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Cherie from You & Mie guest blogs in the Handmade Costumes Series over at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make a rain cloud costume. A soft fabric cloud is worn on the chest like a… Read more ... 
Head over to Charm Stitch to see how a simple stripe of decorative ribbon can give a plain bedskirt more personality. It’s a quick and easy project. It took her just 90 minutes to make it, and it requires only… Read more ... 
Just because they’re called “bias tape maker doesn’t mean that they have to always make bias tape. You can also use them to quickly fold and press under the edges of a narrow strip of fabric. Heather from The … Read more ... 
I’m a few days late with it, but I’ve got the names of three winners of the Stylish Dress Book by Yoshiko Tsukiori
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Commenter #55, Sissy, who said: I would like to start sewing for myself for … Read more ... 
You’ve probably seen the little boy onesies appliqued with a necktie. Kate from See Kate Sew shares a variation on the project. Her version has a necktie that is attached only at the “knot”. The tail of the faux tie… Read more ... 
Jess from Craftiness Is Not Optional shares a two-part tutorial showing how she made a Rainbow Dash costume for her young daughter. (For those not in the know, Rainbow Dash is one of the My Little Pony characters.) She costume… Read more ... 
When a pair of pants fits snug around the hip and thighs, you might notice a wavy side seam. This happens when the pants are having to stretch more either to the front or the back to accommodate a woman’s… Read more ... 
Head over to the Coats & Clark Sewing Secrets blog to find out how to make this awesome little tote made out of woven zippers. Even the handles are made from zippers! Zippers are expensive if you buy them indivually… Read more ... 
Cheryl from Sew Can Do guest blogs in the Handmade Costumes Series at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make a DIY Batman mask and cuffs. It would be awesome for Halloween, as well as for… Read more ... 
Kelly from Craft Your Style shows how to make a pretty ribbon and button headband. It’s hard to see in this photo, but there are seed beads stitched on to the top of each of the buttons. Love A strip… Read more ... 
Samantha Walker shares a free pattern over at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College for making a cowboy boot pincushion. The bandana print from her Saddle Up line is just the fabric to use with this! (Of course, I’m also… Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmade has a set of fat quarters from The Calico Cottage Quilt Shop to give away. One of her readers will win a full set of fat quarters from the Marguerite line by Cyndi Walker for Riley Blake… Read more ... 
Jennifer Brasher fromTwo Butterflies shows how she created some quick and easy ruffled straps to add to a strapless dress. Go to her tutorial.
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Oh By Golly used some stitching and some stamping to create her Jot It Down shirt. She machine stitched the shirt to look like lines of notebook paper, and then used stamps to add a favorite quote. She shares a… Read more ... 
Kelly from ReStitch Me shows how to reshape a man’s button down shirt into cute top with a high-low hem. She removes the collar and takes out extra fullness to create a slimmer shirt. Ribbon trim stitched down the front… Read more ... 
