Laura of Folsy, Lupin Handmade has been good enough to share this step-by-step adorable felted flower tutorial with us and we thank her. This make has 4 stages; Overview, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 (Print All These Stages … Read More...
Ice Cream! How to Make it, Wine Pairings and Homemade Cones
Clearly, the kitchn has ice cream in mind. Check out these recent posts: The role of salt in making ice cream, how to make ice cream without an ice cream maker, how to make ice cream cones, … Read More...
Fortune Cookie Video Tutorial
Learn to make a miniature fortune cookie in polymer clay! So very cute!
Tutorial: Perfect pleated ruffles without a ruffle foot
Bandy Canyon shares a tutorial showing how to make perfectly pleated ruffles. She used a regular foot on her sewing machine – no fancy ruffler attachment needed. Get the tute.
[photo from Bandy Canyon]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, pleated, ruffle[/tags]
Read all about it: Troubleshooting interfacing problems
It can be frustrating, to say the least, when the interfacing that is supposed to improve a project ends up buckling and bubbling. Nicole Mallalieu from Nicole Mallalieu Design and You SEW, Girl! shares some tips for figuring out what’s … Read More...
Freebie: Online Stamping Magazine
(image by Stampavie)
Click here to download the latest issue of Stampavie Creations, the FREE online stamping magazine. It’s got lots of lovely stamped cards, projects and techniques.
-Heather
Free charts: Needlepoint
Folded Paper Flowers
What a fun summery accent these make! Kristin over at Striving to Be More made this cute flowers out of accordian style folded paper.
Get the tutorial for these folded paper flowers at Kristin’s blog.
Tile Coasters
It’s amazing what a little decoupage medium can do to just about any surface. These cute coasters come from the blog A Little Bit of Everything, and she’ll show you how you can make your own.
Get the tile coaster … Read More...
Metal-Top Coffee Table
Just when I think I’ve seen all the different makeovers and revamps out there, someone else knocks my socks off. Julie from Less Than perfect Life of Bliss took an old dated coffee table, covered sections in metal, revamped with … Read More...
Project: Washer Necklace
How much fun are these necklaces!? Can you believe they are made from hardware store washers? Find out how to add some patterned paper and stamped words to a metal washer and make one for yourself. Click here to visit … Read More...
Stitch a greeting card
Lauren Davis (Crooked Sister) has posted her first tutorial, and it’s a winner. She shows us how to embroider a greeting card — a craft so dear to my heart! See the tute.
Tutorial: Chain stitch
Sarah Whittle demos chain stitch, a versatile basic that belongs in every embroiderer’s repertoire. See the tute.
Great idea: Painted batting
Patricia Eaton of Bird Nest on the Ground is showing off a technique that I have to try! She creates backgrounds for embroidered scenes by painting quilt batting. The surface cuddles up to the stitching in much the same way … Read More...
Free design from Di van Niekerk
Here’s a great freebie from Di van Niekerk of Crafts Unlimited. Di says,
… Read More...The Country Meadow series is always popular with embroiderers, and this month, I have a lovely gift for you to download for your collection. Print the
Felted Boom Bag free pattern by Kate Kuckro
Get started on your fall knit-felting projects with the help of a free downloadable e-book from Knitting Daily. This e-book gives you the patterns to 7 free projects. The one that is felted is the Boom Bag. This bag … Read More...
After enjoying a cool and tasty popsicle-recycle the stick into art
I’ve previously posted about making art from wood scraps, well this is like recycling with little leftovers from those cool treats we all enjoy during our summer months. Note: I know we have readers out there that it is not … Read More...
Cracker Buttons
Find the recipe and how-tos for making these cute cheese cracker buttons HERE at Le Petit Brioche.
[tags]crackers, cheese, buttons[/tags]
Tutorial: Zippered fabric sleeve for a child’s wooden puzzle
Maria from Yay! I Made It shows how to make this zippered sleeve for a child’s wooden puzzles. Handles make it easy to carry, and it zips closed to keep all the pieces with the puzzle so your child can … Read More...
Tutorial: Kool-Aid dyed elastic for your sewing projects
Vivian from Craft with Confidence shows how she created custom colors of elastic using a favorite childhood drink. She dyed the elastic with Kool-Aid. Brilliant!! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Craft with Confidence]
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