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A little bit of vintage lace is all that Melanie from The Crafty Cupboard need to take a plain pink onesie and make it swoon-worthy cute.  This would make the sweetest baby gift!   Read more at The Crafty Cupboard.

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Toni from Sugar Tart Crafts shows what she did with the collection of heavy washers that she got for Christmas.  (Yes, she asked for the washers…)  She wrapped them with ribbon and turned them into pattern weights.  They look like candy!!! …

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Lisa from Lil Fish Studios posts on her blog with photos of this absolutely adorable little Christmas dress she made for her daughter.  The dress looks like it was lifted straight off the pages of a fairy tale!  Would you …

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It wasn’t long ago that I pointed you to a project by Pam from Threading My Way.  At her daughter’s request, she remade her daughter’s wedding dress into a semi-formal day dress.  Now, the wedding dress has undergone another …

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Katja from Of Dreams and Seams shows she made this cool top – out of a pair of pants!  The pinstripe pants she used gives the top a sophisticated edge.   Get the tute at Of Dreams and Seams.

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Check out the super cute button art that Laura Bray from katydiddy made!  She shares the fun project on her blog.  I love the red buttons and matching red hoop!!  Would you believe that they both started out gold?  She …

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Ginger Hendrix from Weiner Dog Tricks loves polyester.  And she just acquired a bike that, while thoroughly functional, had a decidedly 1980s feel that she didn’t love.  So she used her vintage polyester to create decorative wraps for the bike.  …

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Cindy from Bumblebee & Sophie posts on her blog about the yard sale sweater she refashioned into this cute little girl’s jacket.  The felted wool will be warm for the colder months, but what’s most striking is all the little …

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Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shares a fun idea on her blog for using leftover bits of foldover elastic.  If you have 7″ of it, you have enough to make a little hairband.  (A children’s boutique in my town is …

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Little Apple Seed shares photos of the 7 new items she made out of one thrifted dress.  The dress (shown here) was $3.99, and she used the fabric from it to make a sewing machine cover, an iPad cover, nursing …

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Just because a pattern is made for one type of garment doesn’t mean you can’t use it to make another.  Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs used her basic t-shirt pattern to resize a thrifted dress so that it fits her …

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Jill from Homemade by Jill has a cool idea for using those long skinny strips of fabric that your serger cuts off as it sews.  She bundled some of them together and made a little pom pom hair accessory for …

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So last week I said my goal was to make a princess seamed t-shirt, with the idea that one day I’d use that pattern to make a bathing suit.  Well, I skipped all of the middle steps and went straight …

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So I skipped last week’s studio recap, didn’t I?  Chalk it up to the 4th of July and my work/play schedule being out whack.

Looking back on what I’ve been working on these last two weeks, it’s mostly all about …

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Magdalena from ClouDesign shows the cool vest thast she made from the bottoms of a couple of pairs of jeans.  (She used the denim left over after she cut them off to  make shorts.)  The vest is cute enough left plain, but …

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