This year, I’m sure some stores starting putting out holiday decorations at exactly the same time as the fun size Halloween Snickers® bars. Every year it creeps a…
For years, I simply stuffed my recycled plastic bags in an old, cracked plastic bucket under my sink. Very stylish! It was a mess, and nearly always overflowing.…
THIS GREAT GIVEAWAY CLOSED 11/18/13. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED.If you are a regular Sew4Home follower, you know one of our favorite magazines is Where Women Create. In…
It’s always fun to buzz around on our Pinterest boards to discover which projects are trending as most-popular-repins. These three tiny toss pillows are today’s winners. Like cherries…
The traditional Thanksgiving table usually features a tablecloth, but we think placemats are a fresh take on tabletop convention. Our set of four mix-and-match placemats blends eight gorgeous…
Here’s a little secret about a duvet. People who don’t sew are really impressed when you tell them you’ve just finished making duvet for your comforter (immediately after…
Wild Child! That’s the name of the folk art inspired collection on which these exuberant Jane Sassaman ribbons are based. This is Jane’s first collection with Renaissance Ribbons…
We’re still lucky enough to be playing with the brand new Janome Horizon Memory Craft 15000, which has been a welcome guest in our studios over the past…
Sometimes, the right ribbon can drive the feeling of an entire project. Today’s Studs & Links ribbons from Renaissance Ribbons have an incredible three dimensional appeal and a…
Have more Xtra EZ fun with our happy pom pom pillow. This Learn To Sew series is targeted at those of you just getting into the joy of…
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, drafty doors and windows account for 11 percent of the heat loss in an average home. Wow! This door draft buster…
There’s one terror we hear about over and over at Sew4Home: the zipper. This handy little closure has the power to strike fear into even seasoned sewers. But…
Janome America is one of the Signature Sponsors of Sew4Home. They’ve been with us since the beginning and provide all our studio machines. We are definitely Janome-aholics, and…
In our digital-everything world, one thing remains stubbornly analog: the key. Oh sure, you might have a fancy digital key pad on your car door or office building…
Today’s Weekend Wonder is made for the busy weekend warrior who wants to travel light. At just 5″ x 3½”, this little zippered key pouch fits your keys,…
It’s the Return of Weekend Wonders with Fabric.com. Our first WW series was over a year ago, but it has remained as one of the favorite sources of…
THIS GREAT GIVEAWAY CLOSED 9/23/13. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED. A hole is simply a circle with depth. Cover the edges with a ring, and it becomes… a grommet!…
What do a pocket watch, a subway schedule and a scientific butterfly illustration have in common? These “eclectic elements” are beautifully blended together in a fabric line of…
Shopping for back-to-school is almost a rite of passage. You must have at least one new sweater to wear. Because even if the thermometer still reads in the…
Don’t know about you, but when I travel, not matter how organized I try to be, I’m always hurrying to finish packing my toiletries and make-up. I’m also…
Our official Sew4Home full-color, 28-page Sewing Basics Resource Guide is an absolute must for the beginning sewing enthusiast. But it’s also a great little refresher course for us all.…
People often use elastic to create a gathered or ruffled effect. But what if the elastic itself had ruffles? I’m no math expert, but I think that might…
Used to be, you had to cover elastic with fabric to get fashionable suspenders. No more! With Dritz® FOE (Fold-Over Elastic – NOT Fraternal Order of Eagles) a…
Today we welcome Dritz® as a new sponsor of Sew4Home. “Oh! The red tomato pincushion people!” Well, yes, they are famous for that classic pincushion, but they also…
For our final day of pillow week with Fairfield Processing, we’ve delved into the category of Word Pillows. Again, this is a style we saw multiple times in…
Today we’re working “on the edge.” Whether it’s piping, fringe, poms or tassels; the simple addition of a trim around the edge of your pillow is a well-known…
Another designer technique we came across again and again as pillow private-eyes is what we dubbed: the Wrapped and Embellished pillow. This is the style we’ve knocked off…
In our pillow perusal over the past weeks, the style we came across most often by far was the simple, square pillow. It’s a style so easy to…
Sometimes it’s fun to not have to worry about learning a whole new project. Instead, why not take a favorite design and simply give it a whole new…
At Sew4Home, we’re way too busy coming up with great projects to participate in traditional R&R: rest and relaxation! Instead, here in our studios, R&R stands for: “Re-imagine…
Today’s project shows you how the application of an exquisite ribbon can transform an otherwise simple rectangle of solid fabric into an elegant table runner. The ribbon we…
We originally designed and made this fun summer wrap using a beach towel. Today, we’ve recreated it with a swingy, soft knit in an eye-catching chevon design. That’s…
Today during Christmas in July with Fabric.com, we’re planning for all those Parties in December. When you’re out and about on the town during this most festive time…
If a zipper doesn’t zip, is it still a zipper? Certainly a question for the ages, don’t you think? And we have the answer! A zipper that doesn’t…
Wave tucks are a fun and unique way to add a textural focal point to any size bag. Before you start to panic, this technique does not require…
Today, we’re talkin’ toile … actually, we’re talkin’ toile de jouy. It’s a fabric best known for covering rich Aunt Ruth’s living room chairs (the chairs you aren’t…
Kittens sleep curled in a ball, horses sleep standing up, sea otters float on the surface of the water while they sleep. There are a lot of ways…
Whenever we do a Series Collection for one of our great Sew4Home sponsors, we like to make sure we have a good mixture of projects – from elegant…
A bed topper brings a blast of color to your bed linens. It’s designed to go across the foot of your bed like a narrow quilt. We felt…
When we moved to the country a few years ago, one of the first differences we noticed were the birds. In the city, there wasn’t much in the…