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Karin from The Mrs. shows the bunting she just finished for her daughter. She departed from the traditional triangular shaped pennants and instead created a bunting with fabric hearts and flowers. She pieced them from scraps, including scraps from fabrics… Read more ... 
Lookie at the busy book that Forty-Two Roads made! The theme is “Close Your Clothes” and it’s filled with snippets of actual clothing items for the child to practice buttoning, zipping, buckling, etc. My favorite page is probably the shoes. … Read more ... 
The Simplicity/New Look website shares a number of free downloadable patterns,… Read more ... 
Dollar Store Crafts shows how to make this yoda hat from fleece. Make several hats for your kids, one fleece blanket can. Yeesssssss. Go to the tutorial.
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Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever from Future Craft Collective share a tutorial on Craftzine for making this reversible sun hat. Make a large one for yourself, or a smaller one for your child. Go to the tutorial.
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Sharon from Adventures in the Sewing Studio shows how to make this matching chef hat, apron, and oven mitt for Barbie. Now Barbie can look fabulous in the kitchen! Go to the tutorial.
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Cheri from It’s So Very Cheri turned her daughter’s baby bedding (shown here) into a quilt for her big girl bed. This is such a great idea! Go to her blog to see the result of her transformation.
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With a little ric-rac and some appliqued letters, Lu Bird Baby took a plain white pillowcase and made it dreamy place to lay your head. The word “dream” trailing down the side of the pillowcase in different colored letters and… Read more ... 
A Spoonful of Sugarshows how she did a little gender reassignment surgery on a pair of PJs. She takes a pair of ready-made men’s PJs (because they’re so much cheaper than women’s – what’s up with that??) and adds… Read more ... 
Joanne from Craft Passion made these fun little turtle pincushions. The back is pieced from hexagons to look like a turtle shell. Read more about the turtle pincushion at Craft Passion blog.
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Jessica from Happy Together made this ruffled dress for her little girl – from a t-shirt. She cut a basic tank from the body of the tee, and then sewed ruffled strips down the chest. She also created a headband… Read more ... 
Vegbee from Just Tutes shows how to make this sunhat. The brim snaps up on either side for a cowboy look. Without the Snaps
the wide brim provides coverage from the sun. She shows it made for her children, but… Read more ... 
Dana from MADE shows what she did with a onesie she found on the clearance rack. She added a skirt with ruffles for a fabulous ruffle dress. Read more and see more photos at MADE.
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Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
made this stunning owl soft sculpture. I love the way the little guy is posed, and his face is so expressive! The raw edged… Read more ... 
When I first saw these dresses made by unbecominglily, I assumed it was a photo of some adult-sized vintage dresses, or perhaps child-sized versions. But then I read that these are miniature art pieces newly constructed. The largest of… Read more ...