Made from cupcakes. Very clever. Learn to make “Cuppie Cakes” HERE at the Dollhouse Bake Shoppe blog.
Project: Stamped Postage Stamp Charms
Visit the Homespun with Heart blog and learn how to make sweet little postage stamp charms, perfect for card or scrapbook page embellishments, home decor projects or even jewelry!
-Heather
Free patterns over at Superbuzzy
Superbuzzy is one of my favorite online fabric shops and they’ve got some cute free patterns and tutorials as well.
This little Oliver and S girl’s sundress pattern is really cute and would make a nice gift. And most recently, … Read More...
Framed Glass Subway Art
Subway art is very popular. We’ve seen it for holidays, seasons, and themes such as the beach, restaurants, family and tons more. Most subway art is placed on a painted piece of wood or canvas, but Kristyn over at Lil’ … Read More...
Tutorial: Tatted barefoot sandals
TotusMel has posted a tutorial for her signature tatted barefoot sandals on Instructables. See the tute.
Tatting tute: Estimating thread
Jon Yusoff of Tat-a-Renda explains how to estimate the amount of thread needed for a project. See her post.
Tutorial: Dot and Daisy stitch
Tutorial: Baby burp cloths with loops for toys and pacifiers
Head over to Merriment Design to find out how to make this burp cloth that also helps keep toys and paci’s off of the floor and right where you need them. The fabric strip stitched down the middle makes it … Read More...
Tutorial: House mug rug
Meg from Fashioned by Meg shows how to create a cute little mug rug that is shaped like a little house. Appliqued doors and windows create the windows, doors, and other details. Oh, the possibilities for embellishment! You can use … Read More...
Read all about it: Tips and tricks for making soft dolls and plushies
Sarah from Dolly Donations and Dolls and Daydreams has compiled a list of useful tips and tricks for making soft dolls and plushies, and shares it on her blog. From the best tools to use to how to stitch those … Read More...
Tuorial: Paper Flowers
Laura from The Whimsical World of Laura Bird shares how to make these layered flowers using patterned paper, and a circle punch. Click here to go to the tutorial
DIY Watercolor Ribbon Wands
Send the bride and groom off in style with these festive watercolor ribbon wands! I created a quick and easy tutorial for the May Arts Design Team. Click here to view the full tutorial or visit my blog Serendipity … Read More...
Tutorial: Satin-stitched dots
I avoid embroidering dots. I’ve always thought they were just too hard. But afte reading Mary Corbet‘s tutorial, I’m willing to give them a try. I want a bit of this gorgeousness in my hoop! If you’d like to … Read More...
April Fools Day Food
Find a roundup of fake-out foods HERE at The Food Network, including cinnamon sugar stick fries with a strawberry dip, crab cake fried ice cream, and banana pudding cake lasagna. Spotted on Gordon Gossip.
Learn some new needlepoint stitches
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, has posted new free stitch journal pages for diamond ray stitch (top) and horizontal brick stitch. Go to her blog post for the links to these rockin stitch aides.
New old charts
Ramzi‘s Free Pattern Maker site has received three uploads recently of vintage Sajou pattern books:
(1) Sajou No. 290 (8 pages of designs)
(2) Sajou No. 664 (4 alphabets)
(3) Sajou No. 603 (3 alphabets)
Big sale at Stofnest!
Ria of Stofnest is having a spring-cleaning sale. You can buy any 10 PDF patterns from her website for just 10 Euros. Go to her blog post for the link.
Baseball Table
This is a cool project. You’ll definitely want to go take a look at this one. Tonya took an old baseball bat and repurposed a little garden table and came up with this vintage looking baseball table. Make sure to … Read More...
Potting Bench Makeover
Tracy’s husband made this potting bench for her several years ago. Last year she thought about painting it, but decided not to for fear she wouldn’t be happy with it. Just recently she gave it an awesome makeover using a … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiny Tushie Cushion, a no-slip stool cushion
Kelly from Sewing In No Man’s Land shows how she created her Tiny Tushie Cushion, a small cushion that’s strapped on to the seat of a her boys’ art stools. It was quick to sew (she said it took just … Read More...