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Tutorial: Simple Christmas tree skirt

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Jennifer from Sewplicity shares a tutorial for making a simple Christmas tree skirt.  It takes just 45 minutes to make one.  You’ll need 1.5 yards each of two fabrics (top layer and lining) and fusible batting.  If you go ahead… Read more ...

Tutorial: Scrap ribbon gift tags

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Melissa from Sweet Escape shows how you can use your smaller scraps of ribbons to make these festive gift tags.  Obviously they’re nice for Christmas, but do them up in other colors and you’ll have all the tags you need… Read more ...

Tutorial: Cactus Christmas ornaments

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Everything Emily shares a tutorial for making these cute felt cactus Christmas ornaments.  They would be so cute on a Southwestern themed Christmas tree – especially if you used chili pepper lights.  The simple shapes are quick to cut out,… 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: Scented dream pillows

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Rachel from Adventures in Making shows how you can make her Pleasant Dreams scented pillow.  The small fabric pillow is filled with relaxing herbs like catnip, lavender, and mugwort.  This would be a great gift for the hard-to-buy-for person on… Read more ...