Category Archives: Weekend Projects

Learn how to make comfortable face masks for kids in this easy sewing tutorial! All you need is a little bit of fabric and some elastic. suzyquilts.com #facemasks #kidfacemask

Easy Tutorial: How to Sew Face Masks for Kids

In this easy tutorial, I'll show you a fast way to sew face masks for kids. With fall quickly approaching, your kiddo might be looking forward to joining activities again, and potentially heading back to a school setting. 

Determining when and how to re-enter these social situations is a question we won't be tackling today, but there's a good chance that somewhere along the line, your child might be required to wear a mask.

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Learn all of the skills needed to make a quilt with this free DIY quilted checkerboard tutorial. A great sewing project for kids! suzyquilts.com #quilt #sewingtutorial

Free DIY Quilted Checkerboard Tutorial

This DIY quilted checkerboard is a perfect project for beginner sewers and children learning to sew. You only need small scraps of fabric and the most basic tools. Let's get started!

I'm so excited about this sewing tutorial because I have fond memories of playing checkers with my dad – first me getting mad and crying because he beat me and then, after the next game, getting mad and crying because he let me win. 

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A free quilted Christmas stocking pattern right in time for the holidays! Sew a simple, modern stocking with this step by step tutorial. suzyquilts.com #christmasstocking

FREE Quilted Christmas Stocking Pattern

Before launching into your free quilted Christmas stocking pattern, let me explain why this pattern is squeaking in just five days before Christmas. It's simple, really. The first reason is that I didn't see these beautiful stockings until last week. For hours I had been on a cyber quest to find Christmas stockings for my family – which was proving to be no easy task!

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