Antoinette from clevergirl.org shares a tutorial for making a pair of panties from an old t-shirt.  I love this idea!!  After all, what’s softer than an old t-shirt?  Get the how-to.

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Sew4Home continues their Stylish Baby Nursery series with a tutorial for making this throw pillow with buttoned triangles.  But don’t limit yourself to the nursery with this project – this would look great in the living room, on a patio, anywhere!  …

Summerset Banks from Pins and Needles shows how to create a pattern for a modesty panel for shirts with low-cut crossover necklines.  The modesty panel creates a piece of fabric across the lower portion of the vee that looks as if…

Vegbee from Just Tutes answers a reader’s question regarding making puffy sleeves.  She explains how to alter a basic short sleeve pattern to give extra fullness right at the top.  It’s actually a fairly simple alteration.  Get the info and make some…

Urban Organica tells how to make stretchy spaghetti straps.  She uses them on nursing tops, but says they’d also be useful for anyone who has an active lifestyle.  Stretchy function aside, they’re just plain cute!  Get the how-to.

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If you like to sew on stretch knits, a twin needle might just become your second-best friend.  (Your machine itself is your best friend, right?)  A twin needle will sew two parallel lines of stitches on the top of a piece…

I love bias tape.  Love, love, love it!!  Love it so much I could marry it.  I especially love custom bias tape out of printed fabrics. 

Given my jr. high crush on custom bias tape, it should come as no surprise…

Revoluzzza shows how she used printed IKEA fabric to make these fun tree softies.  The modern tree image is simply cut from IKEA’s Frederika fabric, and then embellished with felt shapes.  I love it!!!  Get the how-to.

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Whenever I see that I’ll have a curved piece of fabric at the bottom of a garment, I get a sinking feeling thinking.  A curved edge often creates the right shape, but hemming it can be a bear.  Kelli at Presser…

Lola from Lola… Again!  shares a tutorial on Moda Bakeshop for making a pieced fabric binder cover.  This would be a great way to cover and reuse old binders that perhaps have printing on the front.  Go to the tutorial.

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Just when I think it’s safe to declutter my studio, along comes a project like this one scrap ribbon belt by Ashley of Little Blue Boo.  It’s like candy!!!  It’s made from small strips of ribbon that are woven together. …