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Video tutorial: Tuft your couch cushions

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Feel like there’s just something missing from your couch?  Bettina from Oh Everything Handmade shows how you can add tufting to your cushions.  This one addition packs a lot of style punch!  She made covered buttons that matched her IKEA … Read more ...

Tutorial: Halloween tea towels

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Lindsey from Forth Worth Sewing Studio shares a PDF tutorial showing how you can make these Halloween tea towels.  Each one has two stripes of coordinating fabrics, with folded prairie points tucked between.  If you want to make one that… Read more ...

Tutorial: Baby doll receiving blanket

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Melissa from Polka Dot Chair shares a tutorial for making a receiving blanket for a baby doll.  It’s a self-binding blanket, meaning that the edges of the back wrap to the front to cover the raw edges.  The self-binding creates… Read more ...

Tutorial: Make a table runner

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I like a table runner for adding personality and color to a table top without covering the whole thing in fabric.  Natalie from The Creative Mom guest blogs in the A to Z series at The Ribbon Retreat with her… Read more ...

Tutorial: Appliqued apple pillow

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Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial at Therm O Web blog showing how you can make this appliqued apple pillow.  The rectangular pillow has three apples appliqued on it, with bites taken out of them as they you… Read more ...

Tutorial: Friendship bracelet chair cushion

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This chevron seat cushion will put your middle school friendship bracelet making skills to more sophisticated use.  Brittany from The House That Lars Built uses the same knotting techniques, but with long strips of knit fabric instead of embroidery thread. … Read more ...

Tutorial: Graphic silhouette pillows

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Mark Montano shows how you can make these graphic animal silhouette pillows.  A silhouette from bright fabric really pops with the bold print pillow covers.  He uses E-6000 Stitchless Iron On Glue to attach the silhouettes to the pillow covers,… Read more ...

Tutorial: Patchwork shark pillow

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I don’t normally think of sharks as being cute, but the shark on this pillow Becky from Patchwork Posse falls in the cute category.  His body is a patchwork of gray and white prints, and he has button eyes and… Read more ...