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Sarah from Craft Quickies guest blogs at Craft Snob with a tutorial showing how to make this pretty ruffled hand towel. It would make a lovely accent to your bathroom towel set. Or, make a couple to hang in your… Read more ... 
Kelly from Sewing In No Man’s Land shares a free pattern for her Swinter Dress. It’s a little girl’s sleeveless dress that can be worn in either warm or cold weather. In the warmer months, it’s a sundress. When the… Read more ... 
If you’re eyeing some corduroy fabric for use in your cooler weather sewing projects, check out this post at Did You Make That?. She gives some tips for sewing on corduroy. The things we love most about corduroy –… Read more ... 
Aimee from Clones ‘N Clowns shows how to add leather knee patches to a pair of pants. This is a no-sew project, as she uses leather adhesive to attach the patches to the pants. If you wanted to stitch the… Read more ... 
Sew4Home is a great source of home dec and accessories project how-to’s. Their tutorials have detailed steps with photos along the way, helping even beginning sewers create projects they’re proud of. Now they’ve got a downloadable guide made just for… Read more ... 
Heather from Feather’s Flights shows how to add contrast binding to a button up shirt. While she was at it rounded the cuffs and the collar to more of a Peter Pan shape. She shows it with two solids (solid… Read more ... 
Melissa Mortenson from Fourteen May and Polka Dot Chair shows how to make a patchwork twirly skirt for a tweeny girl. The rectangles of fabric are sewn into a two tiered skirt, with contrast bias tape making a fun hem. … Read more ... 
Staci from Crafty Staci shares a free pattern for making this denim coffee sleeve with a miniature jeans pocket. She sewed the pocket from scratch, but gives it the topstitching and even the tag that you find on a back… Read more ... 
You might think of burlap as a home dec fabric, but Angelina from JoJo and Eloise shows how you can use burlap to make a might cute purse. It’s a simple bag with an open top (no closure). She lined… Read more ... 
An from Straight Grain guest blogs at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to make a simple ruffled sundress for a little girl. It’s made from just two rectangular panels of fabric, plus ribbon for the straps. Her… Read more ... 
Sergers are all kinds of awesome – until you have to rethread them, or rip out a serged seam. When either happens, all those threads make things difficult. Mie from Sewing Like Mad posts over at The Sewing Rabbit with… Read more ... 
The Tumble Tee t-shirt pattern by Imagine Gnats is designed to be made from knit fabrics. But today, Rachel from Imagine Gnats shows how to use the girl’s t-shirt pattern to make a dress out of a woven fabric instead. … Read more ... 
Hayley from Welcome to the Mouse House shares a tutorial over at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make an apron dress for a little girl. There are lots of ways to make one, but her version uses a t-shirt… Read more ... 
Donatella from Inspiration & Realisation shows how she used silk chiffon to make over a plain t-shirt into a dressier version of itself. She adds raw edge bias strips to the arm and neck openings. Triangular inserts at the sides … Read more ... 
Stacie from Yellow Spool shares a tutorial over at Somewhat showing how to turn a basic tote into a convertible tote bag backpack. She reworks the straps so they can be attached in two configuations. One will make a tote,… Read more ... 