The elephant wall hanging you see in this nursery has a purpose besides just looking cute.  It also serves to protect the wall from squirts during a changing or wash.  The base is actually a towel so it’s absorbant and … Read More...

Rachael from Imagine Gnats has a handful of sewing goodies to give away to her readers.  It’s her  monthly sponsor giveaway, and this month it includes a random pack of Fat Eighths from Pink Castle Fabrics, a meter of … Read More...

Debi from My Happy Sewing Place is smack dab in the middle of a series of posts she calls the ABCs of Vintage Sewing.  Each post in the series is about a different technique that you’d find in vintage sewing … Read More...

Jessica from Sew Homegrown shows how you can stitch together larger pieces of shaped confetti to make a cute little garland.  The larger confetti shapes will work best for this.  Even with the larger confetti shapes, you’ll end up with … Read More...

Mandy from Fabric Paper Glue shows how to make this snappy little striped bag.  The strap is extra long so you can wear it crossbody.  Get the how-to on her blog.

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Click over to The Style Workshop to find out how to make this modern tunic tee.  It has a close fit through the body and a wide cowl neck.  You can wear the cowl folded in, folded out, or draped.  … Read More...

Theresa from  Salty Peanut Stitchery added a zippered pocket behind a shaped insert on a bag she mad and she shares a tutorial showing how she did it. This is such a cool detail to add to a purse!! The … Read More...

April from Sewing Novice shows how to make a crayon and notebook folder so kids can take their coloring with them.  It has pockets on the inside to hold 8 crayons and a junior legal pad.  Go to her tutorial.… Read More...

Mariska from No Time To Be Bored shows how to embellish a plain tee by adding rows of lace ruffles around the neck.  Get the how-to on her blog.

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Maureen Cracknell Handmadehas some fabric from Canton Village Quiltworks to give away.  One of her readers will win a bundle of 7 fat quarters from Pat Bravo’s Summerlove collection.  The colors are aqua and rosy pink, with accents … Read More...

Stacie from Yellow Spool had a pair of pants that were too short.  There wasn’t any way to cuff them or roll them so they didn’t look like floods, so she tapered the legs.  The skinny legs look kicky … Read More...

Palak from Make It Handmade answers a reader’s question about serging around a circle, specifically about how to avoid an unsightly ending as you serge off of the circle.  Find out what to do at Make It Handmade.

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Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction, shares an honest and eye-opening discussion of pattern testing (or the lack of) in sewing books.  One would assume that all of the … Read More...