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Jun
30
Anja Rieger says “it is amazingly easy” to create these keychains by machine-embroidering on leather. See the tute.…
Jun
30
Margaret Oomen and her resurrection fern blog make me happy every day. If you don’t yet follow Margaret’s blog, add it to your reader! Go to resurrection fern.…
Jun
30
Designer Melissa Averinos (of Sugar Snap, Small Stash Sewing, and Yummy Goods fame) has just opened an online Yummy Goods shop featuring all kinds of yummy products, including this Sublime Stitching Baby Bib Embroidery Kit. Check it out.…
Jun
30
I really like how this book purse made. Most of the book purses I have seen have the spine at the bottom of the purse but this one has the spine at the top. Donna of the blog Quilt in Progress has a bunch of pictures at this post and for a limited time a download of the instructions here…
Jun
30
Sometimes, Neta Amir‘s old socks turn into…kittehs! See more on Nita’s doll stories blog.…
Jun
30
TotusMel shows us how to needle-tat split rings and Josephine chains. Have a look and post a comment — let’s encourage her to give us more rockin tutorials. See the tute.…
Jun
30
Ashley from Make It and Love It has a helpful project for all you mamas of toddlers. It’s a longish fabric strap with a handle at the end. The other end wraps around the strap of your purse, creating a tether that your toddler can hold on to while you’re out and about. Think of it as an extra arm …
Jun
30
Rowan has long been known for it’s innovative, classic and new styles.
A 30-year retrospective. Rowan’s Greatest Knits brings you 30 of its most popular knitwear patterns from the 80s through today — all in one big, beautiful book. Here, you’ll also be treated to 80 stunning color photographs from the original pages of Rowan magazine.
Classic knit patterns. With …
Jun
30
Flip-flops would be the perfect summertime shoe for kids if not for one thing – the lack of a back strap makes it easy fro them to slip off of little feet. Luckily, there’s a fairy easy solution. Jessica from Subtle Tee shows how to add a pair of elastic straps to the back of a pair of flip-flops to …
Jun
30
Lookie what Ginger from Wiener Dog Tricks made! A champion of the much-maligned vintage polyester fabrics, she has covered her couch with them! Brilliant! Read more about her project at Wiener Dog Tricks.
[photo from Wiener Dog Tricks]
[tags]sewing, inspiration, lookie, vintage, polyester, couch, slipcover[/tags]…
Jun
30
Angela from Sew Loquacious shows how to make a purse strap with a belt buckle. In addition to looking cool, the buckle makes the length of the strap easily adjustable. Get the how-to.
[photo from Sew Loquacious]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, belt, buckle, purse, bag, strap, adjustable[/tags]…
Jun
30
Want to make a unique card that will treasured? Why not try a “Year You Were Born” card with lots of interesting fun facts about the year that special birthday guy or gal was born. Visit the Isn’t that Sweet blog and let Lorrinda show you how to make a card that she says no one will throw away (and …
Jun
30
Download these free vintage images from Country Living for all your 4th of July crafting! Click here to go to download…
Jun
30
Kay from Quilts + Color shares this fabulous work in progress (WIP) quilt with us. She points out how important it is to include lighter values when making fabric choices. Read more about it here.
[tags]origami, flying geese, WIP, quilts, design principles, fabric values[/tags]…
Jun
30
Connie G. Barwick, cross-stitch editor for About.com, invites you to share links to sources of free patterns through her blog’s forum. She says,
If you offer free patterns on your blog or website, feel free to post your sites and links…We’d love to see what you are designing and sharing.
Jun
30
Jill at A Matter of Memories is giving away this crafting kit from Cosmo Cricket. If you’re going camping this summer this is the kit for you! Click here to go to giveaway…
Jun
30
Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog.…
Jun
30
Soap Queen posted a wonderful project that will make great gifts for men. Learn how to create Vintage Baseball Soap on the Soap Queen blog.…
Jun
29
I have always been fascinated with neon and have wanted to learn how to create neon art. So I did a fabulous google search and found Neon Workshops in Los Angeles! Yee ha! I may have to sign up for this. It looks like there’s plenty of lead time since it’s scheduled for September. I’ll be verifying that tomorrow and …
Jun
29
Tif from T. Matthews Fine Art shares a tutorial on her blog for making this fluffy anemone pom pom out of jersey fabric. The soft jersey fabric won’t fray; in fact, it rolls a bit at the ends for some fun texture. She uses hers to make a cute hairclip for her daughter. If you had leftover jersey fabric from …
Jun
29
Susan from Living With Punks shows how to make this awesome kid’s tent that hangs from the ceiling. Made up in pink (as shown in her example), it’s the perfect princess getaway. But made up in a camo print and it’s a hunting tent, and made up in regal colors it’s a knight’s battlefield tent. Get the how-to.
[photo from …
Jun
29
Kathleen from The Tumtum Tree and Grosgrain is giving away another fabulous frock! This time it’s The Steamer Frock. Look at all those fabulous layers and ruffles, all edged with ric rac trim! Get the details and enter the giveaway at Grosgrain.
[photo from Grosgrain]
[tags]sewing, giveaway, Steamer Frock, dress, frock, Grosgrain[/tags]…
Jun
29
Learn how to make these fabulous candy jewels, perfect for adorning your princess’s cakes or cupcakes, HERE at Chica and Jo, seen at Craftzine.com, found via not martha.
[tags]candy, jewels, cake decorating, gems[/tags]…
Jun
29
I knew Whoopie Pies were getting big big big (maybe the next macaron?)… and now there’s a whole festival devoted to the Whoopie Pie this September in Lancaster, PA in the US. CLICK HERE for more information. {Found via CakeSpy}
[tags]Whoopie Pies, festival[/tags]…
Jun
29
I love design with an Asian flair, the simplicity and colors really appeal to me. I just found some great new Asian themed stamps from Poppy Stamps, click here to check them out.
-Heather…