DIY and Crafts - Sewing

If your waist is quite a bit smaller than your hips, you may suffer from “gaposis” when you buy jeans to fit your hips. This leaves plenty of room in the waistband, creating a clear view of, ahem, you know, your unmentionables. Well, there is a fix for your jeans to help keep those unmentionables unmentionable.

Learn How to Sew Pajama Pants Tutorial for Beginners. I've taken a Simplicity sewing pattern and better explained the steps, including photos.

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CC of Suestreehouse has posted a scan of a vintage embroidery-stitch primer. If you’re just getting started or if you could use a brush-up on basic stitches, CC has got you covered! See the p…

Last night I posted a tutorial on making your own professional quality lined curtains. But then I remembered about my weekly link party (whoops!) and had to post the party right after. If you have posts emailed to you, there’s a pretty good chance you didn’t see the curtains post because the Link Party bumped …

Back in September... while on a retreat... my friend Lori Holt talked me into getting onto "Pinterest". (Dangerous!) For those of you that are not familiar with it... it is a place where you can organize and share all the beautiful things that you find on the web by pinning them onto boards that you create. It's also a place where you can browse pinboards created by others. So FUN!!! Well... for some of you that would be no problem... but for me it has become quite an addiction! The question…

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The clever little sewing tool with a funny name. If your sewing projects have ever required you to insert elastic into a waistband or sleeve casing, hopefully you’ve had a bodkin close at-hand. The bodkin is a handy sewing tool that acts like a tweezer to draw elastic, cording, etc., through tubing and casings. Want to know more? The Dritz® Ezy-Pull® bodkin really is a very simple tool to use, once you understand its mechanics and know how to apply its function to various sewing projects. To…

Let's talk chapstick today. Are your lips addicted? Mine are. Like, I canNOT fall asleep without chapstick on. Those dry little lips of mine bug me. And licking them doesn't help. In fact, that makes them worse. And I don't like working out with dry lips either. In fact, I use chapstick many times throughout the day. And I know, I know.....the more I use it, the more dependent I am. It's okay, I know there are others out there like me, also helping to support the chapstick makers of the…

Make your own perfect t-shirt pattern and make this pretty t-shirt! Step by step tutorial.

I bet most of us have had a pair of jeans that seemed super special and then got worn and worn and worn out. ( Anyone else remember when Zena jeans were THE jeans to own? ) And of course you don't throw them away, you reinvent. This pair of jeans became bracelets as well as this apron. Grab that old pair of jeans. Cut up the side seam right next to the seam. Cut along the waistband on the front of the jeans and leave the waist band attached to the back of the jeans. The waistband will serve…

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