These fabric easter eggs are so pretty, you won’t want to hide them! Put them in a bowl or basket for a Easter centerpiece. Retro Mama shares a tutorial for making them. Get the tutorial.
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Not your mama’s sock monkey
Flikr user Jek’s hubby takes the humble sock monkey to a whole new level with his sock monkey creations. Take this sock vati, for example. View the photo on Flikr for more detail and to see sock creations from previous … Read More...
Video tutorial: Make a maxi dress
Mimi AKA Myraida shares a video tutorial for making an Old Navy-style maxi dress using a dressform. The video is free, but she happily accepts donations. Get the video. (NOTE: The video is 36 minutes long, so be prepared … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled apron
Wow, this apron’s got RUFFLES!! Row after row of RUFFLES!! One More Moore shares a tutorial for making one. Get the tute.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, apron, ruffle[/tags]
Tutorial: Sew an Angel bag
Lola… again designed this purse she calls the Angel bag, and shares a tutorial so you can make one too. Could this be your new spring purse? Get the tutorial.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, bag, purse[/tag]
Tutorial: Sew a reusable lunch bag
Unlike its brown paper counterpart, this lunch sack can be used again and again. Pretty Penny shares the how-to in a tutorial. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Felt zippered pouch with cupcake embellishment
paper-and-string celebrates her 500th blog post with a free pattern for these zippered pouches. I love the cupcake appliques! (They’re included in the free pattern.) Get the pattern.
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[tags]sewing, tutorial, pouch, zipper, cupcake[/tags]
Tutorial: Turn a fave tee into a fave pillow
A child growing out of a favorite tee can border on the traumatic. When this happend at a patchwork world‘s house, she turned the now-too-small fave tee into a fave pillow. Genius! Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Make your dress form shaped like you
Dress forms are supposed to be models of our own bodies, but rarely do our real bodies fit the mold (so to say) of the perfect proportions of a dress form. kari posts on The {New New} Blog showing how … Read More...
Watch how a dress form is made
Your inner geek will love this! The Science Channel posts a video showing how professional dressforms are made. View the video.
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Tutorial: Turn an old sweater into a plastic bag organizer
I firmly believe that, like rabbits, plastic grocery sacks have a way of multiplying. Using reusable cloth grocery sacks can cut down on the number you bring into your house, but what to do with the ones that make it … Read More...
I’m all a-Twitter over this giveaway from Melly & Me
Twitter the bird is the latest softie design from Melly & Me. I love the big eyes and the tiny wings!! To celebrate the new design, Melly & Me are giving away a Twitter pattern away to three lucky readers. … Read More...
Tutorial: Patch your jeans with style
Here’s a stylish way to patch your jeans. Rather than trying to conceal the stitching, call attention to it. Patch from behind, and then stitch around and over the hole again and again…and again and again…. Find out how from … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric toadstool
LucyKate Crafts posts a tutorial for making these fabric toadstools. You can make one with your favorite fabrics from your scrap bin, and then embellish with little buttons. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Control the clutter with a corkboard organizer
Get a handle on your clutter with this corkboard organizer designed by Craft Apple. The cork base allows you to post important messages, and the pocket gives you a place to stash things to keep. Get the tutorial, … Read More...
Tutorial: Avoiding ugly stitching on elastic
When you stitch overlapping pieces of elastic, does the under side end up a huge mess? Sure, the elastic is typically enclosed in a casing where no one can witness the bird’s nest of threads, but wouldn’t it be better … Read More...
Tutorial: Stuffed snake from a necktie
Put your Uncle Ed’s prodigious necktie collection to good use. Jill Nicolaus posts at Dave’s Garden about making stuffed snakes from old neckties. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Tissue cover from knit fabric
Su from Vively Online used scraps of knit fabric left over from a dress she made to cover a box of tissue. Find out how she did it in this tutorial.
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Sewing Hope for women in Africa
Sewing Hope is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide opportunities for women in Africa to earn income from sewing. Gorgeous Things blog posts an interview with Sewing Hope’s director, Tara Hawk. Read Gorgeous Things’ interview to find out … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a circle skirt from buttondown shirts
Vegbee from Just Tutes has a great idea for repurposing button down shirts. She strip-pieced them together and made a circle skirt. Want to make one of your own? Get the tutorial. (This link is for Pt. 1 of … Read More...