Looking for some back to school sewing projects for your creative kid? Here you’ll find plenty of DIY inspiration, back to school sewing ideas and sewing projects for school that’ll cover all the bases from easy to sew bags, handmade wardrobe ideas, teacher’s wardrobe projects, easy accessories to sew and some fun things to boot. …
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Let’s talk how to make a tiered dress! If you have kids, you likely have a stash of t-shirts they’ve outgrown in one direction but not the other. You could donate them or pass them on to a friend, but if they’ve still got some good wear in them, why not turn one into a …
This post is all about showing you how to turn a t-shirt into a dress. If you’ve got some t-shirts that your kids have outgrown in length but still fit on top, this is a perfect way to get some extra life out of that t-shirt. To do this, I’ll show you how to add …
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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 we’re talking about how to make fabric flower headbands. Now, you can’t tell by the 2 1/2 feet of snow in my backyard at the time, but spring is coming. In fact while through my daughter’s room yesterday and I found a treasure. It was a DIY flower headband I made for one of …
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Today’s project: how to sew a doll with adorable dolls panels. I don’t know what it is, but I think it’s really sweet to sew your own dolls. Maybe it’s because some of my first sewing projects were making costumes for my own dolls. Plus I think these are the perfect thing to sew and …
Got kids with holes in their pants? Today I’ll show you how to sew knee patches for kids’ pants before they’re even holes! With 3 boys I have seen my share of knee holes in pants. I often joke that boys are professional hole makers. I once sat with a pair of (no joke) 18 …
It’s back to school for my kids this week, and I’m sharing some super simple sewing projects like this easy DIY drawstring backpack. Soccer season is right around the corner for us and getting my 3 boys ready for practices and games during the week can get hectic. We try to keep everyone’s stuff in …
One of my last projects of 2017 was this toddler quilted vest I made for my daughter. If it looks like a twin of sorts to my quilted coat, you’d be right! I had just enough of the leftover ombre fabric to make her this little quilted vest. elizabethmadethisElizabeth Farr is the writer behind the …
Periodically, I make a round of button-downs for my boys. I always use the same patterns in whatever size they happen to need for the moment, and I cut a lot of them and I sew them as quickly as I can. This year I needed to change up my pattern as they’ve outgrown …
