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Tutorial: Stenciled bunny burlap placemats

March 13, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Laura from Make Life Lovely shows how she made this set of Easter placemats. They’re made from burlap hemmed around the edges and stenciled with a simple bunny motif. The materials are inexpensive, costing just $3 to make the whole… Read more ...

Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Zip up t-shirt

March 13, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Pearls & Scissorsshows how to add a functioning zipper to a t-shirt dress. If you want the sides to fully unzip, you’ll need a separating zipper. They used a dress, but you could also use a t-shirt to make a… Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial: Ruched t-shirt sleeves

March 12, 2013 by Anne Weaver

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Miriam Tribe from Mad Mim shows how to make ruched sleeves for a t-shirt. The detail appears in her Duckies In a Pond tee she made for her guest post in the Make This Look series at The Train To… Read more ...

Tutorial: Boxy bunny softie

March 11, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Stacie from Yellow Spool shares another of her Scrapped Animals. This time it’s a little boxy bunny softie. His body is a simple fabric box, but with bunny features stitched on and bunny ears sticking out the top. On his… Read more ...

Free sewing pattern: Mixy matchy fabric Easter basket

March 11, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Amy from Positively Splendid shares a free pattern for making this mixy matchy fabric Easter basket. It’s made from home decor weight fabric and is lined with fusible fleece, so the sides tand up on their own. She personalized hers… Read more ...

Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Easter Bunny hooded towel

March 11, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Amber from Crazy Little Projects has a whole collection of hooded towel tutorials on her blog. Now she shows how to make a bunny hooded towel. It’s cute for Easter, obviously, but bunnies and babies go together year round. Go … Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial: Small felt carrot gift bags

March 10, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Tara Dennis shows how to make these fun carrot shaped gift bags. Fill them with some candies for a cute Easter treat. They’re made from felt and require only simple sewing. Go to the tutorial. [via Craftgawker] [photo from… Read more ...

Tutorial: Draft a sew a fitted skirt pattern

March 9, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Melissa from Melly Sews kicks off the March project over at The Sewing LoftThis month, the project will be a fitted skirt. Throughout the month, she’ll show you how to draft a basic skirt pattern and then sew it… Read more ...

Tutorial: Simple drawstring skirt for girls

March 8, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Head over to Sew, Mama, Sew! for a tutorial showing how to make a girl’s simple drawstring skirt with large patch pockets in contrasting fabric. The design works equally well for little girls and older girls. Go to the tutorial.… Read more ...

Tutorial: Slouchy baby beanie hats, two ways

March 8, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Liz from Cotton & Curls shows how you can make a slouchy baby beanie hat out of knit fabric. Actually, she shows two ways you can make a slouchy baby beanie hat. One method creates a fully lined hat, the… Read more ...

Read all about it: Abby’s favorite sewing tool

March 7, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of the soon-to-be-released Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction, dishes on her favorite sewing tool. What is it, you ask? Why, it’s the ball point awl. She uses it when… Read more ...

Tutorial: Olivia Tunic Dress for little girls

March 7, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Dawn from Designed by Dawn Nicole shows how to make her Olivia Tunic Dress for little girls. It’s an empire waist sundress with a ruffled and buttoned panel pieced into the skirt. Tie should straps allow it to grow with… Read more ...

Tutorial: Two Sweet Reversible Apron

March 7, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Cheryl from The Green Hedgehog and Sew Can Do shows how to make her Two Sweet Reversible Apron. She used coordinating prints and solids from the Baking Bunnies line from Timeless Treasures. At the end of her tutorial, she has… Read more ...

Idea file: Fix for a backwards zipper, no ripping and no resewing

March 6, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Theresa from Salty Peanut Stitchery stitched a zipper into a jacket she’s making – only to realize that she had put it in backwards. The zipper pull was on the inside of the jacket! Rather than ripping and resewing the… Read more ...

Sewing pattern Tutorial: Fabric covered Easter eggs

March 6, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Sharon from Crafts ‘n Coffee shows how you can whip up an Easter basket full of eggs in your favorite fabric prints. Or perhaps you’d like to add a loop to make an ornament for an egg tree? Underneath the… Read more ...