Crafting a Handmade Home
A collection of 15 quick, easy and fun summer sewing projects that you can complete in a couple hours or less! Summer is not the time (for me anyway) to be tied down to my sewing machine. I like being outdoors, spending time with my family, sitting by the lake, barbecuing and watching our dog Zoey frolic in the lake chasing dragonflies. But, I do
Sew a pincushion with this collection of over 40 free pincushion patterns and tutorials. Pincushions are easy to sew and perfect to gift! Are you just learning to sew? Or maybe you’re looking for some fun sewing projects to use up those fabric scraps? Or maybe just looking for some fun ways to organize your pins? With this collection of over 40 free pincushion pattern
Learn to quilt by joining one of these six Quilt Block of the Month programs that you can participate in during 2021! Quilt of the Month Challenges for 2021! Did you know that March 20, 2021 is National Quilting Day? It’s a day sponsored by the Quilt Alliance and the National Quilt Museum. 2021 marks the 29th anniversary of National Quilting Day. You can participate
My top 6 best fabric face masks to make for your family and friends. Each fabric face mask has a slightly different fit. With “sew” many options to choose from, how do you know which fabric face mask you should make for yourself, your kids, your family and your friends? Well, I’m glad you asked! Here are six patterns that I have tried and consider
In the essential sewing supplies list we will cover all the basic sewing supplies needed to get you off to a good start as you learn to sew. Are you thinking about learning to sew? Or maybe a little overwhelmed with where to even begin? Then this sewing basics series is just for you, my friend. You see, sewing doesn’t have to be intimidating or
With these 25 DIY Heart Sachets to make for Valentine’s Day ideas, you’re sure to find a heart sachet to sew, crochet, knit or no-sew to make for your Valentine! No Valentine’s Day would be complete without hearts. Heart cupcakes, heart Valentines, heart printables, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate or this collection of 25 DIY heart sachets. One of the top 10 blog posts on Ideas
These top 20 sewing tips will give beginner, intermediate and even advanced sewists the best results and take some of the frustration out of sewing! No matter if you are a beginner or have been sewing for a couple of years or more you’re bound to find something useful in my top 20 sewing tips. But, before I share my sewing tips, I wanted to
Learn how to make this easy to sew tissue holder using fabric scraps. Tissue Holders make for thoughtful gifts and stocking stuffers! Every year for Christmas I try to think of thoughtful, meaningful and useful gifts to make our adult children and grandchildren for Christmas. This year, they’ll be receiving these easy to sew Tissue Holders. Sew a Tissue Holder The tissue holders seem like
Explore the top 10 most popular sewing, crochet, printables and recipe ideas for a handmade home from The Birch Cottage in 2020. As we usher in another New Year, I always enjoy taking a look back at the past year on The Birch Cottage blog. So, grab yourself a cup of coffee, settle in to your favorite comfy chair and take a little trip down
Download this set of printable microwave safe baked potato bag care and use tags and include with your handmade baked potato bags. I am busy making handmade gifts for our seven children and their families. One of the handmade items I’ll be gifting this year are these microwave baked potato bags. Although the microwave is a fast and convenient way to make baked potatoes, they
Learn how to sew a reversible microwave safe bowl cozy. Use 100% cotton thread, batting and fabric to make a bowl cozy. This blog post originally appeared September 3, 2018. It has been updated for clarification and new photos. I made these bowl cozies for each of our children a few years ago for Christmas. Through the years, we’ve been gravitating towards more handmade or
A collection of 60+ handmade Christmas gift ideas. Whether you like to craft, crochet, embroider or sew – handmade gifts are the best! As I’ve been trying to figure out exactly what I want to make my own family for Christmas this year, I started saving ideas that I found around the web and thought I’d share them with you. I’m hoping they’ll spark some
