People often ask me for DIY project suggestions, and pillows are one of my favourite go-tos. Not only are they easy to sew (you can create a great toss cushion with very basic sewing skills), but they’re a great way to spruce up a space, and they make fantastic gifts! Here’s a Valentine’s pillow DIY […]
Looking for some easy DIYs for the holidays? I shared five simple project ideas with Tracy Moore and the Cityline audience. The best part? Some are no-sew Christmas projects and the rest are easy-sew gift ideas! Watch here… ***** Tracy Moore: Please welcome Denise Wild. I love the fact that we’ve got DIY gift ideas. Denise: Yes. Tracy: […]
I love giving homemade gifts for the holidays! But let’s be honest. Time is precious, and it seems there’s very little of it to go around these days. So what’s a good made-from-scratch alternative? Adorning! For this segment on the Marilyn Denis show, I took plain, store-bought Christmas stockings (from the dollar store!), and personalized them […]
Pillows are an easy DIY project. You just sew four sides, right? Um, not so fast! There are a few things you need to do properly to ensure the pillows you sew from scratch are worthy of display. I shared some tips with Steven and Chris for sewing the perfect pillow: What should the pillow be […]
Learn how to make cute DIY felt animals with my new obsession– the Sew Cool sewing machine! This little sewing machine for kids is basically a felting machine: it has multiple needles that go up and down super fast, which causes the two layers of fabric to “felt” together. The fibres mash together where the needles […]
You might say I’m a little obsessed with clothes for my daughter. I love buying them, sewing them, up-cycling them, embellishing them, you name it. One of the things I love to dress her in is skirts. Have you been shopping lately for skirts for toddlers? They are the CUTEST! But they’re not cheap. So, I […]
I love maxi dresses! You slip one on, you look dressed up. They’re so easy to wear…and this one is easy to make! In this video, I walk you through how to make a maxi dress without a pattern. (Side note: You could easily make a maxi skirt without a pattern instead; just sew on […]
I love a simple, quick sewing project! (Who doesn’t?!) And this pillow doesn’t have a zipper, so it’s easy to sew. I showed Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman how to sew a pillow in only 3 minutes. Although with our TV shenanigans, it took a wee bit longer… 😉 Watch here… ***** […]
I love Christmas! Singing, eating, shopping, gift-giving, spending time with family. Can it please be Christmas every day?! I also love Christmas making, whether it’s decorations, hostess gifts, or even stockings. I recently wrote an article for Forever Young magazine about something I’ve been playing around with recently: memory stockings. Click on the image above to see the […]
I did this segment on Cityline when T-shirt upcycling was the big thing. Do you remember? There were probably about 7000 new-release books at the time all titled something like “101 projects to make from a T-shirt.” The lovely Tracy Moore isn’t a sewer, but this project is so simple, anyone can do it! I […]
