As I write this, I’m surrounded by the latest fabric collection from designers, Pillow & Maxfield: the gorgeous Gypsy Bandana for Michael Miller Fabrics. Pause with me as I…
Here’s another super fast project that turns out super cute with very little effort on your part. Our gussied-up guest towels with their bright bows would look very…
What do teens like better than sleeping ’til noon? Sleeping over with friends… where there is usually no actual sleeping until noon. Perhaps this pretty pillowcase will tempt…
It’s a card! It’s a pin! Wait, you’re both right! This all-in-one Valentine gift combines a sweet heart-shaped card with a cute gathered flower pin to wear on…
Beginner friendly, a great intro to binding, and easy to do in a day. This would be such a fun blanket for kids to bring to a sleepover; it’s big enough for wrap up several non-sleepyheads during a scary movie marathon.
A little bit frilly, a little bit flirty. Our Valentine’s Day apron is bursting with candy heart colors. We made ours from pre-cuts in Hoopla by Moda Fabrics,…
This time of year, we’re all wearing our hearts on our sleeves. Why not spread the love to a few other items? Today, our chubby cherub hearts perk…
In our third installment of this series, we are happy to introduce you to “The Three Fabri-teers”… that’s my name for the trio of very creative women behind…
The Chinese consider the tiger to be king of all the beasts and a symbol of powerful energy. Ancient myths tell of five tigers – white, black, blue, red and yellow – who hold the universe in perfect balance, preventing a collapse into chaos. Our Tiger Eye Color Block Pillow features five sharp box pleats
Light is to dark. Hot is to cold. Force is to passivity. Yin Yang describes how both sides of any coin must exist in order for the coin…
Feng Shui is the Chinese art of arranging your surroundings to promote balance and comfort within the patterns of yin and yang and the flow of chi. We…
We created a set of beautiful silk color block pillows, each one guaranteed to bring you good luck and long life... or at least to be fun and easy to make. This is the Good Fortune pillow, which features a balanced trio of color blocks with a button-front closure. Breaking a square into three varied
How can something so lovely come from something so icky?? Ohhhh… I’m going to get emails from the insect lovers on that one. But you have to admit…
Wake up your cup with a custom cozy. There may be other patterns out there for this type of thing, but none with our signature touch: the ruffle! Pull out the prettiest scraps from your stash for a fast and easy project.
Life is not always square. Other geometric shapes sometimes waft through to give our brains a design challenge. I have a corner fireplace in one bedroom, which means…
Our thanks to our creative friends at our Signature Sponsor, Janome for sharing this project with us. It was created last year for a special New Sewists Series…
Poms away! Our Noel Home projects feature a plethora of poms. They were so fun to make and such bouncy and happy little fellas when done, we simply…
A sparkling diamond ring (so lovely). The coveted brass ring (so tempting). The mythical Lord of the Rings (that Elf was so handsome). The unsightly furniture ring (note…
The Janome Rotary Even Foot Set is a nifty little tractor foot with five attachments. It’s like a little sewing machine tank rolling over your fabric. By switching…
Pretty little pleats make our holiday tea towels simply sweet. I’m voting for this project to win the award for Fave Seasonal Gift Idea. It really has it…
Ask anyone to name the number one home décor project, and nine out ten people will answer: ‘a pillow.’ We’re guessing that tenth person is the same guy…
We’re so excited to have Bari J. Ackerman back in the house! She has returned with another fun tutorial for us. From her Keeping it Real Sewing Patterns™ by…
Outside our petite chateau, vineyards stretch toward the foothills of the snow capped Pyrennes. Magnifique! The sweet au pair, in her matching apron and scarf, has arrived with our cocoa. Huh? What? Oh, sorry, I fell asleep again watching Johnny Depp in Chocolat. But, our apron and scarf are still magnifique. Especially since the apron
A package arrived in the mail for us several weeks ago. In it were four lovely coasters from our friend, Tammy Hensley. You may remember Tammy from the…
“A fifth generation quilter.” When I first heard this description of Camille Roskelly, I imagined a tiny little lady in a pillbox hat and gloves… like that precious…
Experts recommend layers when dressing for winter; we felt this advice should extend to winter table top dressing. Our holiday tablecloth set has two layers: a plain fringed underlay + a patterned overlay with poms as corner accents.
Ah! Pity the naked chair. Everyone comes to the dinner table in their holiday finery and the chair pulls up without a stitch on. An elegant cover not…
This large, lush tree skirt is over four feet square; grand enough for Christmas morning’s bounty of pretty packages. The pinwheel design is a patchwork classic, simple and sweet. For a bit of whimsy, add giant poms to each corner.
We’re back with another fantastic installment of Sew4Home’s “Creative People We Love” series. A new feature here, and already a favorite of fans, it’s our way of supporting…
We love cloth napkins, and this bound-edge variety is a very easy yet elegant designs. It got us wondering about the ubiquitous napkin. Turns out the modern day table linen has quite a history, dating back as far as the Romans, who used a larger cloth called a mappae, which was spread over the edge
This is a super simple project to make, but the sparkle of the metallic cotton and the wide center accent panel adds an ultra sophisticated look on your table. It's a clean, cosmopolitan design that blends beautifully with other elements when setting a n elegant table for the holidays or any special occasion. We originally
Remember back in the day, when hanging a picture meant sticking a thumb tack in each corner of your favorite poster and calling it good? Although still a valid method if you prefer walls like swiss cheese, most of us have graduated to framing our favorite works of art, and so need a better
This fabric, from Michel Miller’s Antiquity Collection, is so lovely, you don’t want or need any distractions. We chose to design a classic half apron with clean, simple…
Without a spare month to spend learning Italian in Rome from a handsome young man over plates of spaghetti and glasses of wine, perhaps these placemats can serve…
Yesterday we featured our Italiano Kitchen Mama Apron. Today, we have a matching version for Bambina. We’ve switched to the Cream Parole fabric, but kept the same bright…
We love aprons here at Sew4Home. So we knew our Italiano Kitchen would not be complete without them. In fact, it would not be complete without two of…
My favorite part of Italian cooking is the sauces. Spicy red sauce with lots of chunky vegetables. Rich alfredo sauce with extra garlic and parmesan. They’re all deliciously…
Benvenuti! I cannot claim a speck of Italian in my ancestry, but that doesn’t mean I don’t wax as rhapsodic as Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love when…
Teeny tiny folds, such as those along the edge of patch pockets, seem to me like an accident waiting to happen. Holding the fold with the fingers of…
Welcome to a new article series here at Sew4Home, “Creative People We Love.” We’ve been lucky to discover wonderfully clever and inspiring folks on our own journey, and…
During American Idol this past season, General Larry Platt gained his fifteen minutes of fame with a wild rendition of the song, Pants on the Ground. “Pants on…