trip. This purse is so quick to make you can make a new one in no time.
Table Top Basket Tutorial
Table Top Caddy. A handy table basket to store your sewing supplies.
This table top basket was made using a Vlieseline product called Solufleece. It is a water soluble fabric and is excellent for creating open work for free motion embroidery. I have used it in another way here, sandwiched between layers of fabric to create a scrunched (crashing) effect. It can be washed out when you have finished but for this project I have left it in place so it helps provide support to the sides of the basket.
Easy Canvas Tote Bag Sewing Tutorial
Tote Bag Sewing Pattern | Project Bag | PDF Sewing Pattern | Canvas Tote Free Sewing Pattern and Tutorial.
Quilted Storage Basket Tutorial & Pattern
How to Make a Fabric Storage Basket. EASY DIY STORAGE BOX | Quilted Catch-All Bins. Free Sewing Pattern and Tutorial.
Pool & Beach Bag Tutorial
Do you feel like you have to pack a zillion things when you head out to the pool? I made this bag huge so it holds everything you could possibly need to have on hand . . . towels, sunscreen, water bottles, goggles, snacks, flip flops, sunglasses . . .
Ballerina Slippers: Free Pattern + Tutorial
The tutorial for the ballerina slippers... plus a free pattern! You can download the pattern pieces below! The pattern is available in three women's sizes: small (6-7.5), medium (7.5-9), and large (9-10.5).
Cat Purse Tutorial & Pattern
How To Sew A Cat Purse: Step-By-Step DIY Sewing Project. Cat Zipper Pouch Free Tutorial and Pattern.
This embroidered purse with bright eyes, funny expression, cut-out mustache, pink nose and discreet zipper on the back is a creative way to keep small valuables in a safe place. It is also a great handmade gift for your cat-loving friends.
Messenger Bag Tutorial
This bag features a front flap with velcro closure, a roomy interior, and some large front pockets. You could pad this and it would make a great laptop bag. Those front pockets would be perfect to organize folders.
DIY Patchwork Jeans Clutch
I have a lot of old jeans. And I would feel so guilty if I throw it away. There are so many possibilities.
This is my new jeans project, and I have to admit that it is quite time consuming, but I believe that it’s worth it! Patchwork jeans clutch!
Spring Cheveron Tote Bag Tutorial
Today I am going to be sharing with you a Simple Tote/Bag that you can put together for those Lovely Spring days that are soon coming! I started out by drawing a basic bag shape. You can be creative here, there really is no Right or Wrong shape/size.
How to Make a Market Tote Bag
Go shopping at the farmers market in style! This bag holds all the groceries you can carry. There is a divider inside the bag to keep everything organized. The hidden slip pocket on the front side of the bag is perfect to fit in your wallet, phone and keys.