This little sugar skull doll is so simple and adorable. She has such a charming look on her face and could hold virtually anything especially a piece of Halloween candy? Pop on over to the blog Blue Bear Wood for … Read More...
Poppy Cross Stitch for Remembrance Day
Poppies are a symbol of remembering the war dead that is popular around the world, but particularly in the UK around Remembrance Day (which is November 11, known as Veterans Day in the United States).
This free poppy cross stitch … Read More...
Make a Cardboard Display for Natural Treasures
Whenever kids go on nature walks, or often if they go outside at all, odds are good they’re going to come back with some natural treasures. Instead of keeping them in whatever random place they empty their pockets, you can … Read More...
A Bundle of Leaf Knitting Patterns
Falling leaves are a perfect symbol of fall, but they don’t last very long. Knit yourself some fall leaves that will look good all season long with this pattern bundle from Elves World.
Here you’ll find oak, linden and elm … Read More...
How to Make the 8 Best Embroidery Stitches for Lines
From Pumora comes this handy tutorial demonstrating the eight best hand embroidery stitches for lines.
With a list of all eight of them and tutorials for each of them as well, you will be stitching lines in no time. Along … Read More...
Book Review – Baby Washcloths and Afghan Squares
Create some adorable baby washcloths for your bundle of joy!
Baby Washcloths and Afghan Squares, by Lisa Carnahan, will enrapture you with delightful designs for your children or grandchildren’s washcloths! With designs like Gum Balls, Bubbles, Zigzag and Bugs, what… Read More...Marbled Fall and Halloween Tags with Alcohol Inks
The look of tie dye and marbling have been very popular recently and Carly has found a fun way to incorporate that look into paper crafting projects. Her fun Fall and Halloween tags have stamped sentiments along with fun sections … Read More...
Easy Quilted Trivet Sewing Tutorial
This quilted fabric trivet is a quick project you can make for your kitchen! Craft Passion has a tutorial showing how to make one. These quilted trivets also make great gifts! They’re made from quilting weight cotton, which are available … Read More...
Fall Love Layout
It really looks like the wind is sweeping leaves across the page on this Fall Love Layout from Celes. She framed her photo in a tag for the focal point, adding clusters of leaves, flowers and sentiments at two corners. … Read More...
Book Review: Knitting the National Parks
America’s National Parks have inspired artists and regular folks as long as they have existed, and Nancy Bates found inspiration from the parks for her knit hat collection Knitting the National Parks.
The book includes mostly colorwork hat patterns for … Read More...
How to Make Quilted Luggage Tags
Got Scraps? Then this fun and handy tutorial is for you. Add a little something personal to your luggage with these awesome quilted luggage tags. You can learn to make them in this tutorial from Crafty Staci.
Staci’s tags are … Read More...
10 Poinsettia Christmas Flower Cross Stitch Patterns
It turns out that I really struggle with the spelling of the word Poinsettia. I would have thought after writing this roundup of Cross stitch patterns and charts I would have mastered it, but no, I still keep getting it … Read More...
Hello Friend Autumn Card
This cute guy has made a couple of woodland friends while walking through the forest on this sweet card from Mindy. She used brand new stamps and dies from My Favorite Things to create her design. I love the ink … Read More...
20 Thanksgiving Turkey Themed Kids Crafts
Thanksgiving, as it is observed in the United States, is traditionally marked with a plentiful dinner. Bread stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and, of course, turkey are all traditional foods. How did turkey come to be the focal point … Read More...
Flowers and Circles Wreath Layout
Jennifer used several thin circles stitched to her layout to create this beautiful wreath design. At the top and bottom are clusters of pretty flowers in colors that coordinate with the pattern papers. The photo and some sentiments sit on … Read More...
How to make recycled clothes pin puppets
Cute Halloween crafts seem to be all over the place this year. I generally pick a them each year, I did eyeballs one year, another year I did candy corns and one other time I did witch hats. I think … Read More...
Spider Web Halloween Pillow Sewing Tutorial
This spider web pillow is a fun way to decorate for Halloween! Heather Handmade has a tutorial showing how you can make this cute spider web Halloween pillow. It’s easy to sew from cotton fabric and decorative trims. Go to … Read More...
Have a Need for Tweed? Try the Sorrel Wrap Knitting Pattern
There’s something about fall that makes me want to knit all the things with lots of texture.
Heidi May’s Sorrel Wrap has texture upon texture because it’s worked with both a worsted weight yarn and two different colors of a … Read More...
Going on a Bear Hunt Coding Activity
Coding activities with kids can start long before they are ready to write their own programs on a computer. In fact, they don’t need to involve a computer at all.
At its most basic, coding is just a set of … Read More...
23 Christmas Pillows To Sew
This roundup of sewing patterns and tutorials is all about Sewing Pillows for Christmas decor. All of these cushions would make wonderful handmade gifts for the holiday season. Cushions or pillows are great for decorating as they don’t take up … Read More...