Cheryl from Sew Can Do gives a tour of her sewing and crafting space. It’s a small space, but it’s loaded with low cost organization. It had originally been a laundry room with a ktichenette. Check out the ironing surface … Read More...
Tutorial: Kid’s kimono towel robe
Jen from iCandy Handmade shows how to make a child’s kimono style towel robe. It’s a great pool cover-up, or maybe just a robe to wear after a bath. She made hers from a beach towel that had her child’s … Read More...
Tutorial: Stuff a lump-free pillow
Sew4Home devotes a whole post putting the stuffing into a pillow you’ve made. They cover how you should fluff the stuffing before putting it in the pillow, tools for getting the stuffing poked into corners, and how to sew up … Read More...
Tutorial: Long A-line ruffles and ridges skirt
Ashley from Make It and Love It found some cool ruffled fabric and used it to make a long A-line skirt. The ruffled fabric has stripes made of zig zag texture and short ruffles. It’s fast and easy to turn … Read More...
DIY: Nourishing Face Mask
Want to give your face a little extra love? How about a vitamin-rich face mask, from The Glossy Life? Combine some of your favorite foods into something that will make your face glow. This tutorial is fast and easy … Read More...
Tutorial: Lace leg warmers
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to make a pair of lace leg warmers that the tween set is sure to love. The scrunchy leg warmes are covered in a pretty lace, and lined in knit fabric so they’re … Read More...
DIY: Oatmeal Lavender Bath Soak
All natural inexpensive ingredients plus great packaging, wow…Alejandra at Always Order Dessert shows us how to make a fabulous soaking mixture, perfect for late summer’s bug bites, sunburns and heat rash. But don’t forget this one as the holidays approach … Read More...
Project: Wine Bottle Gift Tag
Here’s a great way to dress up a gift of a bottle of spirits, make a fun tag for it, no other packaging required! The Whiff of Joy blog has directions for make one.
-Heather
Frayed and frazzled
Kreinik is full of good advice today. First, they explain how to make fluffy tassels by fraying Kreinik fibers. Then they show us how to use iron-on threads to add metallic accents to paper crafts. Check out their post.
Easy Homemade Roses for Decorating
Easy, peasy and quick but somehow still utterly beautiful. Go Callye. Find an easy (really, all you need is the right tip) tutorial to make your own icing roses to store for decorating HERE at The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle… Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a gathered skirt with pockets
Heather from Sew Easy Being Green shows how to make a short gathered skirt with pockets. It has a wide waistband with belt loops to hold a ribbon sash. She calls it the Tanya skirt, named after her friend who … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew knotted fabric flip flops
Jessica from Sunny Tuesday shares a tutorial at Positively Splendid showing how to make these cute knotted fabric flip-flops, no sewing required. She wraps and knots strips of fabric around the flip flop straps. Because just the edges of the … Read More...
DIY Cake Stand
Create a thrifty-chic cake stand with unique style for your bridal shower, rehearsal dinner, or wedding dessert table! Christy of One Handspun Day shares an exclusive tutorial at Green Wedding Shoes.
Felt Tape Marker Monster Tutorial
You Internet crafters come up with the coolest projects and generously share your ideas like this “Tape Marker Monster Tutorial” from “onelmon”! Onelmon is a bilingual blog (English and Indonesian) that shares handmade crafts along with their tutorials, things she … Read More...
Ombre Mini Taper Candle Holders
Fabric Paper Glue has a completely cute idea for making ombre candle holders for small tapered candles. Check out the adorable tutorial.
Candy Tic Tac Toe
Summer boredom setting in? Play games and eat. Always a good motto. For a quick and easy idea to get kids to eat their candy (um… wait, um, you can substitute veggies, too), play edible tic tac toe. Find the … Read More...
Perforated Aluminium Luminary DIY
These easy luminaries are made with perforated metal sheets (normally seen as radiator covers), pliers and some wire. See how they did it at Ruffled.
Tutorial: Fly with Me mini quilt
Rashida Coleman-Hale from I Heart Linen made this mini quilt as her initiation into The Fat Quarter Gang. Go to Pat Bravo’s Art Gallery Fabrics to get the know-how.
Project: Great Granny pot holders
Lori of Bee In My Bonnet shares on her blog how to make these Granny Square pot holders. She used up some scraps cut to 1 1/2″ squares to complete these cuties. Get the know-how.
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How to make a recycled dress tot (or pet) teepee
This is just too cute! Pop on over to Sheri’s blog Awesome Sauce and Asshattery to see her great tutorial on how to make a recycled dress little teepee. She made it for a kid but her 4 legged … Read More...