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Craft Passion shows how to make these little bitty bunny sachets. They’re cute made from various fabric prints, but I’m also loving the version with the little embroidered faces. They’d also make awesome fabric weights if you filled them with… Read more ... 
Karen from Sew Many Ways guest blogs in the Sewing 101 series at Pickup Some Creativity with tips for organizing your sewing notions with some rather unexpected items. For example, she uses golf tees to keep her bobbins with the… Read more ... 
Caroline from Sew Together shows how to create this Love Letter wristlet. Shaped like an envelope with a pretty heart applique, the mini-clutch is just big enough to hold your essentials while still being small enough to just grab and… Read more ... 
Stephanie from Eden and Eliot uses fusible webbing
to create a raw-edge lovebirds applique for a Valentine’s onesie, and shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she did it. This is such a cute design! I’m loving the dimension… Read more ... 
Nette shows off the beautiful sewing box that she made. She decorated it to look like a house, with felt windows, doors, and molding on the outside. There’s even a little clothes line and a dog house! I’m loving all… Read more ... 
Mrs. Cummings Rx combines stuffed fabric hearts and tied fabric strips to make this scrappy Valentine’s garland, and she shares a tutorial showing how she made it. This would make a cute decoration for your mantel! Get the tutorial.… Read more ... 
Christine from From an Igloo shows an easy fix for a pair of girls’ tights that have grown too short. She cut the feet off of them and turned them into cropped, footless tights. This is such an awesome idea! … Read more ... 
Jen from iCandy Handmade shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this cute cute frayed heart t-shirt for Valentine’s day. Love! Get the tute.
[photo from iCandy Handmade]
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Erin from In Between Laundry guest blogs at Craftaholics Anonymous with a tutorial showing how to make a fringed fleece winter scarf. Not only is the scarf super cute, but it’s made from fleece so it’s also easy to sew. … Read more ... 
Pat Bravo shares a free downloadable tutorial for making her Spice It Up apron. The gathered bib and flower embellishment are sooo pretty! Get the project sheet.
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Dana from MADE shares a two-in-one tutorial for making a heart-shaped hot pad and applying bias tape around the edges. She gives two methods for applying the bias tape – the do-it-the-right-way method, and her cheating method. Get the tutorial… Read more ... 
Judi Ketteler, author of Sew Retro, shares a bonus project over her on her blog. She’s got a free pattern and tutorial for making a sweet vintage-inspired purse. The design was inspired by little purses that often appear… Read more ... 
Nikki from Lilybug Designs shows off the super cute Valentine’s shirt she made for her daughter. She stitched down a bunch of flower shapes (cut from knit fabric) into the shape of a big heart. What a cool idea! Read … Read more ... 
Angel from A Day in the Life of the Hooks shows how to make her Very Vera Crayon Roll, named so because the prequilted fabric she used is reminiscent of Vera Bradley’s very awesome fabric prints. The whole thing folds… Read more ... 
Vintage patterns are sized considerably smaller than modern sewing patterns. And while most printed patterns, both vintage and modern, come with a measurement chart showing which size you should use based on your measurements, there are certainly times when that… Read more ... 
