I have no doubt that the reason I am creative today, is because I was raised by creative parents.
I was 10 years old when I got my first sewing machine, an antique singer sewing machine, collected from under a pile of nicknacks at a school rummage sale. For Christmas that year my parents had my sewing machine refurbished for me, and the following summer I took sewing classes for kids at a local sewing machine shop. My daughter still uses the pillowcase we made in that class!
When I became a teenager my sewing table became my makeup table and my creative passion turned from sewing into acting. My sewing days were over until about a year after the birth of my daughter. At some point between my teens and my late 20’s I had lost myself creatively and I was seeking to find my creative self.
My in-laws loaned me a long unused sewing machine and I started sewing again. First for my daughter, then for neighborhood friends and eventually selling in my very own Etsy store. When I started my blog, Sew Creative, I thought that the site would have a lot more sewing on it, it turns out that the site opened the door for me to express myself creatively in a multitude of ways, not just sewing.
Through the last two years of writing Sew Creative, one thought kept coming to me over and over and over again– Creative parents raise creative kids, but sometimes adults lose their creative self once they get married and have kids.
That’s the driving force behind our new site, Hello Creative Family. We want to help inspire you and assist you in finding your creative spark so that you can raise your children in a homemade, handmade, heart-made home.
If you’ve been tempted to dabble in sewing I encourage you not to wait! Read on for the best sewing projects for beginners that I’ve published on Sew Creative over the past 2 years. They are quick, easy and I’m never more than an email away (crystal@hellocreativefamily.com) if you need some help!
The Best Sewing Projects For Beginners
5 Minute Kleenex Holder
Oh Sew Easy 10 Minute Easy Fabric Flower- No Sewing Machine Required
15 Minute Baby Bib
15 Minute Kid’s Infinity Scarf and 30 Minute Adult Infinity Scarf
30 Minute Teapot Coasters
60 Minute Laptop Sleeve
Want to get a start on these fabric sewing projects? Fat Quarter Shop is giving one of my readers a $50 Gift Certificate to their store! Enter below!
Here are a couple of fabrics I have my eye on!
Festive Forest Ribbon Sweater Weather
Moon Shine Strawberry Forest Frivolity
Moda Monkey Tales Lavendar Fairy Cute
Bottom Left To Bottom Right:
Tell me… What fabric would you chose from Fat Quarter Shop and what would you make with it?
apple blossom says
I’m working on a patriotic quilt so maybe buy Red, White and Free fabric line
Chris says
I love FQS. I almost bought a bunch of half yard bundles on sale but I don’t really need them. I would buy some Tula Pink. I really like her fabric.
Dawn Jones says
I would get the Feed Company Jelly Roll by Moda and make a quilt with it.
Lori Morton says
I would get the ” The Makers” Fat Quarter Bundle!!!! LOOOVE IT! & would make a fun Throw for my Daughter”s Sewing Room!!
Kathy E. says
Hi there! I would buy a Clementine jelly roll and make a summer table runner with it. It would brighten up my whole dining room!
Sunshine H says
I really like some of the novelty patterns, like the gnomes, and unicorns, and woodland creatures, etc. DD would really like some bedding for her dolls, so I think that’s what I would likely make.
Heather says
I’d love to make something with the Star Wars Yellow Logo fabric. Maybe an infinity scarf!
Love these easy projects, my mom just gave me some vintage Girl Scout material and I think there is enough to make a scarf – hello weekend project!!
Jen B says
I’d buy a sand and surf stonehenge layer cake and make a dissapering pinwheel quilt using the Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial.
Deb says
I’d buy Vintage Farm Girl and take part in Lori Holt’s quilt along.
Nancy Hilderbrand says
Would buy Purple Reign Batavian Jewels Strip Set Wilmington Prints. I would make a purse out of it.
Zografia says
I’d buy Sunrise Studio Cherry Engineered Flowers Yardage and make a skirt! I do not have a sewing machine, but i’ll find a way!
Judy Cowan says
I might get the Winter All the Trimmings Fat Quarter Bundle to make a couple small projects for Christmas Presents.
Amber Y says
I think I’d pick up some of the Bonbon Bebe Kiwi Tonal Flower Vine Yardage fabric and i’d start by making some pillow covers – it’s nice to be able to change them with the seasons.
Cheryl says
That would be a hard choice! But I love the Wild & Free Half Yard Bundle by Maureen Cracknell for Limited Edition of Art Gallery Fabrics..
Linda Brown says
I would buy the Candy All the Trimmings Fat Quarter Bundle…..
lori b says
i like the mocha artisan print bundle
Lindsay says
Great ideas! I especially like the Kleenex holders.