I also decided that I needed to make a pincushion before I did any other sewing projects, so I tried the strawberry pincushion tutorial at Embroideroo http://embroideroo.blogspot.com/2009/10/strawberry-pincushion-tutorial.html . Mine didn't turn out as cute as hers, but it does the job. And who says a strawberry can't be blue?
Then the cutest thing by far.... The ruffle t-shirt dress from kojodesigns http://kojodesigns.blogspot.com/2009/08/kojo-tutorial-jcrew-y-ruffle-dress-from.html . This dress was super simple to make, and is possibly my favorite thing in my daughter's closet at the moment. The hardest part was trying to get her to hold still for a picture.