Kristen hosts “make the best of everything” and lives in Iowa with her husband and their baby boy; made this creative felt road as a gift for her nephew Kyle who just turned two. Kristen realizes this gift is … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy Mommy Skirt
Delia from Delia Creates posts in her Color Your Summer series with a tutorial showing how to make her Easy Mommy Skirt. It’s a grown-up variation of the Easy Baby Skirt she wrote a tutorial for earlier this year. The … Read More...
Project: Kitty Covered Notebook
Amy aka The Scrapping Mommy shows how to take apart a plain spiral notebook, cover it with papers, dies and stamps for a purrrfect new notebook! Meow!
-Heather
Tutorial: Fabric covered buttons
Here’s a scrap buster project worth considering, make your own fabric covered buttons. Patchwork Delights shows you how. Get the tutorial.
Image credit: Patchwork Delights
Get the latest Stitch & Thimble
The latest edition of Kelly Fletcher‘s pattern zine, The Stitch & Thimble, is available now from her online shop. She says,
… Read More...The eighth edition features a bullion and knot bloom project, a contemporary doorstop, a hot water bottle cover
Free embroidery design: Little Home Planet
Laura of Mason Bee has introduced a new series of free embroidery designs with this precious pattern, Little Home Planet. She says,
… Read More...This is the first, in what will become a series of free embroidery designs for anyone to use
Free Felt Badge Pattern: Frankenstein’s Monster
Jivvy of “Dollhouse Miniatures” has never work in felt because she did not find it suitable for the teeny detail work that she loves. “Never say never.” Says Jivvy! Because she has been inspired by several felting artists on the … Read More...
Simple Faux Porcelain Candle Holder
Using Ultimate Crafter’s Glue and tile spacers, you can create some super cute candle holders. Check out HandMAKEMyDay for the tutorial and more pictures.
Paper Wallet
The beauty of nature is incomparable to anything we could create. I love the meshing of the two in this paper wallet. Create your own paper out of the beauty of nature that you find while on a nature walk! … Read More...
Mini Notebooks
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Often times, my daughters ask me for little pieces of paper so they can do a quick drawing, or practicing writing words or letters. These mini notebooks are the perfect answer for just those situations! You can find the tutorial … Read More...
Graduation Crafts {Lesson Plan}
Looking for something to do to celebrate graduation week for your homeschool week or at school? Look no further than these wonderful, fun activities to do to honor your little graduate! Head to The Nature of Grace for all the … Read More...
DIY: Soap Kids Want to Use!
So why didn’t I think of that? The brilliant folks at Partycraft Secrets have come up with soap that any toddler or young child will want to use…brilliant. Just brilliant. Find out how to do it yourself here.
DIY: World’s Easiest Salt Scrub
As I was washing the dirt off my hands — again — today from endless gardening, I was thinking how dry my hands are. So it’s great timing to find an incredibly simple but effective recipe to make your own … Read More...
Super-cute Felt Sea Creature Patterns & Instructions
Alice of “future girl” has more cute sea creature patterns, which you can now get on her free download page. There is an octopus, starfish, jellyfish and fish pattern in this tutorial group. Alice tells us “They are all easy-to-make … Read More...
Giant Paper Flowers – Ruche
While checking out Oh the Lovely Things: Happy Friday DIY Round-up, I was overwhelmed with love for these Giant Paper Flowers, created as photo shoot props by Ruche for their spring lookbook. I’m pretty sure I have … Read More...
Tutorial: Fringed cowboy pants for toddlers
Stephanie from Sewing Chick shows how she made a pair of cowboy pants for her toddler son. The elastic-waist pants have long faux-suede fringe down the sides. How cute!! Get the tutorial.
[photo from Sewing Chick]
Tutorial: Soda can cozy for summer
Are you looking for a fun yet practical summer sewing project? If so, Leslie of Leslie’s Art and Sew has it going on. Make this handy (excuse the pun) soda can cozy to beat the heat. She trades regular quilt … Read More...
Tutorial: Bubble Ruffle Tu Tu for little girls
Alicia from The Creative Vault guest blogs at U Create with a tutorial showing how to maker Bubble Ruffle Tu Tu. It’s all kinds of fluffy, frilly fabulousness that little girls LOVE. Get the tute.
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Project: Seamless Tiers Card
This lovely and elegant card is perfectly layered and lined up. Find out how to get this look over on Ellen Hutson’s blog, Julia Stainton shares all her tips and tricks for a seamless tiers card.
-Heather
Try this CQ scrap experiment
Inspired by a fabric-collage workshop led by Susan Carlson, Allie Aller experimented with applying one of the techniques to crazy-quilting. The awesome results are shown here. Go to her Allie’s in Stitches blog post to find out how she did … Read More...