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Quick Crafty Round-Up

Embroidery Pattern from Wild Olive (via One Pretty Thing).

Liberty Mini-Quilt from The Purl Bee.

Swaddle Softies from Stumbles and Stitches.

Retro Potholder from Going Sew Crazy.

Interchangeable Monster Pillow from Ruffles and Stuff. (Part of the Celebrate the Boy series from Made and Made by Rae, who have shared some phenomenal projects so far).

History of Sewing article for Craft by Sew Retro author Judi Ketteler.

Fabric Jewelry from Kathrin of annekata for Whip Up.

Just Around the Corner Quilt Pattern from Free Spirit using Jay McCarroll’s fabric collection, Habitat. (I love this new collection).

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Monster Tooth Pillow

It’s Celebrate the Boy Month at Made and Made by Rae. Dana and Rae are serving up tons of boy tutorials, ideas and inspiration over on their respective blogs. Plus they are offering giveaways and other good stuff. So be sure to check it out. They asked me to make a special project for boys, so here it is! Yes, I have two girls, but we still love monsters. This little monster pillow will gobble up your child’s baby teeth and spit out money — what could be better?

Measuring about 6″ x 6″, this little pillow is a cinch to make and I’ve given you the full tutorial with templates; just click on the image below.

Be sure to check out all of the great ideas on Made and Made by Rae during Celebrate the Boy Month.

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Pillow Month

It’s pillow month over at Sew, Mama, Sew! Check out this huge round-up of pillow tutorials, including a few of mine. Be sure to check out their sale fabrics while you’re over there. And I’m loving this new collection from Jay McCarroll.

Speaking of pillows, over the weekend I made this log cabin pillow for our guest room/play room. When we were snowed in a few weeks ago, I cleaned out closets, painted three rooms and reorganized things, converting our guest room into a multi-function playroom (and I drove my family crazy).

I painted the walls for the play space a neutral cream color, but the girls wanted pink, so I ordered this fabric for window shades and I’m making a bunch of throw pillows with pink accents for the bed. The pillow is in the living room in this photo because the playroom/guest room is still a giant mess!

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Mes Petites Mains

Look at this beautiful French digital magazine, Mes Petites Mains (My Little Hands). My lunch bag and some really great tutorials from other crafters are featured here — sewing, knitting, felting and more. Plus there are lots of other great links on their website. So check it out! Don’t read French? Open the website in Google Chrome and it will translate for you. Some of the magazine seems to be in English and some in French? Je ne comprends pas. (I had to look that up since I did very poorly in my college French classes.)

See my original lunch bag tutorial here. (My six-year-old is still using it and it’s held up through many spills).

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