Vanessa from Punkin Patterns shares a PDF tutorial over at Pellon showing how to add a faux fur collar to a t-shirt or blouse. It’s a cute look for fall and winter wear. Her tutorial shows how to draft a … Read More...
Tutorial: Midi circle skirt
Liz at Cotton and Curls shares a tutorial for making a midi circle skirt. The midi length comes just below the knee. A circle skirt flares from the waist out to the hem, so the longer length means a fuller … Read More...
Free pattern: Fox coffee sleeve
Staci from Crafty Stacishares her free coffee sleeve pattern for the month. This month, it’s a cute fox that wraps around your coffee cup to keep your hands from getting burned. LOVE!! It would make a great gift for … Read More...
Photography | Take Better Photos of Your Baby
Amy from The Connection We Share is back with another article to help you improve your photography. This time she is helping you to take better photos of your baby. I think this is great timing with the holiday … Read More...
Freebie: Witch Digital Stamp
Squigglefly has a great witch digi stamp to download for free, click here to get her.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle
Inspiration du Jour | My Curly Top
How To Print On Fabric – 6 Different Ways
Karen of the Graphics Fairy (one of my fave sites for, um…free historical graphics) shares some easy ways to print on fabric using a home printer. She even gives a tip for setting fabric if your printer ink is not … Read More...
Free pattern: Little girl ruffled skirt with attached leggings
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for making a little girl’s ruffle skirt with leggings attached. The skirt has three rows of ruffles for maximum twirl and flounce, and the attached leggings keep her daughter’s legs warm … Read More...
Knit a Holiday Sweater for a Little Dog
I almost missed last week’s 12 Weeks of Christmas knitting pattern from Red Heart, which would have been a shame because it’s a really cute little dog sweater that could be made in holiday colors or not as you choose.… Read More...
Hand Painted Cookies
These cookies are a work of art.
The effort and detail involved in making these cookies would make my hand tremble before I ate them. And to think, that these detailed cookies would vanish in a second if someone ate … Read More...
How to make a recycled cereal box gift box
I’m posting this now so you can start saving all your cereal boxes to make gift boxes for the gift giving season (whether the gift inside is handmade or not) the recipient will surely giggle. As with all Jeannine’s tutorials … Read More...
Free Printable – Vowel Sorting
Anyone noticed that Halloween is coming? I am sure by now you must be well aware and this blog is no different we are theming our blog posts to keep up with the crazy October season.
Sort out long vowels … Read More...
Halloween Dinner Invitations
Forget about Haunted houses and blood dripping down plastic tacky Halloween ornaments and think about – Elegance, sophistication, adults around a dinner table enjoying a meal where nothing is green and gooey and not one sign or a slug or … Read More...
Enter to Win a Jordana Paige Bag Full of Goodies
Jordana Paige is giving away a pink Knitter’s Satchel 
full of skin care goodies from Alouette in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Kellie Judson of Alouette is also giving 40 percent of her sales this month to breast … Read More...
Tutorial: Swirl minky faux fur cowl
Amy from While Wearing Heels shows how she recreated the look of a swirled faux fur cowl from Anthropologie, but sized for her young daughter. She used pink minky fur (the kind with the little swirls in the fur) left … Read More...
Tutorial: Braided headband from an old t-shirt
Palak from Make It Handmade shows how to turn an old t-shirt into a braided headband. You’ll be cutting the shirt into strips, so it’s a good project for t-shirts that are too small, stained, or perhaps stretched out shape. … Read More...
Idea file: Easy bank robber or ghost costume
An eye mask is a Halloween costume staple. Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows two ways that an eye mask can be used to make Halloween costumes, one rather larcenous and one a cute spooky. For her son, she made … Read More...
Tutorial: 10-minute upcycled nightgown for a little girl
Autumn from It’s Always Autumn guest blogs at Eighteen 25 with a tutorial showing how to make her 10-minute upcycled nightgown for a little girl. She starts with an adult t-shirt, cutting and reshaping it into a little girl’s nightgown … Read More...
Today only: Sew a Skirt Series ebook as a free download
For today only, Deb from So Sew Easy is offering her Sew a Skirt Series ebook as a free download from Amazon. It’s a compilation of all the lessons in the Sew A Skirt series, with instructions showing how to … Read More...
Book Review: Snowflakes, Sunbursts and Stars
Snowflakes, Sunbursts and Stars by Ayako Brodek
and Shannon Voight is a beautiful hard cover book containing 75 projects for making quilled, kirigami cut and paper folded origami projects. Inside you’ll find basic techniques, the tools you’ll need (most … Read More...