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Starting a seam on a thick fabric can be tricky. If the feed dogs can’t start the fabric moving, then you end up with all your stitches in one spot. This can lead to thread jams or, worse yet, your… Read more ... 
When you’re picking up stocking stuffers for the kids and the spouse, don’t forget your four-legged family members. And if you’ve got stocking stuffers for your pet, you’ll need a stocking to put them in. Dorinda from Flower Girl Designs… Read more ... 
Dogwood Lane shares a fun idea for an advent calendar. Instead of pockets or envelopes, her advent calendar is a fabric chain. Each day, a new link gets added to the chain. By the time Christmas arrives, she’ll have a… Read more ... 
Debbie from Squiggly Twig Designs shows how to make a petticoat that peeks out from the bottom of a dress. This is such a romantic, classic look! You could also make it to wear on its own as a skirt. … Read more ... 
Marie from Make and Takes shows how to make this lovable, furry old Grover hand puppet. Go to the tutorial.
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Care from Obsessively Stitching rounds out her Red Riding Hood finger puppet series with a tutorial showing how to make a woodsman finger puppet. Look at his little hat – it’s made from the tip of a glove. Brilliant! Go … Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It follows up her Tinkerbell costume tutorial with instructions for making this super cute Peter Pan costume. Go to the tutorial.
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Wiener Dog Tricks shares a tutorial for this simple baby dress that you can make without a pattern. Because the different pieces are made out of different fabrics, you can make this out of what you can find in your… Read more ... 
You know your dog is just big ole teddy bear, but on Halloween let him pretend to be a much fiercer big, bad wolf. I love these faux fur wolf hoods featured at Craftzine! Who knows, maybe someone will fill… Read more ... 
Care from Obsessively Stitching continues her series of finger puppet tutorials with this tutorial and pattern for making Little Red Riding Hood. Get the how-to and the pattern.
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Care from Obsessively Stitching has started a blog series showing how to make finger puppets for the characters in the Little Red Riding Hood story. First up is Little Red’s grandmother. Her hat is removable so it can be placed… Read more ... 
Fashion shouldn’t be limited to those of us with two legs. Your doggie deserves to walk in style, too. The Purl Bee shows how to make this pretty dog leash, complete with ribbon monogrammed with your dog’s initial. Get the … Read more ... 
Sew to Speak shows how to make this darling little backpack. It was designed with the younger elementary-aged set in mind – children who wouldn’t necessarily be carrying large numbers of thick books, but who still need a convenient way… Read more ... 
Katrina from Roots and Wings Co made this quilted coat for her aging dog, whose joints were beginning to ache in the cold weather. The coat is reversible, with one side featuring a Halloween theme and the other a Christmas… Read more ... 
Care from Obsessively Stitching shares a tutorial for making these adorable Three Little Pigs finger puppets. I love the ric rac for the big bad wolf’s sharp teeth!! She also shares how to make props for the three houses they… Read more ...