Plays with Needles shows how to make these awesome award ribbons.  They’re made out of scrap ribbons and fabrics.  She uses it (cut in half) as an embellishment for a purse, but you could also stitch a pin back … Read More...

Linda from Life, Quilts and a Cat Too shows how to make this hot iron cover.  Use a cover like this to transport your iron to and from sewing circle meetings.  Find out how to make one!

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With just a few seams, you can make a clutch from a placemat.  Spool {} offers a tutorial to show you how.  Get the tute. 

[via Dollar Store Crafts.]

BurdaStyle has an article about the wonderful invention we call the zipper.  For instance, did you know that the original name for the zipper was “an Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure”?  Read the artcile and become an expert on zipper trivia.

Oh my! Heather Ross just posted a sneak peek of her upcoming fabric line from Kokka.  The name is Far Far Away and it has a airy fairy-tale feel, complete with unicorns, princesses, and toads.  I think I’m in love!!  … Read More...

True Up continues its informational articles about rayon with the second installment, Sewing With Rayon.

Here’s a fun project to sew for a baby.  It’s a fabric bucket complete with pockets and little felt toys to put in them.  Find out how to make one with a tutorial from Sew, Mama, Sew.

To celebrate the release of their new Black Sheep pattern, Melly & Me is giving one away to a lucky blog reader.  Go leave a comment on their blog post to enter.  Deadline to enter is February 24, 2009.

Laura at We Wilsons used scraps of PUL (left over from making cloth diapers) to make these reusable snack bags. Even better, she wrote up a tutorial so you can make some too!  Get the tutorial.

True Up has some compiled some interesting information about rayon.  Want to find out more about this fabric?  Go to the article.

Amy Schimler shows a sneak peek of her new fabric line supprting Quilts for Kids.  Quilts for Kids is a non-profit organization that provides quilts for needy children.  Read more about this exciting new fabric line at her blog, Red … Read More...

Look at what Veronica Darling made!  It’s a super-chic dress made from a vintage tablecloth.  Get the details here and here.  [via Wardrobe Refashion.]

Grace Violet has a good idea for repurposing.  A little snip here and a bit of ribbon sewn there, and she turned a pair of her daughter’s leggings into a pair of bloomers that can be worn underneath twirly skirts … Read More...

Debbie’s Sewing Projects has a technique to take the frustration out of turning under the edges of a curved patch pocket.  She uses fusible interfacing.  Now isn’t that smart??  Get the tutorial.