How to Make a Sewing Needle Case
Learn how to make a sewing needle case that can hold all of your hand sewing needles! Make a second needle case for your sewing machine needles! A perfect project...
DIY Gift Ideas
Show the love with creative handmade gifts. Your DIY gifts for Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Easter baskets, and other occasions give a little of you along with your gift. And how special is that? (Someone, ahem, hangs ornaments made by preschool students 20+ years ago on her Christmas tree every year.)
Browse through our ideas, inspirations, and projects for making handmade gifts. We have tutorials on making coasters, bags, jewelry and more in our collection of DIY gift ideas.
Handmade Gift Ideas
Make an English Paper Pieced Mug Rug
English Paper Piecing (EPP) is gaining traction as part of the slow stitch movement, but making a full-size EPP quilt is a long-term commitment. Thinking of an introduction to EPP,...
Make Your Own Project Bag
I love to corral my project items into bags when they are works-in-progress so I can see all of my supplies without having to dig deep in a big bag...
Embroidered Gift Ideas
DIY Coffee Cup Sleeve
In Seattle, coffee is king, and it’s easy to pick up someone else’s cup (or worse, someone could pick up yours!) when they all look alike. So make your cuppa...
Spotlight: Theresa Wensing, Embroidery Artist
Theresa Wensing creates embroidery designs using a calm, pastel color palette to create works of art that are bold and sometimes not ladylike. Her patterns are designed to show people...
How to Make Sashiko Coasters
Learn how to make Sashiko Coasters with this step-by-step tutorial. You can use any Sashiko stitches to make these coasters - perfect for trying out different stitches that you might...
Quick & Easy Gifts to Make
DIY Cord Keeper Wrap Tutorial: Easy Sewing Project
Do your electrical cords and charger cords get tangled? Does your extra cord drawer look like a big pot of spaghetti? You need some cord keepers! This is a super easy...
DIY Sleep Mask: Free Sewing Pattern and Tutorial
Make your own DIY Sleep Mask with our free pattern. This is a perfect project to use up leftover fabric and small pieces of batting. It's a quick and easy...
How to Make a Mug Cozy: Easy DIY Sewing Tutorial
Keep your hot beverage warm longer with a simple to make mug cozy. A perfect sewing project for beginners -- a quick and easy sewing project for a small gift....
More DIY Gift Ideas
DIY Cord Keeper Wrap Tutorial: Easy Sewing Project
Do your electrical cords and charger cords get tangled? Does your extra cord drawer look like a big pot of spaghetti? You need some cord keepers! This is a super…
How to Make an Oven Mitt | Free Downloadable Pattern
Make your own oven mitt with this FREE downloadable pattern and step-by-step directions. Perfect gifts for moms, dads and grads - you can make oven mitts in any fabric design.…
How to Make a Mason Jar Pin Cushion: DIY Tutorial
One of my favorite notions is a Mason Jar Pin Cushion. The pin cushion holds my pins and needles and the jar holds some of my threads, buttons that need…
How to Make a Wine Bag: Quick and Easy Sewing Project
It's so easy to make a wine bag to take a bottle of wine to your next event! All you need are two fat-quarters of fabric to make wine bottle…
How to Make a Zipper Pouch: Beginner-Friendly Tutorial
Zipper pouches are a quick and easy project, perfect for beginners. Organize your stuff - whether it is in your purse, bag, or backpack, your sewing, quilting, and embroidery projects,…
Embroidery Gift Guide
Stitchers love to stitch, and they love to receive handmade gifts. We have put together an embroidery gift guide with projects, tools and supplies that are good for the embroiderers…
How to Make a Furoshiki Bag with Kraft-Tex
I love look of furoshiki wraps that take a simple square of fabric, then wrap and tie it creatively to turn any object into a pretty package. But most often,…
Everything You Want to Know About Working With Kraft-Tex
Kraft-Tex is a rugged paper that looks, feels and wears like leather, but cuts, sews and washes like fabric. It is supple and lightweight, yet strong enough to use for…