How to Hem Jeans

It's so hard to find jeans that fit, am I right? Whenever I find the perfect pair of jeans, they are always too long.  And if you have short legs and wide hips, you'll never get jeans short enough. They must sell out fast. Anyway, luckily I can just buy jeans that are too long...

Headphone Key Chain

Last week I received 10 zippers in the mail that I had ordered on E Bay. So I went through some of my Pinterest boards looking for ideas to use them on.  The first project I chose was a key chain to keep headphones in. There is a photo tutorial I used. It's very simple,...

Camouflage Baby Booties

I made some Booties last week for a baby shower. I looked everywhere for a free pattern and couldn't find anything that was for simple little booties. Just when I was about to give up looking I found a pattern for minion booties that was a style I liked. I followed the pattern exactly but...

Paracord Lighter Wrap

This is a paracord lighter wrap in pineapple style. I made it in blue and pink paracord I had leftover from a bracelet I had made. You can buy these colours at Michael's. The wrap was pretty easy to make, I made it over the handle of a size S crochet hook. It was a...

Digitizing Sewing Patterns Using OpenOffice Draw Part One

Part 1: Sizing Patterns to Scale I remember the first time I found a free sewing pattern online. It was for a hooded bolero jacket and it changed the way I now look for patterns. I couldn't believe someone would put a free pattern online for people to print and have. I needed more! After printing...