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Wish you could have gone to CHA this week?? Well visit Suze Weinberg’s blog and you’ll almost feel like you did. She’s got lots of wonderful pictures of the booths, new hot products, make…
You have to get in on Mary Corbet’s latest free instructional series! She’s teaching long-and-short stitch shading on her blog, Needle ‘n’ Thread. You can easily catch up by reading the preview and supply post and get started on the first lesson, posted today.…
floresita of feeling stitchy found this rockin retro cross-stitch in gableknits‘ flickr stream. As it turns out, the chart is free for your personal use! Go to feeling stitchy for the link.
Oh, my goodness. This bluebird is so sweet, so tiny. I love him so hard! Of course he is one of sarajessica’s tiny cross-stitch creations. Get the free chart from Cross Me Not blog.
Monica Ewing of the blog Crafty Nest posted this great tutorial on how to turn some thrift store plates and some craft mirrors into this wonderful collection of beautiful wall decor. Pop on over to this post to check it out.
The winner of the Miss Woolly’s Mini Cross-stitch kit is comment #10, Becky:
How adorable! The projects are cute and not overwhelming. Perfect. I happen to love Subversive cross-stitch!
Congratulations, Becky! I’ll e-mail you for snail-mail information.
Many thanks to everyone who took the…
Craftster user iheartohmy shares a tutorial for making a pair of ballet flats. Use a piece of leather (or pleather) for the soles, and pretty canvas fabric for the uppers. Get the how-to.
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Craftster user iheartohmy shares a tutorial for making a pair of ballet flats. Use a piece of leather (or pleather) for the soles, and pretty canvas fabric for the uppers. Get the how-to.
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Jill at A Matter of Memories has posted a review of the book Scrapbook Secrets by Kimber McGray
. Click here to go to review
Jill at A Matter of Memories has posted a review of the book Scrapbook Secrets by Kimber McGray. Click here to go to review
While sewing in a straight line is fairly simple, sewing curves can be tricky. Picking Up Threads shares a tutorial on sewing inside (concave) curves. Get the how-to.
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As seen on Junior Society: Doodle Bread! Craft shapes within your bread with this genius invention. Find the product here along with recipes. See a how-to video here and a flickr photostream of doodle bread here.
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This safety cone plushie by plushoff was insipred by theis safety cone finger puppet by stacyrebecca(of tampon finger puppet fame).
I love it when crafters are inspired by each other!
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image by Tracy Falco and Cat's Pajamas
Looking for some fun summer stamps? The Cat’s Pajamas has just released three new clear sets, two summer themed and one get well set. Isn’t the mermaid/cat too cute?? You can buy the sets individually or…
Looking for some fun summer stamps? The Cat’s Pajamas has just released three new clear sets, two summer themed and one get well set. Isn’t the mermaid/cat too cute?? You can buy the sets individually or buy all three … Read More...
Looking for some fun summer stamps? The Cat’s Pajamas has just released three new clear sets, two summer themed and one get well set. Isn’t the mermaid/cat too cute?? You can buy the sets individually or buy all three … Read More...
By Craft Nectar
I admit it, I’ve used compressed air to clean out my bobbin case. But according to Craft Nectar online, this is a big Don’t because it simply blows the dirt deeper into the machine. Go here to get step by step instructions (including 17 photos) for…
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Christine S. Blystone, owner of this 1950’s beauty explains, I absolutely love my vintage Morse sewing machine. Not only is it beautiful, it’s also a total workhorse. Go here to read how she gets the most out of her vintage machine, from…
Something exciting is happening at Shimelle.com this weekend! Join her for challenges, prizes and tons of inspiration. Click here for more details.
Check out this photostream from scraplover on Flicker for tons of photos of all the new products at the CHA Summer show. Click here to go to photos.