This is more of an experimental method – as the blogger posts, you need a sense of humour because chances are you’re going to wreck something – but it works like a charm. The secret ingredient is the fizzy tablets, … Read More...
Pretty Birds Blog tour
PRETTY BIRDS: 18 Simple Projects to sew and love
By Virginia Lindsay
This is a darling book perfect for you to use all those fabric scraps or dive into your felted wool sweater stash and stitch up a cute flock … Read More...
Tutorial: Combine 2 shirts to make one color blocked button up shirt
Tutorial: Combine 2 shirts to make one color blocked button up shirt
Portia from Makery shows how you can combine two button up shirts or blouses into one color blocked top. It’s a great fix if you have some shirts that … Read More...
Tutorial: DIY plastic coated pattern weights
Tutorial: DIY plastic coated pattern weights
Mary from Zips and Darts shows how she made her own coated pattern weights, using materials she found at the hardware store. She used large metal washer and Plasti-Dip to create a set of … Read More...
Quilts are ‘objects of desire’
I like finding quilts where you least expect them, like the one I spied in a current issue of ELLE Decor magazine. On their “Style Sheet” page the author shows readers a modern-looking quilt and explains they are part of a collection of limited edition quilts created by Jessica … Read More...
What Is Your Favorite Stain Removing Secret?
Do you have a hard time getting some of those set in stains out of your laundry? If you have young children at home, teenagers who play sports, or maybe even a husband with a demanding job, then you need … Read More...
Creative Way To Store Your Jewelry
I think I might have just found my next project. These Jewelry holders are made using wine glasses and drawer pulls. I have been looking at drawer pulls/handles every night for about a week as I am in the process … Read More...
Tutorial: Laptop or notebook sleeve
Tutorial: Laptop or notebook sleeve
Randi at Fresh Squeezed Fabrics shows how you can make this notebook or laptop sleeve, in a guest tutorial at During Quiet Time. Fusible fleece between the outside and the lining helps protect the computer … Read More...
7 Crafts To Make With Felt Shamrocks
St. Patrick’s Day is only a couple of weeks away. If you are looking for some quick and easy craft ideas to “green-up” your space, then check out these 7 ideas we found. Who knew felt shamrocks could create so … Read More...
New Product: Magic Stamp
Do you have something with texture that you think would make a great stamp? Well there’s a cool tool just for that! It’s called the Magic Stamp and it’s a large foam block that you heat up and soften … Read More...
Lion and Lamb for March
Have you heard the old saying “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb?” Where I live, that is usually true… Although sometimes March not only comes in like a lion, it also goes out like … Read More...
Tutorial: Fringe trimmed tank top
Tutorial: Fringe trimmed tank top
Alida from Alida Makes shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how you can make this fun fringe tank top. I love the movement that fringe gives to a garment! By adding just the … Read More...
DIY Embossed Tin Foil
Hey Indie Crafters! Here’s a project that I posted on my own personal blog, that I thought you might like!
The other day I wanted to play around and do a “just for fun” project/technique. So I grabbed my Spellbinders … Read More...
Top 10 Posts for Week Ending Feb 28th
Shamrock Shake Cupcake
It is a shamrock shake kind of day. Here is the shake in a cupcake form that you can surprise the kids with for St. Patrick’s Day. They’ll be in heaven with this cupcake and the homemade shamrock shake posted … Read More...
DIY: Iron-On Letter Sweatshirt
Here is a tutorial that will show you how to use iron on letters on a sweatshirt or T-shirt. I have used iron on letters many times and they are extraordinary. I have never had a problem laundering these letters … Read More...
Project: Mixed Media Banner
Do you need a banner for your blog? Don’t purchase one, make your own. The Crafty Individuals blog shares step by step photo directions from Coco for a large mixed media scene banner. She used a combination of stencils, paste, … Read More...
Tips: Landscape quilts
Cathy at Patchworks that Praise combines piecing, applique and painterly skills to make beautiful landscape quilts. An author as well, check out her latest book, Lovely Landscape Quilts (Dec 2014, Fons and Porter). I found on her site a tip page where she shares some of her techniques. … Read More...
A coffee cup, you can eat
KFC Britain, in what could be a brilliant marketing strategy, has come up with a coffee cup that you don’t need to throw into a rubbish bin once you have finished the coffee.
Instead, you can eat the cup.
To me, … Read More...
Tutorial: Recycled jeans pencil bags
Tutorial: Recycled jeans pencil bags
Jill from Creating My Way To Success shares a tutorial showing how you can make a zippered pencil pouch out of a pair of jeans. The jeans back pocket gets repurposed as a pocket on the … Read More...
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