This ice cube tray is supposed to make long skinny pieces of ice to fit in a water bottle, but Karent from Sew Many Ways uses it in to organize her sewing stuff instead. Go to her blog to see … Read More...
Free pattern: Baby ringer onesie
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern for making a ringer onesie. LOVE! They have a delightfully retro feel and work equally well for boy or girl. This would make an awesome baby shower gift! The pattern comes … Read More...
Free Pattern: Easy Christmas Hat
I for one am not ready to be thinking about the winter holidays, but if you’re the Christmas in July sort, Craftown has a new pattern for a knit hat designed by Melanie Smith that you might want to take … Read More...
Spinach and Pineapple Yogurt Smoothie
Emily, of the Pig and the Quill, promises that you cannot even taste the spinach in this yogurt smoothie. And there are two whole cups of it in it!
That makes it the perfect healthy smoothie for our kids. … Read More...
Storyland Cross Stitch Book Review
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny has a great review of a recent release from Anova Books. The Cross-Stitch book is called Storyland Cross Stitch
and it seems it is chock full of great projects. I haven’t managed to get … Read More...
Knit to Flatter Your Body
We’ve all been there: you spend a lot of your time (and some hard-earned money as well) knitting a garment that looks awesome on the model or in the pictures, but when you’re finished it just doesn’t look quite right … Read More...
Minion Banana Yogurt Pops From Despicable Me
Jill has been featured here before and she continues to amaze (with the help of her three little boys).
this time, her team of chefs have come together to create these adorable minion inspired banana yogurt pops. We think they … Read More...
Our Best DIY Ombre Projects
You might be slightly over the whole Ombre thing. But before we see the last of it, lets make sure we see the best. Here are some of the top Ombre picks that have been featured on Craftgossip.com in the … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a simple apron in 15 minutes
You say it’s impossible to get any sewing done with the kids home from school for the summer? Then check out this tutorial by Jill from Creating My Way To Success. She shows how you c an make an apron … Read More...
Formula to figure bias width for custom piping and cording
It’s easy to make your own custom piping and cording, but I’ve always played a little guessing game when it comes to cutting the right size of bias strips to use. Heather from v takes the guesswork out of it … Read More...
Christmas In July – A Crochet Plan
Christmas in July is not a new concept – but it’s one that allows us to take advantage of what might be a slow time of year to plan ahead for a very busy time of year. So, let’s think … Read More...
Kids Restaurant Ideas and Printables
Check out this wonderful Kids Restaurant blog post by Katie Heap from Live Craft Eat. The free printable menus are fun to use and encourage healthy eating whilst you play.
Tutorial: Basketball and Soccer Ball Canes
I’m so used to flower canes it’s kind of fun to see some of the other canework people do! Yonat has tutorials for the basketball and soccer ball canes used on two of the pens above here and here. … Read More...
Style Me Quick – Beach Waves
If you have straight hair than there are times you want curly hair and vice-versa for the curly girls.
Leah from fab life is meeting you in the middle with this tutorial on how to get beach waves with a … Read More...
Tutorial: Kid painted bean bags
Here’s a fun sewing project you can do with the kids, even the young ones. It’s kid-painted bean bags, and Crafting A Green World has the how-to. The kids can paint the fabrics, and you can sew them into bean … Read More...
Rae’s favorite fabrics for sewing clothes
With all of the gorgeous quilting cottons out there, it’s easy to forget that there are actually other types of fabric you might want to use for a sewing project. Particularly for garments, where weight and drape and feel are … Read More...
Questions about a sewing machine needle? Schmetz has an app for that
How many times have you found yourself staring at the notions wall, trying to figure out what kind of sewing machine needle you needed for your project? Or digging through your sewing basket, wondering whether you should change out your … Read More...
Cross stitch Chart – One of Those Days
I must admit that sometimes I am taken back a little by the trend for stitching foul words in our favorite medium. Seeing the F-word done up in tiny stitches may make me giggle a litte, but it can be … Read More...
Pin of the Week: A Simple Stockinette Sock
As you may know I’ve declared this the Summer of Socks if for no other reason than I need to amuse myself. Over at About I’m sharing patterns, books and techniques for knitting better socks, and I recently came across … Read More...
Homemade Icecream in a can!
What a great, great idea! Get the kids to help you make this and they will offer to cleanup as gratitude (well most kids).
Brandie of HomeCookingMemories serves up this great recipe idea. She has step by step pictures as … Read More...