Melissa Beach of Elemental Stitches blog is sharing an original embroidery design, free for personal use. If these smiling kiddos don’t give you a lift, nothing will!
Thanks to Natalie Zee Drieu at craftzine.com for the link.
Sunbonnet Sues galore
If you have a soft spot for Sunbonnet Sue, you’ll love the July 29 blog post from tipnut.com. It includes links to Sunbonnet Sue paper dolls, free quilt-block patterns, and other goodies.
Sunbonnet Sue is a classic embroidery pattern … Read More...
Knit one, Swish too!
For your reading enjoyment, an excerpt from Joel Derfner’s latest book:
Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Alive
“On Knitting”
The two Englishmen were staring at the half-finished glove in my hands,
aghast. “What is that?” the short … Read More...
PCAGOE August Challenge is live
The August challenge is now live at our website: Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy . Challenge voting is open from the 1st of the month until the 3rd of the month at midnight. The theme this month is “It’s … Read More...
Free mix-and-match fob charts
Cross Stitch Happy blog has posted a collection of charts for scissors fobs, all based on the same design with options for customizing the needlework. “If you like the chart,” the blogger says, “and want to send a photo of … Read More...
New Life Artworks
Christine from New Life Artworks creates lovely frames and treasure boxes by combining her love of mosaic with the interesting look and textures of Scrabble pieces, text, molded clay pieces and more. In fact, the photo frame is a conversation … Read More...
Bottlecap Little Bottlecap
Michelle Stitzlein’s new book, Bottlecap Little Bottlecap, is a how-to arts and crafts booklet for kids that focuses on using plastic bottlecaps from milk jugs, orange juice cartons, water bottles, soda bottles, shampoo bottles and margarine tubs. For both … Read More...
CHA Summer show and Bottles of Hope
A couple weeks a ago I attended the CHA ( Craft and Hobby Association ) summer show in Illinois. I volunteered to go with Ilysa of Polymer Clay Productions to help her out with some filming she had planned to … Read More...
Quilting cheat sheets
Quilting is all about math and geometry. If the calculations have scared you away from designing your own quilts, these handy charts should help. From nimuae of Hidden Threads blog, we get a table of corner-setting triangles, a table of … Read More...
Patio Lanterns
These outdoor lanterns from Outdoor Furniture Plus have a timeless appeal and you could get away with putting them just about anywhere. Just insert a tea light and you will have soft romantic light for hours.
Shown here is the … Read More...
and the Winner is…………….
Picked by random from the comments on our blogpost by using a random number generator at random.org the winner for Katie Hacker’s Hip to Bead book is……………………………
DEBORAH!!!!! Congrats! and I hope you will have alot of fun creating the … Read More...
Pretty in Pink
One of my students needed a new iron to go with her new found sewing obsession. She is also addicted to pink. Everything is pink! So why not a pink iron?
The Rowenta Iron for Pink- DZ5065 is a heavy-duty … Read More...
BOOK REVIEW:VOGUE KNITTING STITCHIONARY4, CROCHET
What a wonderful addition this book would be to anyone’s crochet library! I’m in love with this book and will be buying a copy after having checked it our from my local library to give it a good once-over. Well, … Read More...
Free quilt patterns from Robert Kaufman
Get these beautiful quilt patterns free from the Robert Kaufman Fabrics site: Oriental Traditions, Simpatico Kaleidoscope, Geoscapes, Zen Garden, and Color Theory. In fact, while you’re over there, check out all of the free patterns… Read More...
Free cross-stitch patterns every day
Connie Thomas, editor of About.com‘s cross-stitch blog, is showering her readers with goodies in the month of August. She’ll introduce a new free pattern or collection every day this month. Go to Connie’s Cross-Stitch Blog each day to … Read More...
Clever Pendants from Recycled Placemat
Artist Deborah Dee decided to push herself ‘out of the box’ creatively one day and see what she could do with things she had. And what a wonderful project she came up with! In this tutorial she recycles a bamboo … Read More...
Great advice for hand-quilters
If you’re a veteran hand-quilter, you’ll enjoy these blog posts and pick up a tip or three. If you’re a newbie hand-quilter, these pieces should be required reading! Lenna Green of Stitching Cow blog walks us through all of the … Read More...
Free applique tutorial from Andrea Zuill
You’ll fear applique no longer after you see Andrea Zuill‘s easy-to-follow tutorial on Badbird’s blog.
Free chart from The Sampler Girl
Tanya Marie Anderson, aka The Sampler Girl, is offering a free cross-stitch chart for a quote by Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.” Tanya notes that the date included in … Read More...
Ana Cabrera
Today is a wonderful day my friends…. I’d like to introduce you to Ana Cabrera. In addition to being wildly creative and insanely talented, Ana has been working feverishly on the CK (CreatingKeepsakes) new online goodness for all the scrapbooking … Read More...