Vanessa from Little Big Girl and LBG Studio shares a tutorial for making a pretty patchwork pencil pouch.  The patchwork strip allows you to show off your favorite fabric prints, even if you only have small scraps left.  Go to … Read More...

Squiggly Twigs Designs shares the latest design in their pattern line, the Simply Lovely Dress.  The ePattern shows you how to draft the pattern for this dress using one of your own shirts as a sizing guide.  The drafting instructions … Read More...

Sandi Henderson shares a free pattern for her Saturday Market Skirt at her blog, Portabellopixie.  It’s an excerpt from her soon-to-be-released book Sewing Bits & Pieces: 35 Projects Using Fabric Scraps.  Go to the free pattern.

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Rebecca from Hello Marzipan shows how to make a pair of terry cloth shorts for a toddler boy.  She stenciled the words “Hunky Pool Boy” on one of the pockets.  CUUUUTE!!!  Her son will SO get noticed by the ladies … Read More...

Nikki from Salty Pineapple made this “big kid bib” for her son who is getting old enough to feed himself.  And with that big kid step you get big kid messes.  She shares a tutorial showing how she did it.  … Read More...

Daffodils are some of my absolute favorite flowers!  They’re some of the first flowers to appear each spring, and so signal the end of the cold, dark days of winter.  A Hoot and a Holler shows how to make a … Read More...

Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking guestblogs over at Blueprint Crafts with a tutorial showing how to repurpose an old pillowcase into a hanging laundry bag.  Use this small bag to separate out your delicates so you don’t accidentally wash (and … Read More...

The Sweet Savannah skirt is the latest pattern from Squiggly Twigs Designs.  With a gathered overskirt, it looks like it stepped straight out of a fairy tale.  As with all of their patterns, you draft the pattern yourself based … Read More...

You can find a free tutorial for making this Oh Sew Easy, Sassy Apron at C&T Publishing Blog.  It’s an excerpt from the book Oh Sew Easy^® Lifestyle by Valori Wells and Carolyn Spencer.  Go to the tutorial.… Read More...

Shayna from Texas Monkey guest blogs at Someday Crafts with a tutorial showing how to make a pair of tutu leggings for little girls.  The ring of tulle around the ankles feels fancy like a princess, but with the practicality … Read More...

The Sewing Dork from Redemption and Confessions of a Sewing Dork shows how to make a reusable shopping bag out of two pillowcases.  You can find the tutorial at her blog, Confessions of a Sewing Dork.  Get the how-to… Read More...

Jess from Bits for Baby and  Craftiness Is Not Optional shows how to make a felt birdie mobile.  The little felt birdies are simple to make and can be accented with bits of your favorite fabric prints. She made it … Read More...

Jesse from Jezze and Jezze Prints shares a tutorial for making a wide fabric headband.  Her version of the fabric headband avoids wonkiness at the sides by having the joining seam down the center of the back.  And the elastic … Read More...

Sachiko from Tea Rose Company and Tea Rose Home shows how to make a lightweight spring scarf.  She gets her fabric from an old dress, circa 1980.  The dress is no longer the height of style, but the gauze floral … Read More...

Carrie from This Mama Makes Stuff guest posts on U Create showing how to make a pair of heirloom bloomers for little girls.  They’re made from two vintage handkerchiefs.  Because you don’t use the entire handkerchief, this is a great … Read More...