Dacia Ray shares a great idea for making the most of Anthropologie's dishtowels, which might be too precious to use for their intended purpose. Try repurposing the dishtowels to use as a sewing machine cover like the one shown at Dacia Ray, or maybe as a pillow or for decorating a child's room. Many of the dishtowels have cute appliques or embroidery so they would be perfect for kids.
In case you don't already own Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing book or Amy Butler's In Stitches book, you can visit the Canadian Living site to see a couple of projects excerpted from each book. This way you can try out a project (or two) before committing to buy the book. The site is also great for browsing other DIY projects, including excerpts from other books.
Picnic Placemat from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing
Tote Bag from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing
Apartment Therapy extols the virtues of felt, the really thick industrial-grade kind. Use it to make cute storage baskets like these from the Netto Collection, tote bags, coasters and more. Poppytalk shows off an array of felt products in her posts about Felt Studio and hey-sign.
