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Heart of Mary shows how to make this Fold And Zip Shopping Bag. It zips up small for storage, but unzip and unfold and you’ve got a full-size shopping bag. Now you can always keep a reusable tote bag handy! … Read more ... 
Lookie at the busy book that Forty-Two Roads made! The theme is “Close Your Clothes” and it’s filled with snippets of actual clothing items for the child to practice buttoning, zipping, buckling, etc. My favorite page is probably the shoes. … Read more ... 
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how to make her favorite fused plastic belt. It’s backed with cotton webbing
for stability and features a buckle at one end. I can see why this is her fave! Get the how-to.… Read more ... 
Betz White, author of Sewing Green
, has collaborated with Spoonflower to create a Sewing Green fabric swatch that’s printed on 4 oz. organic cotton. Spoonflower is printing the design on swatches sized to make the Organic Washies featured in… Read more ... 
May Arts shares tutorials for several methods of covering headbands. They give quick instructions for spiral wrapping, enveloping, folding, and encasing. The best method for your project will depend on the width of your ribbon and the look you want… Read more ... 
Fun in the Making shows how to make these large fruit-shaped softies from old sweaters and old t-shirts. Go to the tutorial.
[via The Crafty Crow]
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for… Read more ... 
Jennifer Playford, author of Wrapagami, shares a video tutorial on CraftStylish for a simple fabric giftwrapping fold. Wrapping gifts with fabric is economical (cheaper than a gift bag!) and eco-friendly (no wrapping paper in the trash!), and is especially… Read more ... 
For those times when there’s just no single thread that matches all of the colors in your sewing project, an invisible thread may be the way to go. But because it’s essentially a very fine fishing line, it doesn’t sew… Read more ... 
Instructables user ShesParticular shares a tutorial for making a sock-ta-pus, an octapus softie from old socks. Get the how-to.
[photo from Instructables]
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for kids’ toys on Etsy… Read more ... 
It can be difficult to get a nice, smooth line… Read more ... 
This felt flower headband by suite.living evokes images of summertime fairies, a la A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Get the how-to and make one of your own.
Looking for more headband sewing patterns? Check these designs out on Etsy. [photo from… Read more ... 
Skip to My Lou shows how to make this uber-cute child’s ruffled apron. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Skip to My Lou]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, child, ruffled, apron[/tags]… Read more ... 
It’s time to announce the winner of the new SewExpecting eBook by Leigh AnnTennant (The Object Project and Strawberry Truffle). The lucky reader is….. (imagine a drumroll right here) 
… ALISON, who says that her first project would… Read more ... 
Inspired by a bag from Anthropologie, Jessica from Happy Togethercreated this fabulous Rag Bag. The “rags” hang from the body of the purse like soft, feathery fringe. This is so pretty!! She wrote up a tutorial so you can… Read more ... 
U-Handblog offers a free pattern for the Everyday Glam Bag. This bag is easily spiced up with a bit of fringe hanging from the bottom. (I always love that trim at the fabric store, but never have a use. This… Read more ...