Beautiful Useful Gifts to Sew – with Alisa Shay
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Alisa Shay from Thoughtful Creativity shares six sewing projects and free sewing tutorials to stitch wonderful practical gifts for everyone at Christmas time! Easy projects that beginners will enjoy. Scrap-busting projects to save you money. Watch now: Free Sewing Tutorials Mentioned in the Video: How to make socks How to make an apron How to sew greeting cards How to make mini-wallets How to make zipper pouches How to make a modern scarf How to make a pom pom hat How to ma


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Thrifty, Eco-Friendly, Last-Minute Gifts to Sew with Gingercake
Virginia Lindsay from Gingercake shares four eco-friendly sewing projects to stitch and give as useful last minute gifts this Christmas. Virginia used recycled textiles such as simple cottons and vintage bed sheets to make her pretty table napkins. reusable microwave popcorn bags washable face wipes everyday cloth napkins quick and cool grocery tote Watch now: More gifts to sew: Bohemian Booties with Amanda Herring Sew An “Urban” Hair Scrunchie – with Lorrie Nunemaker Zero W


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Stitch a Fair Isle Quilted Christmas Tree Skirt with Heather Handmade
Heather Handmade shares a fun sewing tutorial to stitch this simple yet bold Fair Isle Christmas tree skirt and a free pattern too! This Christmas tree skirt is one large motif that surrounds the base of your tree that evokes ideas of cozy winter days and nights in a cabin around a crackling fire. Make sure you check out Heather‘s free pattern at the bottom of this page. Watch Heather Handmade now: View this post on Instagram I've always loved the fair isle design and I made


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Stitch Greeting Cards from Mini Quilts
Rob Appell, the host of Man Sewing shows us how he stitched unique greeting cards out of mini/tiny quilts and Keepsake Frame Cards from C&T Publishing. This is a great use for patchwork scraps. If you can’t purchase the card frames you can make your own with basic card stock paper. These patchwork greeting cards are wonderful to give for Mother’s and Father’s Day, birthdays, Christmas, etc. A lovely gift all by itself. More cards at SWN: Going Postal Fashion Card by Sew4my

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12 Makes of Christmas – Quilt Addicts Anonymous
12 fast and fun Christmas gift ideas that you can sew in time for this holiday season from Quilt Addicts Anonymous! More Christmas projects featured at SWN: Quiltmas 2018 video series – sewing and quilting projects for Christmas Christmas Star Quilt Block | Free Pattern by Threadbare Christmas Sewing and Quilting Projects, Patterns and Tutorials – Ongoing Holiday Round-up! Doodles the Deer – A Free Plushie Project from Fluffmonger A Holiday Softie Ornament Sewing ePattern Rou


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A Quiltmas Sew-Along Video Series – Four Festive Holiday Blocks
A free video series for Christmas sewing and quilting projects. Make mini-quilts, mug rugs, pot-holders, table toppers, and more. Watch the videos with all of the measurements and instructions for stitching these sweet Christmas blocks together. Featured in this series is a holiday wreath quilt block, a skate, a hot chocolate mug, and a mitten. Watch now: Andover Christmas Countdown Advent Calendar Kit
from: Craftsy More holiday quilting featured at SWN: More Christmas Qu


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Christmas Star Quilt Block | Free Pattern by Threadbare
Rose Johnston from Threadbare Creations designed a beautiful free Christmas quilt block that you can use to make lots of wonderful Christmas things such as pot holders, hot pads, fresh table runners, mini quilts, festive wall-hangings, cheerful pillows, and sew many more possibilities for this festive holiday season! Go to Threadbare for the Free Quilt Block Pattern More Christmas sewing projects at SWN: Merry Mug Rugs – Free PDF Pattern from Harding Hill Designs Create a Chr


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Top 12 Gift Bag Sewing Tutorials
This gift bag sewing tutorial video playlist is automatically sorted by popularity at all times by Youtube. Shared are sewing techniques from several fabulous sewing personalities to give you a well rounded understanding of basic gift bag-making techniques. Have some fun with this sewing project and create custom gift bags in a star’s twinkle! HIT THE PLAY BUTTON BELOW TO BEGIN: More holiday sewing projects featured at SWN: How to Make a Twinkling Stars Skirt from ThinkGeek M


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A Holiday Softie Ornament Sewing ePattern Round Up
Reindeer PDF Sewing Pattern Christmas Stocking Stuffer Christmas Angel Art Doll Art dolls with a story to tell. With decorations hung all over the world and people traveling with a shopping list to find that perfect gift – it’s clear that Christmas is just around the corner. Cozy up with a cup of hot chocolate and stitch this Christmas Angel Art Doll your friends, neighbors, teachers, and loved ones? Try this Christmas angel decoration sewing tutorial and surprise yourself wi


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33 Free Sewing Tutorials for Great Holiday Gifts!
33 DIY Gift Sewing Tutorials with Rob Appell from ManSewing: Gifts to Sew for Everyone on Your List! Sew a Quilt for a Doll Bed – KIDS Sew a Workshop Apron with Leg Straps – MEN Sew a Basic Doll Bed Ruffle – KIDS Stitch an Awesome Knitting Tool Caddy – – EVERYONE Sew and Customize & Embellish a Hoodie – EVERYONE Sew a Kraft Tex Journal Cover – LADIES Sew the Perfect Tablet Prop Up Pillow! – EVERYONE Sew the Easiest Swaddle Baby Blanket Ever – BABIES Create Fantastic 3-D Flow


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4 Festive DIY Garland Ideas!
’Tis the season to deck it out! When it’s time to dress up your halls for fall festivities and winter wonderlands, get crafty with this DIY from Mode! Create a winter wonderland with these four, festive garland ideas. Whether you customize it with a seasonal message or re-purpose those wine corks into dazzling décor, these modern takes on garland will make you the “hautest” hostess around. #winter #modern #decor #seasonal #holiday #video #festive #garland #DIY #Christmas #how


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Christmas Sewing and Quilting Projects, Patterns and Tutorials – Ongoing Holiday Round-up!
Stay tuned for updates! Submit your Christmas Sewing Project posted at SWN! SWN User Name(required) Email SWN Page URL (required) Image Title(required) Comment about your project: Submit Δ #ChristmasSewing #sewing #pattern #sewingtutorial #applique #epattern #holidayquilting #PDF #apron #ornament #stockings #tutorial #fabric #holiday #treeskirt #Christmasdecorprojects #mugrug #Christmas #celebrate


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Merry Mug Rugs – Free PDF Pattern from Harding Hill Designs
Strip piecing and *easy applique create a festive quilted coaster, AKA “mug rug”! This particular pattern offers eight different applique shapes – which is very nice but what is even nicer is that *this pattern is FREE. Thank you Harding Hill Designs! These quilted mug rugs are fabulous gifts for teachers, neighbors, etc. “Just a little something!” Keep some on hand inside mini gift bags (see a free video tutorial by Housetohome below) that you make for this holiday seas
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