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Tutorial: Easy infinity scarf

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Making your own infinity scarf is a quick, easy project.  Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a tutorial showing how.  You can use any lightweight, drapey fabric.  Each scarf takes just 2/3 yard.  Make a couple for… Read more ...

Tutorial: Textured leather clutch

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Gina Michele shows how you can make this textured leather clutch.  The bag itself is a simple zippered pouch.  The cool wave texture is created with strips of leather sewn down in alternating directions.  Make the strips from a contrasting… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sew simple gathered skirt

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If you’re learning to sew and looking for a good first project, I’d suggest making a simple gathered skirt.  They can be made to fit any size – babies, kids, adults – and require only easy straight seams.  Pam from… Read more ...

Tutorial: Chalkboard fabric placemats

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These placemats have a strip of chalkboard cloth across the top where you can write special messages or assign seating.  Marni from Haberdashery Fun shares a tutorial showing how you can make them.  They’re made from oilcloth and chalkboard fabric… Read more ...

Cricut Free pattern: Felt animal masks

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Erin from Sewbon shares a free pattern for making them.  They’d be fun for a little kid’s dress-up chest. Or, a child could wear them with a similarly colored sweatsuit as a Halloween costume.  She used her Cricut to cut… Read more ...

Tutorial: DIY Military Cardi

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Alexia from Lexi Made shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to make this military-inspired cardigan.  The wide lapels and metal buttons take their cue from military uniforms.  Bias trim finishes the front edges and emphasizes the lines… Read more ...

Tutorial: Halloween bat mobile

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Sew4Home shows how you can make this Halloween bat mobile.  With button eyes and goofy fangs, the bats are cuter than they are scary.   Hang them from a tree branch or a simple wooden dowel.  You could also use them… Read more ...