Craft Gossip

Mar

7

Pieces Of Me Pendants Launches New Rings

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Lisa from Pieces Of Me Pendants is launching her new range of adjustable rings $5.95

and to launch her new range she is giving away 3 rings to CraftGossip readers.

For your chance to win simply visit her etsy store and select a ring design you would like

to win.

Enter by leaving a comment on this post with details about which ring you would…

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Mar

16

Inspiration du Jour – Love You

in Blogroll, Scrapbooking Inspiration


Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog

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Mar

16

DIY: Gentle Facial Exfoliant

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I received the following recipe in the latest newsletter from Handmade Soap Coach. Subscribe to receive recipes, workshop information, and more.

GENTLE FACIAL EXFOLIANT – Organic Body Care Recipes by Stephanie Tourles

1/2 cup ground oatmeal
1/4 cup powdered milk whole or nonfat
1 teaspoon cornmeal
Purified water

In a small bowl, thoroughly blend all dry ingredients using a spoon or small whisk, or shake them…

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Mar

15

Tutorial: Make a pirate’s doo-rag

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials


Care from Obsessively Stitching shows how to make a pirate’s doo-rag for a boy.  It’s made from knit fabric for easy fit.  The skull-and-crossbones design is appliqued with free motion stitching.  Ayyy, matey!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Obsessively Stitching]

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Mar

15

Tutorial: Quick & easy toddler dress from an adult blouse

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials


Kirstin & Jordan from kojodesigns share a tutorial on their blog showing how to make a toddler dress out of a loose-fitting adult blouse.  It’s a quick, easy project that can be done in about an hour.  That’s less time than it would take to pack up the kiddo, drive to the store, find and purchase a dress you like, and drive…

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Mar

15

How important is the bias in your bias trim, anyway?

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials


When a pattern calls for bias trim, do you ever find yourself wondering if you could get by with cutting the trim on the straight grain?  Beth from Project: Project experimented with trim cut on the bias and on the straight grain.  She shares the results of her bias experiment on her blog.  Get the low-down.

[photo from Project: Project]

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Mar

15

Tutorial: Ruffle t-shirt refashion

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials


Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shows how to turn a plain long-sleeved tee into a short-sleeved tee with a ruffled button placket down the front. Okay, so the buttons aren’t functional, but they sure are decorative, no?  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Ruffles and Stuff]

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Mar

15

Free patterns and charts: Easter

in 7813, Easter, Embroidery, Hand, Holiday, Needlework general news, Patterns and charts, free


(1) Vintage lamb and chick from Bustle and Sew
(2) Three sweet cross-stitch designs from Matrioshka Biscornu
(3) Easter-egg tree from Les petites croix de Symiote
(4) Maman Lapin, dans son jardin, prépare Pâques from Arachné en son jardin
(5) Eight cross-stitch patterns from bdcouture
(6) Les lutins de Pâques from Les chroniques de Frimousse
(7) Pasqua si avvicina from Romy’s Cross Stitch Patterns
(8) J’aime Pâques! Happy Easter! from Les petites…

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Mar

15

Colorful St. Patrick’s Day Shortbread Cookies

in *All General Posts*, Edible Craft Recipes & Ideas, Holidays, kids


Find the recipe for these cute St. Patrick’s Dayshortbread  cookies and the how-tos for rolling colors into the shortbread HERE at Cheeky Kitchen.

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Mar

15

Free pattern and tute: Easter eggs

in Easter, Embroidery, Hand, Holiday, Needlework general news, Patterns and charts, Tutorials, free


Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs has posted a pattern and instructions for stitching up Easter eggs in lustrous silk. Use them (as Janet did) to border a tablecloth, or create some special holiday napkins, or…you’ll think of something! Get the design.

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Mar

15

Temporarily free: Phrenology design

in Embroidery, Hand, Machine, Needlework general news, Patterns and charts, free


Karline of Urban Threads alerts us:

Urban Threads has released a fun new freebie to explain your crafty disposition once and for all! This embroidery design utilizes the 19th-century science of phrenology to map the crafty brain, correlating the skull’s unique lumps and bumps to an obsession with knitting or a soft spot for sewing. It’s available for download in two sizes in…

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Mar

15

Essential Safety Tools from glasscommunity.com

in *All General Posts*


Glass is fun to work with but requires a conscious effort to be aware of your safety. A lot of us are dealing with fire and compressed gasses as well as the sharp edges of the glass we use. glasscommunity.com has a great resource page of some of the things that all glass workers should have on hand in their studios.…

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Mar

15

Egg Family

in *All General Posts*, Easter, Edible Craft Recipes & Ideas, Holidays


Every time I post on Eye Candy’s work I marvel at the consistency of creativity. So I marvel again. Find the how-tos for making this hardboiled egg chicken family HERE.

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Mar

15

Tutorial: Mounting embroidery in a hoop

in Embroidery, Needlework general news, Tips, Tutorials


MrXStitch, Connie G. Barwick of About.com, and Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com have whooped about the tutorial by Maximum Rabbit Designs for mounting completed embroidery. I think that makes it a must-see post! See the tute.

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Mar

15

Freebie: Bird Digital Stamp

in Freebies


image by GTC"s Crafty Corner

Visit GTC’s Crafty Corner to download this “tweet” digital bird stamp for free!

-Heather

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Mar

15

Shamrock Pinwheel

in Elementary, Holiday Kids Crafts, Kids crafts, St. Patrick's Day


Every kid loves a pinwheel, and to have it be a Shamrock Pinwheel is even better! The Mother Huddle shows you how easy this craft is to make with your children.

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Mar

15

Knit Kit – I HEART Mine!

in Knitting Accessories


I bought one of these way back when they first came out, mine is pink. I love it, well, most of it. I have a Denise Fabric Case with the snap out plastic bag inserts that is absolutely the best thing ever invented but it doesn’t fit so well into my sock knitting kit, so this one does. Scissors, tape…

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Mar

15

Needle-Felted Chicks video tutorial

in Book Reviews, ETSY Felt Shop, ETSY Shops, Felting Artists, Felting Blog, Felting Free Video, Felting Tutorials, Fiber Artist, Fiber Trends


 

Once you watch this video and hear the price the artist Jenn Docherty  charges for her adorable creations you will want to try one yourself.  Do pick up her book http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Needle-Felts-Projects-Wear/dp/1600610390I want to make the bunny or the chick.  “Sweet Needle Felts features all the techniques and information you need to begin needle felting. Crisp photographs cover the basics…

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Mar

15

Tutorial: Car-shaped floor mats

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials


Sew4Home shows how to make these fun floor mats shaped like cars.  They include handles at the top for easy carrying.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Sew4Home]

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Mar

15

When the jeans don’t fit you must…recycle them into….

in *All General Posts*, recycling on Etsy


jeans slippersOver at the Etsy store AnnyMay has turned denim jeans into cute mary jane style slippers. I love when you can take one garment that maybe doesn’t fit or has gone out of style and with a few stitches turn it into something new and cute. To see how to take a tanks and a t-shirt and turn it into a…

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Mar

15

Aluminum Foil Fairy Fun!

in Imagination, Kids crafts, Paint, art


You know me and my obsession with encouraging kids creativity. This aluminum foil fairy craft is perfect for that! Filth Wizardry shows you how she helped her kids create a whole new world!

{Found via Craft Blips}

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Mar

15

Sunprints

in Classroom, Homeschool, Kids crafts, Science Craft, art


Creative Jewish Mom is so creative… I love her artistic take on this fun project that you can do with children to teach them about sunlight.

Sunprint Olive Branch

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Mar

15

Scrapbook Paper Art for Children

in Paper Crafts, PreSchool, Toddler, art, baby


Green Valley Crafts shows you something that either the parent can do to decorate a child’s room, or an older child can do to spark their imagination and creativity. Check out her Paper Star Punched Art!

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Mar

15

R2D2 Felt Pin- Star Wars Crazy!

in Elementary, Felt, Kids crafts, boys


If your child likes Star Wars, then show them this cute R2D2 Pin! You can find it over at Craftzine.com!

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Mar

15

Tissue Paper Shamrock

in Holiday Kids Crafts, Kids crafts, Paper Crafts, St. Patrick's Day


You all know how much I love Amanda and all the crafts she comes up with…pure genius! Check out her Tissue Paper Shamrock over on her own page, Crafts by Amanda!

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Mar

15

Boys Easter Basket

in Easter, Elementary, Holiday Kids Crafts, Kids crafts, PreSchool


Plaid Kids Crafts has a great idea for a “boys” Easter Basket…no girly pinks and purples here!

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