Nancy of “Do Small Things with Love” Has two sweet felt ocean creature tutorials for us. Nancy love working with felt and the results are outstanding. 1. Her Felt Shimmer Fish. 2. Is her darling Felt Whale. As … Read More...
DIY bracelet from Maikitten
“100 Layer Cake” is a creative collaboration between friends and fellow designers Jillian Clark, Amanda Dawbarn, and Kristina Meltzer. The ladies spotted this bracelet tutorial from Maikitten last week and thought we might be interested. There is a complete tutorial … Read More...
DIY – Beaded Brooch
I had some request for brooch tutorials, it’s not that I don’t like them, it’s just that I don’t wear them. I will make a concise effort to blog about more brooches for the brooch lovers amongst us. This tutorial … Read More...
DIY – Natural Leaf Gardland
This technique for creating a garland uses real leaves. You can use it for a cake bunting (As shown above) or for larger garlands too. This would be adorable at a Jungle themed party.
Free pattern: Corner hammock mat for shelter cats
Pam from Sally Goodin shares a free pattern for this corner hammock to hang in a cat kennel. It’s made from toweling, with webbing and carabiners making sturdy straps to attach it to the bars of the kennel. The toweling … Read More...
Tutorial | Hardcover Handbound Envelope Book
Make a completely customized hard cover book from scratch with this detailed tutorial at Instructables. donovanbeeson shows you exactly what you will need, then takes you through all the steps to complete this envelope book.
This one will require … Read More...
Felt Strawberry Pincushions
On Martha Stewart’s site you can find a complete tutorial for these luscious “Felt Strawberry Pincushions”! These are not Grandmother’s pincushions they so delightful and would make a lovely gift or party favor.
Felt Face Activity tutorial
Stacy of “not just a housewife” always loved design and started tearing out pages of magazines and sticking them in her journal at about age 10. Well Stacy has come a long way. She takes pride in having unique pieces … Read More...
Julie sews diamonds with a Sidekick
Getting the correct alignment when piecing diamonds can be rough going, but Julie of Jaybird Quilts, came up with a solution. It’s a special ruler she designed and brought to market – the Sidekick. Incidentally, it’s a sidekick … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a satin sleep mask
Susan from Living With Punks shares a tutorial over at Momtastic showing how to make a satin sleep mask. The smooth finish of the satin feels nice against the skin. Batting between the layers of satin will keep the light … Read More...
Tutorial: Yarn Ball Stitch Markers
One of those great gifts for your knitting and crochet friends! Sarah from Repeat Crafter Me posted a tutorial to make these.
Picture by Sarah from Repeat Crafter Me.
Tutorial: Continous bias binding, plus a calculator
When making bias tape, you’ll need looooong strips of fabric (unless you’re binding off a very small project, that is). One way to make the long strips is to make continuous binding, where you cut and fold and sew the … Read More...
Frugal Disney Easter Eggs
If your children are Disney fans but you prefer to make your own Easter Eggs, then this Temporary Tattoo technique is for you. Decorate some home boiled eggs for a garden gathering and turn them into Character eggs for … Read More...
How to Make Felt Succulents tutorial
Keri hosts “shaken together” blogs out of Winter Park, Florida and has many cool DIYs for us to recreate. Keri is a wife and momma to two boys. Keri’s Grandma’s front porch in Ohio is the reason she loves hens … Read More...
Tutorial: Modern Cross block
The modern, the graphics, the white space all add up to a wow! quilt design. Made by Sarah of Sew What, Sherlock?, she shares on her blog just how she made The Cross quilt block with lots of helpful … Read More...
Tutorial: Crazy quilt ornament
Melissa of Mahlica Designs explains this tutorial gets more hits than any other blog post. She made this adorable ornament starting with constructing a crazy quilt block. Find out how she made it; get the know-how.
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Tutorial: Choosing the right thread for your sewing project
While many of us put thought and energy into finding just the right piece of fabric to use for a sewing project, we rarely put any thought into the thread we use. All threads are not created equal. Becky from … Read More...
Tutorial: Kid’s folding floor cushion
You and Mie shows how to make a kid’s folding floor cushion. It’s a long cushion stuffed with 4 standard bed pillows. You can flip and fold it to create different shapes. Keep it out flat for a nap mat. … Read More...
Free Mini Bunny Pattern
Shelly of “Gingermelon” is sharing the sweetest bunny pin pattern ever. She uses her bunnies on headband, barrettes and brooches. What girl or lady would not love to wear one of these cuties around Easter? Shelly has a downloadable PDF … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Magic Vases
Irish is in the air – it must be coming up to St. Patrick’s Day! Yeah!
Get yourself in the mood as well and shake of those winter blues by making these magic vases for St. Patrick’s day celebrations!
Using … Read More...