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Joy from xoxo Grandma shares a free pattern for making this beautiful jacket for an 18″ doll out of a lace trimmed hankie. The blouse is cut and assembled so the lace trim of the hankie ends up on all… Read more ... 
We do Thanksgiving at my mom’s house every year. It doesn’t matter whether there are 5 of us or 15 of us, she makes the same amount of food. A LOT. Even on her long dining table, it’s a challenge… Read more ... 
As a child of the 80s, I have a soft spot for Cabbage Patch dolls. The soft dolls with plastic heads and yarn hair are still around and still very much loved by kids. You can find a free pattern… Read more ... 
Lisa from Wine & Glue shares a free pattern for making a fleece knight hat. She made it for her son’s Halloween costume, but he continues to wear it just for fun. It has ear flaps, a strip of red… Read more ... 
Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares a free pattern for a felted wool neck warmer that you can wear two ways. You can wear it with the neck edge all the way up for maximum neck coverage,… Read more ... 
Special holiday t-shirts are a fun way to feed kids’ anticipation of an upcoming holiday. Stephanie from The TipToe Fairy guest blogs in the Seasonal Sewing series at So Sew Easy with a tutorial showing how to applique a special… Read more ... 
One of my favorite baby gifts to give is a handmade bib, one that’s nicer than the ones you find the stores and made from a special fabric. I often make a stack of them in a sewing frenzy and… Read more ... 
For the month of November (2013), you can download the Go To Gift Bags pattern for FREE! Andrea from Go To Patterns and The Train To Crazy is offering the pattern to help us reduce the amount of gift wrap… Read more ... 
Claire from Craft Schmaft shares a free pattern for making this mushroom pincushion out of a women’s knee sock. The crazier the print, the cuter the little mushroom! The rounded mushroom cap is made from the toe of the sock. … Read more ... 
Crafty Staci free coffee sleeve pattern for the month is a Christmas tree. The sleeve is shaped like a Christmas tree and wraps around a coffee cup to keep your hands from getting burned. Add a gift card to a… Read more ... 
Stephanie from The Crafty Kitty shares a free pattern over at Birch Fabrics for making her Rohan Skater Shorts for little boys. The long, loose shorts come past the knee and have large patch pockets. There’s also a faux fly… Read more ... 
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for making this puff sleeve dress for a toddler girl. It’s a classic little girl dress style that can be made up so many ways!!! The sleeves are gathered at the… Read more ... 
Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. shows how she created this patchwork baby bib. She uses a quilt-as-you-go technique. The small pieces of fabric make this a good project for using up scraps. She used a free baby bib pattern… Read more ... 
Lauren Dahl recently announced that she is starting a new series of video tutorials for sewing bloggers showing how to use Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator is the program to use if you want to create professional patterns, blog graphics, printables, diagrams,… Read more ... 
Pixie Faire shares a free tutorial for making a simple shoulder bag for American Girl or other 18″ dolls. It’s made from small bits of fabric that you can easily find in your scrap bin. It’s lined with no raw… Read more ... 
