Jill from Creating My Way To Success made Olympic themed tags for her daughters’ swim bags, and she shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to do it. She made the tags to encourage her daughters, who were both … Read More...

Janna from A Steadfast Life shows how to make a pretty new sundress for an 18″ doll.  You can make one out of just 1/4 yard of fabric.  Go to her tutorial.

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What started out as a frumpy dumpy denim dress became this cute little dress after The Renegade Seamstress did a litle refashioning on it.  She shortened the bodice to hit at her waist, shortened the skirt, and added a flounce … Read More...

Shelley from How Does She? shows how to make a towel bib.  Made from a hand towel with a neckhole cut into it (and bound with t-shirt ribbing), it’s quick to pull over a baby’s head.  She calls it The … Read More...

Rachel from Family Ever After finishes up her Sewlebrity series with a tutorial of her own, showing how to make a sarong swimsuit cover-up.  It’s easy to make, and even easier to put on.  In fact, it takes just one … Read More...

Jina Barney shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College showing how to make her Traveling Pincushion.  It’s a pincushion and notions organizer in one.  It’s made around a plastic container, with a trio of pincushion flowers on … Read More...

Marie from Florals & Prints shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make a cute summer outfit for an 18″ doll.  It’s a halter top and a tiered ruffled skirt.  Go to her tutorial.

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Theresa from Salty Peanut Stitcheryshows how to add a lace cutaway to the back of a denim vest or jacket.  She used a shape that is similar to the logo for her favorite motorcycle brand, but you could do this … Read More...

Jessica from Happy Together shows how to make an Advent bag.  This is such a brilliant design!  It’s a super simple Advent calendar design – a bag that hangs from the door.  Velcro numbers on the front mark the days, … Read More...

Head over to Little Birdie Secrets to find out how to make a sock monkey.  Guest blogger Melynie shows how to make this classic softie toy.  Go to Little Birdie Secrets for the tute.

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Chris from Pickup Some Creativity shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Boxy Messenger Bag.  She made it roomy enough to hold her daughter’s dolls, softies, and other toys.  I’m thinking this would also make a … Read More...

Bari J. continues her series of how-tos showcasing her new LillyBelle fabric line with a tutorial showing how to make a doggie bed.  The large square cushion has a foam insert, and a zipper on one side so it can … Read More...

Elizabeth Hill shares a tutorial on the Coats & Clark Sewing Secrets blog showing how to make Humbugs, soft pyramid-shaped toys.  The project is part of their Teaching Tweens to Sew series and provides good practice for sewing corners.  Get … Read More...

You can find a free pattern and tutorial for making a pillowcase dress for an 18″ doll over at Skip To My Lou.  The doll version of a pillowcase dress is just as easy to sew as a child-size version.  … Read More...

Many of us have seen projects where people make a denim skirt out of a pair of jeans.  Claudia from Sew Lil Time did the opposite, making a pair of jeans out of a denim skirt.  Brilliant!!  Most of the … Read More...