One of the best things about these living room makeover ideas is that they are mostly DIY. This means that you can create a beautiful, functional living space without having to spend a lot of money on professional design services. … Read More...
Amy’s tips for cutting out sewing projects
Before you can sew up any fabulousness, you have to cut your fabric pieces. It’s the first important step of your sewing projects, but it’s not necessarily an enjoyable one. Personally, I find it stressful because it’s one of the … Read More...
Free Felt Template Birdies
These precious “Bird ornaments” are designed and created by Cushla of “Pilgramnz” with a Pattern and Tutorial”. Thanks Cushla for sharing your design, too sweet.
Tutorial: Falling Shamrock watercolor tea towel
Jessa from Sparkle shows how she made her beautiful Falling Shamrock tea towel. She used DecoArt’s Ink Effects fabric transfer ink to create the watercolor shamrocks. It’s pretty for St. Patrick’s Day, but you could use this same technique with … Read More...
Sweet Treat, a quick-and-easy felt pincushion in an ice cream cup
Cecile McPeak of “Just Another Button Company” shows us how to put together this very sweet pincushion. The first thing is to get an ice cream cup (pick your flavor) and eat the contents 🙂 This is an online button … Read More...
Rainbow Felt Headband Tutorial
These “Rainbow Felt Headband’s” would be adorable for St Patrick’s Day on any age girl. Jodi Durr of “Meaningful Mama” is a wife and mother of three. She created these headbands for her daughter’s birthday and she wanted each gift … Read More...
Free Printable – Dance In The Rain
This “Dance In The Rain” Printable is from Everything Etsy and it is super cute. This would be lovely in a little girls room or on Grandma’s shelf. Print it out on fabric and create an adorable bag or … Read More...
Almond & Rosewater Facial Recipe
This Almond & Rosewater body lotion recipes creates a syrup that glides all over your skin. Using glycerin and Almond oil as it’s base there is no white cream based ingredients in it. It looks fantastic in a bottle or … Read More...
TUTORIAL: Monogrammed Family Ornaments
Dana of “Made” has our year round gift giving covered with these very cool “Monogrammed Family Ornaments”! We all love items with our letters on them. Ornaments are not just for Christmas! We all like personalized presents and show them … Read More...
DIY Felt Hydrangea Flower
This is a lovely “Felt Hydrangea Flower” for spring and Easter decorations. This tutorial is on “Useful DIY” and they are not telling the source of this tutorial, but there are plenty of pictures and a pattern for us to … Read More...
Project: Stamped Gift Wrap
Why buy lots of patterned wrapping paper? Dress up some plain paper with stamps for some personalized gift wrap. Find out how over at the Tikkido blog.
-Heather
How to make poodle phones
Yes indeed, these are old school WORKING phones and the clever crafter dressed them up to look like poodles! I think they are just too cool! Pop on over to the blog Joanne’s J Spot to see the tutorial on … Read More...
DIY Sweater Macbook Case
Caitlin of “Merry Thought” repurposed an old wool sweater into this stunning “MacBook Case” for us to make. We can’t always find old sweaters with such awesome designs, but keep looking. You are going to fall in love with Caitlin’s … Read More...
DIY: Hank’s Bunting Crayon Roll
Liz of “Say Yes” has this cute “Bunting Crayon Roll”! This idea came to her to pretty it up a bit by making the crayon pockets of felt into a bunting banner instead of the traditional straight pockets. There is … Read More...
Tip: Tying a Bow for Cards
Whenever I teach a card making class one of the hardest things for people to do it tie a bow, it sounds simple enough but tying a bow for a card is different then tying your shoe laces, it takes … Read More...
Tutorial: Foundation work two ways
Lynne of the Denver Sewing Collective shares two ways to do foundation piecing for a quilt top – plain paper and freezer paper. If you are unclear of the differences between the two techniques, get on over to her blog … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Craft
Discover how easy it is to make this wonderful rainbow mobile using little more than paper, cotton balls, and string. The rainbow is made by cutting paper strips, each piece should be about one inch short than the one above … Read More...
DIY Pocket Card Escort Display
Here’s a bright, colorful project just perfect for a spring or summer wedding – a pocket card escort display! You can get the complete tutorial and loads of beautiful photos of the project by Studio 11 Weddings at Something Turqouise… Read More...
Free pattern: Fit and Flare Dress
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for her Fit and Flare Dress. It’s made from a t-shirt knit fabric, with a fitted bodice and a gathered skirt. You can accessorize it up for times you need to … Read More...
Tutorial: Crinkle taggie toy
Lisa from Cucicucicoo shows how you can make a crinkle taggie toy. They make great baby gifts and they’re easy to make. The little tags of ribbon peeking out from the edge are appealing to young hands. A layer of … Read More...