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These little fabric headbands are the perfect little hair accessory. With this simple headband tutorial from Blue Bird Studio, you can make one to match every outfit.
Looking for more headband sewing patterns? Check these designs out on Etsy.… Read more ... 
In this little fabric basket, the strips of fabric are actually woven together. Wowsa! Find out how to make it with this step-by-step tutorial from Marmadaisy.… Read more ... 
Still in the mode of organizing, it being the New Year and all, I found this fabric bucket tutorial offered by pippiejoe diary particularly appealing. The construction is fairly simple, but the possibilities are endless. Use them for fruit, for… Read more ... 
Say you have a shirt that’s almost perfect – except for the absence of a front pocket. Say you want to add a pocket to said shirt. But suppose that this almost perfect shirt is storebought, which means that you… Read more ... 
Yes, you read correctly. Christmas 08 is hardly out the door, and we’re already talking about sewing for Christmas 09. Specifically, CraftApple is announcing an Advent calendar sew-along for Christmas 09. Every year, I say I’m going to make… Read more ... 
Create your own custom duvet cover out of two flat sheets. Tamar shows you how in this tutorial on her blog, Nest Decorating. Her example uses a different print on the top and the bottom, which gives an eclectic… Read more ... 
My House Boutique has a free pattern to make this cute little smock for your even cuter little one. She claims it can be made in 30 minutes, and judging from the simple construction I believe her. My little one… Read more ... 
Get a handle on all the mess in the back of your car with these handy car organizers. Even if you’re not a neat freak at heart, you can look like you are with these babies tied to the backs… Read more ... 
If you’ve ever wondered how they get cord into those tiny tubes, this is the tutorial for you. Marmadaisy shows how to make a piped handle for a purse, though the applications are not necessarily limited to purse handles. Go … Read more ... 
Sewing Stars Blog has a great tutorial for making the ladder stitch. If you make pillows or softies, the ladder stitch is one of the most useful hand stitches to know. It can be used to close the stuffing… Read more ... 
Need to make a quick baby gift? Make & Takes shows how to embellish a cloth diaper to make the sweetest burp cloth. No extensive sewing here, just some ribbon and bias tape. Easy, easy! See the tutorial.… Read more ... 
A flat-fell seam adds such a finished, professional look to a garment. Heck, just saying the words “flat-fell seam” make me feel finished and professional. CraftStylish shows us how to sew this very nice finishing seam. See the tute here… Read more ... 
Start your New Year’s organizational kick with this purse organizer. Find out how to make a super-simple purse organizer at The Giving Flower, and say goodbye to digging through crumbled grocery receipts and cracker crumbs to find your cell… Read more ... 
So you’ve finished making that new coat (or shirt, or dress, or skirt) using a store-bought pattern, and it’s time to put away all your materials. The scraps into the scrap bin, the scissors into the sewing box. But what … Read more ... 
Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2008. Since then, the blog we linked to has gone away, and the pattern is no longer available on the original site. But we have a PDF version available to download below, … Read more ... 
