Handmade for Life
Learn how to make a lined tote bag with this easy sewing tutorial. Tote bags are super easy to make and they make great gifts! Teachers love them! The easy to sew tote bag pattern is one I use all the time. You can vary …
Clean all the dust and thread out of your sewing machine with these easy instructions. Cleaning my sewing machine? What? I had no idea I was supposed to be doing that when I first started sewing. Now I realize how important it is to keep …
In a previous post – 7 Must Have Sewing Tools for Beginners and 5 More Must Have Sewing Tools for Beginners – I talked about the tools every beginning sewer should own. The more you sew, the more projects you try, the more you build …
Key fobs are super easy to make and a great way to use up your fabric scraps! Do you ever have a hard time finding your keys in your purse? I know I do! That’s why I love having my keys on a key fob …
Memory pillow tutorial to show you how to turn button up shirts or t-shirts into pillows. It’s really hard when you have a loved one pass away. Sometimes saving a piece of clothing makes you feel better. I recently had an order to make memory …
Every beginning sewer should own the proper tools to make sewing easier! But as a beginner, you might not know what those tools are. I previously posted about the 7 Must Have Sewing Tools for Beginners and found there are five more tools I can’t …
Must have sewing tools to make your sewing life easier. When I first started sewing, I would lay my fabric out on the floor and use regular scissors to cut. The things I was making back then did not require a perfectly straight cut so …
Learn how to make your own small zippered coin purse with these easy step-by-step instructions. I tend to just throw change in my purse when I get it so then I end up with coins everywhere! Then I get annoyed when I can’t find the …
Craft show displays can be challenging especially if your vendor space is small. I was recently a vendor at a fundraiser craft show. I had no idea what the space was going to be like, just that I would be provided with an 8 foot …
Create a fabric business card holder with these easy to follow instructions. I’m not a fan of the plastic business card holders because most of the time they fall apart. I created this pattern for a fabric business card holder, or credit card holder or …
