This trick or treat tote by Sew4Home is both practical and pretty.  Strips of reflective ribbon help keep the kiddoes safe for evening trick or treating, while the ruffles serve as eye candy.  Go to the tutorial.

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Tricia fromLeafy Treetop Spot  and Leafy Treetop Spot shares a free template for a shoe lacing quiet book page. This is an awesome pattern!  The laces are good for developing hand-eye coordiantion and helping little hands learn how to tie … Read More...

Know any little girls who’d prefer girly princess outfits to scary monster costumes for Halloween?  Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a Cinderella costume.   Get the how-to.

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Jeni from Stitches by Jeni guest blogs at Blue Cricket Design with a tutorial showing how to make a pair of fairy wings from scratch.  Wear the wings with a tutu and you’ve got an adorable kid’s Halloween costume that … Read More...

Michele from Michele Made Me shares a tutorial for making this pincushion that reminds me of a bloom from an exotic flower.  Would you believe that it’s made from a toilet paper roll? Get the how-to.

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Wendy from Old Days Old Ways shares a tutorial for making these little stuffed pumpkins from recycled sweater knit.  Look at the seam gauge in the photo to see how tiny they are – just two inches across!  Not only … Read More...

Megan from Brassy Apple guest blogs over at U Create with a tutorial showing how to refashion a plain tee into this pretty girl’s shrug.  Keep it plain, or embellish it like she did with fabric rosettes made from the … Read More...

Virginia from ginia18 and Gingercake shows how to make these scrappy fabric pumpkins.  I love the mix of prints!  They don’t take much of any one fabric print, so they’re easily made from your scrap bin.  These would make such … Read More...

Amy from Serving Pink Lemonade guest blogs over at Twelve Crafts Till Christmas with a tutorial showing how to make this felt playmat for toy dinosaurs.  This is so cool!  She shares a template for the shapes she cut to … Read More...

lnowak from My Little Blogspot shows how to make this super cute M&M Halloween costume.  And it’s not just cute – it’s easy to make, too!  Go to the tutorial.

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Jessica fromSew Homegrown posts a tutorial on her blog showing how she created this striped felt playmat for her daughter.  I love the bright stripes and the giant ric rac trim around the outside!  She stapled the pieced felt … Read More...

Patrice from Lemon Tree Creations shows how to make no-sew cupcake costume.  She also shows how to make a “cherry on top” headband to finish off the look.  Your little one will literally have the sweetest costume of everyone this … Read More...

If a lunch bag emblazoned with a cartoon character doesn’t appeal to you, why not make your own?  Sew4Home shows how with their tutorial for making an insulated lunch bag.  Go to the tutorial.

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Craft Passion shares a tutorial showing how to make this adorable puffer fish softie from a chenille mitt.  The soft fringe of the chenille mitt becomes the fuzzy spikes of a puffer fish.  So cute!!  Get the tute.

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Katja from maedchenmitherz shows how to make a zippered make-up bag that’s both pretty and practial.  Go to the tutorial.

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Open Flat Drawstring Makeup Bag Sewing Tutorial

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