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Tutorial: Scrap busting owl pouch

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Jill from Creating My Way To Success shows how you can make this adorable owl zippered pouch – and use up some of your smaller fabric scraps in the process.  Each of the feathers is made from a different scrap… Read more ...

Tutorial: Fringed leather bag

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Daniela from On The Cutting Floor shares a free PDF pattern at UpCraft Club for making this awesome fringed leather bag.  It’s a boxy bucket style bag with long fringe sewn into the side seams.  It gathers up at the… Read more ...

Tutorial: Fringed leather bucket bag

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Justine from Sew Country Chick shows how she made this gorgeous fringed leather bucket bag. It’s all hand sewn because the leather was too thick for a regular sewing machine to handle.  The hand sewing takes some more time than… Read more ...

Tutorial: Bandana pinch or snap bag

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This cute little bag is made from a couple of bandanas, and it has a pinch or snap top closure made from inexpensive metal measuring tape.  Linda from Buzzing and Bumbling shares a tutorial showing how.  You can actually  make… Read more ...

Tutorial: Coiled rope tote

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Alisa Burke shares a tutorial for making a coiled rope tote bag. It’s made much like a coiled rope basket, though with different proportions and the addition of handles.  You can use plain rope, but I’m in love with the… Read more ...

Tutorial: Faux leather bucket bag

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Colleen at Pretty Prudent shows how you can make a faux leather bucket bag that’s pretty awesome.  It’s lined in a contrasting cotton.  A cord threaded through grommets around the top of the bag loosely cinches it in. If you… Read more ...