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Tutorial: Simple zippered pencil pouch

August 26, 2015 by Anne Weaver

I can’t get enough of pencil pouches at back-to-school time. Sara from Alice & Lois shows how to make a simple zippered pencil pouch. It’s a good project to show off a favorite print – and it doesn’t take much… Read more ...

Tutorial: 3 ways to update your jeans

August 25, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Jeans are the most expensive part of back-to-school clothes shopping. Rachel from Holy Craft tells three ways you can update a pair of jeans to give the look that you want, so maybe you won’t have to spend as much… Read more ...

Tutorial: Pleated wrap skirt tied in a bow

August 25, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shows how to make this beautiful pleated wrap skirt. The short skirt has deep pleats and a waist band tied in a big bow at the side. And because it’s a wrap… Read more ...

Sewing Pattern: Diagonal fringed t-shirt

August 25, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Nina from Ninutschkanns shows how she created her copycat version of a fringed t-shirt. Instead of a fringed hem, which is what comes to mind when I think of fringed t-shirt, this shirt has a long fringe diagonally across the… Read more ...

Tutorial: Primitive Halloween pumpkin softies

August 25, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Audrey Pettit shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make some primitive pumpkin softies to decorate for Halloween. I’m loving his crooked smile (which is a twig, by the way) and his crazy wonky button eyes. … Read more ...

Sewing Pattern: How to make Recycled t-shirt baby bibs

August 25, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Kimbo from A Girl and a Glue Gun makes the cutest baby bibs out of recycled t-shirts. The materials are inexpensive or free (old t-shirts!), the fabric is soft, and there are often cute graphics on the shirts that will… Read more ...

Free pattern: Travel neck pillow

August 24, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Sahana from Vikalpah shares a free pattern and tutorial for making a travel neck pillow. It’ll help support your neck so hopefully you can catch a few Z’s to make the travel time pass a little more quickly. You can… Read more ...

Tutorial: Mini stocking fridge magnets to collect Christmas wish lists

August 24, 2015 by Anne Weaver

The kids are back to school and Halloween is just around the corner, which means that Christmas will be here sooner than you know. Jill from Creating My Way to Success created a set of mini stocking fridge magnets to… Read more ...

Tutorial: Reusable snack pouches, 2 quick ways to make them

August 24, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Packing school lunches means lots of plastic baggies getting used one time and thrown away. That’s no good. Amy from Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop shows how you can sew up some reusable snack bags in no time. She shows two variations… Read more ...

Tutorial: Little girl’s sundress from dad’s dress shirt

August 24, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Dad’s unwanted dress shirt can become a cute new sundress for your little girl. Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shows how to do it. It’s super easy, with elastic thread shirring to create a stretchy bodice. Ribbon… Read more ...

Tutorial: Recycled jeans sunglasses case

August 24, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Claire from Pillar Box Blue shows how you can make a sunglasses case out of an old pair of jeans. It’s made from the top of the jeans, and you’ll end up with a bonus pocket on the front of… Read more ...

Tutorial: Grain sack pillow from a drop cloth

August 23, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Cami from Tidbits shows how you can make a grain sack pillow – and you don’t even need a grain sack. Instead, she recreates the look of a grain sack by painting a drop cloth. A drop cloth is SO… Read more ...

Tutorial: Coupon Clipper Wallet

August 23, 2015 by Anne Weaver

It’s no secret that clipping coupons and using loyalty cards can stretch your grocery budget. But all those coupons, and all those cards… Sew4Home shows how you can make a Coupon Clipper Wallet to keep up with them all. There… Read more ...

Tutorial: 5 ways to take in the waist of a dress or top

August 23, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Kim from The Sew Spot shows 5 ways you can take in the waist of a top or dress. These 5 simple fixes can take a top or dress from shapeless to just right. She shows them for little girls’… Read more ...

Sewing Pattern:Lengthen a t-shirt with a color block stripe

August 22, 2015 by Anne Weaver

It’s amazing what havoc a growth spurt wreak on your child’s wardrobe. One week everything fits, the next… not so much. Kim from The Sew Spot shares a tutorial at Make It and Love It shows one way you can… Read more ...