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Tutorial: Easy quilted iPad sleeve

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Tutorial: Easy quilted iPad sleeveSarah from Thrift Store Crafter shows how to make a quick and easy iPad sleeve.  She gives the dimensions to make one for a standard iPad and also for a mini.  It’s made from two coordinating quilting cottons, quilted to… Read more ...

Tutorial: Scrappy circle coasters

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Tutorial: Scrappy circle coastersI’m a scrap hoarder, so projects that allow you to use your smaller bits of fabric make me happy.  These Quilted Circle Coasters fit into that category.  You can make a set of 4 coasters out of 16 scraps 3″… Read more ...

Tutorial: Drape a basic bodice back

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Tutorial: Drape a basic bodice backJustine from Sew Country Chick continues her pattern drafting series with a tutorial showing how to drape the back of a basic bodice.  (Her first post in the series shows how to drape the front bodice.)  Once you’ve got the… Read more ...

Tutorial: No-sew soft fabric pumpkins

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Tutorial: No-sew soft fabric pumpkinsStef from Girl. Inspired. shows how you can whip up a batch of these soft fabric pumpkins, no sewing required.  They’re fast and easy to make, and so cute mixed and matched from coordinating prints.  She makes them in two… Read more ...

Tutorial: No-sew scrap fabric bowls

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Tutorial: No-sew scrap fabric bowlsBronwyn Hayes from Red Brolly shows how you can make small bowls out of your fabric scraps, no sewing required.  Instead of sewing the pieces together, you’ll be gluing them around a bowl form.  Think of it as papier mache,… Read more ...

Free pattern: Nursing pillow

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Free pattern: Nursing pillowAshley from Vauvasaurus didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a nursing pillow.  After all, she says, they’re basically just big curvy pillows.  Instead of buying one, she made one herself.  She shares the pattern she made and… Read more ...