Happy National Sewing Machine Day! National Sewing Machine Day is Monday, June 13, so we put together a tutorial to make something special for the original power tool. Sewing machine covers can be functional AND cute, and in this simple tutorial, we’ll teach you how […]
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How to Sew Napkins with Mitered Corners
Today we’re bringing you an EASY tutorial for sewing napkins. This tutorial is super beginner-friendly and easy to knock out in one day! A set of cute napkins can make for a great gift since they’re useful, and you can personalize the fabric choice to […]
DIY Mother’s Day Gift – A Soothing Heating Pad
For many of us, our quilting and stitching journey began with someone special… our mothers! We want to give you all a fun and easy Mother’s Day gift idea that you can sew up for your mom with lots of love, that also won’t break […]
How to Finish Stronger Together in a Frame
Fat Quarter Shop just released the Stronger Together Cross Stitch Pattern to bring the creative community together to support a worthy cause and to highlight the achievements and contributions of several African American women in the fiber arts. For Black History Month, we’ll host our […]
How to Finish Lori Holt’s Stitch Card Set G
Lori Holt just released Stitch Card Set G right in time for the holidays! I love all of the stitch card sets and am so excited about these new holiday-inspired cards. I stitched my set as one piece and will show you how I finished […]
DIY Quilted Ornaments in 10 Easy Steps
Turn some of your smallest quilt blocks into cute, quilted ornaments for your tree. We’re sewing some of our 3″ blocks from the Sewcialites Quilt Along into ornaments to hang on our sewing room tree and we’ll show you how you can do the same […]
Sew Holiday Face Masks by Stacy Iest Hsu
Get festive this holiday season with Stacy Iest Hsu’s Holiday Safety First Face Mask Quilt Panel. Adorn your face with Santa Claus’ beard or get frosty like a Snowman! The Holiday Mask panel sews up 18 masks faster than you can say “Ho Ho Ho!” […]
DIY Foam Fabric Wreath
It’s time for a new wreath! Fall is here and the holidays are approaching and oh, do we have a treat for you! This DIY Foam Fabric Wreath tutorial is a completely free, no-sew project using your favorite Jelly Roll or any scrappy strips you […]
How to Finish Lori Holt’s 2020 Halloween Mix & Match
This year’s FQS Stitch-tober was a spooky good time for 7 cross stitch-filled weeks! During that time, I stitched up Lori Holt’s Halloween 2020 Mix & Match border and so did many of you! I filled mine with my favorite seasonal patterns from Lori Holt’s Bee in my Bonnet Stitch Card […]
Sew a DIY Travel Tissue Pouch
Fall is finally here! After a long, hot summer, we are more than ready for cooler temps and sweater weather. But with that seasonal change comes plenty of sniffles and sneezing, so we’ve got just the thing to use up some trimmings from your favorite […]
DIY Mother’s Day Gifts
Give your mom or mother figure the perfect gift that says “I love you,” with something handmade. Mother’s Day is coming up in May, so we’ve scoured the internet and gathered up some of our favorite projects you can sew. Most of these them have […]
Sew up Simple Zipper Pouches
Fabric and quilt designer Minki Kim came by the Fat Quarter Shop studio to show us how to make some must-have pouches and bags. These pouches are sewn up quickly and machine quilted at home! These pouches are cute and useful, but they are also […]
Sew sweet sewing projects with Minki Kim
Fabric and quilt designer Minki Kim came by the Fat Quarter Shop studio to whip up some sweet sewing projects for us. What a treat! Her projects are all from her new book, Zakka from the Heart: Sew 16 Charming Projects to Warm Any Home. […]
BLOG REMIX 2 – The Patchwork Christmas Stocking
The Patchwork Christmas Stocking is the final project for Blog Remix Season 2! We’ve had sew much fun this time around and have added many new sewing skills to our repertoire! The blog remixes revisit previous tutorials with updated fabrics, notions, and tips and tricks […]