Deby from So Sew Easy shares a free pattern for making this Easy Pleated Skirt. Its a simple lightweight skirt with pleats on the front and the back. The pleats provide the shaping at the hip and waist so there … Read More...
Video tutorial: Pincushion cottage
This soft fabric house is a cute place to store your pins and needles. Heather from The Sewing Loft shares a free video class at Babylock’s Sew at Home showing how you can make one. The simple house shape is … Read More...
Tutorial | Mother’s Day Photo Cubes
These photo cubes are a delightful and thoughtful gift for Mother’s Day. They are quite simple to make, and best of all the cubes are made from packaging that you would usually toss. Check out Tara Dennis for all the … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Mother’s Day Card
Download and print this graphic Mother’s Day card for your mom compliments of Key Lime Digital. It comes with a matching printable envelope that is best for gifting by hand. The card and fold over slot envelope come in … Read More...
Tutorial | Hand Print Bouquet | Mother’s Day Gift
Make your Mom a lovely bouquet this Mother’s Day made up of hand (and foot) prints from the grandchildren! Or send this link to your spouse as a hint (wink wink). The kids will have a ton of fun putting … Read More...
Technique: Cards Accented with Die Cuts and a Resit Technique
Designer Karolyn Loncon shares two wonderful card projects on the My Favorite Things blog. The first is a fantastic use of dies, she got wonderful texture and pattern by layering an intricately cut floral die cut out of white onto … Read More...
Butterfly Fruit Pizza
Although we have more snow coming, it has been nice to see the robins come out in full force the past few days. Eventually, we might be able to see green grass, flowers and butterflies among the birds. If you … Read More...
Spring Cleaning Dust Mitt Tutorial
Laura of “We Wilsons” is a pattern designer, baker, and homeschooling mother and lives in a little home in the woods in rural TN. Her Spring Cleaning Dust Mitt is so clever and you can make these from used clothes … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy baby blanket 2 ways
Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns shows two ways you can make a baby blanket. Her first method makes a lightweight blanket from a single layer of quilting cotton, perfect for the warmer months. Her second method makes a cozier option, … Read More...
How to make organic lawn stars for the 4th of July
OMG! When I read how these were made my lawn is not going to be safe from art of all sorts for every holiday and even just because! Pop on over to the blog Pink and Green Mama to see … Read More...
9 Teacher Appreciation Gifts
National Teacher Appreciation Day is coming up on May 5th. If you are trying to find a fun, but easy gift for your little one to give, then take a look at our list of 9 gift ideas. Some of … Read More...
Easy DIY Party Banners
If you’re having trouble finding the perfect party banner, I’ve found a great resource that can help. Chicfetti Parties has a wide assortment of free printable banners that you can customize and download. There are all sorts of fun geometric … Read More...
Free Pattern – Tea Cozy
This fun Tea cozy is made using this Tea Cozy tutorial and flowers from here.
I really like the color combination used in this pattern. I am not sure tea cozies are used for practical reasons these days but gee … Read More...
Build an Inventor’s Box
If you have a child that likes to tinker and build things, I highly recommend you use the suggestions shared on The Educators’ Spin On It to create an inventor’s box. Not only is it a fun way to facilitate … Read More...
Technique: Custom Envelopes Decorated with Custom Stamps
Don’t send your wonderful hand stamped cards in a plain envelope, make the envelope as pretty as the card! Mark Montano shares how you can make your own large custom stamps using embossing folders and thin sheets of fun foam. … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage powder or bath mitt
When I was a kid, I loved using my grandmother’s body powder. I felt so fancy pouncing the perfumed powder over my arms and back. Mary Beth from RetroMonkeys shares a free vintage project sheet showing how you can make … Read More...
Tutorial | Mother’s Day Wrist Corsage
This Mother’s Day, create a special handmade gift that all your favorite moms will treasure — a beautiful wrist corsage! With just a few simple materials and a little bit of time, you can craft a thoughtful accessory that shows … Read More...
How to make iridescent Fairy wings
UPDATE Jul 2020: The original website has been taken down. We have saved a PDF copy of this tutorial that you can download: How-to-make-iridescent-wings.
I love it when I look at something and think it is made with … Read More...
Little Polymer Bowls
Here’s a cute trinket dish for the kiddos to make – perhaps for Mother’s Day, perhaps to store their own treasures. The coil pot method to make the initial circle mixes the colours prettily.
If your kiddos are up for … Read More...
Project: Get Well Pop Up Tissue Box
Wanting to cheer up someone who is feeling sick? Make them this sweet pop-up tissue box card. The Scrapping and Stamping in California blog has complete directions for cutting, scoring , folding and assembling this cute card, click here.
-Heather