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Tutorial: Lined leather iPad case

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Katie from Skunkboy shares a tutorial for making a lined leather case for your iPad or other tablet.  Don’t let the leather fool you, it’s actually an easy project to make.  There is just one long seam to assemble this… Read more ...

Tutorial: Simple trinket basket

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Keri from Pink Lemonade shows how you can make this simple trinket basket.  You can use Christmas-y fabrics to make it part of your holiday décor or gift giving, or just make it up in fabrics you can use year… Read more ...

Tutorial: Easy sew butterfly applique cape

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This beautiful butterfly cape is an easy project.  Mark Montano shares a tutorial showing how (video and written instructions).  It comes up shorter in the front, so the  cape won’t hide your entire outfit when you’re wearing it.  And the… Read more ...

Free pattern: Fox Kindle or iPad Sleeve

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Eskimimi Makes shares a free pattern for making the cutest fox Kindle or iPad sleeve.  It’s made from two layers of fleece.  The soft fleece will help keep your device’s screen from getting scratched, and the thickness of it will… Read more ...

Tutorial: Reversible 1-Hour Tote

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If you’ve got 1 hour and the supplies, you’ve got what you need to make a smart tote like this one.  Marni from Haberdashery Fun shares a tutorial showing how to make one.  It’s just the right size to use… Read more ...

Tutorial: Patchwork pumpkins

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Melony from Mel Designs shows how you can make these scrappy patchwork pumpkins.  The strippy patchwork is a good design to make use of your smaller scraps – pull out your scrap bin for this project.  They’d be cute worked… Read more ...

Tutorial: Designer inspired bow tote

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Bev from Flamingo Toes shares a tutorial for making this designer-inspired bow tote.  It’s a boxy tote trimmed out in leather, with a striped bow accenting the top.   The look is chic and smart. I actually prefer her version over… Read more ...