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Nhi from Detective Houndstooth put her experience working in retail clothing stores to use with her fabric stash, folding all of her fabric pieces into perfectly uniform squares. No tumbling piles of fabric in her stash! Sigh… I’m jealous!! She… Read more ... 
Rose from Red and Rosy made this awesome tooth fairy pillow for her son, who loves the Incredible Hulk. She shares the pattern on her blog. It’s shaped like a tooth, but is a Hulk green instead of a tooth… Read more ... 
Heather from Feather’s Flights shows how you can make a child’s matching game out of your fabric scraps. What’s neat about this project is that you can start with a small group of matching squares, and add to it later… Read more ... 
CathGrace shows how she made this tassel trimmed velvet pillow. It’s her DIY version of a pillow she saw at Anthropologie. Not only did she sew the pillow cover, she also made all of the tassels by hand from some… Read more ... 
Cintia from My Poppet shows how to make her Bedside Gadget Caddy. It hangs from the mattress of your bed and has pockets for a book, remote, a pair of glasses, and other small items that often end up cluttering… Read more ... 
It took Jen from iCandy Handmade all of 20 minutes to upgrade a plain sweatshirt into modern fashion. She stitched a simple frayed edge applique on a store bought shirt. I am absolutely loving the freehand geometric design that she… Read more ... 
Linda from Craftaholics Anonymous has the jump on her boys’ Easter outfits with these color blocked leather bow ties. They’re faux bow ties on a soft elastic strap. She shares a tutorial showing how to make them. They come together… Read more ... 
Jessica from Cutesy Crafts shows how you can make a set of fabric lacing cards. They’re a great quiet toy for a young child and would make a nice addition to a busy bag. They’re made from two layers of… Read more ... 
Cathy from Trinkets in Bloom shares a tutorial at I Love to Create showing how to make this halter t-shirt with a snow dye effect. It’s actually two tutorials in one. First, she shows how to make use a pile… Read more ... 
lla from Ulla’s Quilt World shares a free pattern for these little fabric chickens. They’re made to fit over a plastic egg, with the egg filling out the chicken’s tummy. They have loopy yarn head and tail feathers, and appliqued… Read more ... 
Have a young Star Wars fan in your house? You can make a Chewbacca ammo strap t-shirt for them. Tara from Girl Like the Sea shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how. It’s a plain t-shirt, with an… Read more ... 
I love how Karen from Sew Many Ways’ brain works! She has a knack for re-seeing common household objects and hardware items as craft supplies or organizational tools. Her latest shows how to make a car sewing caddy out of… Read more ... 
How cute is this apron onesie!! It looks like an itty bitty apron, but it’s all sewn onto a onesie so it’s easy to dress baby in. Shelly from Giggles & Beans guest blogs at iCandy Handmade with a tutorial… Read more ... 
Gretchen Hirsch from Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing shows how you can use piping in place of a facing. The piping is made from bias so it stretches to fit a neck or arm hole curve, and it’s narrow… Read more ... 
Staci from Crafty Staci shows how to make a rainbow coffee sleeve. It’s her monthly free coffee sleeve pattern, and this month it’s in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. She had originally wanted to piece the colors horizontally, but the… Read more ... 
