Gia from Fairytale Flower shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make this lovely peony fabric flower. Layers of organza make the delicate peony petals. It would make a beautiful embellishment for a hair clip or head … Read More...
Tutorial: Deep pleat wrap skirt
Liz from Cotton & Curls you can make this deep pleated wrap skirt. It’s a pretty skirt, and fairly easy to make. It being a wrap skirt, there is no zipper to install. She says she was able to make … Read More...
Make Felted Little Birdies [Video Tutorial]
This is a excellent video tutorial on needle felting these adroable “Little Birdies” and eggs from Craft Passion that is authored by Joanne. She also created the video, enjoy! Thanks Joanne for the adorable chicks and eggs 🙂
Tutorial: Snap up sleeping bag and camping blanket
Nicole from Modern Handcraft shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to make a child’s snap up sleeping bag. Instead of a zipper, it uses snaps to close up the side. The snaps are easy for young hands … Read More...
Freebie: Celtic Knot Digital Image
Download this free Celtic Knot image free from Dover Publications. Colored in it would be pretty on a card for St. Patrick’s Day!
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check out these designs we found on Etsy.… Read More...
Dallas Hospital Wants Blankets for Every Baby
Parkland Hospital in Dallas is the public hospital for Dallas County, which means they deliver a lot of babies in a lot of different circumstances.
They’re teaming up with Warm Up, America to try to fulfill a great — and … Read More...
Marathoner’s Scarf Now a World Record
I’ve written before about David Babcock, the Kansas City marathoner who knits while he runs. Back in October he aimed to break the record for the longest scarf knit while running a marathon (who knew that was even a … Read More...
Tutorial: Hot and cold pack with handles
Erin from Sewbon shows how to make a hot and cold pack with handles. Keep it in the freezer for a cold pack. Or, pop it in the microwave and it works as a heating pad. The fabric pack is … Read More...
String Art for Kids
Have you ever seen a completed string art project and think “I want to try that”? If you do want to try it, I suggest using these direction shared by Angie from The Chic Country Cottage. She shares the short … Read More...
Chocolate Irish Creme Cake Pops
Janine at Sugarkissed.net shows you how to make these yummy cake pops using chocolate cake and Irish buttercream.
These are great desserts to make with the kids, because they get to destroy the cake after it is baked. Then after … Read More...
Zip It Earrings
Are you always being told to Zip it? Then these earrings are perfect for you. The subtle hint to think before you speak is a fashion statement all of it’s own. You could use zips from vintage clothing or old … Read More...
Tutorial: Faux button down tunic
Sachiko from Tea Rose home shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs showing how to yourself a pretty new top for spring. It’s her faux button down tunic, a loose fitting sleeveless tunic. The buttons down the front are decorative … Read More...
Tutorial: Scallop edge hand towels
You can make these scallop edge towels out of a plain hand towel and a quarter yard each of two coordinating quilting cottons. fat quarter Shop has a tutorial showing how, including a pattern for cutting the scallop panel. They’d … Read More...
Tutorial: Distressed fringed jeans
Cathy from Trinkets in Bloom shows how you can DIY a pair of distressed fringed jeans. Her project is inspired by a pair of designer jeans she saw, but were far outside of her price range. She was able to … Read More...
Tag Your Crochet
Look how charming these tags are! Kym a tCobberson and Company has created the tags and offers a way for us to print them off free! I’ve written about tags before, but this is the first free printed crochet … Read More...
Freebie | 6 Sets of Silhouette Cut Files
Shawna Clingerman shares a round up of some of her favourite free Silhoutte cut files from around the web. She even includes a set she designed herself! (Shown above). Plus she links to a tutorial showing how you can make … Read More...
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Tutorial: Color block tote bag
Crystal from Stitched By Crystal shares a tutorial at SNAP Creativity showing how to make her color block tote bag. The bag is made from two fabrics – a solid canvas for the lower 2/3 of the bag, and a … Read More...
Product review: Pink Flamingo Ephemera on Etsy
Even the envelope it came in was cool! Yes I was sent a review Small paper Pink Flamingo Ephemera pack filled with 25 pieces of vintage papers from the UK and the envelope it came in had cool postage markings. … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Hexie bunny sachet
Cintia from My Poppet shows how you can make a tiny bunny sachet out of four hexies. The folded hexie ears look like origami, but they’re made from fabric and lightly stuffed and scented with lavender. She threaded hers on … Read More...