Delia from Delia Creates shares a tutorial for kids, showing how they can make a simple hat for their favorite stuffed animals. They’re made from a scrap of fleece, knit, or sweater fabric – basically any fabric with some stretch … Read More...
Shrinky Polka Dot Necklace
Ok time to get out the shrink dinks and create your very own vintage shrinky necklace. You can purchase inkjet shrink paper that you print directly on. Visit Everythingetsy.com for the printable and full tutorial.
Freebie: Sparrow Bird Digital Stamps
Free Vintage Digital Stamps has several sparrow digital stamp design styles to download for free and use for cards, journals or scrapbooking.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle
Finishing Workshop: Weaving in Ends
One little thing that can trip people up when they’re finishing a knit item is how to weave in the ends. I guess that’s because there’s no universally approved right way to do it (as with so much else in … Read More...
Knitting and the Olympics
There’s no question that knitters love the Olympics, if for no other reason than that they allow us to sit for hours in front of the television, knitting, in the name of patriotism. But knitting and the Games are connected … Read More...
How To DIY Paper Bag Flooring
I never knew such a thing existed. Till now.
You can make a floor out of brown paper bags
. Really you can. Don’t believe me?
Look at the picture above! Or check it out yourself here: DIY Paper Bag … Read More...
DIY – Cotton Candy Garland
This cotton candy stand was used at a baby shower but it has so much potential. I particularly wanted to bring the Cotton Candy garland to your attention. This garland could be used to decorate candy buffet’s , circus parties … Read More...
Free Printable – Valentines Matchboxes
You will set fire to Valentine’s day with these free printable match box covers from camillestyles.com. I came across these whilst browsing this fun Valentine’s day round up here. They are perfect little gestures (for adults) in the office … Read More...
How to make a whole bunch recycled paint swatch Valentines
There is a whole bunch of cute Valentine card ideas over at Buttons and Paint that you can make with recycled paint swatches or just about any paper.
Tutorial: T-shirt yarn wrapped headbands
Craft Foxes shares a fun idea for using scraps of t-shirt fabric left over from refashion projects. You can turn your scraps into t-shirt yarn and use the yarn to make wrapped headbands. The project is an excerpt from the … Read More...
Tutorial: Flannel napkins with mitered corner hem
Savannah from Oh So Pretty shows how to make a set of soft flannel napkins, hemmed with pretty mitered corners. I’m loving the bright colors in the plaids she used! If you can’t find flannel yardage you like at the … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric puzzle quiet book page or flannel board game
Amy at Serving Pink Lemonade shows how to make a puzzle page for a quiet book. The pieces are all fabric, with Velcro on the back to stick them down. She provides the images for the fruit puzzles she makes … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy 3-ring binder cover
Becky from Patchwork Posse shows how to make a make a 3-ring binder cover out of your fabric scraps. She pieces them on a foundation using a quilt-as-you-go technique so there’s no fussy measuring or corner matching. This would be … Read More...
Tutorial: Stamped Faux Wood Accents
The 100 Proof Press stamps blog has directions showing how to use a wood grain stamp to make some faux wood embellishments. These make perfect accents for woodland animal and bird cards!
-Heather
Freebie | Printable Monkey Valentines
Give out these super cute monkeys for Valentine’s Day. The free printable sheet from Everyday Mom Ideas, has eight cards to cut out, with two different sentiments. Julia also shares her source for the cute monkeys. Click here for more.… Read More...
Crocheting Clothes Kids Love
I just love this book! It has so many fresh, creative projects to suit toddlers to tweens – designs I’ve not seen a gazillion times on the net or in other books. There are 28 designs in this book by … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Valentine’s Day Card with DIY
Gove a special someone this cheeky card this Valentine’s Day by using the free printable and DIY instructionsover at Kittenhood. You’ll need cardstock and a plastic spoon to complete the card. Click here to get it.
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Inspiration du Jour | Happy Days
Tutorial: Heart garden flag from burlap and felt
Katie from Sew Woodsy shows how to make a heart themed garden flag. It’ll fit on a small garden flag stand. She used burlap for the flag and felt for the hearts. The flag and the heart appliques are both … Read More...
Free pattern: Fabric heart box
Geta at Geta’s Quilting Studio shares a tutorial showing how to make a fabric box shaped into a heart. She gives the pattern to make one. You can shrink it down to make them in smaller sizes, too. Fill them … Read More...