What do you get when you put chain, safety pins and rhinestones together? This amazing drop necklace. I love the use of the pins to add dimension and yes I am going to say it “quirkiness”. If you haven’t noticed … Read More...
Free Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Make this neck support pillow in just 30 minutes
Sew4Home shares a free pattern for making this neck support pillow. It’s a quick, simple project. They say it can be done in just 30 minutes! The pillow is shaped to cradle your head and support your neck. Handles on … Read More...
Tutorial: Crayon cuff
This crayon cuff by Jess from The Sewing Rabbit keeps crayons always at the ready. She shares a tutorial for making one. It’s made from fleece (easy-sew fabric) with pockets to hold 4 crayons. It has a simple Velcro closure … Read More...
Project: Valentine Canvas
Decorate your home for Valentine’s Day or anytime you want a little love around your house with a lovely mixed media canvas. Rachel shares a video tutorial and lots of photos for making a project with several different media like … Read More...
Kids Craft – Textured Yarn Heart Craft for Decoration
If you have a collection of yarn bits and pieces lying around, I suggest using some of them to make one or more of these textured hearts. Start out by drawing a large yarn shape on a large piece of … Read More...
Tutorial | Origami Heart Garland
Learn how to make these adorable kirigami hearts – kirigami is the art of paper folding and cutting – then string them together to make a garland. Each heart takes about two minutes to make once you have the hang … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a partial chair slipcover to cover a worn seat
Kim from Exquisitely Unremarkable shows an easy fix for a tear in an upholstered chair seat. She makes a partial slipcover, covering only the seat cushion. Using a contrasting fabric turns it into a feature rather than just a fix.… Read More...
Wonderful recycled metal heart decorations
Over at the blog Kathi’s Garden Art Rust-n-Suff she has featured a whole bunch of amazing recycled metal heart art in this post and some newer pieces in this post that feature hearts and other themes. Pop on over … Read More...
Tutorial: Free motion stitch a Valentine
TJ from Studio Mailbox guest blogs at The Sewing Loft showing how you can use fabric paint and free motion stitching to make pretty Valentines. The process of painting and then free motion stitching will give each one its own … Read More...
Technique: Stenciled Card using Embossing Paste and Powders
Lori from the Stamp Scents blog shares a tutorial for making a beautiful nature themed card, adding embossing powder to embossing paste over a stencil. The result is stunning, with loads of texture and depth. Click here to find out … Read More...
Free pattern: Leather and fur baby booties
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern for making these leather (or faux leather) and fur baby booties. There are just three pattern pieces (a sole, a heel, and a toe) that fit together to make a pair … Read More...
Red Velvet Coconut Cupcakes
I wish for one week without snow and shoveling! Okay, off my soap box! Back to Valentine’s Day treats for your friends, family and loved ones. This dessert can actually be made anytime of the year. Red velvet and chocolate … Read More...
Patty Lyons Shares Her Least Favorite Knitting Myths; What Are Yours?
I’m loving this post — and the conversation in the comments — from knitwear designer and teacher Patty Lyons, in which she talks about her least favorite myths about knitting. These are the things she hears people say that … Read More...
Make Pretty Valentine Gift Bags
If you own a Silhouette cutting machine such as the CAMEO, these pretty Valentine’s Day gift bags would make a lovely addition to your holiday festivities. I also think this technique could easily be adapted for birthday party favor bags, … Read More...
Card Making – 7 Stamp Making Tutorials
As much as we love to craft with stamps, it’s just a given fact that buying all of those adorable stamps we see at the stores can add up to be quite a bit of money. Have you ever tried … Read More...
Updated: DIY Crochet Converse Shoe Patterns
If you can’t afford your own Converse shoes
or just want to have a little fun with life then you are going to want to check out this round-up for converse shoes you can crochet. The converse slipper or shoe … Read More...
DIY Yarn Beaded Necklace
This tutorial has been converted from Russian (I think) so it doesn’t say exactly what type of yarn it is and I am sure it comes under a different name in every country anyways. I have seen it in the … Read More...
Giveaway: Scarves and Shawls for Yarn Lovers
Congratulations to asteride!
There are a lot of great yarns out there that might be called “novelty,” yarns with a lot of texture or that use fiber in unexpected ways. Ribbons, eyelash yarns, slubby, super bulky and multi-textured yarns are … Read More...
Tip and Project: Heart Wreath Card
What do you do with all those tiny little stamps that most stamp sets have? They make great backgrounds and accents but you can also stamp one single small stamp repeatedly in different colors in a shape, like this wreath … Read More...
Cool Math Art with Parabolic Curves
So, I will admit it, without the pictures provided with this tutorial posted on What Do We Do All Day, I wouldn’t have known what a parabolic curve was (you can find the definition here). Would you? The short … Read More...