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Tutorial: Button Christmas ornament

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image51Karen from Karen’s Up On The Hill shows how you can make this button covered Christmas ornament.  There’s no sewing required.  I’m loving it from pearly white buttons.  It looks romantic and shabby chic like that, but for a different… Read more ...

Tutorial: Faux fur blanket

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This faux fur blanket is so beautiful!  Erin from Sewbon shares a tutorial showing how you can make one.  You can line it with any type of fabric.  The plaid that she uses looks to be either a shirting or… Read more ...

Free pattern: Curlicue Christmas stockings

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2037-Elf-Stockings-2Sew4Home shares a free pattern for these fanciful Christmas elf stockings with curlicue toes and harlequin pointed cuffs.  Make them from prints or solids, with a monogram or not. Finished stockings are roughly 16″ tall. Click below for their free… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sweater knit scarf wrap

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Julie from Jet Set Sewing shares a tutorial at Bernina’s We All Sew showing how you can make this scarf wrap.  You can make it from a sweater knit fabric.  The seams are neatly finished as French seams, and the… Read more ...

Tutorial: Leather bow keyring

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leatherbowkeyringThese leather bow keyrings are so cute, and so easy to make!  Made To Sew shares a video tutorial showing how you can make them.  It doesn’t take much leather to make one.  You could probably get enough leather out… Read more ...

Tutorial: Zippered scissors pouch

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Svetlana from S.O.T.A.K. Handmade shows how you can make a zippered pouch for your scissors.  The pouch will make it easy to carry your sewing scissors with you when you head to a sewing class or just intend to do… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sewing pattern tissue wreath

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I can’t count the number of times I’ve been “gifted” a stack of used sewing patterns by a well meaning friend who didn’t understand that the pattern is essentially useless if it’s not complete or it’s already been cut into… Read more ...