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Elizabeth from To Be Charmed shows how to make a pouf pillow with ruffles and applique. What a pretty pillow! Go to the tutorial.

[photo from To Be Charmed]

Technorati Tags: sewing, tutorial, pouf, gathered, pillow, ruffle, applique, round, ruched

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Tutorial: 30-Minute Summer Frock

Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a girl’s pretty summer frock in just half an hour. Get the tute.

[photo from Smashed Peas and Carrots]

Technorati Tags: sewing, tutorial, 30 minute, 30-minute, summer, dress, frock, girl

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Tutorial: Paper doll storage folio

Heather from Me Making Do shows how to make a fabric folio to store paper dolls. The folio is made sturdy with plastic canvas to keep your dolls from getting bent. Fill it with traditional paper dolls, or follow her directions to make them out of fabric printed with paper doll images. Get the how-to.

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Tutorial: Very Biased Skirt

Katy from Sew Apropos and No Big Dill shows how to make her Very Biased Skirt for girls. The body of the skirt and the rows of fabric strips are all cut on the bias. This is such a stunning skirt – no one will believe you made it yourself. Go to the tutorial.

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Funky Felt Pumpkins by Anne Mancine

by Felting Editor

I found this darling pumpkin pattern on Ravelry created by Anne Mancine. This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download. Mixing yarns when felting offer you some fun looks. If you are not a member of Ravelry do sign up. They offer many free patterns and projects done by crafters around the world. Anne tells us…

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Good things come together

by Jewelry Making Editor

Jewelry designer Lynn Davis creates “invented vintage and faux-tique” pieces that I find exquisite.

What can be better?

Lynn posted about the lovely earrings made by Lorelei Eurto called “Fleur” featuring Lynn’s very own fleur de lis components. These lovely earrings are available for purchase in Lorelei’s Etsy shop.

Lorelei was recently featured in an interview at

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A Photographic Compilation of Things Baked in a Cake

Sweet things, mind you. Delicious, sweet things baked in a cake. Find this inspiration at Bake It in a Cake, “dedicated to cake and cupcakes and all the delicious things you can bake inside of them.” Shown is a homemade macaron baked in a brownie. {spotted on CakeSpy}

Technorati Tags: cupcakes, cakes

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Blog: Punch Art

by Stamping Editor

I am always amazed at talented people who can look at one thing and see something totally different they could make from it. Paper punch art is one of those things, how can someone can look at a bunch of ovals and circles and make this cute ballet dancer is beyond me …

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Food Guards from Your Sewing Kit

Gotta love when the crafty parts of your life merge: like sewing and entertaining. Find the idea for using embroidery hoops and muslin as food guards HERE at Martha.

Technorati Tags: food guards, Martha Stewart, embroidery hoops, parties, outdoors, muslin

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Get a Custom Tile

If you haven’t seen these custom tiles around the blogosphere yet, you are in for treat. Renee from Kudos Kitchen is a talented painter and will take your blog logo and paint it on a custom tile for you. That’s not all she does though. if you don’t have a blog, or maybe you don’t have a logo, she’ll work…

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Make a Metal Basket

Suesan over at the blog Frou-Frugal came up with this cool idea using pipe strapping. After checking out some video tutorials on basket weaving, she went to work creating this funky metal basket.

See how she made this unique metal basket on Frou-Frugal.

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Mouse Pad Makeover

Over the years I have purchased several mouse pads to replace the ones that get all “icky” for lack of a better term. I wish Leanne had shared this post back then, as I would definitely have used this idea.

See how Leanne made over her mouse pad on Organize and Decorate Everything.

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Corn Husk Wreath

Maryann from Domestically Speaking was inspired by a wreath project she saw over at Martha Stewart’s site. I love the way Maryann’s wreath came out! A very inexpensive project for fall to dress up your home.

See the corn husk wreath tutorial on Maryann’s blog.

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Mixing Chocolate with Cocktails

Two of my favorite things…chocolate and cocktails. If you can fit mac n’ cheese in there, too, that would be heaven. Learn about “bespoke” (custom) cocktails, mixology, and pairing flavors (bourbon, neat, goes with ice cream sundaes) HERE at Serious Eats in an interview with Michael Neff of Ward III.

Technorati Tags: chocolate, mixology, cocktails

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Castle Peeps to stitch and sew

Nicole of Follow the White Bunny has teamed up with fabric designer Lizzy House to produce hand-embroidery patterns based on Lizzy’s latest line, Castle Peeps. Nicole’s e-newsletter says,

First to be released (this month) is the Castle Peeps Royal Sampler. It’s an iron on pattern with an extensive stitch and colour guide. And, not unimportant, it’s so much

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Inspiration: Alexandra J. Walters

Oh, my goodness. The embroidered portraits by Alexandra J. Walters are truly remarkable. See her posts on Meet Me in the Dayroom. And be sure to check out her flickr pool.

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Inspiration: Cinderberry Stitches

These tiny hand-stitched bluebird buttons make my heart sing. See more on the blog of their creator, Natalie Lymer of Cinderberry Stitches.

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Inspiration: Allison Aller

Allie Aller has finished her High Summer crazy quilt; and, as always, it’s spectacular. Be sure to go to her blog and click the images so you can see close-ups of the embroidered photo centerpiece and the gorgeous pieced borders. And if you didn’t watch this quilt evolve, scroll back through Allie’s posts to enjoy her creative process. Awesome.

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Inspiration: Checkout Girl

Look what happens when Checkout Girl Melissa Crowe stitch-doodles. *happy sigh* See more on her blog.

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New stitch tutes from Sarah

Here are several new tutorials from Sarah Whittle:

(1) Darning stitch
(2) Closed cretan stitch leaves
(3) Closed cretan stitch

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A whole bunch of recycled necklaces

by Recycled Crafts Editor

What’s better than a single pretty necklace made out of old pieces? A whole bunch of them! Pop on over to the blog Georgia Peachez for the link to all these pieces and more!

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Tutorial: Scrap-fabulous soft knit earflap hats

Cheri from I Am Momma Hear Me Roar shows how to make these scrap-fabulous earflap hats from scrap knit fabrics. You can use old t-shirts and other repurposed knits for this project. These would be awesome projects for boys, though they’d be cute made up in girly fabrics as well. Go to the tutorial.

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Owls and Cupcakes and Wrappers