Christine from Christine Sews shows how to add a clasp to a purse.  This little detail is easy to add to your next handmade purse.  Go to the tutorial.

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Sew4Home continues their Citrus Holiday series with this tutorial for making a patchwork Christmas tree skirt.  Get the how-to and start your holiday sewing.

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Here’s a back-to-school word problem for you:  If you have two children who each take their lunch in a paper sack every day for the next 175 days of schoo, how many paper sacks have you contributed to the local…

Lindsey from liliash made this adorable dress for her daughter from an adult-sized dress shirt that she no longer wore.  I love the shirring detail above the pockets!  Go to the tutorial.

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Betz White, author of Warm Fuzzies: 30 Sweet Felted Projects and Sewing Green: 25 Projects Made with Recycled & Organic Materials, shares a tutorial on Craftzine showing how to make this patchwork and ric rac tablerunner.  The project features her line of…

Jen from Just another day in the lives of… shows the diaper clutch and changing pad that she made from a placemat.  A placemat, elastic, and a button are all you need to make one.  There’s not a tutorial, but it’s a…

Bubble Jet set and iron-on transfers are two common ways of printing your own fabric at home.  But which one is best?  It turns out that it depends on your project.  Maitreya from craftlog.org gives a side-by-side comparison of the strengths…

CraftStylish shows how to make this cool interlocking scallop detailing for a skirt front.  The success of the project hinges on sewing accurate curves, so this is probably best suited for someone with more advanced sewing skills.  Go to the tutorial.

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You can make this “Baking Day” apron with a tutorial from Disney at Ruffles and Stuff.  Make one to wear the next time you’re baking up a mess of goodies in the kitchen.  Or, make one to hang in the…

Ruth from Adventures with a Sewing Machine made this hoodie for her son out of one of his old fleece baby blankets.  (The fleece baby blankets do tend to multiply, don’t they?)  She wrote up a tutorial showing how she did it.  If…

Sheri Howard shares a tutorial on Moda Bakeshop for these vintage-inspired ric rac tea towels.  Doesn’t this just make you want to don the high heels and bake a cherry pie?  Get the how-to.

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