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Kerri from Kerri Made shares a 2-part tutorial for making this boxed tote bag. The simple lines make this a striking tote. Link to tutorial part 1. Link to tutorial part 2.
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Julie from julie-k explains how she gave her daughter’s bicycle a facelift by creating a new handlebar cover. Brilliant! Get the how-to.
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Instructables user CrLz made this felt tote bag for her daughter, who loves decorating with stickers. The “stickers” on the bag are actually embroidery patches backed with Velcro. She can decorate and redecorate to her little heart’s content.
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Krista from Look Ma No Patterns shows how you can love your Swiffer Wet Jet without feeling guilty about the impact on our environment. (And on your pocketbook – those pads are expensive!). She shows how to make a fabric… Read more ... 
Maternity pants and trendy are two words you rarely see in the same sentence. And yet, Grosgrain shows how you can achieve function/fashion harmony by making your own maternity pants. Go to the tutorial.
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Kathy from Pink Chalk Studio shows how to make this stunning throw pillow. I love the texture in the gathered center panel! Go to the tutorial.
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Hillary from Designing Happy shows how to make a rag rug from a jellyroll pack of precut fabric strips. The strips of fabric are lightly ruffled as they are stitched down to a canvas bases. Go to the tutorial.… Read more ... 
Repro Depot is an established go-to for vintage and vintage-inspired prints. Even when I’m not in the mood to buy, I find myself browsing their listings just to see the yummy vintage prints.
Now, Repro Depot has created two collections… Read more ... 
The Fabric Shopper gives us a sneak peek of Bloom and Grow by Riley Blake, which should be hitting the stores in October. This is a playful line with birds and vines in warm autumn hues of brown, turqouise, and… Read more ... 
If your skirt doesn’t seem to hang properly, there’s a good chance that your pattern wasn’t properly aligned with the grain of the fabric when you cut the panels. Rian of Presser Foot tells how she aligns her pattern pieces… Read more ... 
My daughter loves playing “Spot the Difference” games. You know, the ones where two very similar pictures appear side by side and you have to spot the differences between them. Threads Magazine created their own “Spot the Difference” game using… Read more ... 
Sew4Home shows how to take your fabric and felt scraps and make a set of fabulous Christmas ornaments. Go to the tutorial.
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Wee Folk Art shares a free pattern for this patchwork Party Purse, a purse designed to coordinate with a child’s birthday party dress. Isn’t it pretty? I love the extra wide ric-rac that peeks out of all of the edges! … Read more ... 
I never really notice how much my daughter is growing until we try on a long-sleeved shirt in the fall that hasn’t been worn since early spring. I swear, the clothes shrink on their own while sitting in the drawer!… Read more ... 
Vicki Howell shares a tutorial on ILoveToCreate.com showing how to spray paint your lace appliques using Tulip spray fabric paint. Now you can have lace appliques in any color you want! (Or at least any color of Tulip spray fabric… Read more ...