Mademoiselle Chaos from ParaNoire shares a tutorial showing how to create her Guerilla Cooking MonoMittens. This unique oven mitt is long enough to wrap around a hot pot and has spaces for both of your hands. Go to the tutorial… Read More...
Lorna’s Laces New Yarn
And it doesn’t have a name yet. This is where you come in. Knitters are being asked to cast their votes for a name for this sure-to-be-awesome new yarn.
Head over to their site to vote now: http://lornaslaces.blogspot.com/ Hurry, only … Read More...
Bringing Food to Life
Visit Bent Objects for some pretty amazing eye candy by Terry Border, author of Bent Objects: The Secret Life of Everyday Things. I could spend way too much time scrolling through the … Read More...
Blog: Etsy Inspiration Challenge
I recently came across a challenge blog with a really cool idea, for each challenge they pick a different shop on Etsy and ask you and their design team to make something inspired by that shop, what a clever idea! … Read More...
Space Shuttle Discover from Trash!
This space shuttle from the geniuses over at LooLeDo.com is such a great re-cycle craft that I just had to post it! I’m going to scour our recycle bins right now!
Looking for Space-themed Books?
Cookie Monster Puppets
Alpha Mom has a great post celebrating Cookie Monsters ‘assumed’ birthday! There’s a great cookie recipe on there too! Enjoy!
Check out these other fun Cookie Monster ideas below.
Cookie Monster Party food and snacks or purchase these Cookie … Read More...
Old but not outdated
Go look at Mary Corbet‘s review of Embroidery Lessons with Colored Studies
from the Brainerd & Armstrong Company, published in 1899. This antique promotional brochure is fascinating, and so is Mary’s commentary. See the post.
Kitty Throw and Pillow – Free Pattern
From Caron, this adorable kitty throw and pillow. I just love the positive/negative effect, it’s just cute! It’s knit from Simply Soft yarn, a worsted weight, very, very soft yarn. Really soft. Really! Crazy soft. Snuggling up in this would … Read More...
Making Yarn Out of….. Yarn!
So you went to a garage sale/estate sale/resale shop.. and found HUGE cones of lace weight mohair that you must have. Great price – that goes without saying. You must have this, no way around it.
The next day (or … Read More...
Latest Free Craft eBooks
Wow! Free craft books from FaveCrafts. There are books for every crafter and they are FREE for you to download via a PDF format. These are complete books with pictures and complete instructions. I downloaded several and I found … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy D-ring belt
Christine from From an Igloo shows how to make a scrappy D-ring belt. It’s easily made from your scrap bin. Better yet, make it using scraps from a bunch of shirts that you’ve made or embellished, and you’ll have one … Read More...
Free pattern: Springy Little Lamb softie
Rebekah from Potholes & Pantyhose guest blogs over at U Create with a pattern and tutorial showing how to make this sweet Springy Little Lamb softie. Go to the pattern and tutorial.
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check … Read More...
Tutorial: Add a side-lapped zipper
Gertie from Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing shows how to add a vintage-style side lapped zipper. If you love the styling of vintage garments, this is a zipper technique to add to your sewing skillset. Get the how-to.… Read More...
Tutorial: Shirred pillowcase dress
Mandy fromSugar Bee Craft Edition shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to add shirring to the classic pillowcase dress. This would make a pretty new sundress for summer! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Sugar Bee … Read More...
Project: Digital Stamp Wall Art
Join Kristen Powers on her website for a fun tutorial turning a digital stamp into lovely wall art, click here for her tutorial.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to download … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Already One
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog
Soapy Chica
Victorian-esque eye candy from Soapy Chica
1) Pink Rose Scented Crown Soap
2) Black Victorian Corset Shea Butter Soap
3) Angel Wings Soap – Antique Blossom
Tutorial: Shrink Ring
Shrink plastic seems to be the material of the moment with numerous exciting projects coming out all over the blogosphere, such as this one posted previously.
If you are interested in this material and its many possibilities, check out Cathe’s … Read More...
Cool Mosaic Catch-o-matic from Fusedglass.org
More newsletter love from the folks over at fusedglass.org. I just love getting their email newsletters. There’s always something cool going on over there. The tutorial in this issue is how to make a mosaic cutter with more…the catch-o-matic. … Read More...
Tutorial: Bubble dress for toddler girls
Aly from Polkanuts shows how to make this easy bubble dress for toddler girls. What an absolutely cute dress!! Get the tutorial.
[photo from Polkanuts]
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