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I recently got a bug in my bonnet telling me that I could really use a design wall for my scrappy quilt projects that I love to sort of let come together as I go. In past homes, with large sewing rooms, I just did this kind of thing on the floor, but in my current very small sewing room, I don’t have that kind of space on the floor, but I DO have a perfect empty wall!
Read MoreLast year I scored three boxes full of vintage sewing patterns on Facebook Marketplace for some crazy price, like $10 for the whole lot. I had the best time going through them and picking out what to keep, what was too mouse eaten to touch (ha!) and what to pass along to the next lucky seeker of vintage patterns at a thrift store somewhere.
Read MoreAs I was developing my newest doll pattern, I had the idea to turn this pattern into a military doll! You may know that we are a military family and have been living the Army life together for over 20 years.
Read MoreMy library of doll patterns is growing! I’m so proud of this newest sewing pattern and I hope you love it too.
Read MoreIf you’ve sewn rag dolls, you may have experienced some frustration over finding just the right skin tone fabrics for them. Having designed several rag doll patterns, I have felt this frustration too! It’s been tricky to find (and then refind) the right colors for skin, especially for the lighter skin toned dolls, but I’ve finally found some great go-to skin tone fabrics and wanted to share them with you here, in advance of my upcoming grandparent doll pattern release — keep reading for a sneaky peek!
Read MoreA few years ago, I created a tutorial for how to sew an oversized hot pad and it’s one of my most popular videos to date — mostly because of my fuss free method of quilt binding!
That tutorial teaches the quilt binding method that I’ve always used, so I really didn’t know how many people were struggling with other, more fussy methods of binding their quilts. After receiving sooooo many comments about this genius of this method, I knew I had to share a separate tutorial just for my brilliant binding method!
Read MoreI get to go to a baby shower this weekend! I love baby showers and I usually like to buy something off the registry and then make a few things to go with my gift. This time I was in the mood to make something different from my usual bibs, blanket, or burp cloths.
I landed on the most FUN handmade baby toy idea and it’s probably the cutest baby shower gift I’ve ever sewn! This baby sensory block toy is super easy to put together, it’s a scrap friendly sewing project and it leaves room for tons of creativity in adding all the cute, fun elements.
Read MoreI recently highlighted some sewing tools I’m a huge fan of, one of them being a walking foot attachment for my sewing machine. Since this is such an essential tool for me, I was so surprised at how many comments I received from people who either had one and had no idea what it was for up until that point, or people who had never even heard of one!
Read MoreOne of the categories I intend to add quite a bit of content to at Pin Cut Sew this year is quilting tutorials! Quilting has always been the most relaxing, therapeutic form of sewing for me, so I look forward to posting several accessible, stress free quilting articles and videos here in the coming months.
Read MoreI’ve received and purchased a few new-to-me sewing tools in the past few months and I’m always eager to share them with y’all! A few of these were on my Christmas wish list, one my mom gave me, and the other I bought with my birthday money last month. All four are big winners and have already been great additions to my sewing room, so perhaps these are great things to add to your sewing wish list!
Read MoreFor the last two years, I’ve written a post here with ten great quilt block of the month clubs you can join for the following year. I try to squeeze this post in between Christmas and New Years so you have some time to get ready! These posts continue to be among my most popular each year that I’ve written them, so I wanted to make sure I round up the best BOM quilt options for 2023!
Read MoreI’m a huge fan of freestyle quilting! I love to improvise and pull out scraps and make a big mess and just sort of wing it. Give me a list of 100 shapes to cut before I can even start my quilt and I’m out, haha. But give me freedom to make something up as I go along, and call it wonky? I’m so in!
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