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Free pattern: Fleece Totoro hood

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totorohoodBernadette from Daisies & Dresses shares a free pattern at The Sewing Rabbit showing how you can make this adorable Totoro hood.  It’s made from fleece, sure to keep ears warm on cold winter days.  This could also be a… Read more ...

Free pattern: Halloween black cat softie

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Amy from Positively Splendid shares a free pattern for making this Halloween black cat softie.  You don’t have to use just black fabric, though.  He’s pretty handsome made from a black and white houndstooth, as shown in her photo.  A… Read more ...

Tutorial: Easy felt pumpkin coasters

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Ajaire from Call Ajaire shows how you can sew up a set of  cute felt pumpkin coasters.  They’re easy to make, and a quick project, too.  She made them for Halloween but they’d actually work for all the way through… Read more ...

Tutorial: Blazer to coat dress refashion

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Mark Montano shows how can transform a plain blazer into a lace trimmed coat dress.  It’s a clever refashion that uses lace as a decorative element and also as camouflage where other fabric was pieced in.  Individual motifs from the… Read more ...

Tutorial: 15-minute grocery bag holder

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Overrun with those plastic grocery sacks?  Lindsey from Fort Worth Fabric Studio shows how you can make a grocery bag holder.  It’s amazing how many plastic bags you can shove inside one of these holders!  And then, when you need… Read more ...