DJ of Prick and Stitch Is My Craft blog is sharing this original candle pattern, which she has restructured for prick-and-stitch embroidery. Stitch some up now and tuck them away to save time on next year’s Christmas cards! Get the … Read More...
Lizzy Dish giveaway
Bee Square blog is giving away two fat quarters of fabric from Lizzy House‘s new line, Lizzy Dish. A winner will be drawn January 12. Enter the contest.
Great idea: Plastic Canvas pencil holder
Pistal5 posted this original and handy plastic-canvas pencil holder on Cut Out + Keep blog. She doesn’t provide a tute because, she says, it’s so simple! See the post and more photos.
Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check … Read More...
Enter to win $500 in free fabric
I thought that title would get your attention. Here are the details – Go cast a vote in the Ulimate Sewing Room contest hosted by CraftStylish, and you’ll be entered to win $500 in free fabric from fabric.com. Deadline … Read More...
Solar Powerd Glass Art
These gorgeous glass doors are part of the Pearl Avenue Branch Library in San Jose, California. Titled, “Solar Illumination I: Evolution of Language,” the doors (and other glass art in the library) is the work of Lynn Goodpasture in collaboration … Read More...
Forest Fun Fabric Giveaway
Red Fish Circle is giving away a yard of her new Forest Fun fabric line -and 4 forest critter pins- to three lucky winners. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on her blog post telling … Read More...
Tutorial: Ten-minute headband
These little fabric headbands are the perfect little hair accessory. With this simple headband tutorial from Blue Bird Studio, you can make one to match every outfit.
Looking for more headband sewing patterns? Check these designs out on Etsy.
Fabric food – zero calorie, fat-free, and deliciously cute
This bacon is naturally fat-free, the caffeine-free coffee loses no style point, and this hamburger won’t clog anyone’s arteries. And it’s all deliciously cute to boot! Check out the fabric food play set made by This is Love Forever and … Read More...
Pizza, anyone?
Pizza, anyone?
Originally uploaded by Shay Aaron
Well, my crew will be thundering in the door any minute now – tired and sweaty from hockey practice. And they will definitely be HUNGRY!
I’m thinking maybe I’ll order up some pizza, … Read More...
Felted Hearts and Flowers from Cutie Goodie’s
Tanya “The Cutie Goodie” is an Eastern European girl, who currently living in Maine, USA.
She was a teacher of Russian language in her homeland. After moving to the US she found there were very few positions for her … Read More...
Light makes glass shine.
Glass is one of the few mediums that uses light to make it sing and nothing says that more than stained glass windows. Opaque glass can be beautiful in itself but when you ad the element of light, moreso sunlight, … Read More...
Cupcake Flower Arrangement
Make a cupcake flower arrangement.
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http://milobo.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/chevron-lace-cardigan.pdf
Here’s the next project I want to make. It’ll have to be fitted between baby and wedding afghans, but I just fell in love with it when I saw it. There are several great free sweater patterns at this … Read More...
Fabric bucket = endless storage possibilities
Still in the mode of organizing, it being the New Year and all, I found this fabric bucket tutorial offered by pippiejoe diary particularly appealing. The construction is fairly simple, but the possibilities are endless. Use them for fruit, for … Read More...
Vintage Redux Book Review
Got a box of jewelry (old and new) that doesn’t appeal to you anymore?? Don’t want to throw out Great Aunt Millies Faux Pearls but they are SO not you?? Not to worry, Vintage Redux
author Brenda Schweder has the … Read More...
Some more giveaways
Another chance to win a Project 365 kit
Win a set of Minimarks from American Crafts
Cosmo Cricket is giving away four awesome prize packs!
Shirt fix: Add a pocket!
Say you have a shirt that’s almost perfect – except for the absence of a front pocket. Say you want to add a pocket to said shirt. But suppose that this almost perfect shirt is storebought, which means that you … Read More...
Gorgeous Fused Glass Pendants
Lynette over at the My Journey in Glass blog titled her post “A Slow Start” but if you take a look, I think you might agree with me that she’s off to a great start. Her pendants are so crisp … Read More...
The Winner of the book giveaway, Knit to Be Square: Domino Designs to Knit and Felt
Via a random number generator, Edina from: Del Mar/San Diego, ca is the winner of “Knit to Be Square: Domino Designs to Knit and Felt
” from Interweave Press. Interweave Press is a fascinating site to visit and see … Read More...
Grafting With Ms. Kitchener
I know, I know, you don’t like to sew it together. That’s why you have a whole basket full of UFO’s. Like mine, they’re all just waiting for you to put down the pointy sticks and pick up a sewing … Read More...