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Happy Tuesday! We’ve officially been getting a trinkle of snow here, which only means one thing. The holiday season is officially here! Well, Christmas is 42 days away (but who’s counting, right? ;)) but there is still lots to do and prepare for before the big day. But likewise, it’s those days leading up that makes the holiday magical and special. Putting up the glistening decorations, singing carols with your friends and family, building snowmen and drinking hot cocoa, baking lots of scrumptious holiday treats, reading Christmas stories by the fire, and of course going out in the hustle & bustle to shop for all your loved ones. Seeing a person’s face light up when they open up their present from you, there truly is no better feeling.

And speaking of gifts to give, we’ve got some fantastic DIY projects you can use for this upcoming holiday season that are beautiful and thoughtful. There truly is something very special about receiving something that someone took the time to make especially for you. Today we share with you another great DIY project that would make the perfect gift or stocking stuffer: our Coin Purse/Card Wallet, using our Allison Cole What A Gem and Portland collections.

In this week’s tutorial we featured a couple of patterns by our licensed designer, Allison Cole. For our Portland card wallet we used 8140504 #1, Bikes & Vespas in Grey. For the What a Gem coin purse we used 8140603 #1, Navy Gems.

Click to see the full tutorial after the jump!

Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday! We’ve got another terrific tutorial for you all today. We bring to you our Reversible Tote tutorial, an adorable tote that is both fashionable and practical. It is the perfect tote for carrying all of your little tot’s essentials or to bring to the farmer’s market for some fresh produce and flowers! It’s functional, multi-purposed, and super cute. Let’s get sewing!!

For our reversable tote, we used 2140903 #1, Orange Bicycles, for color 1 and 2140905 #1, Yellow Hoops, for color 2. Both of these prints come from Providence by Camelot Design Studio.

Click to see the tutorial after the jump.

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Today is another How To’s day…time for another crafty project for you all! We are sharing with you a tutorial on how to make your very own Smoking Slippers.

Our Smoking Slippers for Men & Women were made with the Design Studio Collection. The ladies’ slippers are made from 2140504 #1, Blue & Gray Fretwork, and the men’s slippers are made from 2140507 #3, Gray Mandorla.

As far as flat shoes goes, ballet slippers have been “in” for the longest time and still will be for years to come. But, there is a new contender in the mix that we have seen pop up lately…and those are the adorable smoking slippers. Originally from the Victorian Era, smoking slippers were used by men when they entered the, well, smoking room. Fast forward to the 21st century, they are now the latest footwear for both men and women…and with the newfound purpose of simply fashion wear.

Smoking slippers are a mix between a ballet flat and a loafer, and are often embellished with tassels, monograms, and in fun prints. And on top of being fashion forward and trendy, they are also super comfortable.

Today we are showing you how to make your very own pair of smoking slippers, so now you can be on-trend at home too! Let’s get sewing!

Click to see more after the jump.

Hi everyone!!

It’s time for another How To’s Day! Halloween is quickly approaching (in 8 days!!), and we wanted to share with you a fun and easy DIY project that you can make in time for the spooky holiday. This DIY project is absolutely delightful and would be the perfect costume for any youngster (but it can be modified for adults too, of course!!).

This DIY Halloween tutorial will show you how to make a fantastic fox hat and tail using our fleece, which is perfect for this costume (psst: our Fleece and Flannel catalogues are out; you can check them out online here and here respectively!). What does the fox say? Who really knows…but if we did, we are sure they would approve of our DIY fox costume!

Now take a gander at these dashing foxes below. They are looking pretty adorable in their fox costumes…all ready to go Trick or Treating!!

Alright, let’s get sewing!!  Click to see the tutorial after the jump

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I hope you all are having a fantastic Tuesday so far!! We are getting super excited for Quilt Market here (4 days!!)…we can’t wait! For today’s How To’s Day, we present to you our Half-Circle Design Studio Collection Skirt. You may recognize the skirt from last week’s dual-tutorials: sewing an invisible hem and installing a zipper; we had shown you a little preview but today we are bringing you the tutorial for it!

This half-circle skirt is the epitome of girliness and flirtiness – it’s sweet, fun, and the perfect skirt for that first date or engagement photos, and any time in between!

To make our Half-Circle Skirt we used 2140502 #2, Yellow & Gray Deco Fans, and 2140503 #1, Yellow & Gray Hexagons. Both patterns are from The Design Studio Collection.

Ready to make your very own half-circle skirt? Let’s get sewing!! Click to see the tutorial after the jump.