Betty Kingston shares a free pattern for this newborn baby jacket with kimono sleeves. This would make an awesome baby gift! Go to the free pattern.
[photo from Betty Kingston]
Video Tutorial: Border Punch Flowers
Tutorial: Make Your Own Embossing Plate
Click here to watch a great video from Margaret’s Crafts on how to make your own embossing texture plates for your Cuttlebug using punches and chipboard.
-Heather
Antique Sampler BOM a beauty
Sue from Sue Daley Designs shows off her finished Antique Sampler. It’s her new Block of the Month (BOM). Get more info here.
[tags]sampler quilt, antique, BOM, pattern[/tags]
SOME SWEET CROCHET
I ran across more sweet crochet when I was looking for baby things. Here are some of the goodies I found. Please let me know what you think or if you have any links to share with us. (Some are … Read More...
Freebie: Printable Bunting and Cupcake Toppers
This printable was meant for the 4th of July, but I think these colours can work for many things! Click here to go to freebie.
Neighborhood handmade and reuse stores
I was in Seattle this weekend for CCE (Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs) and one of the sponsors was a shop called NUBE Green right near the venue. I stopped in one day to see if they had a laptop sleeve … Read More...
Free Online Workshop: Art Journaling
This week, Julie Balzer hosts an art journaling workshop on her blog. Included are tutorials as well as guest posts. Click here for more info (scroll to end of her post).
Looking for supplies for journaling? Check these Art, … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Pool Fun
Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog.
DIY: Deodorant
DeShawn Marie shares instructions for creating your own deodorant on her blog.
The Complete Idiot’s Guide “Making Natural Soaps” Giveaway
The Complete Idiots Guide to Making Natural Soaps
ISBN: 1101197846
Soapmaking has always been a popular craft with a dedicated group of followers, but with the explosion of urban homesteading and people looking to go green, noncrafters are now joining … Read More...
Tutorial: DIY leather or vinyl purse straps
Priti from Arm Candy for You shows how to make a set of leather or vinyl straps for a purse. They’re not difficult to make, and don’t require much material. Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Sailing on the Lake blouse
Sewing Princess shares a tutorial for making her Sailing on the Lake blouse. What a lovely top! Make it from a lightweight fabric for a drapey, easy-going fit. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Sewing Princess]
[via Wardrobe … Read More...
Book review and giveaway: Art Cloth
Art cloth, as conceived by Jane Dunnewold, is fabric on which complex layers of color and image have been built up. Art cloth can become the background for collage, art quilting, embroidery or other textile arts. Or it … Read More...
Tutorial: Slingback baby booties
Jackie from I Design shows how to use the sandal pattern she purchased from Sewing With Me to create a baby bootie fit for the tiniest fashionista. The open toe slingback style looks like a miniature version of grown-up lady … Read More...
Read all about it: Retro sewing at Sew Sixties
Astrid from Sew Sixties has created a blog to chronicle her adventures in sewing the vintage patterns that she loves. If you’ve got an affinity for 1960s-ish patterns (and maybe more than a few stacked up waiting to be sewn), … Read More...
Snow Cone Roundup
Check out the kitchn for recipes for DIY snow cones and shaved ice. Find the roundup HERE, which includes raspberry-blueberry snow cones from epicurious. And for the old school purists, remember THIS is back.
Stockade Fence Plant Shelf
Gail from My Repurposed Life took an old piece of stockade fence and turned it into this totally cool plant shelf. I can see this fabulous work of art filled with potted plants, ivy, garden tools and gloves… oh the … Read More...
Project and Freebie: Stationery Set
(image by Hero Arts)
Visit Hero Arts and learn how to make a pretty stamped stationery set, included is a free lined paper download. Click here for instructions and the download.
-Heather
Looking for free digital stamps and SVG files? … Read More...
Flip Flop Cupcakes
Love these flip flop cupcakes! Find tips on making them HERE at Inside BruCrew Life. And, they just so happen to be an entry for the Hoosier Homemade cupcake challenge I posted about recently.
[tags]flip flops, cupcakes, summer[/tags]