Textiles & Sewing
How to Professionally Finish Hems & Mitres
A complete text-to-picture tutorial of stitching hems and mitres in the correct format.
How to Make a Seam Using Different Sewing Techniques
This article will discuss the various types of seams and their purpose in the application of hand-sewing.
How to Fix a Button on Jeans
Which is better: discarding or recycling and repairing? This guide shows you how to fix the waistband and reattach the metal stud button on jeans—using waste clothing.
How to Make a Wet Felted Vessel With a Matching Felt Lid
Making a wet felted vessel with a fitting lid has suddenly got much easier! In this tutorial, we will utilize a Gertie play ball and a few plastic garden pots to help you achieve success every time.
How to Make a Boxed Edge Cushion for a Bench Using Upholstery Fabric and Poly-Foam
Cushions are useful for a bench both for comfort while sitting and for preventing scratches from jean rivets or pet nails. Learn how to easily create a free-standing cushion to enhance and protect furniture.
How to Dye Yarn With Food Colouring
Dyeing yarn with food colouring is a fun and inexpensive way to create your own unique colours and articles of clothing.
When, Why, and How to Use a Walking Foot While Sewing
Also called an "even feed foot," this pressure foot is useful for sewing knits, quilting, and matching plaids or stripes. This article will explain how to attach and use the "walking foot" while keeping the original hem on a knit top.
Crocheted Tulip Hanging Basket (Free Pattern With Instructions)
The tulip stitch turns a doily into a beautiful teardrop hanging basket!
Learn How to Make Wet Felted Pumpkins or Lights for Halloween
Learn how to make these decorative wet felted pumpkins for Halloween. These cute little pumpkins are sure to captivate their audience, especially when you turn them into lights or lamps with battery-operated tea lights.
How to Keep the Original Hem When You Shorten Curtains or Garments
We often need to shorten purchased curtains, clothing hems, sleeves, and possibly a tablecloth. We may also want to keep the original hem because of a certain decoration, stitching, or function (as in a cuff). Learn how to keep the original hem intact when you shorten or hem a purchased item.
Needle Felting for Beginners (With Duck Pattern)
This is an easy felting project for beginners. This article shows you how to make a needle-felted 'rubber ducky' and includes an exercise pattern, a list of materials you'll need, and steps on how to create your first needle felting craft.
How to Make a Giant Succulent 3D Pillow (With Pattern)
In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to sew a giant succulent 3D floor and sofa pillow for your home. This guide provides you with the patterns you'll need and tips for creating each layer of this plush pillow.
How to Make an Embroidered Floral Calendar
This is a great gift idea for the flower or plant aficionado in your life. It involves some embroidery and designing customized printed pages around a botanical theme.
Step-by-Step Punch Needle Tutorial for Beginners
Follow this step-by-step punch needle art tutorial and learn what to expect or consider when you start doing it. This guide also includes suggestions for which materials to buy, tips for developing an easy and comfortable technique, examples of finished crafts, and more.
How to Sew Your Own Flat, Drawstring Cosmetic Bag
Do you like to see your makeup (or any items) all at once? Do you dislike digging through a traditional upright cosmetic bag for that little eye pencil? If so, this is for you. Learn how to make your own bag that will lay flat until you close it with the drawstring. An easy and forgiving project.
9 Pro Tips for Cross-Stitch Beginners to Set You Up for Success
When first starting a new hobby, it can be easy to be discouraged by mistakes. If you follow these tips, you should be stitching like a pro in no time!
How to Use Paverpol Textile Hardener to Stiffen a Felted Bird Pod
Transparent Paverpol fabric hardener is used in this tutorial to create a bird pod, which (when dry) is both weatherproof and hard to the touch. Paverpol is water-based. It is also non-toxic, making it a good choice for a bird pod, which will be used outdoors and in all weathers.
Crochet Teardrop Hanging Basket (Free Pattern)
Crochet your own hanging basket for lightweight objects like air plants and plushies. I adapted my favorite doily pattern to create this—just follow these step-by-step instructions!
How to Make a Wet Felted Flex Frame Purse or Pouch (No-Sew Method)
Flex frames are cheap, flexible, and easy to install. In this no-sew tutorial, you will learn how to make a felted pouch using wet felting techniques.
How to Sew a Towel Chair Cover
This DIY will show you how to design a cover with pockets for a poolside chair, an outdoor lounger, or a beach chaise. Plus, these covers won't blow off!
Free Crochet Patterns for 5-Inch Berenguer Doll Panties
What doll's dress is complete without panties underneath? I will give directions for two methods of creating these quick and easy panties for your 5- or 6-inch dolls.
Free & Easy Crochet Thread Dress Pattern for 5-Inch Dolls (Lots to Love Berenguer Itty Bitty Doll Outfit)
Have fun making these cute dresses for these adorable chubby baby dolls! The pattern is easy and works up quickly. (If you are new to crocheting with thread, it may be a little more of a challenge.)
Recreate Your Favorite Pair of Leggings
This article will help you make your favorite pair of leggings.
How to Make a Washable, Surgical-Type Mask Cover With Multi-Sized Patterns
This article will show you how to make your own reusable cloth mask, in different sizes and patterns to help slow the spread of COVID-19. You can hand sew them or use a sewing machine. They make great gifts for loved ones or thoughtful donations for medical professionals in need of more PPE.
How to Sew Your Own Simple Face Mask
The best and quickest way to get your hands on a mask is to make your own! Follow these simple step-by-step instructions for sewing a washable cloth face mask.
How to Make a Cloth Mask at Home
This article quickly and easily teaches someone with basic sewing skills how to make their own face mask at home.
How to Duplicate or Copy a Favorite Garment
Do you have a favorite top or dress and you wish you had another? Learn how to copy an existing garment and sew a new one just like it.
How to Make Wet Felted Baby Boots With Leather Soles
How to make wet felted boots with recycled wool felt and scrap veg tanned leather pieces. The end result is an adorable pair of felt boots which can be worn inside and outside the home.
How to Make a Towel Hair Turban to Dry Your Hair
You can sew a hair turban from a bath towel, two hand towels, terry fabric, or a stretchy micro-fabric. It packs easily for travel for accommodations that only provide one bath towel per person.
How to Make a Scuba Hood or Diving Snood
Whether you want to keep hair strands out of your dive mask, protect your hair from tangles, or limit the water that gets in your hair, a scuba hood is easy to make. This can be an alternative to a traditional swimming cap, too.
How to Knit a Reindeer Doll (With Pattern)
Hello. This is the fourth and final Christmas doll design and tutorial I am sharing with you for now. Today's design is a reindeer doll, and I hope you enjoy making it. My Christmas doll designs are suitable for skill levels beginners and above.
How to Knit a Robin Doll (With Pattern)
This robin is quick to make and is suitable for everyone from beginners to advanced knitters. I am delivering this tutorial using text, photos and videos. The robin's colours may be easily changed to those of a cardinal.
Ewe to You 2019: From Sheep Shearing to Knitting
In November 2019, members of the Albany Spinners worked together over two days to spin freshly shorn fleece and knit a garment as part of the Ewe to You Challenge. Learn all about this Australian event as well as sheep shearing, spinning, knitting, and more.
How to Knit a Snowman Doll (With Pattern)
This article shows you how to knit your own snowman doll and includes a pattern. Follow these steps (with text and photos) to knit something special for the holidays.
How to Knit a Santa Doll (With Pattern)
Learn how to knit a Santa doll with this pattern. The instructions are aimed at the absolute beginner, but the craft is quirky enough to make you want to knit one for a friend or as a gift. It's a quick knit using chunky yarn and most of the sewing up is done on the outside—yes, the outside.
Crochet Doily Pattern: A Circle of Pansies
Colour is the inspiration for this small crochet project. Anyone with basic crochet skills should have no difficulty in following the pattern.
Free Poncho Pattern (Knitting and Sewing Techniques)
This pattern is quick to make. If you have a sewing machine, 1.5 metres of fabric and approximately four 100 g balls of double knitting yarn, you can put the poncho together in a few hours. Even inexperienced crafters can tackle this easy project.
How to Make a Fabric Pumpkin Topiary
Fabric pumpkins are a popular (but expensive) decoration during Halloween and Thanksgiving. Make them yourself with this tutorial, which shares all the steps for making single or stacked pumpkins.
5 Products You Can Make With Alpaca Fleece
In this article, I will show you five things I did with my alpaca fleece and tell you whether or not each product was profitable.
DIY Christmas Craft: Cute "Mouse in a Spool" Tree Decoration
This cute mouse has got himself in a sticky situation, but he will still brighten up your Christmas tree! This tutorial will show you how to make your own mouse ornament using a few simple craft supplies, basic sewing skills, and some holiday spirit.
3 Cross-Stitch Techniques for Neat Stitches That Lay Flat
In this article, I have compiled three of the most popular ways to improve the neatness of your cross stitches.
What Is Amigurumi? (History, Techniques & Resources)
Amigurumi (あみぐるみ) is just one of the many ways of knitting or crocheting crafts and toys. Learn all about the history of this craft, its basic foundational techniques, the many ways that amigurumi can brighten your life, and some resources for finding out more!
How to Hand-Dye Wool With Arum Lily Leaves
Learn how to dye wool naturally with Arum Lily leaves, which are classified as a kind of weed and produce a beautiful soft green colour.
How to Knit Blanket Squares for Charity
There are organizations that need squares for blankets. Here's how your hobby can turn into a good cause.
Super-Lathering Crochet Washcloth Pattern
Free washcloth crochet pattern for a ribbed, textured washcloth that nicely lathers soap.
How to Analyze a Woven Fabric
This article covers methods of doing fabric analysis for any woven fabric, including how to do an analysis of the weave, how to calculate yarn count, and how to calculate yarn per inch.
Tantalizing Lace Crochet Crop Top Pattern
Simple and sexy crochet crop top to accentuate anyone's summer wardrobe!
Textile Dyeing Methods and Techniques
This article covers the various methods and techniques for the dyeing of textiles, from the fiber stage to the garment stage.
Fabric Printing & Types of Printing
Fabric printing can be of different types. This article gives a summary of the techniques and technologies used to print fabric.
Half Double Crochet Small Dog Sweater Pattern
This is a super simple crochet pattern using mainly the half double crochet stitch. Perfect for beginners, and perfect for keeping your tiny pups warm all winter long!