This lovely wave will wash over your fabric in stitches. Free from Brigitte Dadaux
Freebie | Printable Valentine’s Favor Box
This printable favor box is available as a free download from My Grafico. Great for all that Valentine’s candy! Click here to go to the download.
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Tutorial: T-shirt dress that looks like separates
Kimberly from Shop Bugaboo and Bugaboo, Mini, Mr., & Me shares a tutorial for making this cute dress. It looks like you’re wearing separates, but it’s really a comfy one-piece dress made from a t-shirt, yardage (for the skirt), and … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Travel art desk with pockets and pouches
Merrilee from Tuesday Mourning and Mer Mag created this travel art desk for her young child to keep him busy on a long road trip. She came up with the design after trying to find a lap desk in the … Read More...
Tutorial | 52 Reasons I Love You Card Book
A Fun New Site – to spend your money and your time!
Here are but a few of the many offerings in this new site aimed at crocheters and knitters (and, I suppose, others who use and love yarn). It’s marketed as a site to find just the right yarn for … Read More...
Stitch a doodle heart
I love love love this Doodle Heart design from DMC Threads. Fun to stitch; fun to receive as a valentine gift. Get links to this and several other great free seasonal designs at DMC’s blog post.
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Tutorial | Beach Valentine
Shimmer Kai shares how to make this beachy valentine card that mimics a message in the sand. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Inspiration du Jour | I See Paris
Leather Corsage Necklace Tutorial
Donatella at inspiration & realisation shares a fabulous tutorial for this leather and ribbon corsage necklace. See how she made an amazing knock-off for less than $20!
Folding, sorting key to usable sewing space
Sandi from Piecemeal Quilts is a guest blogger at Within a Quarter Inch where she explains how she organizes her stash (aka fabric) so she can find things. She walks you through her method of folding different sizes of fabric … Read More...
Lacey Doily Candle Holder Tutorial
These lacey doily candle holders look so pretty in pastel colors and would be perfect for an Easter craft! As a bonus, they’re so easy that small children could help create them.
To dye the actual votive candle holder, pick … Read More...
Tutorial: Side shirred shirt refashion
Mandy from Sugar Bee Crafts shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to create her side shirred shirt. She starts with a man’s t-shirt and uses elastic thread to give it the cool ruched circle at the side. Get … Read More...
Project: Paper Bag Card
How clever, turn a paper bag into a card! Vaneesa Spencer with Stampington and Co. shows you how.
-Heather
Tutorial: Ruffled heart applique
Becky from The Barefoot Seamstress shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a ruffled heart applique. She added it to a gathered skirt for her little girl to create her Be My Valentine skirt. I bet this … Read More...
Tutorial: Wired stumpwork elements
Elizabeth Braun of Sew in Love reveals the secrets of creating a wired element for stumpwork. How, for example, do you work a needlelace flower petal that later will be attached to the embroidery as a dimensional object? Sounds tricky, … Read More...
Hurry and win!
Kathy Shaw of Shawkl is celebrating reaching 500 followers by having five awesome giveaways. The prizes: five luscious stitchery books, including the one shown here. You still have time to enter all of the drawings. But hurry! The deadline is … Read More...
Learn Aari embroidery
Anita of artistic fingers has put together a series of tutorials on Aari embroidery, also known as tambour work. If you’d like to know more about this technique, which uses a tiny hook to pull loops of thread to the … Read More...
What Count Dd You Prefer?
What count fabric do you prefer? I usually prefer stitching on 28-count evenweave and 18-count Aida
myself. The older I get, the more I am liking 14-count Aida though!
New Scrapbooking Adhesive | Moo Glue by Purple Cows
Purple Cows, the makers of popular paper trimmers are launching a new adhesive line called Moo Glue. It is a transfer adhesive which is available in squares, strips and dots. Purple Cows is also giving away some of the new … Read More...