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Cintia from My Poppet shows how you can use her scrap fabric twine (tutorial here) to make a spiral mat. She made a bunch of smaller mats and then joined them to make a larger cluster to make a… Read more ... 
Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial for making her Bread Blanket flour sack towels. They’re made from flour sack towels, which you can get inexpensively at the discount store, with a ruffle and fancy trim sewn to the… Read more ... 
A tea cozy sounds like it would be something old fashioned, but Kim of Milkybeer Handmade shows that tea cozies can be quite modern after all. She shares a tutorial at Imagine Gnats showing how to make one. It has… Read more ... 
While I often use thrifted home dec items, such as tablecloths or sheets, as a source of inexpensive yardage, the price of new home dec items often holds me back from using them as fabric. But Karen from Sew Many… Read more ... 
Sew4Home shows how to make a set of placemats to brighten up your dining table. They’re made from two coordinating and brightly patterned prints. They’re pieced with a wide stripe at the bottom and accented with contrast hand stitching. For… Read more ... 
Sew4Home shows how to make this tablecloth for your patio or outdoor table. It’s made from outdoor fabrics stand up to the elements. Pockets sewn in the corners hold weights to keep it from blowing away. When you need to… Read more ... 
Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugarshows how you can make a set of lovely linen dinner napkins trimmed with crochet lace at one edge. How beautiful would a table be when set with these napkins at each place? They’re… Read more ... 
Nicole here from Modern Handcraft shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how to make her Laminated Letters Placemat. It’s a laminated placemat with colorful letters. She made hers with the whole alphabet to help her son learn his… Read more ... 
Veronica from SewVery shows how to make a simple reversible placemat you can use to freshen up your spring table. They’re super fast to make when you use double-sided quilted fabric. You can make 4 placemats from a yard of… Read more ... 
Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shows how you can make a dry-erase coloring placemat to help keep the kiddos occupied while you’re getting dinner together. You could also take it with you to restaurants to keep the… Read more ... 
Karen from Sew Many Ways shows how you can make a set of chalkboard fabric napkin rings, no sewing required. The chalkboard fabric can be written on and erased again and again and again. Write a person’s name to indicate… Read more ... 
Mandy from Fabric Paper Glue shares a tutorial over at Oh So Beautiful Paper for making these modern art brushstroke hot pads. You can make the brushstroke designs with a wide dry brush and paint. You can use any color(s)… Read more ... 
I am not much of a sports fan, but I keep hearing that there’s this thing called the Superbowl, and that it’s happening sometime soon? If you’re having a watch party, how about making up a set of cute burlap … Read more ... 
KC from The Real Thing with the Coake Family shows how you can sew up a set of reversible placemats. She used Christmas themed fabric to make them for a festive holiday table setting. They’re easy to make, requiring only… Read more ... 
Ruby from Zaaberry shows how you can make a fitted table cover for a 6-foot folding table out of a couple of flat sheets. She’ll use it to cover a table for a craft fair, but you could also use… Read more ... 
