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Rather than spending the holiday season frantically sewing your Christmas decorations, why not get a head start now and save your sanity? Sew4Home shows how to make these adorable stockings. With the curly toes and pointed cuffs, they look like… Read more ... 
If the instructions on the little plastic invisible zipper feet leave you confused or frustrated, then take a look at this tutorial offered by Coats & Clark’s Sewing Secrets blog. (This blog is no longer activie and re-directs) We were… Read more ... 
Confessions of a Sewing Dork shows how she took last year’s wool skirt and turned it into this year’s fashion. She shortened it and used the fabric she cut off to add a center row of flounces. She says it… Read more ... 
Leigh Ann from The Object Project shows how you can make a headband out of the most mundane of materials – a bra strap. See how she takes it to fabulous! Get the tutorial.
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The Moda Bakeshop shows how to make this flower table runner. Go to the tutorial.
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Looking for more sewing patterns for table runners? Check these out on Etsy.… Read more ... 
Wee Folk Art shares a free pattern for this felt koala bookmark. What a cutie!! Go to the free pattern.
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True Up shares some info on Denyse Schmidt’s upcoming line, Hope Valley, as well as some sneak peeks. I love it already! Read more at True Up, or see swatches of the full line at Free Spirit Fabrics.… Read more ... 
Phyllis Dobbs created a simple chef’s apron pattern to showcase her It’s a Dog’s Life fabric line, and she offers it for free on her blog. The prints in It’s a Dog’s Life are a whimsical imagining of a dog’s… Read more ... 
Celebrate back-to-school time and the coming of fall with this felt apple garland. I love the printed fabrics in the middle of each apple! Roots and Wings Co shows how to make one. Go to the tutorial.
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This project is for all the little boys out there who feel that a “tooth fairy” pillow is too girly for them. They want something with a little more power, a little more edge, a little more gore. For them,… Read more ... 
Heart of Mary shows how to make this Fold And Zip Shopping Bag. It zips up small for storage, but unzip and unfold and you’ve got a full-size shopping bag. Now you can always keep a reusable tote bag handy! … Read more ... 
Cut Out + Keep user Stacie G. shares a tutorial for making this coiled zipper rose. The teeth of the zipper help define the edges of the rose and give it a slightly industrial feel. Get the how-to.
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Made by Petchy got so many inquiries about the killer fabric she used in her laptop bag tutorial (it’s her own design, by the way) that she decided to provide the patterns for the custom-printed fabric as a free download. … Read more ... 
Some tees, bless their hearts, have little refashioning potential. Whether it’s an awkward cut, or a stain, or fabric that doesn’t behave, there’s little that can be done with them. But even these t-shirts can be recycled into something useful… Read more ... 
The Purl Bee tells how to make these cotton swaddling blankets. The size (42″ square) is perfect for a 44″ wide cotton. Go to the tutorial.
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