Lia from Lia’s Space shares a free pattern for a baby bib. Bibs are one of my favorite gifts to make for baby showers. The sewing is relatively easy, and they always turn out cute – whether you embellish them … Read More...
Tutorial: Quilted fabric coasters
Camille from Mother Lode shares a tutorial for making simple quilted coasters. Two 5″ squares will yield one coaster – perfect for reducing the size of your scrap bin! Get the how-to.
Project: Cute Pig Card
Visit Andrea Walford’s blog for a PDF and instructional video on how she made this utterly adorable pig card.
-Heather
APRIL GIVEAWAY – WEEK #2
First is this little Coats and Clark book
from 1967. It’s mostly knit, but has several crochet patterns, including some lovely afghan stitch mittens. The other 11 books are old copies of Workbasket Magazine. These are not in mint condition … Read More...
Freebie: Nesting Flowers SVG File
Download this nesting flower svg file by Jana Oliveira from the Create Scrapbooks Live Show. Click here to go to download. Check out more SVG files and bundles over at Design Bundles
Inspiration du Jour – April Showers
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.
Back from Glass Craft…Lots of Goodies!
I just got back into town after three days at Glass Craft and Bead Expo and I have so much to tell…I have to unload my camera and organize my thoughts but when I get back my first product review … Read More...
Natural Warmth Necklace
Natural Warmth Necklace
Originally uploaded by WandieOrtiz
I love this pairing of a Raku look polymer clay pendant with the fiber cord – it’s just lovely!
Click on the picture to check out the rest of Wandie Ortiz’s photostream.
Sneak peek: Patty Young prints in stretch knits!!
When I saw this post over at Patty Young’s blog, my heart just about skipped a beat. Her prints are fabulous in quilting cottons, but they’ll soon also be available in stretch knits! Oh my!! Read more about this … Read More...
Sewing for a cause: Bean bag sets for orphan schools in Liberia
Craft Hope has announced their latest charity sewing project. They are partnering with the Liberian Orphan Education Project to provide bean bag sets to send to orphan schools in Liberia, West Africa. This is an ambitious project, with hopes of … Read More...
Tutorial: Pieced panel twirly skirt for girls
Rachel from In the Happily Ever After shares a tutorial for making this girl’s twirly skirt. It’s her favorite style of skirt to make for her daughter, and I can see why. It’s cute as a button and because it’s … Read More...
Try lots of transfer techniques
I got this sweet note from Ruth of Ruth O’Leary Textile Art:
… Read More...I’ve read a couple of your recent posts where you mention different ways to transfer a design to fabric. I’ve written a hints and tips article where
Tutorial: Felt fish knitted in the round FREE
Anita Wheeless keeper of the blog called Mummble-Jummble2 has created and designed these adorable fish. The fish are knitted in the round so you don’t have any seams. Your leftover wool yarns will come in handy for this project. Fill … Read More...
Technique: Paper Piecing with Stamps
Click here to visit the Flourishes blog for a wonderful article on using your stamps and patterned papers for paper pieced cards, really lovely stuff!
-Heather
Button Cookies and Clever Packaging
Oh. My. Goodness. I haven’t stopped thinking about this cute button cookie packaging idea since I spotted them on Sugar and Meringue. So brilliant! Find the how-tos and a free download HERE.
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Tips for mending denim
Nancy Minsky, author of Denim Revolution, shares a collection of hints for mending denim. Whether it’s a pair of jeans or a favorite skirt, these tips will help you work with the unique features of this fabric to extend the … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: How to sew a ruffle
Ruffles are everywhere on clothes these days, from baby dresses to adult t-shirts. Cheryl from just pretty and a pretty cool life shows how to make a ruffle. Once you master the ruffle, you’ll be adding them to aprons, shirts, … Read More...
Tutorial: Create a blind hem using your sewing machine
Char from Crap I’ve Made show s how to create a blind hem on your sewing machine. A blind hem finishes off the bottom of a garment (typically a skirt or dress pants) with tiny little stitches that are practically … Read More...
New Releases: Sweat Pea Stamps
If you like wonderfully detailed fantasy art stamps look no further than Sweet Pea stamps, they carry lots of wonderful fairies, mermaids, dragons and more from several different talented artist. I personal LOVE this Wonderland set! Click here to see … Read More...
Using Up Scraps
I bet you’re like me and have a lot of partial skeins of yarn hiding in your stash. I’ve been given a lot of partial skeins, too. Some of these I’m able to pass along to a couple of friends … Read More...