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When you’re making a special garment, you want everything to be just right. That includes the zippers, especially when they cross a horizontal seam. Summerset Banks from Pins and Needles shows her process for keeping her horizontal seams matched when… Read more ... 
Traffic Jam is Allison Jane Smith’s new fabric line for Windham Fabrics. Great for sewing projects for little boys, the prints in this line are filled with transportation-themed images such as airplanes, cars, and even road signs. This fabulous line… Read more ... 
Carseats are vital protections for our little ones when we’re in the car, but for long road trips they can be quite uncomfortable. Make It and Love It shows how to make a travel pillow that provides neck support to… Read more ... 
Keep all of your crochet needles in one place and organized with this handy crochet needle roll. Just Tutorials shows how to make one. Go to the tutorial.
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Jennifer Paganelli shares a tutorial on All People Quilt for making these fabric journal covers. The covers are reusable. They fit a 7-1/2×9-3/4″ composition book. Go to the tutorial.
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Adventures in the Sewing Studio shows how to make this stunning goddess gown. It can be worn 6 different ways for 6 different looks. Even better, it’s made from just 4 rectangles of fabric and can be completed in 2… Read more ... 
Head on over to Imagine Fabrics to find out how to make this reversible fabric bowl. It’s like two bowls in one! Get the tutorial.
[via Craftzine]
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Blanche from Just Tutorials shows how to make this handy grocery tote. I love that it has one long handle to carry the bag on your shoulder, as well as two shorter handles if you want to carry it with … Read more ... 
Epicurean Style shows how to make a girl’s ruffled skirt from a large man’s t-shirt. Get the how-to.
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Mairuru shares a tutorial for making this zippered pen case. Be sure to check out how she combines the zippered pouch with the handsewn sarubobo she’s been making (link). (She also provides a tutorial for making the sarubobo… Read more ... 
Making this drawstring bag is a cinch if you follow the tutorial by Make It and Love It. If you know someone who is wanting to learn how to sew, this “easy as a cinch” bag is a perfect… Read more ... 
Repurpose an old t-shirt into a sling bag with this tutorial from Brassy Apple. This style of bag is great for the kiddos! Get the how-to.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, sling, bag, t-shirt, tee, repurpose, refashiohn[/tags]… Read more ... 
This sewing machine cover by Make It and Love It will keep the dust off your machine when it’s not in use. The cover is tied on with ribbon, like a pretty apron for your sewing machine! Get the tutorial… Read more ... 
Elashry Casa shows how to make a pair of toddler jeans from a larger pair of jeans. Go to the tutorial.
[via One Crafty Place]
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Find out how to make a reusable grocery tote from oilcloth from The Purl Bee. Go to the tutorial.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, oilcloth, reusable, grocery, bag, tote[/tags]… Read more ...