Free Spirit Fabrics gives us some more sneak peeks of upcoming fabric lines.  Included in this batch of swatches are Anna Maria Horner’s Little Folks, Jane Sassman’s Sunshine and Shadows, Jay McCarroll’s Germania, and Tanya Whelan’s Dolce.  See the swatches at…

Wee Folk Art shows how to make a rolled flower embellishment out of felt.  The felt gives these flowers more body than their cotton fabric counterparts.  Go to the tutorial.

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Calli from Make It Do created these messenger school bags for her daughters.  What a cool bag for carrying books and papers!!  She shares a tutorial showing how to make them.  Go to the tutorial.

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Who says that dinosaur motifs are only for boys?  Ashley from Lil Blue Boo made a girlie T-Rex tank using reverse applique.  She also created coordinating shorts with the words “Q T Rex” across the bum.  How stinkin cute is that??? …

After you make your child a kid-sized oven mitt, why not make a chef’s hat to round out the ensemble?  Curly Pops shows how to make one.  Go to the tutorial.

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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.

[photo from Mairuru]

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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…