When you’re making a special garment, you want everything to be just right. That includes the zippers, especially when they cross a horizontal seam. Summerset Banks from Pins and Needles shows her process for keeping her horizontal seams matched when she…
Tutorial: Match horizontal seams when inserting an invisible zipper
When you’re making a special garment, you want everything to be just right. That includes the zippers, especially when they cross a horizontal seam. Summerset Banks from Pins and Needles shows her process for keeping her horizontal seams matched when … Read More...
Camellia oil CP soap recipe
I came across a recipe to make a beautiful cold process camellia oil soap on Soap Making Essentials. Find all the ingredients and instructions here.
Dress Up a Cake with Paper
I love the simple beauty of this cake wrap. Find the how-tos for creating your own HERE at craft stylish.
Clever tool from Clover: Bobbin stacker
- Images from Clover
Clover has come up with yet another clever tool. How did we make do without their Yo-yo Makers? Like the Yo-yo Maker, serious quilters and sewers will likely want one of these bobbin stackers to keep drawers organized. It’s endorsed by Nancy Zieman, of…
Clever tool from Clover: Bobbin stacker
- Images from Clover
Clover has come up with yet another clever tool. How did we make do without their Yo-yo Makers
? Like the Yo-yo Maker, serious quilters and sewers will likely want one of these bobbin stackers to keep … Read More...
Quilt Diva Giveaway
Image from Amy Bradley Designs
Go to Amy Bradley Designs blog and sign up for her very first giveaway. Tell her why you are a quilting diva or suggest a design idea in her comments area. Winners will be announced Friday June 19th. Go…
Free pattern: Baxter in pink
Image from Amy Bradley Designs
Amy from Amy Bradley Designs offers doggie fun with her free Baxter pattern. Go here to download.
Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away
by Pamela Hall
We’ve been having a spate of summer rainstorms here, which inspired me to go looking for polymer clay rainsticks. I found a wonderful tutorial for making a polymer clay rainstick by Pamela Hall. Click here to go to the…
Sneak peek: Traffic Jam by Allison Jane Smith
Traffic Jam is Allison Jane Smith’s new fabric line for Windham Fabrics. Great for sewing projects for little boys, the prints in this line are filled with transportation-themed images such as airplanes, cars, and even road signs. This fabulous line…
Sneak peek: Traffic Jam by Allison Jane Smith
Traffic Jam is Allison Jane Smith’s new fabric line for Windham Fabrics. Great for sewing projects for little boys, the prints in this line are filled with transportation-themed images such as airplanes, cars, and even road signs. This fabulous line … Read More...
Tutorial: Travel pillow for small children
Carseats are vital protections for our little ones when we’re in the car, but for long road trips they can be quite uncomfortable. Make It and Love It shows how to make a travel pillow that provides neck support to make…
Dressed up Binderie Punches
The folks at 7Gypsies asked a bunch of artists to decorate a Binderie punch in their own unique style. Check out all the decorated punches on the 7 Gypsies site.
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Dressed up Binderie Punches
The folks at 7Gypsies asked a bunch of artists to decorate a Binderie punch in their own unique style. Check out all the decorated punches on the 7 Gypsies site.
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Tutorial: Crochet needle roll
Keep all of your crochet needles in one place and organized with this handy crochet needle roll. Just Tutorials shows how to make one. Go to the tutorial.
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Make a Cupcake Bouquet
I found this idea via the ever-lovely and resourceful Gordon Gossip. The video how-to for creating cupcake bouquets from can be found HERE at Studio 5.
Make a Cupcake Bouquet
I found this idea via the ever-lovely and resourceful Gordon Gossip. The video how-to for creating cupcake bouquets from can be found HERE at Studio 5.
Simplify the process
The INDIEana Handicraft
The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange is a D.I.Y. contemporary craft fair that showcases the work of artists and crafters who use traditional crafting techniques mixed with a contemporary edge. Vendors offer a range of unique handmade goods from wooden jewelry to…
Tutorial: Values quilt
Image from Willy Nilly
Forget matching. Just randomly pull lights, mediums, and darks out of your stash to make a Values quilt. Katie from Willy Nilly blog offers a tutorial. Get the how-to here.
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