Aliola has been posting a series of adorable cross-stitch animals. Browse through her blog to see all of them. Here are some direct links:
Tutorial: DIY Duvet Cover
Prudent Baby shows how to make your own duvet cover. A project this large requires a good deal of fabric, but making it yourself means that you can coordinate the duvet cover with other decor items you’ve made. Go to … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a wallet from a dishtowel
Care from Obsessively Stitching made a wallet for her son to hold his very first library card. (Major milestone!) Resourceful sewist that she is, she made the wallet from a dishtowel. She shares a tutorial showing how she did it. … Read More...
Freebies: Word Art and Digital Kit
Both of these great items are available for download from Nini’s Suddenly Artistic blog. Click here to go to download.
Serving Cheese and Crackers
I love this simple, clever idea for serving cheese and crackers. Spotted on Design Mom, find the idea and how-tos HERE at Twig & Thistle.
[tags]cheese, crackers, favors, parties[/tags]
DIY: Makeup Brush Holder
Freshly Picked shares step-by-step instructions on how to create your own handy makeup brush holder. While this may be primarily sewing-related, I think this project also fits into the bath & body category. This is great for organizing your … Read More...
Tutorial: Royal Icing Butterflies
TUTORIAL: Felt Food
I love this tutorial for felted food. I would have loved to play with these goodies when I was little and adored playing house. I fold this on “MADE Celebrating Moms”. Making Felt Food is easy and quite fun. … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a simple tube top for easy layering
Cheri from I Am Momma – Hear Me Roar made this simple tube top to layer underneath a shirt when she doesn’t feel like adding a full layer of a tank top. This is great for hot summer days when … Read More...
Free BOM design: Mom
This month’s quilt block in Victoriana’s latest series would make a perfect Mother’s Day project. You could make an applique block as shown here. Or Benita of Victoriana Quilt Designs says, “I like the idea of making it into a … Read More...
Freebie: Ice Cream Stickers
Download these images and print onto sticker paper to create your very own stickers! Click here to go to download.
Handprint Flower Pot
Try this craft with your child for a grandmother or mom… It is so great to document a child’s grown through Handprint art!! Check out Fun Handprint Art to see how its done! 
Tutorial: Working with g.c.d Chip Art Tools
Nathalie Kalbach shows in a video tutorial how she works with the Chip Art Tools by Melody Ross from g.c.d. Click here to go to tutorial.
Sunflower Cake
Now that is one busy but somehow still really appealing-to-me cake. And the decorations are mostly manipulated store-bought candies, so doesn’t look too tough to make. Go Woman’s Day! Find the how-tos HERE.
[tags]sunflowers, Spring, cake, bees[/tags]
Tutorial: Paper Roses
Nina Brackett shows how to make these paper roses. Click here to go to tutorial.
Tutorial: Circle of Geese
Claudia from Machen und Tun blog shares how she made this circle of geese quilting block – it’s a variation on the traditional flying geese pattern. She says, I made this tutorial because I had a hard time to … Read More...
Free chart: Mini needlepoint
If you like miniature needlepoint, you’ll love this free floral petit point chart from Kreinik. The site says, “Worked over one on 40-count silk gauze, the design is about the size of a quarter.” Get the chart.
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Tutorial: Hand applique
Ruth O’Leary lets us watch over her shoulder as she appliques a complex shape. She has great advice for making the process painless and the results beautiful. She even includes a tip for curing any “wobbles” you may spot after … Read More...
Free chart for pillow top
Remy of Embroiderbee’s Blog is sharing the chart for this exquisite design. She says,
… Read More...[It] morphed from the painting that I use as my gravatar. It would be 11 1/8 x 11 1/8 on 18 ct fabric … perfect to
Lots of new free patterns at Stofnest
I’m not sure what’s going on over at Stofnest, but Ria posted dozens of new cross-stitch sampler patterns over the weekend. Click over and enjoy the abundance.