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Believe it or not, it is possible to sew clothes that tweens will love.  Granted, you probably won’t be making many ruffle pants or Peter Pan collars for them.  But you can do it.  Amy from Sews N Bows sews for her tween daughter and she gives some insight into sewing for this age of girl.  She calls it her Tween Sewing …

Carol from Pure Sugar guest blogs at Sugar Bee Crafts with a tutorial showing how you can make this loopy yarn scarf, without knitting or crocheting a stitch.  Instead, you use your sewing machine to make the loops of yarn that make up this scarf.  My yarn skills are… well… lacking, so this is my kind of scarf!  Go to …

Let the Holiday baking begin! Are you gifting baked goods this year? Why not include a recipe card so your recipient can recreate your delicacy? Lia Griffith is sharing this free printable set of recipe cards. Once you download, you can open up the PDF file to add in the recipe. You’ll also need to install the font she …

Who’da thunk that these pretty cloths started life as cotton tee shirts?  Cyndee over at restyledjunk.com shows how to take your own old tee shirts, cut them into ‘tarn’ (tee shirt yarn), and crochet up these chunky, thirsty dishcloths or face cloths.

If you’ve been reading my blog for very long, you know how much I love to feature projects …

Is it too late to start and Advent Calendar? After all you can simply countdown the last 12 or 10 days to Christmas! I love this free printable Christmas street version from Mr. Printables and had to share it. We already have an Advent Calendar set up, so I am going to use some of these to do a …

 

 

Today I am sharing this stunning December Daily album by Marie-Pea that I spotted in the gallery at Two Peas in a Bucket. It is truly drool worthy! Take a look at two of the spreads below, and then go over to her gallery to see all her pages so far. December Daily Day 6

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Amy of “This Heart of Mine” is a wife, mother of two and a maker. Making is her thing whether it is food, DIYs or photos of her children. Follow Amy on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Bloglovin and Twitter to keep up with the latest from this heart of mine.  Amy is married with two lovely children.  She made this totally …

If tweens are a difficult group to sew for, tween boys might be near impossible.  But not to Sabra from Sew a Straight Line.  She sews up all kinds of awesomeness for her tween boy.  She guest blogs at Sew Cool for the Tween Scene with some advice for sewing for the tween boy.  It’s all in the details, …

Ruby from Zaaberry  shows how to make her In A Snap wallet for  kids.  It’s a simple little wallet with a snap closure.  Two small pockets on the inside will hold folded money or some change, or any bit of randomness that kids like to carry along with them.  It doesn’t take much fabric to make.  You could probably find all …

The Crafty Secrets blog has two vintage styles of calendars for 2014 you can print out for free.

-Heather…

Taking a break from everything Christmas, here are 25 of the best polka dot walls that you can think of. Who knew that just using polka dots you could create such a diverse range of designs?

Something to do over the weekend perhaps? Try at least 3-4 of these designs before the relatives arrive?

Get all the ideas here: 25 …

Lyn of “Rosie Pink” created her Christmas card but she does not have time to make some 80+ cards individually by hand, but she does like to send out cards of her own design, so she compromises by creating one piece of artwork then photographing it. The image can then be used to make many cards quite quickly.  She decided …

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about quick knitting projects that you can add to a purchased gift for the holidays. And one of the easiest of those is buying a great bottle of wine (or, heck, olive oil) and presenting it in a knit gift bag/bottle cozy.

There are a ton of fun patterns for these sorts of projects …

Karin owns Leigh Laurel Studios, is based in New Hampshire. Karin has the loveliest Felt Ornaments for us to make.  She decorated hers on a sewing machine, but you can use hand Embroidery or use paints or inks if you don’t have a machine that will create fancy stitches.  She also has her “Felt Tree Ornament with Decorative Machine Stitching…

I love looking at all of the cookies pictured on magazine covers while grocery shopping. So beautiful, you can’t imagine eating the work of art. When I make cookies, they look like the rejects that didn’t make the cover. Reality is they look more like the kids decorated them. Thank goodness my family and Santa happily eat them without complaining. …

Trish of “Uncommon Designs” make this darling “Elf on the Shelf Dress… Made from a Sock!”!   Trish and Bonnie are two clever ladies that come up with the most creative ideas.  This is one fashion forward Elf looking smart in her by Uncommon Designs couture.  Thanks Trish for sharing …

Whether you like buying sweaters from the thrift store, are gifted something the wrong size, knit something the wrong size or have lost weight and need garments in a smaller size, there may be times when you want to make a big sweater smaller.

Jennifer, who blogs for Jordana Paige, recently scored a great Fair Isle sweater at the thrift …

Rachel from Nest Full of Eggs made this gorgeous sparkle dress for her daughter’s Christmas dress.  The simple shape (sleeveless dress, loose pleated skirt) lets the sequin fabric take center stage.  She wrote up a tutorial showing how she made it.  She used the Oliver + S Fairy Tale Dress for the pattern, but you can adapt any basic bodice …

This little cute guy reminds me of the “Guess How Much I Love You” bunny. If you think it’s cute too and have a lone glove laying around that you are saving for a project pop on over to the blog Sweater Doll for the tutorial on how to make a recycled glove stuffed animal.…

Free Spirit Fabrics shares a free PDF project sheet for making this Sleep ‘N Read Travel Pillow.  It has handles at the top to make it easy to carry, and a pocket on the side where you can hide favorite books or a special treat for the road trip.  You could make it to take with you on your Christmas …

Heather from Feather’s Flights guest blogs in the 12 Days of Handmade Gifts at Sew Caroline with a tutorial showing how to make this wrap skirt.  It requires just one seam and the size is adjustable.  It wraps far enough across the front that you don’t need to worry about accidentally flashing someone.  (Always a plus!)  It’s cute as a …

Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make a zippered pouch with rounded leather bottoms.  If you don’t have leather, you could also just use a solid colored piece of fabric for a color blocked pouch.  You can use it to hold markers and pens, toiletries, small toys, and more.  It would make a great gift, especially if given filled …

Samantha at Brainmade shows how you use some small scraps of leather and felt to make this mountaintop gift card holder.  Angled pockets from felt are overlapped and stitched down to look like a mountain range.  Very cool! You can slide a little bit of folded money, or perhaps a gift card, into the pockets.   Go to Brainmade for the tute.

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Using foil leaf sheets, die cuts and embossing you can make some stunning Gilded Paper, perfect for holiday cards and wrapping, Find stepb y step directions over on the Splitcoast Stampers site.

-Heather…

I love these free printable gift wrap designs from Lia Griffith. Actually, it’s safe to say that I love pretty much all her designs and download them often! Apart from using them as gift wrap paper  (you can print up to 11×17), they would make great patterned papers for scrapbooking too! Plus they coordinate with the tags that I …

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