Rebekah from REal Ideas shows how to make these oversized burlap acorns. The tops are made from real acorn lids. These unique decorations would be a great addition to your fall decor. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Armchair organizer with vintage graphics
Cathe Holden from Just Something I Made shows how to make this lovely armchair or sofa organizer out of a pair of plain white dinner napkins. She used T-shirt transfer sheets to add the vintage graphics, which she shares … Read More...
Tutorial: Batbaby Hat and Beddy Bye Beast softie
Holly from Chez Beeper Bebe shares a tutorial and pattern to make this super sweet Batbaby Hat and Beddy Bye Beast. Make one of these for the next baby shower you go to, and the whole place will be covered … Read More...
Tutorial: Make padded seatbelt covers out of Dollar Tree potholders
If the edges of the seatbelts in your car are uncomfortable to your children, you can cover the hard edges with a seatbelt cover. You can buy them from a baby store, or just follow the instructions by Care from … Read More...
Tutorial: Turtleneck refashion
Sarah Cornett from Sarah’s Never-Ending Projects guests blogs on The How-To Girl with a tutorial showing how to refashion a turtleneck into a crewcut with a little ruffle at the neckline. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Gathered wired ribbon flowers
I Am Only One, But Still I Am One shows how to make these pretty flowers out of gathered ribbon. She shows one on a hairclip, but I’m thinking I may make a bunch to put on Christmas gifts this … Read More...
Tutorial: Tablecloth with sewn in panels
With Halloween out of the way, it’s time to start planning for Thanksgiving. You can make an easy but elegant tablesetting with this paneled tablecloth. The panels are sewn into the tablecloth itself, so all you have to do is … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric lollipops
LiEr from ikat bag shows how to make these fabric lollipops. These lollipops are super sweet, but they don’t contain an ounce of sugar to go to your waistline or smear across your child’s face. Want to make a bunch? … Read More...
Tutorial: Shower curtain from vintage sheet
Katherine from Making Chicken Salad shows how you can transform a vintage bedsheet into a shower curtain. Use contrasting vintage sheets to add some ruffles to the bottom. So pretty! Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Boutique Shopper patchwork bag
Lola from Lola… again! and Izzy & Ivy Designs shares a tutorial on Moda Bake Shop for this boutique shopper. This large patchwork bag is big enough to hold all the treasures you find while out thrifting, or perhaps to … Read More...
Tutorial: Pillow with remote control pocket from button-down shirt
Julie Kundhi from julie-k shows how she made these fabulous pillows out of old button-down shirts. The pockets get repurposed as remote control pockets. Brilliant! Get the how-to.
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Free Sewing pattern: Handbag from two fat quarters
Laura from We Wilsons has created a pattern for this handbag (and accompanying tiny drawstring bag) that you can make from a pair of fat quarters. It will be available for sale in her Etsy shop, but she’s allowing 500 … Read More...
Tutorial: Snuggie-style fleece blanket
Vietti View shows how you can make your own Snuggie-style blanket. For those who haven’t seen the cheesy commercials, a Snuggie is part blanket, part robe. It’s kind of a large fleece blanket with arms set in so you can … Read More...
Tutorial: Stacked fabric owls
Lollychops shares another cool idea using die-cut fabric shapes. This time she makes a little owl from a stack of fabric circles. (Of course, if you don’t have a die cutting machine, you can always cut the shapes by hand.) … Read More...
Tutorial: Strawberry pincushion
Sandi from Embroideroo shows how to make this strawberry pincushion. What a yummy place to park your pins and needles! Go to the tutorial.
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Lookie what she made: Cropped ruffled jacket
Deborah from wonderwoman creations shows how she made this adorable ruffled jacket for a young girl. She started with a printed pattern, but altered it to add the ruffles to the sleeves. She also made some small changes to the … Read More...
Scrap Buster projects
Sew, Mama, Sew’s Scrap Buster Month is over, but they’re keeping links to all the projects up on their website. You can see all the scrap bustin’ projects here. You can also see the winners of the contest here.… Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled hedgehog softie
Katie from matsutake shares a tutorial and free pattern for this ruffled hedgehog softie. Love it!! Go to the pattern and tutorial.
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Tutorial: Fabric ABC book and a snail softie
Angela from Moda Home Mom shares a tutorial on Moda Bake Shop for this fabric ABC book and also a snail softie. The fabric book uses printed fabric squares for the individual letter pages, and is backed with charm squares. … Read More...
Tutorial: Fleece hat with kitty ears
Craftster user MysticCookie shows how to make this fleece hat with kitty ears. Cute, cute! Go to the tutorial.
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