Simple Simon & Co. guest blogs in the Sew In Tune series at Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy! with a tutorial showing how to make a messenger style iPad bag. It’s lined in felt to protect the tablet’s screen. The … Read More...
Product Review: Inkadinkado Halloween Stamps
Halloween is my all time favorite holiday! So I was beyond excited to get a chance to play with some of the brand new Halloween stamps just released from Inkadinkado! This release has some fantastic cool, creepy and retro … Read More...
13 Reasons to Do Paper Craft Challenges
This post over at Paper Crafter’s Corner lists 13 reasons why you should consider participating in Paper Crafting Challenges. They also include a challenge for you to try. Click here to see more.
Inspiration du Jour | Favorite Part of Summer
Out in Clay Land
Some of the regular events (and cool but less regular) out on the net for clayers:
- A post wrapping up this year’s Clay Connection from the SCPCG. I’m always a little envious of big events like this particularly after trying
Day 15 and 16 Winners
For some reason a hiccup of the Internet made it so I couldn’t access the fancy random number generator yesterday, so I’ve got two winners for you today.
The winner of the cable knitting books was number 12, Wendy, who … Read More...
Tutorial: Candy Roll Pincushion
Shelly Pagliai from Prairie Moon Quilts shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College showing how to make her Candy Roll Pincushion. They’re quick and easy to make out of your fabric scraps. She gives cutting dimensions to … Read More...
Tutorial: Lengthen a covered elastic belt
Shannon from Shannon Sorenson Designs shares a tutorial on her blog, Shannon Sews, showing how you can lengthen a covered elastic belt. Because it’s covered with scrunchy tube of fabric, you can open the belt and add a lengthening piece … Read More...
Tutorial: Olympic spirit bag tags
Jill from Creating My Way To Success made Olympic themed tags for her daughters’ swim bags, and she shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to do it. She made the tags to encourage her daughters, who were both … Read More...
Technique: Copic Marker Lightening Background
Debbie P from Make It Crafty shares how she makes a cool lightening background effect, perfect for Halloween cards. She lightly traces her lines and then adds color and blending with Copic markers. Find out more about her technique here… Read More...
Tutorial: Kid pajama pants in 1 hour
Rosslyn from Sew Delicious shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of kid pajama pants. You’ll be using a pair of pajama pants that fit you as the cutting guide, so you don’t need a … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Postage stamp tote bag
Abby from Things for Boys guest blogs at Emmaline Bags with a post showing the postage stamp bag she made for a good friend. At first glance, it looks like she found some awesome fabric printed with postage stamp images. … Read More...
Read all about it: Abby’s sewing collections
Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
says that one thing she likes about sewing is that it’s a good excuse to collect things. I can soooo relate! Can you? She … Read More...
Freebies: Sentiment Digital Stamps
Jess at Playing with Paper has gathered all her digital stamp sentiment freebies in one place on her blog, click here to find some lovely sayings to print for your next card.
-Heather
Inspiring Blogs
I write about other blogs all the time. I’m endlessly inspired and often intrigued by what I find in crochet blogs around the internet. Some blogs I return to frequently. Others, I check from time to time. Some blogs are … Read More...
Shark Week is Here!
If you are a fan of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week line up, then you are sure to love this post from JCK Online by Jennifer Heebner featuring 12 pieces of shark-themed jewelry. See all twelve at JCK online!… Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy ruffled zippered pouch
Hungry Hippie shows how to make this sweet ruffled zippered pouch. The different prints give it a delightfully scrappy look. She leaves the edges of the ruffles raw, but if you could also finish the edges with a hem before … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric napkins with utensil tabs
Head over to Kojo Designs to find out how to make a fabric napkin perfect for your next barbecue or picnic. They’re made out of two layers of cotton fabric, with a tab tucked into one side. The tab holds … Read More...
Tutorial: Narrow hem on a curved edge
Hemming around curves can be tricky. Thanks to the curve, the edge has a wider circumference than the fabric you’re trying to fold it over on top of. Jessica from Running With Scisscors shares a tutorial on her blog showing … Read More...
