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Tutorial: Mesh Collecting Bags from produce sacks

July 10, 2011 by Anne Weaver

One Inch World shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to recycle a mesh produce sack into a Mesh Collecting Bag. The mesh bag is perfect for bringing home rocks and other nature treasures! The mesh allows you to… Read more ...

Lookie what she made: Cool vest from old jeans

July 10, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Magdalena from ClouDesign shows the cool vest thast she made from the bottoms of a couple of pairs of jeans. (She used the denim left over after she cut them off to make shorts.) The vest is cute enough left… Read more ...

Tutorial: Luau halter dress for little girls

July 10, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Sharon fromSweet Pea and Pumkins shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Luau Dress for little girls, inspired by a much smaller-scaled halter dress made for American Girl dolls. The top is made from… Read more ...

Tutorial: Travel tissue pouch with just three seams

July 10, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Regena from The Distracted Domestic shows how to create a fabric pouch to hold a travel pack of tissues. It can be made from one piece of fabric and just three seams. Get the tutorial. [photo from The Distracted … Read more ...

Tutorial: Plenty of Pockets Tote

July 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Sew4Home has the how-to for making their Plenty of Pockets Tote. The trim little tote bag has a long cross-body strap for easy carrying, and rows of pockets on the outside for easy access to keys, phone, sunglasses, etc. Get … Read more ...

Tutorial: Tablet or reader cover

July 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Pat Bravo shares a free downloadable PDF tutorial for making a soft cover for your tablet or reader. The top flap is held in place with a strip of fabric. Get the PDF tutorial. [photo from Pat Bravo]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Grocery Bag Stuff Sack

July 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Erin from Dog Under My Desk shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! for making her Grocery Bag Stuff Sack. Fill it with plastic grocery sacks and keep it in your car, and you’ll always have a trash bag or… Read more ...

Sewing Pattern: Girl shorts with tie hems

July 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Joann from Craft Passion shares a modification of her Kid Shorts Pattern. Instead of using ribbing to finish off the bottom edges, she adds a contrast strip of woven cotton with long ends that are tied into knots at… Read more ...

Tutorial: Camera softie

July 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Pink Stitches shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make the cutest little camera softie. Unlike your expensive actual camera, the softie version won’t break when it gets dropped on the floor. It even has a neckstrap so… Read more ...

Tutorial: Too Hot To Shop pillowcase style top

July 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Jessica from Sew Homegrown shows how to make her Too Hot To Shop pillowcase top. This style of shirt is all over the trendy stores right now. You could pay the big bucks to buy one at the mall, or… Read more ...

Tutorial: Metallic painted t-shirt

July 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Donatella from Inspiration & Realisation shares a tutorial for creating a tee with a metallic silver image painted across the front. Love it! Don’t worry if you can’t draw well – the image she painted was traced through the thin… Read more ...

Tutorial: Make a ruffled tank from a boxy tee

July 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Head over to The Southern Institute to find out how to transform a man’s boxy t-shirt into a woman’s ruffled tank. The fit is loose, with an elastic casing at the bottom to cinch it in at the hip. A… Read more ...

Tutorial: Little girl’s simple gathered skirt with a knit waistband

July 8, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how to make a little girl’s simple gathered skirt with an easy knit waistband. The bouncy little gathered skirt is sooo cute for summertime! And when the weather turns cooler in the fall, it… Read more ...

Tutorial: The Starboard Skirt with large box pleat

July 8, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. . guest blogs at U Create with a tutorial for making her Starboard Skirt. The knee-length A-line skirt has a box pleat at the middle. I’m loving the yellow and white chevron print she… Read more ...

Tutorial: Turn a too-long swimsuit into a faux tankini

July 8, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Lovenicky from Frou Frou by Lovenicky shows how she turned a swimsuit that was too long through the torso into a faux tankini that fit perfectly. This is such a clever refashion! And though it might be intimidating to think… Read more ...