With all of the refashioning of men’s dress shirts, sooner or later you’ll come across a project that needs a little bit of extra fabric for a strap or a ruffle or extra width.  One place to get the extra…

Jess from The Adventures of Rory and Jess came up with a brilliant way to make a small oven mitt for her daughter’s play kitchen.  Her shortcut makes it fast and easy.  See how she did it at her blog. 

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Karin from The Mrs. shows the bunting she just finished for her daughter.  She departed from the traditional triangular shaped pennants and instead created a bunting with fabric hearts and flowers.  She pieced them from scraps, including scraps from fabrics used to…

Handstitching goddess Mairuru shows how to make this paperback book cover.   You can patchwork the outside like her example, or simplify by making it out of a solid piece of fabric.  Go to the tutorial.

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Elizabeth from Oh, Fransson! shares a downloadable tutorial on Sew, Mama, Sew! for making fabric yo-yos and then using them in a number of sewing projects.  Projects include yo-yo pillows, brooches, and embellishments.  Go to the tutorial.

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Disney from Ruffles and Stuff made this sleeping bag for her daughter, and wrote up a tutorial explaining how she did it.  Because it was made for her daughter, the dimensions she gives are for a small sleeping bag.  You could…

As part of their Stylish Baby Nursery series, Sew4Home tells how to make your own twin bed duvet cover.  Many parents now include an adult-sized bed in their nursery decorating.  This allows parents a place to sleep in the room with…

Three bands of ruffles adorn the front of this shirt for girls refashioned from an larger ribbed knit shirt.  Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make one.  You could easily replicate this idea in an adult size…

Oilcloth Addict shows how to make these handy desk dot mini chalkboards, a modern take on the old-fashioned chalkboard slate.  Made from chalkboard fabric and oilcloth, they’re super quick to sew up.   Keep them by your child’s desk for a quick…

Laura from We Wilsons designed this clever bunny and fox flip doll.  Each doll has both a bunny AND a fox – two dolls in one!  You can change which doll you see by flipping and turning the body.  (Pictured are…