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I was up late in my sewing room working on some adorable garden bug applique patterns and designing a few cute onesies for my 7-month-old godson. I wanted to make …

Basket weaving hasn’t been so easy with this method: weave around a cardboard frame. Originally, I saw this easy basket-weaving method in a Japanese craft magazine; I searched around for …

We often talk about upcycling trash and garbage, but one thing we all have in abundance that gets thrown out or donated is old fabric in the form of clothing, …

So, you have seen the denim vest and the denim skirt refashioned from an outgrown denim dress in my recent 2 tutorials. Today, the third tutorial in the series is …

Discover how to make a Ruffles Flower Corsage HeadBand. This Ruffles Flower can be removed from the headband and worn as a brooch on its own. It is May, the …

This is the last tutorial on how to fully recycle an outgrown denim dress into a 4-piece outfit: make a denim rosette brooch out of a sleeve and its hem. …

This is the denim skirt I refashioned from an outgrown denim dress I mentioned in the earlier post. This is the second part of the refashioning project after I made …

This is the first tutorial to start off with the outgrown denim dress recycling series – splitting the denim dress and sew the top part into a denim vest with …

This week, I am going to write a series of tutorials on how to refashion old clothes. I have converted an outgrown jeans dress and sewn it into 4-piece kid’s …

This probably is the most “luxurious” & comfortable weekend short pants I have ever made for myself –  “The Weekender“. It is a pair of fully lined above-the-knee shorts with …

Don’t know what to do with your fabric scraps leftover from the previous sewing projects? Why not utilize them to sew some cute bunny sachets. Fill the bunny sachets with different materials to make them into various useful items.

Chinese New Year (CNY) is just around the corner, I am spring cleaning and decorating my house during the weekends. I need a new gift basket this year so I …

Looking to create a special and thoughtful baby shower gift for a friend who is expecting? You can easily sew a beautiful Chenille bib using this downloadable bib sewing pattern. …

Either in-person or via the web, it is my pleasure to have met many handicraft hobbyists that generously share their works and creativity. I am glad to have this site …

Little did I know that creating a Halloween No-Sew Pumpkin Tutu costume for my daughter would be so straightforward. Cutting and tying tulle to make the dress was a surprisingly …

Sewing a shirred sundress is very easy, I swear!!!! It looks complicated than the actual work, don’t let it frighten you off. If you haven’t tried one, you should try …

Let’s dressed-up your note book and personalized it to your taste with a new cover!!!! Sew a notebook cover of your own by using this note book cover sewing pattern. …

Finally, the long waited queen gown costume I made for my daughter is published here!!!! With details and photographs, including those taken during the performance 🙂 A big thank you …

I fell in love with this “Love In The Afternoon” sundress from Twinkle when I saw it featured in Threads Magazine 2 months ago. A cocoon shape (with a narrowing …

Be it a pair of boxer shorts or a pair of sports shorts… it is a perfect gift to celebrate Father’s Day this summer! I sewed this pair of boxer …