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Donna Babylon, author of Decorating Sewlutions, shares a tutorial at Sew4Home showing how to achieve perfectly matched motifs when joining fabrics. Fusible tape makes it quick and painless. Find out how to do it at Sew4Home.
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Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to make a super simple toddler skirt that happens to also be super cute. Your little girl will love the fancy frilliness of the eyelet fabric; you’ll love the fact that the finished… Read more ... 
Quilt In Progress shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this clever business card holder. The body is made from a quilting cotton, with strips of ribbon for the sides and holding the shape. This doesn’t take… Read more ... 
Head over to Patchwork Posse to find out how to make your own portable ironing board. By making it yourself, you can create it to the size that best fits your sewing needs and travel style. I often use large… Read more ... 
The perfect t-shirt can take years to find – the one that snugs to your body in exactly the right places, and floats away in just where it needs to. And when you find that tee, you want one in… Read more ... 
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs has a brilliant solution to the ever-agonizing and always-stressful bathing suit search. This year, the “perfect” suit wasn’t actually a bathing suit at all, but a mini-dress that happened to be made from a polyester/spandex… Read more ... 
Priti from Arm Candy For You shares a tutorial showing how to refashion a wrap-around skirt into a large tote bag. I love how she reused the trim of the skirt to dress up the top of the tote bag! … Read more ... 
Shelley from House of Smiths created these pretty bath towels by adding a strip of ribbon across the bottom. But she didn’t stop there, she also added a hanging loop to make it easy to hang from a hook or… Read more ... 
Char from Crap I’ve Made shows how to make this pretty patchwork Tumbler Skirt. The angled sides of the tumbler blocks create a flared skirt shape. The bias trim along the hem ‘pops’ the hem. Go to the tutorial.… Read more ... 
Elizabeth from Dear Lizzy gives a plain t-shirt a feminine makeover with her Pretty Petals Tee. She uses flower shapes die-cut from t-shirt material create pretty neckline detail. Don’t have a die-cut machine? You can also cut the shapes by… Read more ... 
Natasha from Samster Mommy is hosting a Tutu Drive, collecting dress-up tutus (handmade or purchased) for little girls who are facing life-threatening illnesses. These tutus will give a chance for these little girls to indulge in a little bit of … Read more ... 
Melissa from May & Mae and The Polka Dot Chair shares a tutorial for making a tiered version of the classic pillowcase dress. I love the mixed prints and the easy, breezy fit! And with no waistline and an adjustable… Read more ... 
Trish from Two Peas in a Pod shares a tutorial on her blog for making her Summer Sunday Purse. I’m lovin’ the small ruffle across the top! The body of the bag is pieced from several fabrics, so have fun… Read more ... 
Are there sewing projects you’ve dreamed up but can’t bring to fruition because you can’t find a tutorial? Then check out this post by Mademoiselle Chaos from ParaNoire. She wants your input for creating tutorials on her blog. Leave… Read more ... 
Kaja from Kaja & lilla krax shares a tutorial on her blog for making fabric covered button hairclips and hair elastics. The small covered buttons are the perfect way to call attention to a cute small fabric print that might… Read more ... 
