Why buy a dog bed when you can make your own? We’re here to show you how to sew a handmade cushion to create a cosy canine corner in your home. The beauty of this DIY project is it’s made from patchwork squares so you can reuse fabrics you have around the house, or shop for fat quarters if you’d rather pick fabrics to match your home. For an extra fun twist, we’ll show you how to sew together simple triangles when you make your DIY dog bed cushion to create a cute bone motif. Use two contrasting fabrics to…
Author: Ali Burdon
Ali Burdon
Ali Burdon is a designer and sewing teacher who’s also known as Very Berry Handmade. She crochets too and has recently been experimenting with natural dyeing yarns using plants from her garden. You can keep up to date with her latest news over on her Instagram @msaliburdon. She lives in north Staffordshire with her husband, twin sons and their dog, Barney, where she does lots of sewing, crochet and baking, which became the main themes of her blogging and Instagram feed. Ali loves to use patchwork in her designs and has a seriously enviable fabric stash!
Brighten up your kitchen with Ali Burdon’s geometric tea cosy sewing pattern. Embroider 80s-inspired shapes onto your fabric then follow our free sewing pattern below to make a classic fabric tea cosy. There’s something so comforting about brewing a pot of tea and cracking open a packet of biscuits, especially if said treats are displayed on a fancy plate. Even teapots feel the cold in the winter months though, so keep yours warm with this geometric tea cosy sewing pattern. It’s easy enough to sew together, but if you want to up the difficulty factor, embroider small sections of the…
Raid your fabric stash and rescue those tiny offcuts you can’t bear to throw away but turning them into a scrappy star quilted stocking! Ali Burdon is here to show you how to turn them into a pretty patchwork star quilt block which becomes the basis of a DIY Traditional Christmas stocking (handmade by you of course). Read on for our free step by step guide for how to make them, and if you’re looking for a more beginner-friendly stocking you might also like our How to make a Christmas stocking video walkthrough. This project was first featured in Love…