Gertie from Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing shares a tutorial at Sewing Secrets (the Coats and Clarks blog) showing how to install a centered zipper.  This is the method that most printed patterns use to install zippers at the … Read More...

Jen from iCandy Handmade recently shared a pattern and tutorial for making a summer knit cardigan.  It turned out smaller than she had planned, so the pattern was for a girl’s size cardigan.  Now she’s back with a larger pattern … Read More...

Wendi Gratz from Shiny Happy World shares a free tutorial on her blog for making her needle cushion.  It’s like a pincushion, but it’s shallower and has a plastic across bottom (from an old credit card) to keep your needles … Read More...

Head over to Craft for a tutorial by Nicole Vasbinder showing how to make this strapless summer dress.  They say it can be done in just an hour.  The stretchy gathers at the top and waist are made with elastic … Read More...

Shari Butler from Doohikey Designs shares a free pattern and tutorial at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College for making her Bebe Dress pincushion.  How cute!  You could have so much mixing and matching your scraps and trims to make … Read More...

Did you know that today is National Donut Day?  I never knew such a holiday existed!  But Katie from Punk Projects is in the know, and she celebrates National Donut Day with a tutorial showing how to make a softie … Read More...

Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make butterfly softie toys for bitty babies.  A bell on the inside of the body … Read More...

Kenneth King shares a tutorial at the Threads magazine blog showing his trick for making a rolled hem on curved fabrics.  I’ll definitely have to give this a try!  Get the tute.

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Suzannah fromAdventures in Dressmaking shows how to add some zing to a plain tee with leather (or faux leather) accents.  She added a contrast pocket and bands across the shoulders.  It’s quick to do, since the edges of the leather (or … Read More...

Wendi Gratz from Shiny Happy World shares a free pattern for her Dimples pincushion.  The simple shape allows a special fabric to grab center stage.  I love the idea of using different prints for the top and bottom!  Get the … Read More...

Melissa from Melly Sews shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she made a pair of lined swim trunks for her young son.  The asymmetrical piecing on the legs gives them surfer style.  Get the tute.

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Kiki from Kiki & Company shares a tutorial at Project Run and Play showing how to make little leather (or faux leather) bows.  She used them as accents in her winning entry to the Movie-Inspired challenge at Project Run and Play.  … Read More...

Bev from Flamingo Toes shares a tutorial showing how to make a sewing tool caddy and pincushion.  The base is a 3×3 wood block, wrapped with a fabric strip to hold tools and topped with a matching pincushion.  The compact … Read More...

Salty Peanut Stitchery shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a set of saddlebags for a bicycle, also known as panniers.  The panniers fit across a rear bicycle rack with roomy pockets hanging down from either side.  Get the … Read More...

Lainie from Maker Land shows how to make a soft fairy want.  These are so cute!  And the entire wand is stuffed fabric, even the stick, so it’s soft for small hands to play with. Get the how-to.

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Diana from Whatever Dee Dee Wants shows how to make a cute dinosaur hoodie.  It’s a quick and easy project, starting with a purchased hoodie and adding the felt dinosaur spikes down the back.  Get the tute.

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