Chances are, you have at least one shirt in your wardrobe that isn’t being worn. Find out how to repurpose it into a laptop sleeve from The Crafty Chica. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Quilted garden tote
Alissa from Handmade by Alissa shares a tutorial for this quilted garden tote at Sew, Mama, Sew! Look at all the pockets for your garden tools! Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Recycle a t-shirt sleeve into a baby hat
Homemade by Jill shows how you can make a baby hat from a t-shirt sleeve. It’s quick, it’s easy, and you get two hats from one shirt. Get the tutorial.
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Lookie what she made: 100% recycled tote
Joanne from Craft Passion made this tote entirely from recycled materials: fused grocery bags, old jeans, a curtain, and a rice sack. Rather than trying to cover up the markers of the items’ previous lives, she uses them as design … Read More...
Tutorial: Cloth napkins
Wipe your mouth earth-friendly style with cloth napkins instead of paper. Skip To My Lou shows how to make them using both a mitered corner and a folded corner. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Recycle a T-Shirt into a Headband
CraftStylish shows how to recycle an old t-shirt into a comfortable headband. Find out how at CraftStylish.
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Tutorial: Double-layer little girl’s skirt
Everyday Chaos shares a tutorial for making this double-layer skirt for a little girl. I love how the lower layer peeks through the opening all the way to the waistband. Get the tutorial.
Tutorial: No-sew tote bag
I suppose that a project that touts itself as “no-sew” technically doesn’t belong in the sewing category, but it uses fabric and it’s a really cool idea. Sarah James posts on Instructables showing how to make a tote bag from … Read More...
Tutorial: From a girl’s dress to a pretty purse
Darling Petunia made her Blue Blossom Bag from a thrifted girl’s dress. The top of the bag is the bottom of the dress. (The lining and the handles were made with other materials from her stash.) Read her tutorial for … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrap burner baby bib
This baby bib by Make It and Love It is scrap-pieced on the front, which makes it a great project for burning through your scraps. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Color your fabric with markers and alcohol inks
When I saw these scarves at Yoli’s Sacred Journey, I thought they must be the result of some very complex fabric dying process. It turns out that she used permanent markers and alcohol inks. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Custom feather fringe
Creating custom feather fringe is not as difficult as it sounds. Threads Magazine posts a tutorial to show you how. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Make a baby romper from a child’s T-shirt
Find out how to make a romper for a baby out of a child’s tee-shirt from WikiHow. I love this idea for a couple of reasons. First, an older sibling’s outgrown t-shirt can become a useful garment for the … Read More...
Tutorial: Gift-shaped pillows
A Friend to Knit With
made these cool pillows shaped like gifts, and share a tutorial to show how to make them for yourself. Make a couple for a themed centerpiece, or stick a gift card in a pocket on … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a pair of ballet slippers
Shabby Raggy Roses offers a tutorial for making these fabric ballet slippers. I love the girly print she used in the ones she made! Get the how-to.
Tutorial: Fancy shaped burp cloths
Christy Nelson from ChristyNelson.net shows how to make a fancy-shaped burp cloth. She gave a pair of them for a baby shower gift. I’m sure the mother-to-be loved them! Get the tutorial.
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Video tutorial: Spring clean your sewing machine
You may have given your house a good spring cleaning, but what about your machine? It needs a spring cleaning too. Bethany Mann of Bitter Betty Blogs shows what to do in a video tutorial. See the demonstration.
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Video tutorial: Ladderstitch
The ladderstitch is an invisible or hidden stitch useful for closing softies or pillows. For those of us who learn best by watching someone, Leslie Bonnell from Glitzkrieg has created a video demonstrating how to achieve this stitch. Watch the … Read More...
Tutorial: Travel sewing kit
Be prepared for any sewing emergency with this handy travel sewing kit. It’s just big enough to hold needle, pins, thread, even some spare buttons and patched. Yet it’s small enough to stash in your purse. Craft Leftovers offers the … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a skirt from your fabric scraps
Jennifer Stern at CraftStylish shows how to make this stylish skirt from your fabric scraps. She calls it the “little strippy skirt” because it’s made up of strips of fabric left over from another project. Get the how-to.
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