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Tutorial: Trick or Treat tote bag

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Plan ahead for a trick or treating haul with this Trick or Treat Tote Bag.  Melissa Mortenson from Polka Dot Chair guest blogs at Tatertots and Jello with a tutorial showing how to make one.  It’s got plenty of room… Read more ...

Tutorial: How to sew shaped hems

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Most of the time, hemming is a matter of turning under an edge and stitching it down.  But if you want a hem with some fancy shaping – scallops, for example – you’ll need to use a hem facing.  The… Read more ...

Tutorial: Fairly Bucket Bag

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Kristin from Sew Mama Sew shares a tutorial showing how you can make her Fairly Bucket Bag.  The bucket style bag has a drawstring top with cord pulled through grommets, and adjustable straps.  Inside, there’s a zippered pocket sewn in… Read more ...

Tutorial: Fun fabric pinwheels

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Autie from iCandy Handmade shows how you can make these pretty fabric pinwheels.  They don’t spin but they sure are cute yard decorations.  She used the free pattern by Heather Bailey, but instead of making them from paper she made… Read more ...

Free pattern: Felt ladybug coin purse

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Red Brolly shares a free pattern for making the cutest felt ladybug coin purse!  The ladybug body is the purse, with its head as the flap that covers the opening.  She suggests using a higher quality felt for this project… Read more ...

Tutorial: Bias tape wrap bracelets

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Don’t throw away those awkward lengths of leftover bias tape, especially if it’s pretty patterned bias tape that you made yourself.  If you have about 14″ of it, you can use that bias tape to make wrap bracelets.  Tinsel &… Read more ...

Tutorial: Patchwork pumpkins

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Melony from Mel Designs shows how you can make these scrappy patchwork pumpkins.  The strippy patchwork is a good design to make use of your smaller scraps – pull out your scrap bin for this project.  They’d be cute worked… Read more ...