If you haven’t seen these custom tiles around the blogosphere yet, you are in for treat. Renee from Kudos Kitchen is a talented painter and will take your blog logo and paint it on a custom tile for you. That’s … Read More...
Make a Metal Basket
Suesan over at the blog Frou-Frugal came up with this cool idea using pipe strapping. After checking out some video tutorials on basket weaving, she went to work creating this funky metal basket.
See how she made this unique metal … Read More...
Mixing Chocolate with Cocktails
Two of my favorite things…chocolate and cocktails. If you can fit mac n’ cheese in there, too, that would be heaven. Learn about “bespoke” (custom) cocktails, mixology, and pairing flavors (bourbon, neat, goes with ice cream sundaes) HERE at Serious … Read More...
Inspiration: Alexandra J. Walters
Oh, my goodness. The embroidered portraits by Alexandra J. Walters are truly remarkable. See her posts on Meet Me in the Dayroom. And be sure to check out her flickr pool.
Inspiration: Cinderberry Stitches
These tiny hand-stitched bluebird buttons make my heart sing. See more on the blog of their creator, Natalie Lymer of Cinderberry Stitches.
Inspiration: Allison Aller
Allie Aller has finished her High Summer crazy quilt; and, as always, it’s spectacular. Be sure to go to her blog and click the images so you can see close-ups of the embroidered photo centerpiece and the gorgeous pieced borders. … Read More...
Inspiration: Checkout Girl
Look what happens when Checkout Girl Melissa Crowe stitch-doodles. *happy sigh* See more on her blog.
Family Tree Craft Round Up
Toddler Brain has 4 great Family Tree Ideas just in time for Grandparent’s Day. You’ll definitely want to check them out!
Tutorial: Carving Your Own Stamps
Want to learn to carve your very own stamps? Click here to visit Chantal Vincents blog for a wonderful step by step tutorial and learn how.
-Heather
God Save the Queen
God Save the Queen
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I finally got around to making some tea towels (dish towels) using printed fabric from Spoonflower. It was easy and fun! You can find the steps on how to do so … Read More...
Short Treatise On Lace Knitting
Alice, over at Graceful Knitting gives a short photo essay on the essentials of Lace Knitting.
Cool! Alice rocks. She also has a free newsletter that goes into a lot more detail.
Deep Fried Beer
I feel like this just can’t be good for you. Yet on some very basic level, I’m fascinated by deep frying things, especially intangibles as liquid. These ravioli-esque squares filled with beer were invented by Mark Zable in Texas. Find … Read More...
Althea Crome, of Coraline Fame…
Here’s a YouTube video showing some of her techniques. FUN!!!
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Inspiration: Raggy Rat
New Online Knitting Magazine – Knit Picky
Video Tutorial – Twisted Drop Stitch Knitting
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Silvered Ivory Stringer Tutorial!
Over at Torchbugs you can find all kinds of glass bead making tutorials. Today I’m sharing some I really like. Silvered Ivory Stringer is one of the coolest component parts a bead making can make and use. Silver foil is … Read More...
Glass Bead Tutorial – Twisties with Strips
Most of the time I use glass rods to make my glass beads and other component parts. Sometimes I use strips sliced off of sheets of glass. Especially if I’m making dichroic glass beads. Well I found a few tutorials … Read More...
Inspiration: The Glass Mountain
Kate of The Glass Mountain has been embroidering these darling characters on little zippered coin purses. She says,
… Read More...I’ve been a little fascinated by the idea of circus skills lately. Not so much clowning but definitely balancing acts — little
Watch Lily Pond for soft-circuit projects
Are you keeping an eye on the Lily Pond? Here’s the site summary:
… Read More...LilyPond is a budding online resource that allows people to document and share projects that blend electronics and textiles. We are developing the site to provide