Juliette Lanvers from Chickpea Sewing Studio shares a tutorial at Bernina’s We All Sew showing how to make a fabric gifting cone. It’s a quick and easy project, and requires only 2 16″x16″ squares of fabric (one for the outside, … Read More...
Tutorial: Diamond pintucks
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You tells how to create a diamond pintuck design on a piece of fabric. It would make a lovely detail for the bodice of a little girl’s dress, or a pretty surface … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy curtain panel with contrast band
Wendi Gratz from Shiny Happy World takes the complicated out of sewing curtains with a tutorial that shows how to make a simple curtain panel with a contrast band. Get the tute.
[photo from Shiny Happy World]
Tutorial | Cucpcake Toppers with Lifestyle Crafts
Ashley at Cherished Bliss shares this tutorial for making cupcake toppers using dies and cutting files from Lifestyle Crafts. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Sprinkle votives!
This barely counts as a craft, but it’s adorable and so simple. It’s as easy as it looks: clear votive holder, a votive candle, and some sprinkles! Tikkido shares this sweet idea over at their blog
Polymer Clay Orchids
This tutorial hits two spots – I was looking around Christi Friesen’s site in advance of my class with her next week and surfing for tutorials that would work for wedding related items – and you could easily make this … Read More...
Tutorial: Weymouth picnic blanket
Jo of A Life of Lists is a guest at Lily’s Quilts showing how to make this Summer Olympics inspired picnic blanket, the Weymouth. A pieced yellow gingham boat makes the front, with red gingham for the back and strap. … Read More...
Tip: Use magnets to store metal bobbins
Karen from Sew Many Ways shows how she uses magnets to store her metal bobbins. This is such a clever idea!! Go to her blog post to see what she does.
[photo from Sew Many Ways]
Tutorial: Tips and tools for perfecting your topstitch
Topstitching is actually very simple, but any wavy seam or jumbled thread will show. Threads magazine gives some tips for perfecting your topstitching. Their article includes information on the type of fabrics, needles, and presser feet to use as well … Read More...
Tutorial: Gathered Drape Skirt with side pockets
Lizzie B. from Cotton & Curls shows how to make her Gathered Drape Skirt. I love the shape of this skirt! It has tight gathers at the front and back, and drapes at the sides. It ties into a bow … Read More...
My Happy Raincloud and Umbrella Felt Mobile tutorial with pattern
Christy hosts “Sweet Tidings” and has some very neat projects for you to download or get ideas from. Today I found Christy and love her blog with all her darling projects. I love her “My Happy Raincloud and Umbrella Felt … Read More...
Decorating with Pom-Poms
This post from Vintage Umbrella about making and using yarn pompoms was really about the Fourth of July, but making pompoms is a great way to get rid of stash any time of year. Make them in red, white and … Read More...
Nutter Butter Puppies
I can almost not even look at these because the cuteness is too overwhelming. And simply achieved, too. Make Nutter Butter puppies HERE at Hungry Happenings.
How To Make Crab Croissants
Crabs are the best sea creatures for lunch. In that, they are cute and well-shaped for food fun. Make crab croissants HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.
Here’s a recipe … Read More...
Tutorial: Crazy-quilted journal cover
Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) shares the pattern and central design for a crazy-quilted journal cover, and she explains the process step by step. Her next tutorial will introduce seam treatments and explain how to finish the journal cover. What a great … Read More...
New stitch tutorials from Mary Corbet
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread has just added a bunch of new videos to her library of stitch tutorials. Among the newbies: buttonhole wheel, oyster stitch, fishbone stitch, and granitos. The site has more than 70 stitch tutes, and … Read More...
Stitch length as a design element
Mollie of Wild Olive looks at how stitch length affects the character of an embroidered image and recommends applications for stitchy variations. See her post.
Learn cutwork from Royce
Royce of Royce’s Hub is sharing a series of tutorials on cutwork embroidery. She covers all the fundamentals, so even a beginner can tackle this beautiful technique. See the series.
Concrete Party Candle Holder
The adorable blog funkytime has this oh-so-trendy tutorial for making party candle (and sparkler) holders out of concrete and adding a zing of personality with some neon. This photo is dope, but so is there whole tutorial. Check it out!
SpiderMan Quesadilla Bites
Wait, there’s another SpiderMan movie? Does that take it up to 47 now? For all those SpiderMan fans out there, whatever your age (I know at least one 41 year old fan), make SpiderMan quesadilla bites HERE at Recipe.com, … Read More...