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Sew4Home shows how to dress up a plain tea towel by adding fancy fabric borders. Go to the tutorial.
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Sew4Home continues their Retro Fun kitchen sewing series with a tutorial showing how to make these ribbon topped kitchen curtains. Go to the tutorial.
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Craft Apple’s newest pattern is this downloadable Comfy Seats Round Cushions PDF pattern. The pattern gives instructions for making these 15″ round cushions in four styles: Quilted Strips, Quilted Squares, Quilted Modern, and Daisy (shown here). You can purchase the … Read more ... 
Sew4Home continues their Retro Fun series with a tutorial showing how to make these retro-inspired quilted oven mitts. Go to the tutorial.
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Lisa Cox shares a tutorial for this Breakfast in Bed ensemble over at QFD Creative. The ensemble includes everything you need to set a pretty tea tray – a crochet-edged fabric napkin, an appliqued tray cloth, and a patchwork… Read more ... 
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff continues the Celebrating Mom series with a tutorial showing how to make these lace doily coasters. Go to the tutorial.
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Lindsay from The Cottage Mama and The Cottage Home guest blogs over at Someday Crafts with a tutorial showing how to make a waterproof picnic blanket. The waterproof fabric is easily (and inexpensively!) obtained from a vinyl tablecloth. Love it! … Read more ... 
Valerie from The Crafter’s File Box shows how to make a “planket”, a blanket that folds up inside a pillow. These would be great for traveling or kids’ sleepovers! Go to the tutorial.
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Marigold from Hideous Dreadful Stinky created this set of family portrait coasters as a housewarming gift for friends. Aren’t they fabulous?? Read more about this project on her blog.
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Sew4Home finishes up their series of Earth Day inspired throw pillows with a tutorial showing how to make their Free as a Bird pillow. This is a long skinny envelope style pillow with button closures on the front. Go to … Read more ... 
Sweetie Pie Bakery shares a tutorial on her blog for an Anthropologie-inspired Smoldering Hues shower curtain. The rows upon rows of ruffles look so luxe!! And the different colors give an ombre effect. Go to the tutorial.
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Chris from Pickup Some Creativity shares a tutorial on her blog for making these reversible fabric napkin rings. Make them as pictured here, or add some ric-rac peeking out from in between the seams (shown in her tutorial). Go to … Read more ... 
Head over to Sew Much Ado to find out how to make these non-committal curtains out of a bedsheet. The non-comittal part stems from the fact that you can easily change out the loops to attach the curtain to the… Read more ... 
Sew4Home continues their series of Earth Day inspired pillows with a tutorial for making their Strawberry Fields pillow. Strips of fabric are stitched down in a lattice pattern across the top. I love the texture it creates! (I’m also lovin’… Read more ... 
Camille from Mother Lode shares a tutorial for making simple quilted coasters. Two 5″ squares will yield one coaster – perfect for reducing the size of your scrap bin! Get the how-to.
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