Anne of Play Crafts takes on the topic of color in a recent blog post. She explains,
Knowing how colors appear to change based on their context can be a very powerful design tool when creating your projects.
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Two Free Ornament Designs
Magali – Lili.HR posted two free ornament charts and the image shown here shows them stitched up. They will be great additions to your tree or you could also use them for a holiday card. They are really sweet designs … Read More...
Circus Raccoon
Vintage Spice and Everything Nice continues their series of circus-themed posts with a cute little raccoon playing a trumpet. He’s ready to lead the circus band marching down the street for a parade announcing the circus is in town. Along … Read More...
Folded Star Ornament using Fabric
Using a polystyrene ball to cover up and three different types of fabrics with different shading, the ladies from a spoonful of sugar have created a beautiful star ornament for decorating the Christmas tree with.
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Gingerbread Man
Sara Jessica of Cross Me Not is back from her hiatus and has resumed posting her cute freebies with this darling little Gingerbread man chart. He looks good enough to eat, doesn’t he? This chart will make a great little … Read More...
Pearl Fiber Class
If you have ever wanted to learn how to make your own pearl cotton and other pearl fiber, such as pearl silk, now is your chance. If you aren’t familiar with pearl fibers, you don’t know what you are missing … Read More...
Playful Elephant
Vintage Spice and Everything Nice has been posting a series of free charts with a circus theme. Here’s the latest entry into the collection – a playful elephant who is balancing a ball on his (or her) trunk. In addition … Read More...
Freebie | Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart Poster
Taken from an older Christian hymn, one of Aki’s favourites, this free printable poster comes in two versions: black text on white as shown, and a chalkboard look-alike. The PDF prints out at 8.5 x 11 and can be framed … Read More...
Free pattern: Apple Pie Carl Sagan Quote
Make this the focal point of your next quilt-y project and you are sure to please your inner geek. The pattern is the work of Bridgeen Gillespie of Cherry and Cinnamon and right now, is offered at Kitschy Digitals as … Read More...
Easy Shisha
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘N Thread has been posting a series of Shisha stitch tutorials. Just a reminder – Shisha stitch is the one where the stitches hold mirrors onto the ground fabric. The stitches are usually a combination of … Read More...
Freebie | Photography Prop Check List for Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking
Do you take photos of your paper crafts and scrapbooking projects to share online? If you’ve been thinking about improving those photos by using styling, here is a great checklist for you. Jennifer Gallacher from In-Site-Full shares this list of … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Leaf Art
Here is some beautiful Fall decor for you: two printable leaf art prints from Live, laugh, Rowe. You can get the prints in either 4×6 or 5×7 for framing. Set them up in a lovley vignette for your Thanksgiving … Read More...
Freebie | Grateful For…. Layered Template
What are you grateful for? Record them using this free 12 x12 layered template for digital and hybrid scrapbook layouts. It comes to you courtesy of Designer Digitals, and designed by Cathy Zielske. Grab it here
Digital photo tip “Beware your camera lies”
Not specifically for quilting, but this article written by Julie Comstock will help any maker who photographs their goods for their blog, competition or just for the fun of it. The author of this post claims your camera lies, but … Read More...
Tea for Me
Hugs are Fun blogger Rebecca has posted another fun, free pattern. This time the theme is tea-time. A nice steaming mug of tea brightens any day. I just love sitting down with one. It is so cozy and warms up … Read More...
Freebie: Ampersand Cut File
The ampersand is a very trendy symbol, much cooler then using a boring old “and”. The Mel Stampz blog has an ampersand free die cut file and printable backgrounds for the Silhouette, click here to get them.
-Heather
Dress for Success
Sew Simple Dress is sharing another lovely lady to stitch and add to the growing collection of fashion plates. This one has a flirty skirt. It is a rather large pattern, but as pointed out, there is a lot of … Read More...
Tutorial: Bear’s Paw quilt block
The rich, comforting colors in this Bear’s Paw quilt block makes me yearn for snuggling under a quilt by a fire, with a cup of cocoa in hand (and a book in the other). You can get the template to … Read More...
Treasure Trove of Embroidery Designs
Over at About.com DIY Fashion, Rain Blanken has collected several sets of embroidery designs for us to enjoy. Themes include vintage women, vintage little girls, fantasy, canines, butterflies, farm animals, and wild animals. Rain also has a gallery of finished … Read More...
Valuable Pattern
This project from Daisies for Violet would be great for that friend who is into fifty shades of gray – no not that certain novel, but the shades of value found in photos or artwork. If you have a budding … Read More...
