This sweet “Little Purple Bird” comes from Karina who lives in Peru and blogs at “Blissful Bitz”! She made this little purple bird for her Mom to hang from her car’s rear view mirror. You will find a complete tutorial … Read More...
Tutorial: Blending between sizes on a multi-size pattern
People’s bodies are rarely the same garment size all over. If you take your measurements and compare them with the sizing charts on a printed pattern, don’t be surprised if your bust measurement puts you in one size column, while … Read More...
Mini Christmas Tree, Logs Hair Pins, Snowmen; tutorial & patterns
Onel is worried that we are getting tired of her darling mini projects, well I am not, they are so adorable. Once again Onel from the bilingual (English-Indonesian) blog, “Onelmon” has a neat tutorial as always in English for us. … Read More...
Dye Yarn with Kitchen Scraps
Janet M. Perry over at Nuts About Needlepoint is anticipating all the cooking this week and with cooking comes scraps. She’s gathered up some resources for ideas on how to use those scraps for experimenting with using them to dye … Read More...
Felt and Sequin Ornaments Week 5 – Santa
I am thrilled that Sarah of “Thrift Store Crafter” is sharing her weekly series with us with her delightful Christmas crafts with complete tutorials. This week 5, is the big guy himself her “Felt and Sequin Santa”! These are treasures … Read More...
Tutorial: Village Planters
This is such a cute idea! Jen and Shannon offer a great tutorial for making little cottage planters from clay. A whole village for your window sill! I’d probably make little house shapes to go around small existing planters and … Read More...
DIY Industrial Toilet Roll Holder
Another one from the creative mind of Kristi Murphy!
And this time, it is for the least talked about room in the house 🙂
Make this creative toilet roll holder with an edgy industrial look. The steps are simple, as … Read More...
Free pattern: Lace hankie 18″ doll jacket
Joy from xoxo Grandma shares a free pattern for making this beautiful jacket for an 18″ doll out of a lace trimmed hankie. The blouse is cut and assembled so the lace trim of the hankie ends up on all … Read More...
Crafting with Felted Wool – Fall Crafts – Felt Autumn Leaves
Here is an easy last minute project for Thanksgiving. Create each of these easy felt leaves in a matter of minutes to have simple decorations for your home. Use them to decorate wreaths or as appliqués for felted wool fall … Read More...
DIY Bracelet Storage
I think I know what you are thinking – That’s a lovely bottle of Champagne 🙂 It’s simple but effective. Actually I think this would be a great idea for an end of year decor change, then on New Years … Read More...
How to Make Yarn with T-Shirts
I have made T-shirt yarn before, and while it’s rather a tedious process it is pretty fun to knit with, and it is a great way to reuse shirts that might be stained or otherwise unusable.
Here’s another method for … Read More...
Three Ingredient Silly Putty – A Million Moments
If you’re looking to keep little hands busy over the holiday season, then this tutorial on making silly putty from A Million Moments is just perfect. Silly putty takes only minutes to throw together and uses just three ingredients: school … Read More...
Project: Stamped Towel
Line a basket filled with home made cookie with a pretty stamped tea towel and you’ve got the perfect hostess gift! Find a video tutorial for the towel over on the Hydrangea Hippo blog.
-Heather
Homespun Hanukkah Garland Tutorial
This “homespun Hanukkah garland tutorial” is on Joann.com. This is adorable to display during Hanukkah and they have a pictorial tutorial downloadable pattern and instructional PDF file. About: The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of … Read More...
Triangle Pattern DIY Pillow
I am loving the easy way this triangle pattern pillow was created.
With geometric shapes on on trend right now this is a cool hack using a potato!
Kristi Murphy’s designs are simple, elegant and full of creativity. Her patterns … Read More...
Molly’s Sketchbook: Hanukkah Dreidel Coasters
Another lovely project from “Molly’s Sketchbook: Hanukkah Dreidel Coasters” over on Purl Bee where the tutorials are so wonderful and all the finished items are always perfect and they show you where to buy all the supplies you need for … Read More...
Handmade Hanukkah Felt Banner Decoration
What bright and lovely color for “Hanukkah Felt Banner” and your door would greet your guests with the Vibrant felt and blue-and-white ribbons attached with glue pair up for a warm welcome at the front door. Fold over the top … Read More...
Tutorial: Add kitty ears to a hoodie
Hoodies are a favorite winter layer for my daughter. Given how much she loves kitties, a hoodie with kitty ears would be all kinds of awesome to her. Rachel from Imagine Gnats shows how you can add kitty ears to … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Felt snowglobe coasters for Christmas
Jenelle from TrashN2Tees shares a tutorial over at Bernina’s We All Sew showing how to make these snowglobe coasters. They’re made from felt, with confetti trapped underneath a layer of clear vinyl. She gives a pattern for making the gingerbread house, … Read More...
Turkey Crafts: Felt & Pom-pom turkeys
It would be so cute to have these little these “Pom-pom turkeys” at each of your guests plates for Thanksgiving dinner and to take home as a favor. I found these on a site called “All You” and I can’t … Read More...