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I sleep on my side and use a leg pillow in order to keep my back properly aligned. My current leg pillow wore out about 2 years ago, but I’ve continued to use it long past the time it should… Read more ... 
Rachel from Smile and Wave shares a tutorial for making a jumper for a little bitty baby. The dimensions she gives are for 0-3 months. Make one of these as a present for a new little baby, and you’ll quickly… Read more ... 
Chris from Pickup Some Creativity offers a tutorial on her blog showing how to make pajama pants. If you’ve never made pajama pants before, you’ll be surprised at how easy it actually is. Go to the tutorial. Classic Men’s … Read more ... 
Becca from Blue Cricket Design shows how to make this handy organizer for your next trip to the grocery. Hook the straps around the handle of your grocery, and you’ve got a coupon organizer and pocket right in front of… Read more ... 
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how to make this super cute wallet from scrap ribbon. Colorful ribbon stripes and dimensional flowers make this the ultimate girlie-girl wallet. Go to the tutorial.
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Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial for making this stylish shirt with small ruffles at the neckline. This would be pretty paired with a pair of jeans, or with slacks or skirt for a dressier look. … Read more ... 
Margaret from Konstant Kaos shares a cool project using the box that the popular MOO business cards come in. She shows how to make a pincushion using the box as the base of the cushion. (Don’t have any empty MOO… Read more ... 
Do you like Kanzashi flowers? There’s something addictive about folding little squares of fabric until they make the perfect little dimensional petals. Cathe Holden from Just Something I Made shows how to take Kanzashi one step further by carefully placing… Read more ... 
With all of the refashioning of men’s dress shirts, sooner or later you’ll come across a project that needs a little bit of extra fabric for a strap or a ruffle or extra width. One place to get the extra… Read more ... 
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff made this sleeping bag for her daughter, and wrote up a tutorial explaining how she did it. Because it was made for her daughter, the dimensions she gives are for a small sleeping bag. You… Read more ... ![Mini_travel_pillow_cases_thumb[1]](http://sewing.craftgossip.com/files/2009/08/Mini_travel_pillow_cases_thumb1.jpg)
Roots and Wings Co shows to make these mini travel pillow covers. They fit around an existing a small travel pillow form. Their method for figuring the dimensions is brilliant – so much easier than doing math! Go to the … Read more ... 
You can find a tutorial to make this ruffled strapless summer cami from a dress shirt over at Adventures in the Sewing Studio. It’s a fun new summer shirt in just a few hours. Get the how-to.
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Patricia Bravo (Art Gallery Fabrics) shares her latest sewing pattern. It’s a baby playmat with shape-matching fun. Large shapes are appliqued on to the mat coordinate with 3-dimensional fabric shapes. Read more at her blog. Plus, enter the giveaway… Read more ... 
I love this dress shirt refashion by Alexis from My Mama Made It! She takes a man’s dress shirt and turns it into a woman’s peasant shirt. Brilliant! Get the tutorial.
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Petunia shows how to make these 3-dimensional flowers from fabric, and also paper. Pin one on a purse or on a t-shirt for an instant update. Go to the tutorial.
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