The Storque at Etsy has a tutorial for making this basic button-down shirt. It’s an excerpt from the book, Design-It-Yourself Clothes
, so if you like the tutorial then I’m betting you’ll want to buy the whole book. Go to … Read More...
How much yardage is in a thrifted sheet?
Thrifted sheets are one of my favorite sources of vintage yardage. Of course, sheets don’t come in the standard 44″ or 60″ widths we’re used to seeing in the fabric store. Luck for us, Crafting a Green World gives the measurements…
Ready-to-Stitch ECO TOTE Model Citizen by Bonnie Rue Limited Edition
What do you get when you combine sublime stiching, bake and destroy and model citizen? Awesomeness, that’s what.
Introducing a new design in the Sublime Stitching line of exclusive, ready-to-stitch EcoTotes, pre-stamped with wash-out ink! This is a limited-edition design, by Bonnie…
From vintage plate to mini quilt
Janet from A Quilter’s Journal blog was inspired to make this mini quilt from a 1960’s J&G Meakin plate. Go here to read more.
Technorati Tags: mini quilt, art quilt, vintage plate, 1960s, inspiration
Tutorial: Pintucked vest from a plaid shirt
CraftStylish shows how to make this pintucked vest out of a very ordinary plaid shirt. The result is anything but ordinary! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from CraftStylish]
Technorati Tags: sewing, tutorial, pintuck, vest, plaid, shirt, refashion
Tutorial: Pintucked vest from a plaid shirt
CraftStylish shows how to make this pintucked vest out of a very ordinary plaid shirt. The result is anything but ordinary! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from CraftStylish]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, pintuck, vest, plaid, shirt, refashion[/tags]
Lookie what she made: Table runner with crazy ribbon stripes
Shelley from 7 Layer Studio made this table runner as part of her Halloween decor. The zig-zagging stripes are actually ribbon that she stitched down to a solid piece of fabric. Fabulous!! See more pictures and read about her project at…
Lookie what she made: Table runner with crazy ribbon stripes
Shelley from 7 Layer Studio made this table runner as part of her Halloween decor. The zig-zagging stripes are actually ribbon that she stitched down to a solid piece of fabric. Fabulous!! See more pictures and read about her project … Read More...
Call For 2011 Tucson, AZ Conference Proposals
Matthew Cummings
The Glass Art Society Board of Directors is requesting proposals for lectures, demonstrations, and panels, or suggest a topic or presenter, for the Tucson, Arizona conference that incorporate the theme, Viva el Vidrio. Check out their web site to find out…
Call For 2011 Tucson, AZ Conference Proposals
The Glass Art Society Board of Directors is requesting proposals for lectures, demonstrations, and panels, or suggest a topic or presenter, for the Tucson, Arizona conference that incorporate the theme, Viva el Vidrio. Check out their web site to … Read More...
Day of the Dead Sandwich
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich in honor of the Mexican Dia de los Muertos. Find the idea HERE at Croq Zine. Found via Craft Jr.
Technorati Tags: day of the dead, peanut butter and jelly, skeleton
Scrap Wool Pincushion
Make this cute and easy pincushion with wool fabric scraps and a blender. This marvelous video comes from HGTV Simply Quilts with quilting artist Cindy Thury Smith. This is an wonderful and fun idea for all of us to try. We…
Tutorial: Sew an armor costume from felt
If your child dreams of being a knight in shining armor, check out this tutorial from Adrienne from Some of a Kind. She shows how to make a set of pretend armor out of felt. She also has tutorials to make…
Tutorial: Sew an armor costume from felt
If your child dreams of being a knight in shining armor, check out this tutorial from Adrienne from Some of a Kind. She shows how to make a set of pretend armor out of felt. She also has tutorials to … Read More...
Jack O’ Lantern Halloween Cocktail
Find the Jack O’ Lantern cocktail–and the idea for this clever “pumpkin top” garnish–HERE at the Hostess with the Mostess blog.
Pincushion giveaway
Lisa of Ivory Blush Roses is celebrating her 100th blog follower by giving away three of her exquisite CQ pincushions. Go to her blog post to enter before 8:00 p.m. (Arizona time), Sunday, October 18.
New tutes: Embroidered text
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog has started a new free tutorial series on using lettering and text in hand embroidery. You’ll want to get in on this! See the first post.
Indian embroidery: Toda
Have you been following Sailaja’s Summers of India blog? She’s posting a series of informative articles about history and techniques of traditional Indian embroidery. Her October 12 post, for example, explains and illustrates Toda embroidery, “tribal embroidery from the Southern State of…
Tutorial: Montenegrin stitch
Learn Montenegrin stitch via the tutorial at Rittenhouse Needlepoint blog. See the tute.
Free from UT: Breast-cancer-awareness design
Urban Threads is sharing this rockin pattern in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Karline of UT says,
This punchy “Girl Power” design is available in formats for machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock art, so crafters of all stripes can use…