Calamity Kim shows how to make this dimensional fabric flower by folding a twisting a square of fabric.  She starts with a 5″ square of fabric, which means you can make these from charm squares!  I can’t wait to make some…

Amy Cluck shares a set of sewing-themed printable gift tags on her blog, Peptogirl.  Now you can let everyone know just how special that handmade gift is, without you having to come out and say “I made it!” when they open it up! …

Joan from Lazy Girl Blog shares a tip for designing the outsides of handbags.  To create an interesting, yet cohesive design she simply stacks the fabric, slices it into several pieces, and then swaps the pieces around.  Read more at Lazy…

Maya*made has started a new family tradition with these garden wish flags.  Using fabric crayons and markers, the whole family worked together to create this set of flags to hang outside the garden plot.  Whether it’s wishes for sunlight or raindrops, or…

Amy from Park City Girl shares a tutorial for making a quilted Bible cover.  The handles make it easy to carry your Bible with you, and the quilted fabric cover protects your cherished book.  Get the how-to.

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One More Moore shows the felt “car motels” that she made for her son.  They’re felt versions of an orange traffic cone, but with a little door cut in them for the cars to park inside.  How cute is that??  Read more…

Whether it’s hiking, playing at the park, or just enjoying a stroll around the neighborhood, chances are you’ll want to bring a bottle of water with you.  Make It and Love It shares a tutorial for making a water bottle sling. …

Cut Out + Keep user Expired Sanity shows how to turn a button-down shirt into a shoulder bag. This looks especially cool if the shirt has a pocket patch on it.  Go to the tutorial.

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Threads Magazine shows how to make a catch stitch, which is useful when you need to keep layers of fabric laying flat against each other.  Because there are long stitches that are easily caught, you’d want to use this only when a…

Just the other day, I posted about Mairuru’s sweet flying sarubobo softies.  So imagine my utter glee when I saw today that she has posted tutorials for making the tiny sarubobos you see here.  All of the stitching is by…

Jennifer Stern of J. Stern Designs shows how to move bust darts to the center front of a shirt and then add shirring along the button placket.  See how she does it.

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