Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today we are beginning to sew our Collaborative Beach Bag. I tallied up the requests and it looks like we’ll be making a family sized cotton bag with webbed handles. Inside we’ll be incorporating a large zippered wet bag which we are crafting in this video and a mesh… Read More Beach Bag Collaboration: Zippered Interior Center Wet Bag Pocket
Hey y’all! I’ve just reached a major milestone and wanted to take a few moments to celebrate the accomplishment. When I set out two years ago to establish a sewing community I thought it would be geared specifically for beginners and I set a lofty goal of teaching 10,000 people to sew. I… Read More Celebrating my original milestone!
Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today we are beginning to design our Ultimate Beach Bag. In this video I will show you three bag designs which incorporate features that make up an ideal beach bag. You pick and choose the ones you like the best and leave me a comment. I will tally up… Read More Our Ultimate Beach Bag Design Part 1
Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today I want to introduce our next collaborative sewing project and talk to you about something serious that has been on my mind. Blissfully yours, Andrea
Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today I am here to show you how to sew a jewelry roll. For this project you will need to precut the following pieces of cotton quilt weight material: (2) 12″ x 12″ for the body panels (1) 2″ x 28″ for the tie closure (1) 12″ x… Read More How to sew a jewelry roll
Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today I am here to show you how to sew a hanging folder file. For this project you will need two rectangular cuts of quilt weight cotton fabric that measure 12″ wide by 21″ long and 1 standard hanging file folder. I hope you enjoy the project and will… Read More How to sew a hanging folder file
Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! As promised, I have designed a larger 4 bottle tote bag to share with you. If you are new to Sewspire and my sewing methods you will want to checkout my Ultimate Tote Bag Tutorial for an comprehensive overview on how to sew this boxy type of tote. If… Read More Bonus! 4 Bottle Laminated Tote Bag Pattern PDF
Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today I am here to show you how to sew an insulated bottle tote that is designed to hold two baby bottles, sippy cups or regular size plastic water bottles. You an easily adapt this pattern to suit your needs by sizing the bag up. As a bonus I… Read More How to sew an insulated bottle tote
Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today I am here to show you how to craft a lightweight summer backpack from cotton fabric. For this project you will need one yard of material for the bag and a small cut of scrap fabric which measures 4″ x 10″ for the hang tab / closure +… Read More How to sew a lightweight summer backpack
Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today I am here to show you how to so this boxy zippered pouch which is ideal for storing cosmetics, small collections and so much more! This sewing project may be addictive as I can’t stop sewing these sweet bags. I keep finding uses for them and they… Read More How to sew a boxy zippered cosmetic bag