The new year is a great time to get your sewing room organized and these sewing room organization labels will help! I am knee deep in completely reorganizing mine. Sarah Healy Design is back with a super sweet printable you can paste on jars or containers to keep your "Buttons", "Thread" and other "Bits and Bobs". They look pretty cute on Mason jars, but you could really put them on anything! Print free download below! Sewing room organization Labels These cute printable print on standard paper from your home printer. Use card ...Continue Reading
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floral trucker hat DIY – custom hat template
Customize your own trucker hat with fabric! This floral trucker hat DIY will show you how with a template to download! I love the look of trucker hats, especially in the summer! But they are a little plain, so this hat is an amped up version! Since you can use any fabric, it's a great way to showcase a favorite print! I got new glasses! They're fake ones, "fashion frames" even though I do wear glasses. Sometimes I just want to wear fakes ones and keep my contacts on. I've been searching for the perfect frame forever and I ...Continue Reading
the AZTEC hooded vest pattern release!
I'm really excited to release the Aztec Hooded Vest pattern today, this pattern is SO fun to make(at least I think so!). The Aztec hooded vest is a reversible zip vest with an oversized hood, suitable for boys and girls size 12-18m to 8! (12-18M, 2T, 3T, 4T, 5, 6, 7 and 8!) This vest was originally part of my Aztec Spring look. I changed it up a little to make it fully lined and reversible. The hood was really the starting point for the vest, it's really big! I really love the layered look and this vest is perfect for that, especially ...Continue Reading
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see kate sew started in October 2010 when my baby started sleeping through the night and I was bored! I needed a project, a reason to be inspired and hoped this blog would turn into a place where others might be inspired. So see kate sew was born as a place to my creative life. I mostly post about sewing, crafts, fashion, fabric, design and sometimes about babies. see kate sew is the host of RUFFLES, Pleat Week and occasional sew-a-longs. I also love to sew for myself and refashion clothing as much as possible! To read more about me, click ...Continue Reading
pleather star onesie
Refashioning onesies never gets old! I love onesies because they are the one pieces of clothing that is totally baby only. Anyways, I have a few of these “Calvin Klein” onesies. I don’t love the wording on it, so I covered the onesie with a pleather star pattern that covered up the text. I did this way back in November(?) and now in March it finally fits Lena. Had to wait for a cute model to get here to post it. It’s really easy to make this star onesie. I used my AccuQuilt GO! Baby fabric cutter and star cutting die to cut the stars from ...Continue Reading
50+ baby sewing tutorials
I started doing a round-up of all my baby sewing tutorials (there have been a lot of those in the last 8 months or so, have ya noticed?). And then I decided to get crazy and add a bunch of tutorials that I have been meaning to try from sewing friends around the internet. I ended up with a list of over 50 great sewing tutorials that will be the perfect reference for baby gifts, friends' babies or your baby! I can't think of too many things more fun and exciting than sewing for a tiny babe that you've never met. 1. ruched baby bloomers 2. ...Continue Reading
pattern hack: jumbo hedgehog pillow
I hacked my own pattern to create an extra large version of the little happy hedgehog. After making a little doll to sit in her crib, I knew the baby would need just one more toy in there. The hedgehog is my favorite toy pattern that I made over a year ago. I even shared a post about the process of making the pattern just right. It is still one of my favorites to sew up. There's another post about hedgehogs right here. I had a bunch of extra polka dot fabric so I used that. It matches the back of the triangle quilt and Lena LOVES to stare at ...Continue Reading
triangle chandelier baby mobile
I made this mobile before the triangle quilt, but the triangle quilt was actually the inspiration for it. Does that make sense? Maybe I made them simultaneously. I chose the colors for the quilt from paint chips at the hardware store. I love the paint section for color combinations. Then, I used the swatches to buy fabric for the quilt. And cut up the paint chips into triangles to mimic the triangles that would eventually be on the quilt. I used black, white, and three shades of pink, just like in the quilt. This project is super easy, but ...Continue Reading
flannel + piping baby blanket
When I was in my fleece blanket making frenzy, I also made one for the new baby. After spotting Heather Bailey flannel, it just had to happen. HEATHER BAILEY FLANNEL! Don't you just love it when designers put out lines of fabric that include things besides quilting weight cotton? It's so nice to be able to find a pretty flannel! This pretty print is called Finery Pink.This is a really easy project with piped edges for a little something extra! Materials:*1 1/4 yard flannel print (44-45")*1 1/4 yard flannel solid*piping, 5+ yards*2 yards ...Continue Reading
easy fleece + bias tape blanket tutorial (with rounded corners!)
I don't know what has gotten into me, I normally HATE fleece. But this year something changed! Maybe it was this plaid fleece I saw at Hobby Lobby. There are so many cute fleece options I had to use them for this fleece blanket tutorial! Buffalo plaid gets me every time. I snatched it up to make a new blanket for Cohen's bed this winter. He's still using tiny baby blankets and his little legs are stretching out the ends of them. It's cute seeing his little toes poke out, but it's time. Plus winter is coming and a fleecy blanket ...Continue Reading
sewing 101: how to use the binding foot
I have a foot fetish apparently. Not the weird kind, the sewing machine foot kind. This is my recent addition: the binding foot! It is amazing. You can use this foot to attach bias tape and quilt binding. It's pretty useful because it lines up the needle right where you want it and you get a straight, perfect stitch! My favorite part is you don't have to pin the binding all the way around whatever you're sewing before you attach it. You just feed it into the binding foot as you feed the fabric in and voila! You can use it for binding up ...Continue Reading
