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Santa visits all kids, even the wild ones.  If you’ve got a little wild thing at your house who is expecting a visit from Santa this year (or maybe even an older wild thing), you need this Where the Wild…

Heather from Blue Bird Studios made this round placemat as a kind of cheater charger for her tablesetting.  She wrote up a tutorial showing how she did it.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Bluebird Studio]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, cheater, charter, placemat, tablesetting[/tags]

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Just because a pair of baby pants doesn’t have snaps on the inside leg seam doesn’t mean they have to stay that way.  You can add them in with a little handsewing.  Arwen O’Reilly Griffith shares a tutorial on Craftzine showing…

Anne from Noodlehead shows how to make this Christmas stocking.  She includes directions for adding a machine embroidered (satin stitch) name to the top.  After all, you don’t want someone else claiming your stocking stuffers as their own, do you?  Go…

The holiday season is close at hand, and with it the need for hostess gifts.  Fawnda from Fireflies and Jellybeans shows how to sew up a quick drawstring bag sized just right to hold a winebottle.  Keep a handful of these…

Christine from Christine Sews shows how to alter a pair of pants to take in extra width at the hips.  This alteration is for women who carry most of their weight in their waist rather than hips and thighs.  Get the…

Kelli shares a tutorial on Presser Foot showing how to make this throw pillow with pleated details.  The pleats add interest to a solid-colored pillow.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Presser Foot]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, pillow, throw, toss, pleats[/tags]

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Care from Obsessively Stitching finishes out her potholder sewing series with this tutorial showing how to use a set of potholders to make a quiet book.  The potholders are already quilted and finished on the edges, so all that’s left is the…

Uncoolpizza shares a tutorial on Instructables showing how to add a lining to an exsting hoodie.  If you have a favorite hoodie that needs to be “winterized”, check out this tutorial by uncoolpizza on Instructables.  It shows how to add a…

Instructables user randofo shows how to make a foam cushion for a bench.  Making it yourself gives you endless possibilities for creating custom benches for your home.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from randofo on Instructables]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, custom, foam, cushion, bench[/tags]

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Brenda Dean shares a free pattern and tutorial on PopularPatchwork.com showing how to make this handy pouch to store your sewing essentials.  The pockets are created from some clever folds in the fabric.  Go to the tutorial and free pattern.

[photo from PopularPatchwork.com]

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Head over to the Chronicle Books blog to find out how to make these flower-shaped fabric coasters.  The edges are finished with a satin stitch.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Chronicle Books blog]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, flower, coaster, satin stitch, fabric[/tags]

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Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shows how to make a capelet inspired by a similar one worn by Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl.  I love the refined, vintage feel!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Ruffles and Stuff]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, gossip girl, capelet,…

Sew4Home shows how to make this pillow with tassels hanging from the corners.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Sew4Home]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, throw, decor, toss, pillow, corner, tassel[/tags]

There are few words that bring more giddy excitement to me than “vintage” and ”fabric”, especially when used together.  If these words do the same for you and you’re in the Little Rock, Arkansas (United States) area, you’ve got to check…

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