Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to repurpose a neck tie into a bow tie. This is such a cool idea! Get the tute.
[photo from Make It and Love It]
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Tutorial: Make a Neighborhood Garland with little fabric houses
Laura Bray from Katydiddy shares a tutorial on her blog for making this super cute garland out of fabric houses. You can get creative giving each house its own little personality! Make some houses tall and skinny, and others short … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a bracelet from a shirt cuff
Stefi from Just Chic shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make these fun shirt cuff bracelets. Because the shirt cuffs already have a button and buttonhole stitched in, all you’ve got to do is finish the edges … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric pom pom flowers from jersey knit
Here’s a fun idea for all of your scraps of jersey knit left over from your sewing projects. Make them into pom pom flowers! A little lovely shows you how. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Leather key chain with stitched geometric designs
Jenya from EvaForeva and ForEvaMore shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this leather key chain with machine stitched geometric designs. The way she creates these designs reminds me of the Spirograph game I had when I … Read More...
Winners of the Sylvie Thiel giveaway
Sylvie Thiel of Lavender harvest was so impressed with everyone’s comments that she wants me to tell (you) my readers that she would like to giveaway a few more goodies to say “Thank you”! Since she appreciated some of the … Read More...
DIY Knitting Tutorials and Videos
Technique: Polka Dot Background
Let Hero Arts stamps show you how to make a fun and inexpensive background for your cards using circle punches, click here for instructions.
-Heather
Free patterns: State flowers
Vicki of turkey feathers blog is sharing a series of state flower patterns for hand embroidery. Stitch one to honor your favorite state, or a collection for a sweet botanical display, or all of them for a fabulous quilt. Posted … Read More...
Free Baby Hoodie Knitting Pattern
Babies are so much fun to knit for, they’re cute in just about anything, and they won’t really tell you that your projects just aren’t up to snuff! All that aside, the only thing better than knitting for babies is … Read More...
Hello Kitty Oreos
How is it that Hello Kitty makes all things even better? Learn how to make these Hello Kitty Oreos HERE at justJENN recipes.
[tags]Hello Kitty, sandwich cookies, Oreos[/tags]
Knitted Jewelry
This is cool. I’m totally a gem and crystal girl, can see this working for me. But, it would likely have to be green!
Sarah White from Knitting.About.Com originally posted this article. Check it out!
Use your binder clips to organize your cables
I don’t know about you but all my charging and connector cables are one big old mess. This is a wonderful and easy way to organize them. I think it is a brilliant bit of repurposing since the binder clip … Read More...
Free Mother’s Day design from Di
Here is Di van Niekerk‘s sweet Mother’s Day gift for you: Mother Goose, a dear watercolor that you can print on paper for a card or framing or on fabric for embroidery and embellishment. Get the free design.… Read More...
San Francisco Bead and Design Show – Craft Gossip Exclusive Interview and Giveaway
The San Francisco Bead and Design Show will be taking place from May 21-23, 2010. For more information about the show itself please see below.
Carole Witt of String Bead in Chico, CA will be teaching a number of workshops, … Read More...
Cool idea & free printable: Covered button bookmarks for last-minute gifts
With the advent of summer, many of us are scrambling for last-minute teacher appreciation gifts. Anna from Noodlehead shares an idea for an easy (and inexpensive) teacher gift – covered button bookmarks! To make this an even faster, easier gift … Read More...
Tutorial: Oilcloth book cover
Prudent Baby shows how to make a book cover out of oilcloth. The wipe-clean surface of oilcloth is a good choice for a protective cover for a book. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Prudent Baby]
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Technique: Looped Ribbon Accent for Cards
Join Nichole Heady for a video tutorial on how to make this pretty looped ribbon accent for your stamped cards. Click here for the video.
-Heather
Aimee got it! Pretty Little Mini Quilts
Thanks for sharing your experiences celebrating Cinco de Mayo to enter my very first Craft Gossip giveaway. I visited RANDOM.ORG and we have a winner. Aimee from Maryland will receive a copy of Pretty Little Mini Quilts. Congratulations Aimee! … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – My Amazing Handsome Little Boy
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.