This is a must-Pin if you want to learn quilt making. Leila of Sewn by Leila shares links to 36 tutorials for quilt blocks plus an intro to the basics of cutting out fabric and sewing. The early quilt blocks … Read More...
Tutorial: Making and inserting piping
Piping is one way to make your seams pop. Whether it’s the same fabric as the rest of the project, or a contrast piping, the little tube of fabric adds definition to your seam. Melissa from Melly Sews blogs over … Read More...
Technique: Embossed Tile Card Background
Gina K has a great video tutorial for adding some subtle dimension and texture to your card backgrounds by adding a dry embossed tile pattern using a scoring board. Click here to check it out.
-Heather
Ribbon Gift Bow Tutorial and a Giveaway – LR Stitched
The holidays are coming and it will once again be time to break out the wrapping paper and start decorating presents. For those of you who are helpless at wrapping, LR Stitched has a lovely tutorial on how to make … Read More...
Christmas ideas: Santa’s Elf tutorial
Our friend Linda from Italy has this darling “Santa’s Elf” tutorial so you can make one for your little ones and move it around each night before the holidays and they delight in finding him or her each morning. The … Read More...
Letter B- Bubble Blowing Bear Activity
This is the perfect craft if you are looking to introduce the letter B to your child. Any child would love to blow bubbles AND create their own artwork! You can find the tutorial which goes along with a great … Read More...
Rainy Day Brown Paper Bag
This craft has so much potential! As Rachel wrote in her post, this bag could be used for kids lunches, it could be filled with more fun crafts to do on a rainy day…the possibilities are endless. I too love … Read More...
Charlotte’s Web Spider Snacks
Leftover spiders from Halloween? Children’s literature to the rescue. I must say, as a huge children’s literature fan and an arachnophobic, I’ve always been conflicted by Charlotte’s Web. But I’ve matured a bit, and can now almost handle the spider … Read More...
Snack Cake and Candy Turkeys
Candy, candy. Now that Halloween is over, we’ve GOT to find ways to fill the other holidays with candy. And snack cakes. We have to have snack cakes. Hey, there are pretzels in there, too! Let the kids help assemble … Read More...
Tutorial: Modify a basic bodice to a crossover back
Michelle from Handmade Martini guest blogs at Project Run and Play with a tutorial showing how she modified the back of a little girl’s dress bodice to make it a crossover back with a double button closure. The edges overlap … Read More...
Terrarium Minis
Terrariums have been crazy popular the last couple years. Really, little terrariums are just a great way to showcase a few great minis. Here’s a tutorial, from Amanda Wright of Wit and Whistle, on how to add a couple … Read More...
Thanksgiving Handprint Turkey
Craftbits.com has a quick, easy Thanksgiving craft that will be sure to please your child. It’s also a great way to preserve your child’s small, adorable hand that will be bigger next year.
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19 Easy Felt Christmas Ornaments
Better Homes and Gardens have 19 different Christmas Ornaments with patterns and tutorials for us to make. These can be used on your Christmas tree or use them for package toppers. You can customize each by using different colors and … Read More...
Project: Thanksgiving Place Cards
Nicole at Unify Handmade has directions for making some sweet little stamped place cards for your Thanksgiving table. Click here for her step by steps.
-Heather
DIY: Sugar Scrub with Black Cocoa Butter
This scrub from Susan at Point of Interest sounds divine…an emulsified sugar scrub with black cocoa butter. She loves the black cocoa butter because it is softer and easier to melt. Think gifts with this one! Get the recipe and … Read More...
Tutorial: Bias tape trimmed shoes
Destri from The Mother Huddle guest blogs in the Knock It Off series at Elegance & Elephants with a tutorial showing how bias tape can dress up a pair of plain pumps. She glues it around the edge to create … Read More...
Free pattern: ‘Winter Solstice’
Corey of Little Miss Shabby designed this quilt pattern, Winter Solstice, saying she got her inspiration from the Kaleidoscope block. It’s to show off fabric collection Galeria Encantada by Gail Marie, for P&B Textiles. The pattern shows it made … Read More...
Tutorial | Gobble Gobble Globes
Your kids will have fun making these gobble gobble globes using their hands! You can also adapt this idea with scrapbooking papers too! Get all the details at I Love to Create.
Night Sky Mobile – Bored & Crafty
Bored & Crafty is working on a series of tutorials and ideas that all involve crafting with childhood toys! My favorite so far is this Night Sky Jackstone Mobile. Pretty and clever, I love the use of the jacks … Read More...
Tutorial: Up-size a pleated skirt without adding fabric
Stacie from Yellow Spool shows how you can up-size a pleated skirt. You’ll need to make a new waistband, but otherwise you won’t be inserting any new fabric. Intrigued? Go to her tutorial to see how to do it.
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