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Tutorial: Business card wallet

October 22, 2014 by Anne Weaver 1 Comment

Lindsey from Fort Worth Fabric Studio shares a tutorial for making a pretty fabric business card wallet. She’ll be carrying it with her at Quilt Market, the lucky dog! (One day I’ll make it there. Until, I’ll live vicariously through… Read more ...

Tutorial: Bleach out a cool applique for boys shirts

October 22, 2014 by Anne Weaver 1 Comment

Joy from XOXO Grandma shows how you can use a bleach pen to create cool applique graphics for boys’ t-shirts. Don’t worry if you can’t draw well. Her method has you tracing a printed image, and she even includes templates… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sew a sleeping bag for a doll

October 22, 2014 by Anne Weaver 2 Comments

To celebrate the release of her Bedbug doll pattern, Jill from Snugglebug University shares a tutorial showing how you can make a witty bitty sleeping bag for a doll. The dimensions she gives will make a bed to fit a… Read more ...

Tutorial: Halloween Junque Bows for little girls

October 21, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Kimbo from A Girl and a Glue Gun shows how you can make her Halloween Junque Bows. They’re scrappy ribbon hair bows done up in Halloween colors. This is a great project to use up those bits of ribbon left… Read more ...

Tutorial: Rocky Mountain Satchel

October 21, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Sew4Home shares a tutorial for making their Rocky Mountain Satchel. It has traditional satchel proportions (short and wide), with two sets of handles so you can carry it over your shoulder or by hand. The longer strap is removable. The… Read more ...

Tips and tools for softie making

October 21, 2014 by Anne Weaver 2 Comments

Softie making involves sewing lots of small bits and pieces, turning narrow tubes, etc. And when you’re sewing small bits like that, it’s helpful to have the right tools. They’ll help make fast work of turning those narrow tubes, and… Read more ...

Tutorial: Trick or treat Halloween tote

October 21, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Petro from The Seaman Mom shows how you can make a cute Halloween tote bag. With boxed bottoms and reinforced stitching where the straps attach, it’s big – and sturdy – enough for a good trick or treating haul. Or,… Read more ...

Tutorial: DIY skeleton gloves

October 21, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Jen from Eat. Sleep. Make. shows how you can create a pair of skeleton gloves using a pair of plain gloves and flocked heat transfer material. She used her Silhouette to cut the transfer material. She provides the file she… Read more ...

Tutorial: No-sew pillows from fabric napkins

October 21, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Some fabric napkins are too pretty to sit in your lap waiting for food to be wiped on to them. No, those pretty napkins need to be home décor! Aunt Peaches shares a tutorial at I Love To Create showing… Read more ...

Tutorial: Wolf jacket DIY

October 21, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Coats are more fun to wear when they turn you into a wild creature like a wolf. Tara from Girl Like the Sea shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how you can adapt a basic coat pattern to… Read more ...

Tutorial: How to install bag feet

October 20, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Bag feet help protect the bottom of your bag by keeping it from resting directly on the ground. Deby from So Sew Easy shows how you can install those bag feet in the next purse you meet. Her tutorial shows… Read more ...

Tutorial: Pom pom scarf

October 20, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Mark Montano shows how you can make a lightweight knit scarf with colorful pom poms sprinkled along the edge. It’s easy to make, requiring only a hem around the edge of the fabric and then attaching the pom poms. You… Read more ...

Winner of the Magic Pattern Book giveaway

October 20, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

The winner of the Magic Pattern Book giveaway is… Comment #133, Karen who said: “I like sewing accessories!” Congratulations Karen on your new book!

Tutorial: Spooky Cat Halloween pillow

October 20, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make her Spooky Cat pillow cover. This would be so appropriate sitting on our front porch, as we have 5 black cats as our… Read more ...

Free pattern: Felt birthday crown with interchangeable numbers

October 20, 2014 by Anne Weaver 1 Comment

Kuka and Bubu shares a free pattern for making a felt Happy Birthday crown for a child. The one crown will last through all their childhood birthdays because it’s adjustable with ties in the back, and the numbers on the… Read more ...