Tiffany from Tiny Seamstress shares a tutorial at Moda Bake Shop for making this cute monster pillow. A hidden pocket creates a secret place to stash a favorite toy, and a handle makes it easy to carry. Get the tute… Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric pinwheel flower embellishments
Joy from How Joyful created her own dress for her beach wedding, starting with a knit halter dress. She reworked the neck and added fabric pinwheel flowers with beaded centers. She shows a before/after of the dress, and gives a … Read More...
FaveCrafts Free Jewelry Making Ideas e-book
The FaveCrafts team has created a guide to make your own homemade jewelry in a free e-book. “25 Easy to Make Homemade Jewelry Ideas” is available as a PDF download at the FaveCrafts website. Their e-book gives you step-by-step instruction … Read More...
FaveCrafts free earring tute
FaveCrafts is offering a free tutorial for these cheery earrings. They remind me of bittersweet berries. See the free tute at FaveCrafts.
How to make caged earrings
DIYLessons.org is giving away a tutorial for making caged earrings when you register as a member. Take a look at all their very reasonably priced tutorials or get more freebies at Handmade Jewelry Club.
Giveaway at Graphics Fairy
Karen from The Graphics Fairy is giving away this Queen of Halloween bamboo floor mat. It features one of her graphics with Gina Galvin at Peacock Park Design as the creator of this fun decorative item. Go to the post … Read More...
Template and Tutorial: Swedish dala horse block print
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shares a tutorial and free template on her blog for making a block print of her Swedish dala horse design. Once you carve your design into the block, you can use it to make cool … Read More...
Read all about it: Sewing on velvet
Over at the Bernina blog, Linda Lee from The Sewing Workshop tells how she handles one of the trickiest fabrics to sew on – velvet. If the thought of sewing on velvet has you ready to pull your hair … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric chili pepper garland
Kathryn from The Pickled Herring shows how to create a fabric chili pepper garland. Give the peppers a more cute, scrappy look by using fabric prints, or use red and green solid fabrics for a more traditional chili pepper. Either … Read More...
Tips and Tricks for Making Cake Pops
Tutorial: Easy Halloween pillow with pumpkin stripes
Head over to May Arts to find out how to make this pumpkin pillow. It’s easily made when you use felt for the body of the pillow, and rows of the May Arts pumpkin ribbon for the embellishment. Find out … Read More...
Free patterns and charts: Halloween
Looking for more Halloween Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy.
This Embroidery roundup is all about free Halloween patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to … Read More...
Halloween ornaments from fabric
Make a mess and have some fun with this no-sew home decor project created by Jera from Quilting in the Rain. Featured in the Moda Bake Shop, Jera hopes others will make a Christmas version of these Halloween inspired ornaments.… Read More...
Project: Stamped Felt Treat Bag
How fun is this little treat bag made of stamped felt?? Click here for an instructional video on the Hero Arts blog.
-Heather
Tutorial: Burlap Halloween candy corn softies
Alison from Oopsey Daisy guest blogs at Naptime Crafters with a tutorial showing how to make a candy corn softie from burlap. What a cute idea! Get the how-to.
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled and Reflective Treat Bag
This trick or treat tote by Sew4Home is both practical and pretty. Strips of reflective ribbon
help keep the kiddoes safe for evening trick or treating, while the ruffles serve as eye candy. Go to the tutorial.
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Cool ideas: Give hand-me-down jeans some sparkle with iron-on gems
Mandy from Sugar Bee – Craft Edition shows how she made her daughter’s hand-me-down jeans feel sparkly new. Literally. She added iron-on sparkle gems to the pocket for an instant facelift. Brilliant!! Read more at Sugar Bee – Craft Edition… Read More...
Halloween Crafts Round Up
Are you guys getting tired of seeing all the pumpkin ideas and wreath crafts I’ve been featuring? I still have more in my arsenal 😉 but for now I’ll share some other fun projects I found for Halloween. I’m sad … Read More...
Tutorial: Embroidered Halloween badges
Stephanie Housley posted a tutorial at The Crafts Dept. (MarthaStewart.com) that provides the designs and instructions for creating hand-embroidered Halloween badges. All of the images of costumed animals are adorable, but I especially love this critter’s little g-string! Go to … Read More...
Felt Projects: 6 FREE Felted Knitting Patterns
You can’t pass up this offer from “Knitting Daily”. Simply go here and download your ebook. Felt making is so much fun, once you start you just can’t stop! From felted bags to various felt projects like slippers and gloves, … Read More...