Liz from Cotton and Curls guest blogs at Miss P with a tutorial showing how she refashioned a pair of black leather pants into a much cooler pencil skirt. The process is really simple, though you do need to take … Read More...
9 Great Snacks on a Stick for Kids
I love the genius of food on a stick. Sticks make foods mess-free (sometimes) and oh so convenient. Anyone who regularly reads this blog knows that of the 6000-some posts of written, likely well more than half involve food on … Read More...
6 Edible Jewelry Crafts for Kids
Want to see your kids chased by ants all summer? Bedeck them with edible jewelry. Or let them make their own.
Make bracelets from Airheads at Design Improvised.
Color your pasta for jewelry at Hellobee, from Hank and … Read More...
Color Me Curious
I read about this tool in the Summer 2013 issue of Crochet! magazine and can’t wait to get my hands on one. I am not great with color. I know what I like but that’s about as far as it … Read More...
3 Free Printables for Father’s Day
1. Printable Father’s Day Card
2. Printable Father‘s Day Award
3. Father’s Day Party Printables
Looking for more Father’s day ideas? Check out these Father’s Day Craft kits
Looking … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabulous Rainbow Pens
Amber Elledge makes bright, wonderful pieces – I’m particularly taken with her clay filigree, something I never did nicely – and this pen tutorial is no exception. She builds on an existing cane tutorial from Parole de Pâte, adding her … Read More...
Blackwork Flowers
When I saw this design, I fell in love with it immediately. There is so much you could do with it. Stitch it as is for a fun little ornament or bowl filler. Or stitch a series on a hand … Read More...
Featured Craft Artist of the WEEK!
Melanie of “Bliss Bloom Blog” is my featured “Craft Artist of The Week”! She is an accomplished artist with remarkable originality. I hope you all enjoy my first featured Craft Artist. She shares so many of her projects and is … Read More...
Tutorial: Hem a curved edge
Putting a hem on a curved piece of fabric is tricky. When you turn the edges under, you’ll have an inbalance between the amount of fabric to stitich down (the bit you turned under) and what you’re stitching it down … Read More...
Freebie: Dad Tag SVG
Make a fun gift tag for dad using this free SVG die cut file from SVG Cuts.
-Heather
Check out more SVG files and bundles over at Design Bundles
An Awesome Guide to Top-Down Raglan Design
If you’re at all interested in designing your own top-down sweaters, you need to read, follow, reread and absorb Kristen TenDyke’s amazing blog post all about how she designs top-down raglans. She uses Excel to help her with math, … Read More...
Lawn Mower Cupcakes for Dad
This is way better than actually mowing the lawn. I should know. That was one of my chores as a kid. Find the step-by-steps to make lawn mower cupcakes for Father’s Day HERE at the Celebration Shoppe blog.
Learn Some New Stitches with Knitting Daily
Knitting Daily is always putting out new free ebooks for their subscribers, and the most recent one aims to get you out of your stockinette stitch rut by providing you with 13 fun stitch patterns you might want to try … Read More...
Crazy Impressive Cookie Greenhouse and Candy Garden
Wow. A gingerbread house for the gardening set! (Just for the record, that’s not me. Gingerbread house, yes. Gardening, no.) Find the tutorial for this fantastic gingerbread greenhouse and garden HERE at Party Pinching.
Tip: Easy fix for a bleach stain on black fabric
Fixing bleach stains on black clothing can seem like an impossible task, but Karen from Sew Many Ways has a trick that will leave you amazed. With her simple and effective solution, you’ll be able to revive your favorite black … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiered ruffle apron in a girl size
Liz fromSimple Simon & Co. shares a tutorial over at Riley Blake Designs showing how to make a tiered ruffled apron that will fit a girl. It’s a half-apron with three rows of ruffles on the skirt. So pretty!! … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a sit-upon with backpack straps
Laura Bray made a sit-upon for her daughter to take with her to the park, to summer camp, to the stadium, or anywhere she might need a portable little seat. She improved on the old-school version that has the inside … Read More...
Ombre Garden Markers
Each year I get better and better at gardening. I don’t have a full fledged garden flagged off in my yard, but I do have some tomatoes in containers, a huge planter full of many different herbs, and a few … Read More...
10 Summer Printables, from Babble
You might not want to fire up the oven this Summer, but the printer is OK, right? Mine gets pretty hot, though. Find a great collection of ten free printables around the web for your summer parties and gifts HERE … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Make a swimsuit cover-up from a man’s button-up shirt
Autumn at It’s Always Autumn shows how she made this swimsuit cover-up out of one of her husband’s old button-up shirts. The shirt comes to her knees, so there was plenty of length to turn it into a cover-up for … Read More...