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Sarah Whittle has been sharing lots of new stitch tutorials:
(1) God’s eye stitch
(2) The perfect French knot
(3) French knot border stitch
(4) Herringbone stitch
(5) Couched herringbone stitch
(6) Double herringbone stitch
(7) Laced herringbone stitch
(8) … Read More...
Since needlepoint canvas is squares within squares, how can you stitch a smooth curve? Brenda Stimpson shares three great techniques in her guest post on Janet Perry’s Nuts About Needlepoint. Go to Brenda’s post.
Sabrina from Honor Roll shows how to make this lovely pleated lace headband with flower embellishments. She was inspired by a similar item from Ruche. She made hers with inexpensive lace, some t-shirt knit, and a plain headband. Love it! … Read More...
I’m so very intrigued by these: bowtie pasta fried to a crunch. I’ve a feeling I’d love ’em. Find the how-tos HERE at Leslie Sarna. Be sure to linger around this site a bit, too. There are so many … Read More...
Anna from Noodlehead guest blogs over at A Lemon Squeezy Home with a tutorial showing how to make this scrappy zippered makeup pouch. Get the tutorial.
[photo from A Lemon Squeezy Home]
Here’s a clever use of tortilla chips: make a bat bite appetizer. Find the recipe HERE at All You.
Kate at Punk Projects shows you how she carved stamps from patterned erasers. It’s a great idea for making some decorative stamps! Click here to go to the tutorial.
KERRYKATIECAKES shows us how to begin our stitching with an away knot (aka waste knot). She says,
… Read More...The ends of your threads are not going to show up as shadows on the front of your work since they run
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny offers us two options for creating brick stitch. Each has its own advantages, so you’ll probably want to learn both. See the tute on Nicole’s blog.
Acorns = Autumn. Yes it’s true, tons and tons of them fall from trees each year so that cute fluffy tailed squirrels can bury them all over your yard and forget where half of them are. 🙂 Silly squirrels. I … Read More...
Today’s craft falls under one of those categories that could be questioned. Is this really a recycled craft, more of a repurposed item or simply a great way to disguise one of those necessities. I am voting for all of … Read More...
Learn how to make this edible Halloween treat box from gingerbread HERE, created by guest blogger Grin and Bake It for Pink Little Cake‘s “28 Days of Sweet Halloween Ideas” (my dream come true, I think). Need more? … Read More...
As a cookie decorator with a drawer full of disposable frosting bags, I’m a big fan clever uses of… disposable frosting bags. So bravo to Good Life Eats for this kitchen tip for stuffed pasta.
Beautylish shares a few DIY hair treatments, including one that will remove product build up and residue.
It’s tutorial time!! And this one’s a video of how to make a funky flower bead. I love making funky flowers. They make great pendants and earrings and I even use those that I make as focals on macramé bracelets … Read More...
Jennifer Casa from JCasa Handmade shares a tutorial on Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make her Flip Side Pillow. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Sew, Mama, Sew! blog]
Our sister site CraftBits.com is celebrating Halloween with lots of Free Halloween Projects.
Today we are featuring This Witches Broomstick Pen Craft project.
See? A trend! There. I declared it. (I’m sure others have as well, and long before me, but please let me have my delusions of insight.) Check out these latest cupcakes, broccoli baked right in to look like trees. … Read More...
And the Halloween treats keep coming! Find a great roundup of easy, kid-friendly dinners and treats HERE at Parents.com, such as ravioli spiders or Frankenstein pudding.
