Get ready to share some Hanukkah holiday fun with this stuffed toy dreidel, my newest pattern! This dreidel sports the traditional Hebrew letters and a pointed bottom just like a classic dreidel, but in soft toy form. The letters are machine appliqued, and I’ll walk you through the steps of this super useful technique. If … Continue reading
I know we’re in Purim mode at the moment, but we’ve just set the date for a Passover matzah cover sewing class at Beetle and Fred that you might want to put on your calendar. The class will be on Sunday, March 11 from 11am to 1pm. Beetle and Fred is located on Main Street … Continue reading
Inspired by a quilting class in curved piecing and staring down a sizable fabric stash, Deborah Freedman crafted this tallit featuring the rolling hills around the Old City of Jerusalem. Deborah created the scenes on each of the two ends of the tallit as separate pieces, and then she appliqued the pieces on to the … Continue reading
The Jewish new year is on its way –challah dipped in honey!– and the autumn holiday season is right behind it. It’s a time for new beginnings, and a great time to start the year with a new challah cover. So I’m releasing the challah cover pattern from the Sew Jewish book as its own … Continue reading
![Free Star of David Pattern [PDF]](https://sewjewish.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stars-of-david-pattern-thumbnail-2.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Free Star of David Pattern [PDF]")
If you sew Jewish, a Star of David pattern can come in handy. So here’s a free, ready to print Star of David PDF pattern. In fact, it’s a Stars of David pattern, with three stars of different sizes (of course, you can create more sizes by changing the settings when you print the page). … Continue reading
You’ll find a new video tutorial for finishing machine appliques on the Sew Jewish YouTube channel. It’s a sewing topic I’ve covered in earlier project videos, but I figured that if I made a video dedicated to the topic, I could refer to it in future project videos — and making shorter project videos is … Continue reading
Here’s the newest PDF pattern in the Etsy shop: an atarah and corner pieces for a tallit (tallis) featuring a Jerusalem cityscape. It’s called the King David’s Jerusalem Atarah Pattern. It’s a machine applique pattern and includes instructions for sewing the atarah and corner pieces to your tallit as well as instructions for how to … Continue reading
