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Tutorial: Recycle a t-shirt sleeve into a baby hat

April 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Homemade by Jill shows how you can make a baby hat from a t-shirt sleeve. It’s quick, it’s easy, and you get two hats from one shirt. Get the tutorial. [via U Create] [tags]sewing, tutorial, baby, hat, t-shirt, sleeve,… Read more ...

Tutorial: Cloth napkins

April 22, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Wipe your mouth earth-friendly style with cloth napkins instead of paper. Skip To My Lou shows how to make them using both a mitered corner and a folded corner. Get the tutorial. [tags]sewing, tutorial, cloth, napkins, eco-friendly[/tags]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Scrap burner baby bib

April 21, 2009 by Anne Weaver

This baby bib by Make It and Love It is scrap-pieced on the front, which makes it a great project for burning through your scraps. Get the tutorial. [tags]sewing, tutorial, pieced, bib, baby, scrap[/tags] Looking for more baby Bib… Read more ...

Tutorial: Custom feather fringe

April 21, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Creating custom feather fringe is not as difficult as it sounds. Threads Magazine posts a tutorial to show you how. Get the tute. [tags]sewing, tutorial, fringe, feather[/tags]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Make a baby romper from a child’s T-shirt

April 20, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Find out how to make a romper for a baby out of a child’s tee-shirt from WikiHow. I love this idea for a couple of reasons. First, an older sibling’s outgrown t-shirt can become a useful garment for the… Read more ...

Video tutorial: Spring clean your sewing machine

April 20, 2009 by Anne Weaver

You may have given your house a good spring cleaning, but what about your machine? It needs a spring cleaning too. Bethany Mann of Bitter Betty Blogs shows what to do in a video tutorial. See the demonstration. [via… Read more ...

Video tutorial: Ladderstitch

April 19, 2009 by Anne Weaver

The ladderstitch is an invisible or hidden stitch useful for closing softies or pillows. For those of us who learn best by watching someone, Leslie Bonnell from Glitzkrieg has created a video demonstrating how to achieve this stitch. Watch the … Read more ...

Tutorial: Make a skirt from your fabric scraps

April 18, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Jennifer Stern at CraftStylish shows how to make this stylish skirt from your fabric scraps. She calls it the “little strippy skirt” because it’s made up of strips of fabric left over from another project. Get the how-to. [tags]sewing,… Read more ...

Lookie what she made: Cat pouches!

April 18, 2009 by Anne Weaver

I am so in love with these cat pouches my Mairuru. The cat’s mouth is a zipper, with the zipper teeth creating a mischevious grin. The cat’s grin probably has something to do with the fish that’s sticking out of… Read more ...

Spoonflower your couch with upholestery weight cotton!

April 17, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Did you hear? Spoonflower – your one-stop custom fabric shop – is now offering custom prints in upholstery weight cotton! Read more about this exciting new direction from the folks at Spoonflower. [tags]sewing, fabric, spoonflower, custom, upholstery, decorator weight[/tags]… Read more ...

Sneak Peek: Girly Girl from Patricia Bravo

April 17, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Patricia Bravo will debut her latest fabric line in May, but she gives us all a little sneak peek right now. What a tease! The line is called Girly Girl, and it’s a fitting name. Flowers, swirls, and pastels abound. … Read more ...

Free Barrister apron pattern from Windham

April 16, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Windham Fabrics offers a free pattern for the Barrister apron. It was designed to showcase the Wainscott fabric line, a collection of classic florals in soft colors. Get the free pattern. [via FabTalk] [tags]sewing, tutorial, pattern, apron, Barrister[/tags]… Read more ...