Sachiko from Tea Rose Company and Tea Rose Home shows how to make a throw pillow cover with a painted design inspired by a pillow from Crate & Barrel. She achieves the graphic floral motif with paper punches, freezer paper … Read More...
Archives for May 2012
Fun Picture Placemats
Placemats are a great way to teach your child any type of information you’d like them to learn since they are staring down at it underneath that big bowl of peas they are might be refusing to eat. This placemat … Read More...
Tutorial | Photo Cupcake Toppers
Nicole of In La La Land takes you through the steps for making these photo cupcake toppers. She found the idea in the Martha Stewart Encyclopedia of Crafts. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial | Washi Decorated Notebook
Roslyn at Sew Delicious shares how she altered a plain exercise book and made this lovely notebook decorated with washi tape. This would make a lovely gift, or use it to keep note of your scrapbooking ideas. Plus you … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | It’s a Beautiful Day
Patchwork skateboard
Karyn of Make Something said she always wanted to design her own skateboard. An opportunity came her way in 2010 and this is her creation. Get more of the story, here.
Image credit: Make Something
Embroidery Floss Bobbin
Adorableness alert! Flossy the Unicorn will keep your embroidery floss tidy. Offered by Missy Kulik Etsy.
Image credit: Missy Kulik Etsy
May in Miniature
And this one isn’t May flowers – you know, April showers brings May flowers – in miniature. I particularly love the tiny little cookies.
1. Australian Shepherd mini sculpture, 2. Aldo, 3. Bread, Pies…, 4. Biscuit love … Read More...
Mother’s Day mini quilt a NY Beauty
Muriel of Hopfaldera made this mini quilt using a New York Beauty quilt block tutorial she said she found at In Color Order. A Mother’s Day gift for her mom, she calls it Sunshine. Click HERE to read … Read More...
Are You Getting Ready for Bead & Button?
They call it the “Biggest Consumer Bead Show in the World!” That’s a pretty bold statement. It’s The Bead & Button Show! But from what I understand it is. There are classes and demos and beads galore. It’s coming … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Moira makes a wheelchair cozy
Moira of Kettle Boiler talks about her experience making a wheelchair cozy on her blog. A gift to her mom/mum, she hit a snag during the sewing process that will make you smile. Go HERE to read on and see … Read More...
Giveaway: Two Enchanted Damask FQ sampler packs
There’s a giveaway you don’t want to miss going on this week at Kaye’s Quilting Friends blog. It’s for two fat quarter sampler packs from the Enchanted Damask fabric line. Go HERE for entry details.
Image credit: Kaye’s Quilting … Read More...
Win a Fork & Talk prize!
Stacie de Klerk, CraftGossip’s jewelry-making editor, has posted a list of links to our guests’ articles about their Fork & Talk experiences. So much fun to read! And she’s giving away a bit of the Fork & Talk loot … Read More...
For the mom who rocks
Here’s a great semi-handmade Mother’s Day gift idea from Helen Gibb‘s Ribbon Snips e-newsletter:
… Read More...These mini speakers are a great gift idea for any Mom who loves her tunes! Simply plug the speaker into your iPod, phone, laptop or
Tutorial: Embroidered tea towel from your child’s drawing
Here is the perfect Mother’s Day gift for the Gran in your life: Trace one of your child’s drawings to a tea towel and embroider it! I promise Gran will display it proudly in her kitchen and enjoy it every … Read More...
A Bear Paw quilt for Mother’s Day | Brrr!
Penny of Sew Take A Hike made this quilt for her mom as a gift for Mother’s Day. Now that’s one lucky mama! She used fabric from the Brrr! line by Laurie Wisbrun for Robert Kaufman.
I found this … Read More...
Giveaway: Amazing Designs’ Greatest Hits Bundle
Holy mackeroly! Sewforless.com is having another awesome giveaway–this time for US$1495 of machine-embroidery designs from Amazing Designs. “Like” the giveaway’s Facebook page to enter.
Free design: Fiesta kitty
Here’s a treat from Urban Threads. The UT e-newsletter says,
This adorable maraca-shakin’, sombrero-wearin’ kitty is FREE! This design is available in machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock art formats, free though May 13. Get your design here!
DIY Mint Honey Favors
Treat your bridal shower or wedding guests to sweet, mint-infused honey favors! Get the DIY tutorial at One Lovely Day. So delicious for hot tea!
Sewing Tutorial: Adapt a regular sewing pattern for maternity wear
If you’re needing to sew up some maternity wear but aren’t able to find a pattern that you like, you can adapt a pattern for a nonmaternity garment. Laura from Laura’s Blog shows how you to do it. Her tutorial … Read More...