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Instructables member barefootbohemian shares a tutorial for making a warm jacket for your dog.  This quick sewing project will have him (or her) warm and looking smart during the colder months of the year.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from barefootbohemian on Instructables]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, dog, jacket, blanket[/tags]…

I’m always so busy posting about beads and fusing and mosaic that I continue to neglect the stained glass community and that’s just not right. My problem is that I don’t do any stained glass. There just aren’t enough hours in a day…but I have to find interesting things for you guys. So here’s a sight to help you with …

Here’s a cool kitchen twofer for you: an apron that doubles as a hotpad. At first glance it looks like just a pretty pleated apron, but the corners of the apron skirt sport built-in hot pads hidden underneath.   Now reaching for the nearest hotpad is as simple as grabbing the corners of your apron.  Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to …

Confessions of a Sewing Dork shows how to make a pair of wedgie-free toddler yoga pants out of an adult t-shirt.  The round panel on the butt of the pants provides extra room for baby’s bottom, as well as an opportunity for some fun embellishment.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Confessions of a Sewing Dork]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, wedgie, …

It’s Leah Day’s fault I just bought the book Free Expression: The Art and Confessions of a Contemporary Quilter, by Robbi Eklow. She mentioned it in her latest blog post over at 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting as the reason she is embracing fusible applique. While I was shopping I also picked up art + quilt. My bad. Be sure and check out her water goddess project, My Cup Runneth Over…

What I like most about this flower from Whipup.net,  is that you cam use any colors you want to create a pretty bouquet to decorate a jacket or a hat or anything that suits your fancy. Think of this flower in gorgeous shades of green for St. Patrick’s Day. This is something you could do with the children if they are …

Catherine Moore makes some of my favorite stamps, lots of cool collage images, birds, bees, dresses, doll and mannequin parts, etc. Visit the Stampington website for some really gorgeous cards made by Barbara Smith using some of Catherine’s stamps.

-Heather…

CraftStylish shares a tutorial for making this felt beret that sports a cutout motif on the top.  They also share the template for the cutout.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from CraftStylish]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, felt, beret, cout, motif, template[/tags]…

Visit Country Living for a slideshow of tips and tricks for cake decorating, including step-by-steps for piping, basket weaving, making chocolate curls. Find the slideshow HERE.

[tags]tutorial, cake decorating, chocolate, cupcakes[/tags]…

(1) Petit Elfe from Blog de Sophie
(2) Smiling Stars by Connie G. Barwick of About.com
(3) Très bonne année du tigre from bdcouture
(4) Blue or red bird and rose from Happy Threads
(5) Juicy from Cross me not
(6) Mademoiselle Flora from Arachné en son jardin
(7) Lapin from les loisirs abbygaelle
(8) L’heure du bain from Les …

Sarah from Create Studio shows how to make her “Kitchen on the Go” reusable baggie set. This project was her submission into Week 3 of So You Think You’re Crafty.  The baggie set includes a sandwich-sized baggie and a snack-sized baggie.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Create Studio]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, reusable, baggie, sandwich, snack, kitchen on the …

Brassy Apple shows off the newest addition to their pattern line – the Maddie Bee apron top for girls.  It’s an apron-style top made to be worn over a t-shirt or a blouse.  It looks fabulous out of the bright, busy fabrics that kids love so much, but it would also be pretty out of a more traditional palette.  See …

Madame Zsa Zsa participates in Celebrate the Boy month with a tutorial for making these dino mittens.  Look at all those spiky dinosaur teeth! Rarrr!!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Madame Zsa Zsa]

[via Made by Rae]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, dinosaur, dino, mitten, teeth[/tags]…

If you like sweet, darling stamp images than you’ll probably love Elizabeth Bell stamps, they are simply lovely! Click here to see the latest designs and then click here at Suzanne Dean’s blog Scrap Bitz for a blog hop featuring the new Elizabeth Bell designs.

-Heather…

Loreta of Allthebeautifulthings blog shows us how to mount and frame fine needlework. See the tute.

And many thanks to Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint for pointing out this great post.…

Conni of The Scoop, Score and Deal shows us how to make tiny flowers from a square of felt, a gathering stitch, and a French knot. See Conni’s post.…

As part of her “continuing mission to bring plastic canvas to the people,” Diane Gilleland (CraftyPod) has posted a detailed tutorial on Craftzine.com for creating “a custom-sized, custom-crafted” storage box. Diane gives you the technical info; you supply the imagination and color. See the tute.…

Having grown up in West Texas & graduated from Texas Tech University, I was happy to discover Lubbock-based Tierra Verde Handmade Soap. Soapmaker Michele Lang is a wife, mom, and self-declared soap nerd with an entrepreneurial spirit. She says her passion is the artistic interpretation that is now very alive in the handmade soap community & she views soap …

Check out this amazing suspended cupcake tower (photographed by Ali Broach)  HERE featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog.

[tags]cupcake tower[/tags]…

It’s Saturday night and it has been awhile since I did Tutorial Saturday, so here it is. But first I want to share the bead I made last night with the wig wag twistie I made using the tutorial the Sarah Hornik provided on the Torch Bugs web site. Considering it was my first attempt at a wig wag I …

Have you ever gotten stuck cutting the backing fabric for a large quilt? Liz Johnson from Sew4Home shares the best way to cut large sections of fabric for sewing projects. Her project was curtains for the home, but her technique would work for quilting. Get the details here.  

[tags]rotary cutter, fabric, sewing, quilting, large quilts, backing, panels, cutting, technique[/tags]…

Wow. Check out this gorgeous, detailed music book cake (yes, cake) dedicated to Glen Gould HERE at Charmaine’s Pastry Blog.

[tags]cake, music[/tags]…

When I saw this skirt by Gina Sekelsky at Lettergirl and Rich Inner Life, I let out a little squeal.  As an entry into a contest for Alabama Chanin-inspired sewing projects, she incorporates Alabama Chanin’s distinctive reverse applique and handstitching.   Instead of a flower or swirly design for the applique, she adds an entire quotation to the skirt.  The letters become a …

Antoinette from clevergirl.org joins the Celebrate the Boy fun with a free pattern and tutorial for making a newsboy style cap sized just for boys.  Go to the free pattern and tutorial.

[photo from clevergirl.org]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, newsboy, cap, hat, boy[/tags]…

Mairuru from Siesta shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make an origami drawstring bag.  She starts with squares of fabric and folds them before adding the drawstring closure. Find out how to do it at Mairuru’s blog.

[photo from Mairuru]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, origami, drawstring, bag, pouch[/tags]…

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