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Once you cut into a printed pattern, you’re essentially locked into always making this pattern in the size you cut. Tracing the pattern ahead of time allows you to make the same pattern on different sizes, but it can also add a significant amount of time to your project. Kim from Uber Crafter shares her quick and easy method for tracing patterns using freezer paper and permanent markers. Read how she does it.
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Freebie: Printable Christmas Eve magic pillowcase poem
With all the excitement and expectation of Santa’s visit, it can be hard for kids to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. Melissa from Polka Dot Chair created special pillowcases for her nephews, to be used only on Christmas Eve. When she gave them to them, she included a little poem explaining that they’re magic pillowcases to help them have sweet dreams. She’s sharing a free printable of the poem on her blog, plus she links to a tutorial she’s written for making a pillowcase, so you can start the tradition with your own kids.
Click below for her tutorial & printable:
Free Printable Christmas Pillowcase Poem , by Polka Dot Chair
[photo from Polka Dot Chair]
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OMG, thanks sooo much for this tute. I just spent all day today and half of yesterday searching for a way to use the medium size on my new baby outfit pattern, without ruining all the other sizes on the tissue pattern pieces! And finally I found it here! Woot!!! I am sooo happy! Thank you so much Kim! I know, it was a duh moment for me not to have thought of tracing it like you did, but this is my very first attempt at sewing a piece of clothing..lol.