Sally Ann shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make an invisible hem. This is often used on trousers or skirts, when you don’t want your hem stitching to show. It’s easy to do, though it does require … Read More...
Needle Felting 101 “Swiss cross needle felted blanket “
Elsie & Emma co-author “A Beautiful Mess” a lifestyle blog focused on creating a beautiful life. They share simple ways to create an inspired lifestyle. Elsie has been seeing Swiss cross blankets all over Pinterest and she decided to DIY … Read More...
Giveaway: 10 half-yard cuts from Hyperreal Garden
Maureen Cracknell Handmadehosts a giveaway for Fabric Envy this week. They’re giving away a stack of 10 half-yard cuts from Pat Bravo’s Hyperreal Garden line (Forest colorway) to one of her readers. This is such a gorgeous group of … Read More...
Tutorial: Eyelet tunic t-shirt pattern remix
Kristin from skirt as top guest blogs in the Color Your Summer series at Kojo Designs with a tutorial showing how she adapted a little girl t-shirt pattern to make a loose-fitting tunic with a keyhole opening. The pattern she … Read More...
Tutorial: Pretty in Peplum knit skirt for girls
Alida from I Make Stuff guest blogs in the Skirting the Issues charity sewing series at Simple Simon & Co. with a tutorial showing how to make a little girl’s skirt with a peplum. She calls it her Pretty In … Read More...
Check it out: Stitchy dishes at CB2
It should be obvious by now that I love all things sewing. I also happen to have a weakness for pretty dinnerware. These dishes over at CB2 caught my eye yesterday as they bring both worlds together. Appropriately named Mend, … Read More...
Live Near St. Louis? Are You Ready for a Yarn Crawl?
Back in April Yarn Crawl LA got a lot of attention for bringing together nearly 30 shop owners and offering people who visited the shops during the crawl freebies, discounts and prizes. now the middle of the country is getting … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled cuff Christmas stocking from three fat quarters
Sew4Home celebrates Christmas in July with a tutorial showing how to make a stocking with a tall ruffled cuff at the top. Each stocking uses three fat quarter – one for the exterior, one for the lining, and one for … Read More...
Simple and Lovely
This is such a simple idea, but really lovely, don’t you think? I’d love to see these color keyed to particular events. They’d be so pretty in Fall colors, in red and green for Christmas, in glittery yarn for New … Read More...
June Giveaway Winner!
Karen B is the winner of my June Giveaway!
Here is Karen’s entry:
I would love this book. I love to crochet flowers. I have a little branch-tree in the corner of my living room and I hang all sorts … Read More...
Tutorial: Simple mug cozy
Thaís Melo from My Own Landscape Dreams shows how to make a simple mug cozy. The band of fabric wraps around a mug so you can hold a hot cup of coffee (or tea, or hot chocolate) in your hands … Read More...
Tutorial: Rose Petal Salve
I don’t think this would last long in my house. Nicole from Live in Art shows us not only how to make rose petal oil — ok, she admits that step is kind of a labor of love — but … Read More...
Freebies: Four Christmas-themed quilt projects
Jenny at Martingale’s Stitch This! is getting the word out that they are giving away four Christmas-themed ePatterns to include three quilts and one quilted table runner. Get the free patterns.
Ed note: In order to get your free … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew t-shirt refashion with cut eyelet effect
PC from MeiJo’s JOY shows another no-sew refashion for a plain t-shirt. In this version, she cuts a cool design into the bottom of the shirt. The snips and strips create an eyelet effect. She also threads a band of … Read More...
Inspiration: Princess Card
WOW! That about sums up the coloring on this fantastic princess card from Delphine! She used Colored Pencils for this lovely scene with stamps from Make it Crafty. See more of Delphine’s amazing work on her blog.
-Heather
Free Craftsy Class on Short Rows
From time to time Craftsy offers free mini-classes on topics to get people interested and give them a taste of what learning from a Craftsy class is all about. Right now there’s a free class going on all about short … Read More...
One Day to Save on Spinning Lessons
Spinning Daily is running a sale right now, through midnight Eastern today, that puts all their spinning DVDs and downloads at 40 percent off their regular prices.
This comes at a very delicate time for me because I’ve been itching … Read More...
Baby Food Votive Luminaries
Free Patterns: Headbands from Sweatshop of Love
The Knit Picks free pattern for the week is actually a quartet of headband patterns from Allyson Dykhuizen of Sweatshop of Love.
There’s a simple trio of tiny I-cords, a deeply textured bow, a wrap I-cord that ties in … Read More...
Fluttering by
Wow! Look at the stumpwork butterfly Arlene White added to a round-robin crazy-quilt block! She says she asked the block’s owner “to send me some of the butterfly fabric so I could make her a 3D butterfly. I think he … Read More...