Jane Cruz shares a tutorial for making a trendy beaded wrap bracelet. Check out her tutorial at the Bead Buzz from Bead and Button.
Fall Wedding Candle Centerpiece Ideas
Fall weddings are special because you can get away with deeper colors, scents and cozier settings. Here are a couple fall wedding candle centerpieces to give you ideas.
Why not carve the bride and grooms name into a pumpkin? For … Read More...
Our Lady of Guadalupe crazy quilt for Christmas
Miki at 15 Minutes Play is working on this Christmas quilt. A center fabric panel of religious icon Our Lady of Guadalupe is surrounded by 12 crazy quilt patchwork blocks. Read more about it on her blog.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween
Melanie Brook’s has restocked her Etsy shop with these cute spooky kitty pendants. It’s nearly time for Halloween and these kitties would make a sweet treat!
Free Spider Pattern For Halloween!
This little cutie won’t have you heading for the hills, even if you’re scared to death of spiders. He’s just hanging out waiting for his share of Halloween candy!
You can knit him up quickly, and even help him make … Read More...
Tutorial: Drawstring Santa gift sack
Susan from Crafterhours shares a tutorial at Skip To My Lou showing how to make a drawstring Christmas gift bag. This would be a perfect way to wrap up a gift from Santa, as it’s made to look just like … Read More...
Pumpkin Clock
That’s right! A fully functional clock in a pumpkin! See how you can turn a plain faux pumpkin into a working time piece, complete with dressy feathers on top. Head over to Tracy’s Trinkets and Treasures for the Pumpkin Clock … Read More...
Inspiration and Technique: Angel Card
This stunning card from Bev Rochester on the Lily of the Valley stamps blog took my breath away! Bev shares a video tutorial on how she made the pretty bell charm from die cut shrink plastic.
-Heather
Tutorial: Felt Christmas baubles
Laura Howard of Bugs and Fishes by Lupin shows us how to make quick and easy felt-applique and embroidery Christmas ornaments. I think these would make excellent gifts for teachers and coworkers. And they would be great twofers–tied on as … Read More...
Hardanger peep show
If you’re a fan of hardanger, Hannah of enbrouderie has some serious eye candy for you. Go to her post to see all the photos.
Looking for more resources for Hardanger Embroidery? Check these books out
Stitch some Christmas ornaments
Peggy of NeedlePaint has a rockin tutorial for making personalized needlepoint Christmas ornaments. She follows up with another apt tute about quick stitches for filling the backgrounds when you need to complete a lot of ornaments in a hurry. … Read More...
Make some Fake “tattoo” tights
Here’s a brilliant idea from the Urban Threads e-newsletter:
… Read More...Every once in awhile we get a photo of one of you, newly tattooed with an Urban Threads design. Like the idea, but not the commitment? Craft up some tattoo tights,
Tutorial: Hanging iPad holder for the car
Teresa from My Patchwork shares a tutorial showing how to make an iPad holder for your car. It hangs from the headrest of the front seat, creating a small movie screen for a backseat passenger. Brilliant!! This would be so … Read More...
Tutorial: Hand-worked buttonholes
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin continues her Sewing 101 series with a tutorial showing how to make hand-worked buttonholes. In most cases, it’s faster and easier to use your sewing machine to make a buttonhole, but there are times when … Read More...
Tutorial: Petal Skirt
Adithi’s Amma Sews shares a tutorial showing how to make her Petal Skirt. The body of the skirt is made from eight petal-shaped pieces that overlap. The petals in her skirt are made from satin with an organza layer on … Read More...
Giveaway: Six half-yard cuts from Anna Maria Horner
Maureen from Maureen Cracknell Handmade is giving away a yummy bundle from Moona Fabrics. The fabric bundle includes 6 half-yard cuts of the Hugs & Kisses print from Anna Maria Horner’s Loulouthi line. Go to her post to get … Read More...
Read all about it: Repairing and repurposing old denim jeans
Nancy Minksy from Jean Repair and author of Denim Revolution guest blogs in the Drop Dead Denim series at Michele Made Me with a post full of ideas for repairing and repurposing old denim. If you have a much-loved but … Read More...
Technique: Whitewashed Background
Joy from Less is More shares a how to video for making a shabby chic whitewashed background using paint daubers. Click here to watch.
-Heather
