If thinking about how to sew a zipper gives you hives, I just bet you’ll find yourself loving learning how to sew a zipper on a jacket. It turns out separating zippers are really about the easiest zipper to sew around outside of an invisible zipper. Sounds too good to be true? Let me convince …
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Today is all about adding elastic to a jeans waistband with buttonhole elastic. If you have kids, you’ve probably seen buttonhole elastic on pants. And if you have kids with smaller waists, you LOOK for pants with buttonhole elastic. Buttonhole elastic is great stuff it turns out for helping create an adjustable waist. For kids …
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Today I’m going to show you how to alter a shirt neckline through making a simple DIY v-neck t-shirt. We’ve all been there: you find a fun tee but it’s got a crew neck that’s not too comfy to wear. You love the v-neck style and yet, here you are staring at this crew neck. …
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Today is all about how to embroider a t-shirt. This is one of those projects you can do whenever you want to add something to a plain t-shirt. You don’t need a fancy embroidery machine to do this, and you don’t need to be a great artist. In fact, this is my #1 favorite way …
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Today I’m recapping the posts that you guys have loved the most from 2019. It’s been my best year on the blog. I’ve been burning the candle trying to make this site the most helpful place I can for you. Thank you for commenting, for sharing, and for coming back and reading more. This site …
Today I’m walking you through an easy skirt refashion. So often I find fun skirts at the thrift store that I love but wouldn’t wear. Maybe the colors are a little too loud or making it fit me would be more complicated than it’s worth. Ah, but the PRINTS! Sometimes you can’t walk away from …
Today I’m going to show you how to sew your own raglan tee. Up to this point in my raglan t-shirt series I’ve showed you how to make your own DIY raglan sleeve tee pattern. elizabethmadethisElizabeth Farr is the writer behind the Elizabeth Made This blog where she shares helpful sewing tips, step by step …
I need a DIY raglan t-shirt pattern in my life! Here’s the thing: it’s baseball season in my house for my 3 boys. And while their soccer schedule that runs 7 days a week about does me in, baseball season hits, and everything gets relaxed. Like the raglan sleeve tops. That looser fit and fun …
Can you actually embroider on a regular sewing machine? I think it’s a giant myth in the sewing world that you need a big fancy embroidery machine to tackle basic embroidery. Embroidery is such a nice thing to add to any sewing project to add a little bit extra personality beyond whatever it is that …
Here’s all of my videos for the zipper ruffle tank. I explained a bit how I made mine in my last post, but here you can see my whole process. DIY Zipper Ruffle Tank videos In the first video, I’ll show you how to alter your pattern. Part 2 shows you how to construct the …
