Can you tell by looking at this wreath that it is made from red, white, and blue bandanas
? The bandanas were cut into 2-inch squares and a skewer is used to press the center of the squares into a … Read More...
Free Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Canvas and faux leather duffle
Sew4Home shows how to make their Safari Duffle from canvas and faux leather. It has a pair of handles stitched on to the bag so you can pick it up your hands, and also a removable longer handle so you … Read More...
Freebie: Boy and Dog on Bike Digital Stamp
Pop a wheelie! Download this fun boy and his dog riding a bike digi stamp for free over at the Dearie Dolls blog, you can grab a color or black and white version.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? … Read More...
A Crochet Mistake
Sometimes this is what you get when you set out to make a beanie for charity. No, not me! You can read a bit more about it here. But, even tho’ this is supposed to be a failure, I … Read More...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Earrings
Simple but effective designs are always the best tutorials. This one for three different earring sets makes a variety of simple earrings. They even show some colour varieties and you could go from there to create completely custom designs.
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Tip: Stamping with the Backs of Clear Stamps
Here’s a really great way to get more use from your clear stamps, trying inking the backside of the stamp for a solid image. Jennifer McGuire used the back of a long word stamp to make candle and then flipped … Read More...
Freebie: Quiet Please! Cross stitch Pattern
Quiet Please! Cross Stitcher at Work! Oh what wonderful words…if only my dogs knew how to read. This adorable and very useful door sampler would be a great addition to a sewing or crafting room. Any time you need … Read More...
7 Crafts To Use Your Extra Bottle Caps
Whether you collect them, or just save them for some project you are hoping to find, bottle caps are a classic in the craft world. Their small size makes it easy to use the singular for a mini-project, or you … Read More...
Party Ideas – Disney’s Maleficent
This movie should have come out in October for Halloween. It looks very dark and quite evil. I am 99% sure I wouldn’t be able to sit through it.
For all the photos and some design ideas check out this … Read More...
DIY Raw Crystal Necklace
This Crystal necklace is different from most other crystal necklaces, can you tell why? It might not be obvious at first but then you realize what makes it so special. It is horizontal NOT vertical. Majority of crystals are hung … Read More...
Wind-Up Paper Butterflies
This craft caught my eye because it is very timely, at least where I live. Now that we have some flowers blooming and nice weather, we have started seeing a variety of colorful butterflies. These colorful butterflies make me want … Read More...
Tutorial: Build a Robot
The nice folks at Sculpey.com and Britta Lautenschlager have this robot project. It says it’s geared towards the kids but I think it would be fabulous for any of us clayers. The tutorial uses original and terracotta Sculpey clays … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Table runner turned wall hanging
Maria of Maria’s Quilt Box explains she won this beautiful quilted table runner in a contest. Lucky! Instead of placing it on a table, she hung it on her wall.
Image credit: Maria’s Quilt Box
Sew a perfect quarter inch seam
Perfecting the quarter inch seam allowance is an essential skill for quilters who piece. If you have not yet reached what Deanna of SewMcCool refers to as “quarter inch seam Nirvana”, don’t panic. Go to her blog post, Sewing a … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a ruffled tea towel
Jona from Jona G. Patterns and Stop Staring and Start Sewing shows how you can make a tea towel. A small ruffle and ribbon trim across the bottom make them extra pretty. She used a home dec weight for the … Read More...
Tutorial: Kid-sized fabric grocery sack for playing store
Kristin from Grandma’s Chalkboard shows how to make a mini version of a white plastic grocery bag for kids to play store with. It looks just like the ones you get from the grocery store but on a smaller scale. … Read More...
Read all about the sheath dress
Since its introduction in the 1950s, the form fitting sheath dress continues to be a popular silhouette in women’s fashion. It’s sleek, sexy, and sophisticated. Sherri from sewbettyanddot focuses on the sheath dress in her guest post at Pattern Patter, … Read More...
Tips: Weathered Look Birdhouse Card
Learn to color a birdhouse stamp to achieve a weathered wood look using Copic markers in a video tutorial over on the Gina K blog.
-Heather
Free pattern: Penny the Fish softie
Abby Glassenberg fromWhile She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, shares a free pattern for making Penny the Fish. Penny is such a cute little softie! Made from fleece, she’s soft and cuddly. She’d make … Read More...
Floral Mittens for May, in June
From time to time I will lose an email in my inbox (please tell me that happens to you, too?) and will completely forget that I needed to do something or share something until it’s a lot later than is … Read More...