Heart of Mary shows how to make this Fold And Zip Shopping Bag.  It zips up small for storage, but unzip and unfold and you’ve got a full-size shopping bag.  Now you can always keep a reusable tote bag handy!   The…

Cut Out + Keep user Stacie G. shares a tutorial for making this coiled zipper rose.  The teeth of the zipper help define the edges of the rose and give it a slightly industrial feel.  Get the how-to.

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Made by Petchy got so many inquiries about the killer fabric she used in her laptop bag tutorial (it’s her own design, by the way) that she decided to provide the patterns for  the custom-printed fabric as a free download.  Now we…

Some tees, bless their hearts, have little refashioning potential.  Whether it’s an awkward cut, or a stain, or fabric that doesn’t behave, there’s little that  can be done with them.  But even these t-shirts can be recycled into something useful…

The Purl Bee tells how to make these cotton swaddling blankets.  The size (42″ square) is perfect for a 44″ wide cotton.  Go to the tutorial.

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Lookie at the busy book that Forty-Two Roads made!  The theme is “Close Your Clothes” and it’s filled with snippets of actual clothing items for the child to practice buttoning, zipping, buckling, etc.  My favorite page is probably the shoes.  Did…

Carrie from This Mama Makes Stuff shares her idea for turning her fabric scraps into a fun activity for a little one.  The fabric scraps are turned into clothes for a printed paper doll.  Get the how-to.

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Kerri from cute.little.disaster shares a tutorial on Picking Up Threads showing how to sew and turn outside curves.  That’s a convex curve, for you all science-y folks.  Get the how-to.

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Lookie, lookie!  If you live in or around Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, then make plans to go to the vintage fabric sale.   It will be on November 15th in the Camberwell Sunday Market, Stall 88.  For more details, see the sale…

Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how to make her favorite fused plastic belt.  It’s backed with cotton webbing for stability and features a buckle at one end.  I can see why this is her fave!  Get the how-to.

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Betz White, author of Sewing Green, has collaborated with Spoonflower to create a Sewing Green fabric swatch that’s printed on 4 oz. organic cotton.   Spoonflower is printing the design on swatches sized to make the Organic Washies featured in her book. …

Roots and Wings Co shows to make these mini travel pillow covers.  They fit around an existing a small travel pillow form.  Their method for figuring the dimensions is brilliant – so much easier than doing math!  Go to the tutorial.

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