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Tutorial: Table runner trivet

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Big family meals like Thanksgiving Ren from  The Inspired Wren shares a tutorial showing how to make her Table Running Trivet.  It’s a table runner that’s also a trivet.  It’s a more efficient use of tabletop space than a collection… Read more ...

Tutorial: Origami Star Ornament

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Sachiko from Tea Rose Home brings a beautiful twist to traditional paper folding with her fabric version of the classic origami star ornament. In her tutorial featured over at U Create, she shows step-by-step how to transform fabric into a… Read more ...

Tutorial: Scrap fabric ornaments

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These scrappy fabric ornaments will make pretty use of some of your smallest fabric pieces.  Mary from Sew to Speak shares a tutorial showing how you can make them.  They’d make fun gifties for teachers or neighbors.  Or, make up… Read more ...

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 ...