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Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Sew a basket of fabric easter eggs

March 23, 2009 by Anne Weaver 1 Comment

These fabric easter eggs are so pretty, you won’t want to hide them! Put them in a bowl or basket for a Easter centerpiece. Retro Mama shares a tutorial for making them. Get the tutorial. [tags]sewing, tutorial, fabric, easter,… Read more ...

Not your mama’s sock monkey

March 23, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Flikr user Jek’s hubby takes the humble sock monkey to a whole new level with his sock monkey creations. Take this sock vati, for example. View the photo on Flikr for more detail and to see sock creations from previous… Read more ...

Video tutorial: Make a maxi dress

March 23, 2009 by Anne Weaver 4 Comments

Mimi AKA Myraida shares a video tutorial for making an Old Navy-style maxi dress using a dressform. The video is free, but she happily accepts donations. Get the video. (NOTE: The video is 36 minutes long, so be prepared… Read more ...

Tutorial: Ruffled apron

March 23, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Wow, this apron’s got RUFFLES!! Row after row of RUFFLES!! One More Moore shares a tutorial for making one. Get the tute. [tags]sewing, tutorial, apron, ruffle[/tags]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Embellish your clothes with grommets

March 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Adriana from The Princess Seam shares a tutorial for adding grommets to clothes. The metal rings make cool embellishments. Get the tutorial. [tags]sewing, tutorial, grommets[/tags]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sew an Angel bag

March 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Lola… again designed this purse she calls the Angel bag, and shares a tutorial so you can make one too. Could this be your new spring purse? Get the tutorial. [tags]sewing, tutorial, bag, purse[/tag]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sew a reusable lunch bag

March 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Unlike its brown paper counterpart, this lunch sack can be used again and again. Pretty Penny shares the how-to in a tutorial. Get the tute. [via One Pretty Thing] [sewing, tutorial, lunch, sack, bag, reusable[/tags] Looking for more lunch… Read more ...

Tutorial: Felt zippered pouch with cupcake embellishment

March 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

paper-and-string celebrates her 500th blog post with a free pattern for these zippered pouches. I love the cupcake appliques! (They’re included in the free pattern.) Get the pattern. [via craftzine] [tags]sewing, tutorial, pouch, zipper, cupcake[/tags]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Turn a fave tee into a fave pillow

March 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

A child growing out of a favorite tee can border on the traumatic. When this happend at a patchwork world‘s house, she turned the now-too-small fave tee into a fave pillow. Genius! Get the tutorial. [tags]sewing, tutorial, t-shirt,… Read more ...

Tutorial: Make your dress form shaped like you

March 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Dress forms are supposed to be models of our own bodies, but rarely do our real bodies fit the mold (so to say) of the perfect proportions of a dress form. kari posts on The {New New} Blog showing how… Read more ...

Watch how a dress form is made

March 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Your inner geek will love this! The Science Channel posts a video showing how professional dressforms are made. View the video. [via BurdaStyle] [tags]sewing, video, dressform[/tags]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Turn an old sweater into a plastic bag organizer

March 21, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

I firmly believe that, like rabbits, plastic grocery sacks have a way of multiplying. Using reusable cloth grocery sacks can cut down on the number you bring into your house, but what to do with the ones that make it… Read more ...

I’m all a-Twitter over this giveaway from Melly & Me

March 21, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Twitter the bird is the latest softie design from Melly & Me. I love the big eyes and the tiny wings!! To celebrate the new design, Melly & Me are giving away a Twitter pattern away to three lucky readers. … Read more ...

Tutorial: Patch your jeans with style

March 21, 2009 by Anne Weaver 2 Comments

Here’s a stylish way to patch your jeans. Rather than trying to conceal the stitching, call attention to it. Patch from behind, and then stitch around and over the hole again and again…and again and again…. Find out how from … Read more ...

Tutorial: Fabric toadstool

March 21, 2009 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

LucyKate Crafts posts a tutorial for making these fabric toadstools. You can make one with your favorite fabrics from your scrap bin, and then embellish with little buttons. Get the tutorial. Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check… Read more ...