Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern and tutorial for making this pretty color blocked dress. It has a simple round neck bodice with puff sleeves. The gathered skirt is made from pieced stripes of solid fabric. The … Read More...
Tutorial: Key Covers
This would fall into the category of useful clay stuff – I no longer have keys really but I remember having a ring of near identical little pieces leading to frustration. This quick tutorial would let you bling up and … Read More...
Cross Stitch a Chair
Over at My Poppet, Cinti shares how she took a curbside find and transforms it with cross stitch. It’s no longer a plain Jane chair – it’s a regal seating space! Check out Cinti’s project.
Free Pattern: Knit Flying Pig Mittens
Kathy from Just Crafty Enough says she thought it would be until pigs flew that she would win a ribbon for knitting at the Minnesota State Fair. And pigs did fly, in a sense, on her red-ribbon-winning Knit Flying Pig … Read More...
Stitches Giveaway for Fiber Arts Fans
Speaking of giveaways, here’s another chance to win a really great prize. Do you know about the Fiber Arts & Mixed Media community? It’s a place for fiber artists to share pictures, posts, news and other information, and they regularly … Read More...
How to make a recycled book organizer
Recycled books are such a great recorce for crafting. Check out how Ann of the blog Wonderstrange recycled a bunch of books into an organizer.
Skull and Crossbones Cheese (And a Radical Shift in the Ideology of the Appetizer?)
I think the appetizer world has just gotten an edible crafting jolt with this cheese plus cool-silicone-mold idea from Hungry Happenings. This simple idea for shaping mozzarella is quick, easy, and has possibility way beyond skulls and Halloween. Make skull … Read More...
Cookie Monster Cookie Box
Before I took a longer moment to appreciate the intelligence and cleverness behind the concept and execution of the Cookie Monster cookie box, I giggled. Which just adds another dimension of awesome. Find the step-by-step photographs to create your own … Read More...
Free pattern: Baby girl ruffle bum jeans
Jen from The Crafting Fiend made the cutest pair of ruffle bum jeans for her baby daughter, due to arrive any day now. They have ruffles around the hem, and rows and rows of ruffles across the seat. She shares … Read More...
A Sale and a Giveaway from Red Heart
Red Heart is now having its fall sale, which will get you a good deal on a range of yarns at their shop. They are also offering 20 percent off all downloadable ebooks through Sept. 24.
In addition, the … Read More...
Tutorial: Double sided minky blanket
Minky faux fur 
is sooo soft and snuggly, it’s no wonder people love to use it to make baby blankets. Staci from Crafty Staci Staci used the soft fabric to make a blanket for her daughter (who is NOT a … Read More...
Tutorial: Rain cloud Halloween costume
Cherie from You & Mie guest blogs in the Handmade Costumes Series over at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make a rain cloud costume. A soft fabric cloud is worn on the chest like a … Read More...
Tutorial: Ribbon embellished bedskirt
Head over to Charm Stitch to see how a simple stripe of decorative ribbon can give a plain bedskirt more personality. It’s a quick and easy project. It took her just 90 minutes to make it, and it requires only … Read More...
Giveaway | Back-to-School Collection
Scrapbook Modern is giving away this collection of back-to-school papers and embellishments. You have until September 27th 2012 to enter. Click here to go to the giveaway.
Looking for Back To School papers, stamps, and embellishments? Check out these Back … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Master of Mischief
Tutorial: A bias tape maker makes bag handles, too
Just because they’re called “bias tape maker doesn’t mean that they have to always make bias tape. You can also use them to quickly fold and press under the edges of a narrow strip of fabric. Heather from The … Read More...
Free Pattern: Felted Yoda Hat
I told you the other day that I was going to start sharing Halloween patterns, and then I didn’t. So I offer you this oldie but goodie that is the first thing I think of when I think of knitting … Read More...
Mason Jar Luminary
Make & Takes shares how to create a hanging frosted luminary from a mason jar and some wire. Check it out.
Vote for an Indie Dyer in Martha Stewart’s Contest
You may have seen information on Facebook or elsewhere online about Martha Stewart’s American Made Awards. This is a quest by Martha and the editors of her magazines to find 10 rising stars of small business, many of whom … Read More...
Winners of the Stylish Dress Book by Yoshiko Tsukiori
I’m a few days late with it, but I’ve got the names of three winners of the Stylish Dress Book by Yoshiko Tsukiori
. They are…
Commenter #55, Sissy, who said:
I would like to start sewing for myself for … Read More...