Dawn from Designed by Dawn Nicole shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a shabby chic patchwork blanket. The patchwork design allows you to make use of smaller cuts of fabric. The edges are all left raw … Read More...
Tutorial: Insulated drawstring lunchsack
Ellen from The Long Thread shares a tutorial over at Sew, Mama, Sew! for making her insulated lunch sack. The drawstring lunch bag is an excerpt from her book 1, 2, 3 Sew: Build Your Skills With 33 Simple Sewing … Read More...
Joel’s drawing gets the embroidery treatment
Wendi from Shiny Happy World guest blogs at Made by Joel with a tutorial showing how to stitch up one of his line drawings. She gives you design transfer tips and then provides links to four common embroidery stitch how-to … Read More...
Tutorial: Hexie Mug Rug
Janna from SewHappyGeek guest blogs at Wonderfully Awkward with a tutorial showing how to make her hexie mug rug. She gives you many close up photos for creating the individual hexagons and then how to join them to make rows. … Read More...
How to make recycled jar lid and thread spool drawer pulls
Over at the blog CAMIC designs there is a fun tutorial on how to make recycled jar lid and thread spool drawer pulls. I think these are just so colorful and I love how big they are. I could … Read More...
A New Tutorial – Needle Felting Basics
This is an awesome needle felting tutorial from Elizabeth Carls and I think you all may want to try these techniques. Needle Felting is a simple way to add surface design to your felted knits or to any heavy fabric. … Read More...
From my studio last week: July 12, 2011
So I skipped last week’s studio recap, didn’t I? Chalk it up to the 4th of July and my work/play schedule being out whack.
Looking back on what I’ve been working on these last two weeks, it’s mostly all about … Read More...
Coffee Bag Side Tables
I’m loving this simple transformation from plain side table to a fun coffee bag covered table. This is a great way to add a little bit of flair to any room, ideal for a bedroom. in fact, I may borrow … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Tote bag with oversized grommets
Bev from Flamingo Toes shares a tutorial showing how to make her Read and Sew Totes. The large, sturdy tote bags easily hold a stack of good reading or a sewing project or two, but could also be used for … Read More...
oyFree pattern: Short-sleeved shirt for 12-18 month toddler boys
Small Dream Factory shares a free pattern on her blog for making a short-sleeved shirt in toddler boy size 12-18 months. The classic lines of this shirt give you free rein with fabric choice. You can take it traditional, modern, … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy bias binding
Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she makes scrappy bias binding from bits of left over fabric. I love this idea!!! The pieced scraps make a fun, offbeat striped effect on the … Read More...
Tip: Lining Up Stamps and Dies
Several companies offer stamps with matching dies, these save loads of time, no cutting out and perfect edges every time. But some of the smaller stamps can be hard to line up with the dies. Catered Crop shares a helpful … Read More...
Cupcake Dummies
I finally appreciated the existence of dummies (foam cakes and cupcakes that you decorate to mimic real cakes and cupcakes, for display only) when I had to create 50 desserts in a day for the photoshoot for my upcoming book. … Read More...
Tutorial: Paperdoll appliqued skirt
Katy fromSew Apropos and No Big Dill shares a tutorial for making her Paperdoll Skirt. It’s not a skirt for paperdolls; it’s a super cute gathered skirt for little girls, with a paperdoll design appliqued around the hem. It’s … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy Shirred T-Shirt Dress for Toddlers
Christie fromLemon Squeezy Shop and A Lemon Squeezy Shop shows how to make an easy shirred t-shirt dress for toddlers. The top is made from a t-shirt (perhaps one that still fits across the chest but has grown too … Read More...
Granny Square Cookies
At first sight, I thought these granny squares belonged in a different category. But no, they are perfectly decorated cookies. Learn to decorate them HERE at Sugar and Meringue.
Owl Cookie Decorating How-tos
Now that I have owls on the brain (see my prior post), I must share the cookie decorating how-tos for these also-insanely-cute owl cookies from Sweetopia. These cookies have been crazy popular on the internet for ages, and now… Read More...
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Polymer Clay Sandwiches… Share with a Friend
This is a sweet idea – a necklace in two parts, good for you and a friend. I’m continuing along with polymer clay pieces that work together, make friends, emphasize the whole “better together” theme.