A collection of DIY sewing projects using a sewing machine. I love reusing items a round the house, so you’ll find lots of upcycling, refashioning, and repurposing projects. Also, I’m always looking for new scrap fabric projects!
Interested in making your favorite doll their own face mask so they can dress up like a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional? In this easy sewing tutorial, I’ll walk you through sewing a doll face mask! (Free pattern is included, of course.) Considerations & Sizing For This Doll Face Mask I’ve made two…
I love my serger, but I do not love the dinky foot pedal it came with. Its lightweight pedal slides all over the floor, and every once in a while, I find it hanging from my sewing desk if the cord gets caught in the back. My solution? Make a sewing machine foot pedal mat…
I recently took old long pajama pants and turned them into pajama shorts for me, but I also created a Mommy & Me set for my daughters. I’m a huge fan of refashioning and repurposing everything, and using these old, shrunken pajama pants from my mom’s donation pile was perfect. Learn how to refashion pajama…
Towels are the perfect embroidery blank for beginners because they don’t stretch easily and will support almost any design you choose. And, who doesn’t love having festive towels in their house? I especially love gifting embroidered, monogrammed towels as a wedding present or even a simple Christmas gift for family and friends. Want to learn…
One of my favorite gifts for weddings and baby showers is an embroidered blanket! I can take one of those super soft Kohl’s The Big One throw blankets, embroider a name or monogram, and have the perfect personalized gift in less than an hour. Or, I can add a name to a quilted, heirloom blanket…
This fun repurposing project involves upcycling an old men’s fleece zipper jacket into a DIY doll sleeping bag. Giving old clothes new life with DIY sewing projects makes me so happy! Today I want to share this doll sleeping bag sewing tutorial with you and hopefully give you the inspiration to go and repurpose all…
I’ve been wanting to make my daughter a DIY drawstring backpack to carry her ballet gear for ages now. As a trial for this project, I repurposed an old men’s dress shirt to a drawstring backpack. This helped me come up with my drawstring backpack pattern, which I’m sharing now in this tutorial. This simple…
This easy sewing tutorial will teach you how to repurpose a men’s dress shirt into a DIY drawstring backpack that’s fun to carry around. This project won’t take more than 30 minutes to complete, and there are no complicated steps–even a beginner can sew it! Upcycling Dress Shirts is So Eco-Friendly My husband goes through…
Let’s learn how to alter an adult pillowcase to make it into a toddler pillowcase! Seriously, this has to be the easiest DIY toddler pillowcase tutorial you will ever read–it takes a total of 2 seams. It’s also a perfect beginner sewing project for a Mom who doesn’t have the time to learn how to…
My favorite sewing projects are upcycling, refashioning, and repurposing because they’re eco-friendly, and the fabric is free–meaning the pressure not to mess up is less. One of my most recent upcycled projects involved using an old button-down shirt jacket to sew a quick and easy DIY envelope pillow cover. Since there were buttons on the shirt,…