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Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs tells how she blinged up her daughter’s canvas sneakers with glitter, paint, and embellishments rescued from an old prom dress. The possibilities for designs and decorations are endless, so raid your refashioning pile and see… Read more ... 
Meg from Sew Liberated and author of Sew Liberated: 20 Stylish Projects for the Modern Sewist has an awesome giveaway going on at her blog. Not only is she giving away a copy of her book, she’s including the materials… Read more ... 
Janome is announcing new models of their popular line of sewing machines this year. They say, The Memory Craft® 5200
contains an automatic straight stitch needle plate – the only machine on the market to offer such a unique and … Read more ... 
Karina from Windows of Agate shares a downloadable tutorial for this heart-shaped messenger bag for toddlers. Make one as a special Valentine’s Day present for your little one! Go to the tutorial.
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Ginger from Wiener Dog Tricks recently created a fabric version of a cash envelope system – a wallet with labeled pockets to hold money for all of her different budget areas. If you were one of the many people who… Read more ... 
This kitty coin purse by Joann from Craft Passion is so cute!! At 3 1/4″ x 3″, it’s big enough to hold a little bit of spending money, but small enough to stow away in a purse or a pocket. … Read more ... 
Sew4Home shows how to dress up a kitchen towel with a triple stripe of designer fabrics. Go to the tutorial.
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Steph from Snickerdoodle shows how to make a pair of cozy slippers. Wouldn’t you love to pad around the house in a pair of these?
This two-part tutorial tells first how to draft a pattern to fit your feet, and… Read more ... 
shows off her latest sewing project – a pair of bibs for her baby-on-the-way. They’re shaped like sloths, with arms wrapped around baby’s neck and a smiling sloth face hanging from the bottom edge. If you hear some odd-pitched voice… Read more ... 
LiEr from ikat bag joins the Celebrate the Boy fun with this tutorial showing how to make a pair of little boys’ pants. I’m LOVIN’ the roll-up cuffs and tabs! Go to the tutorial.
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This pot of pretty African violets is actually a felt pincushion. This would be such a fun gift to give to a fellow sewist! Homemade Mamas has the tutorial showing how to make them. Go to the tutorial.
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Christina from 3 Sweet P’s shows how to make this J. Crew-inspired jersey tank with an asymmetrical line of ruffles at the neck. So pretty! She made hers from an inexpensive jersey sheet, but of course you could use jersey… Read more ... 
I’ve got a fun project for you today, but you won’t find it here at Craft Gossip. I’m guest blogging over at U Create today with a tutorial showing how to make XOXO table runner for Valentine’s Day. It’s no-sew… Read more ... 
Make a stacked fabric flower with this tutorial from Debbie at Squiggly Twigs Designs. She was inspired by similar flowers made from paper and brads as scrapbooking embellishments. Use the fabric flower as an embellishment for hair accessories or… Read more ... 
I’m happy to announce that we’ve got our three winners of the Brassy Apple giveaway! The free patterns go to… (imagine a drumroll here) 
This means our winners are
