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How to Sew an Easy Apron

This sewing tutorial has been a long time coming! In fact, I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to create an apron tutorial because I’ve been making this same exact apron for literally decades. So, a little late, I know, but today I’m sharing with you how to sew a simple kitchen bib apron!

My mom is really the one who deserves credit for this apron, since she’s the one who started making these many years ago. She’s made countless aprons for housewarming gifts, bridal shower gifts, and birthday/Christmas gifts. During my first year of marriage, she made me an apron for every holiday that came along that year. So I had cute aprons in holiday fabrics to wear for years to come! So cute and clever.

tutorial, fashion sewing, gifts, home decorNikki SchreinerMarch 23, 2022 Comment

Tips for Sewing with Burlap (Plus Project Ideas!)

Recently I designed a doll clothes pattern that includes a sun hat and market tote, which I really wanted to try making out burlap. Burlap is a fabric I had never sewn before! So there was some trial and error involved, but by the time I was finished with the pattern, I had written down several tips and tricks for sewing with burlap, so I’m going to share those with you today. I’ll include things like what needle to use, how to finish those raw edges so they don’t unravel, plus the thing I did very WRONG when I first started, ha!

AND, since doll hats and bags hardly take any fabric and I have quite a chunk of nice burlap left over, I set out to find more projects I can make with burlap, so I’ll post those burlap sewing project ideas here too.

tips and tricksNikki SchreinerMarch 17, 2022Comment

Meet My New Sewing Machine! And Tips for Shopping

I’m very excited to introduce you to my new sewing machine! Read (or watch) on to find out why I decided to buy a new sewing machine, how I landed on the Janome I ended up with, and some new tips for your own sewing machine shopping.

If you’re in the market for a new sewing machine, now or in the future, or even if you just like to see what other machines can do, I hope you’ll find the information here both entertaining and valuable!

sewing room, sewing tools, reviewNikki SchreinerMarch 16, 2022 Comment

Bunny Rag Doll with Clothes || PDF Sewing Pattern

I can’t possibly choose a “cutest thing I’ve ever made”, but if I had to, this bunny rag doll would come close. I’m in love!

I wanted to add a bunny to the Phoebe Rag Doll collection of sewing patterns and since Easter is coming up, there was no time like the present. Sew up some soft bunny dolls with changeable clothes for your little ones’ Easter baskets this year!

easter, dolls and doll clothes, pattern shop, sewing for kidsNikki SchreinerMarch 9, 2022Comment

How to Sew Easy Kitchen Tea Towels, 2 Ways

I have a great, easy kitchen sewing tutorial for you today! I wanted to sew a little something for Mothers Day gifts and I had the best little border print in my drawer, just perfect for some pretty, sewn tea towels. DIY kitchen towels are so easy and they make such sweet gifts. Also, these tea towels somehow last a very long time. I received a few from my sister when I was first married and while other kitchen towels have come and gone, I still use the ones she made!

I’ve since made even more tea towels for myself after scoring a couple of fun prints and a heathered linen at Hobby Lobby in the clearance bin recently. A ruffle and/or fun trim take these kitchen towels to the next level, so I went ahead and filmed a video tutorial to share with you here.

gifts, home decor, tutorialNikki SchreinerMarch 8, 2022Comment

Market Day Doll Clothes || PDF Sewing Pattern

I’m here to share with you the next installment of my 18 inch doll clothes sewing patterns! I’m having so much fun creating these patterns and I have unashamedly added a few dolls to our collection in the process … for the business, you know ;)

The Market Day collection is available now in my shop! The PDF pattern includes all the pattern pieces, plus step by step instructions with photos for sewing the raglan dress, bloomers, wide brimmed hat, and market tote. This new pattern, along with the Sleep Tight collection, are both meant to be easy sewing patterns for doll clothes, and will fit any 18” doll, such as American Girl, Journey Girls, Disney ILY, and more.

dolls and doll clothes, sewing for kids, pattern shopNikki SchreinerFebruary 28, 2022Comment

Is Sewing Expensive? My Tips for Sewing on a Budget

Sewing doesn’t have to be an expensive hobby. Although you can definitely save money on certain types of sewing like home decor, you might find you can’t make your clothes for as cheap as you thought you could. Today I’m going to share some tips for making sewing cost less, so you can feed your sewing hobby, even if you’re on a tight budget!

tips and tricksNikki SchreinerFebruary 14, 2022 Comments

Sew a Heart Quilt Block || A Beginner Friendly Tutorial

I got the quilting bug recently and really wanted to make something for the Valentines season that I could share with you here too. I came up with a simple heart quilt block incorporating scraps of fabric. I turned my first version into fun mini quilt to hang up in my sewing room, but I’m planning to turn my second version into a pillow. It’s in the prettiest pinks and purples, so it will look so cute on the comfy chair in my sewing room.

Quilting doesn’t take any difficult skills, I promise! If you can use a sewing machine, you can make a quilt. In this tutorial, you’ll learn to make half square triangles, which is a common technique in quilting. Once you learn that, you can make so many different blocks! All those star blocks you see in quilts use half square triangles.

quilting, Valentines Day, tutorialNikki SchreinerFebruary 10, 2022Comment

Monthly Makes || Everything I made in January!

I had a pretty successful sewing month, if I do say so myself. I don’t always feel like get a ton of personal sewing time, but looking back over the month and seeing that I did manage to make several things, helps me see that a lot can be accomplished in many short sewing sessions.

This year on my YouTube channel, I thought it would be fun to share what I’ve made at the end of each month! In January I managed to make 6 things and they were a good mix of garments, projects for patterns for my shop and just-for-fun projects (although it’s truly all fun).

fashion sewingNikki SchreinerFebruary 3, 2022Comment

How to Get an Old Sewing Machine Up and Running

Last summer my husband and I went on an anniversary trip and did some thrifting (like ya do). He spotted the cutest vintage Kenmore sewing machine and snapped it up for $10! I finally spent some time with it last week and got it working like a champ, so I thought I’d write some tips for getting these old vintage sewing machines working.

If you have an old machine that you’d like to get running again, or if you’re wondering if you should buy the next vintage sewing machine you stumble across, this post will have plenty of tips for you.

So, read on!

sewing room, reviewNikki SchreinerFebruary 1, 2022 Comments

10 Quilt Block of the Month Clubs to Join in 2022

One of my most visited blog posts last year was my list of 10 quilt block of the month clubs you could join in on, so it was a no brainer to write a similar post for 2022. I had an even easier time this year finding Block of the Month opportunities, so I hope you’ll find something here to join in on! It’s still only January, so now’s the right time to pick one and get started.

A Block of the Month club usually works like this: A quilt designer releases a set of quilt block patterns, one block at a time over the course of a year. So at the end of the year, you’ll have enough blocks to put a quilt together! The blocks are usually kept a secret until each month’s release, and I find that very fun. I love not knowing what the whole thing will look like until it all comes together! At the end, usually the designer or website will have several ideas for putting the quilt together with instructions for adding sashing, finishing, etc …

quiltingNikki SchreinerJanuary 17, 2022Comment

5 New-To-Me Sewing Notions

Hey, friends! I asked for a few new little sewing tools for Christmas and my husband came through and put some of them in my Christmas stocking. I took some time yesterday to film a video describing them and demonstrating these five new-to-me sewing notions and today I’ll share them here too.

If you’re looking for a few new toys to add to your sewing room, maybe this will give you some ideas and I bet they’re things you may not already have. There are always more sewing notions to check out, but it’s hard to know if they’re really be useful, or if you’re better off sticking with your tried and true methods, so I’ve tried these things, and while there are a few I already love, there are a couple more that they jury is still out on.

gift guide, sewing room, sewing toolsNikki SchreinerJanuary 12, 2022Comment

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