Liz is located in kyoto, Japan she is a felt maker and craft enthusiasts on “feltcafe”. This is an easy and fast way to make “felt candy canes”, felting around pipe cleaners to create the shape. No previous felting experience … Read More...
Tutorial: French feedsack tote with Chanel-inspired chain handles
Sew4Home shows how to make this beautiful tote with a French feedsack print and Chanel-inspired chain and leather handles. It’s a roomy tote, big enough to carry home your produce from the market, or to maybe pack for a picnic … Read More...
Cake In A Can
OMG this has to be the craziest idea and might I add completely and utterly FUN! It doesn’t matter what type of party you’re having this Cake in the Can surprise is going to be a big hit on the … Read More...
Tutorial | Adding Dimension to Scrapbook Pages
Jessica Lohof shares some techniques for adding dimension to your scrapbook pages. She shows how you can use tape, foam squares, paint, paper layers, embellishments and even paint to make your pages pop with life. Click over to Shimelle … Read More...
Painted Fall Leaves – Grow Creative
I love the look of fall leaves and this painted fall leaf garland is a great way to incorporate dried leaves into a great craft project and décor item. This is a great craft to do with little ones, as … Read More...
Sock Snowman Easy Tutorial
Mary of “Hometalker” says she didn’t make this yet but a friend did. This would be so cute to make a family of “snow people”, one for every family member. You can hot glue thin twigs as arms and then … Read More...
How to make your own scribe/needle tool
Today’s recycling project is a tool! Pop on over to the blog Cute Simple Stuff to see a great video packed with great ideas, tips and techniques that you can use for all sorts of projects. See how to make … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric deer head
Elisa from Charming Doodle shares a free pattern for making a fabric deer head to hang on the wall. He’s cute out of a fun fabric print (love the floral that she used!) or out of a brown for a … Read More...
Felt pennant for autumn tutorial
Mollie has a tutorial for an autumn pennant on her blog “Wild Olive”. She has plenty of pictures showing us how to make this project with a Free Download PDF to make the Autumn Pennant you see here. You could … Read More...
Technique: Mosaic Stamping
Splitcoast Stampers has a cool technique to share, using tiny squares of scrap paper you can make a mosaic pattern to stamp on for a unique looking card, click here for a step by step directions.
-Heather
Digital photo tip “Beware your camera lies”
Not specifically for quilting, but this article written by Julie Comstock will help any maker who photographs their goods for their blog, competition or just for the fun of it. The author of this post claims your camera lies, but … Read More...
New Tatting Pendant
Miranda from the Tatting Fool blog has posted another pattern that raises money for a good cause. It is inexpensive and quite beautiful. The pendant design is only $4 US and raises funds for the New Mexico Brain Injury Alliance. … Read More...
Thanksgiving Side Dishes Ideas
I hate roundups like this which are only designed for one thing and one thing only – to make you click through 20 pages! And worse of all – these links are not even for recipes on this bloggers site.… Read More...
DIY Chicken Soaps
These adorable Chick soaps are by Goplanetearth.com and looks very simple to make using a Bathbomb mold.
These would be adorable for a Baby Shower or Easter gift. For the full tutorial check out their blog.
Free pattern: Felt tree stump coasters
These felt tree stump coaters are all kinds of cute!! Especially for the cooler fall weather! Shannon from Sewing Barefoot is over at Prudent Baby today with a free pattern for making them. They look like they’d be a quick … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt holly wreath pillow
Melanie from The Crafty Cupboard shares a tutorial in the Bake, Sew, & Craft Along series at Skip To My Lou, showing how to make a felt holly wreath pillow. The pillow cover is made from a white cotton and … Read More...
10 Chic DIY Favor Boxes
Each of these 10 pretty DIY favors start with a simple transparent acetate box from weddingstar.com and a little bit of imagination! Learn how to create these 10 unique looks and find all the supplies for them here.
Tutorial: Sparkle cuffs for a top
Elisa from Charming Doodle shares a tutorial over at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to add sparkle cuffs when making a top. Sequin fabric will give you the sparkle with little effort, and you’ll only need a little bit of … Read More...
Corinne’s Thread: Advent Calendar
Purl Bee always has the best tutorials; complete and perfect so we can understand and can complete their projects easily. Children love Advent Calendars when they can count down the days until Cristmas. This one is so cute with all … Read More...
DIY: Mittens from Old Sweaters
This project comes from “Smart Homewares” where they are big fan of DIY. As we all know, getting stuck in to DIY projects around the home is smart, economical and creative… and if you have little ones it can certainly … Read More...