The “no line” stamping and coloring technique gives you the look of a painted image. By stamping your design in a light color of ink and then coloring over top the stamped lines almost disappear and you’re left with an … Read More...
Tutorial: Joy-Ful Christmas pillow wrap
This pillow wrap transforms any throw pillow into a cute Joy-Ful Christmas pillow. Heather from The Sewing Loft is over at Skip To My Lou today with a tutorial showing how to make one. It’s a quick project to spruce … Read More...
Tutorial: Decorative Cutwork Bowl
This project combines polymer clay and a die cut machine – in this case, the Silhouette Cameo. Mags Bonham has been teaching this the last few years and has now released it on the Sculpey.com site for folks to take … Read More...
Dark Chocolate Potato Chips
For you organized people, that start baking cookies after Thanksgiving and making homemade goodies for neighbors, family, teachers and friends. Make these for yourself to enjoy while creating your homemade goodies or after. These will take care of your sweet … Read More...
Project and Tip: Coloring Book Page Canvas
Coloring books are the hottest thing right now but don’t spend all that time coloring your pages only to leave them closed up in a book where you can’t enjoy seeing them. You can cut out elements or use the … Read More...
Tutorial: Triangle insert top
Abby from Sew Much Ado shows how you can adapt a basic t-shirt pattern to create triangle inserts at the sides. The simple adaptation allows you to incorporate some color blocking into a plain top, and also creates more of … Read More...
DIY Homemade Chicken Sweet Potato Dog Treats
Here is a treat you can make for gifts or have on hand when you get ready to sit for your holiday feast. Your fur baby will still want what you are eating, but these might satisfy them for a … Read More...
Chocolate Crepes with Raspberry Sauce
Having an intimate holiday dinner with your loved one? You might want to practice your crepe skills and create this elegant dessert for your sweetie. These would also be great for a holiday party or brunch. I wouldn’t try this … Read More...
Tutorial: 10 Minute Christmas Stocking
Amber from Crazy Little Projects shows how you can make her 10 Minute Christmas Stocking. The lining is folded outward to create the cuff. Just pick a fabric for the outside and a fabric for the lining, and sew them … Read More...
The Best Holiday Sales on Handmade Goods
Are you shopping handmade and supporting fellow indie artists this holiday season? If so, you may want to hop over to Pop Shop America. They created a round up of over 18 different small businesses that are having sales on … Read More...
31 Free Printables for Thanksgiving
It’s no secret that I love party printables. They’re a quick yet frugal way to add a polished touch to any celebration, whether you’re looking for printable decorations, cute props for a DIY photo booth, or activities to keep the … Read More...
Author interview | Ruth McHaney Danner
Sewists who make quilts in service to others is the subject of Ruth McHaney Danner’s latest book, Making a World of Difference One Quilt At A Time
. You may know her from her popular book, What I Learned from … Read More...
Tutorial: Satin pillowcase with fancy trim
These satin pillowcases look like they’d be a dream to sleep on. Sew4Home shows how you can make them. Contrast bands are made from a quilting weight cotton (or satin if you like), with lace and velvet trims tucked into … Read More...
Loaded Twice Baked Potato Casserole
If you thought you were set with your potato plans for Thanksgiving, think again! I’m going to be good and stick to my slow cooker potatoes, but I am definitely making this when we have potatoes during the week. What … Read More...
38 Beautiful Christmas Wreaths You Can DIY
We have this tradition in my family that once the Thanksgiving dinner is over, the girls get together to craft and make something for the upcoming Christmas season. I think this year we will be making wreaths and these 38 … Read More...
DIY Star Wars Snowflakes
Winter is just about upon here in the USA, Christmas is coming up fast and so is snow for a lot of places. For that reason I wanted to share these cool paper snowflakes, inspired by Star Wars.
The people … Read More...
DIY Surprise Balls – A Fun Gift Giving Alternative
These Surprise balls are literally what they are called – a Ball with a surprise inside. These make for a fun alternative to small stocking filler gifts or gifts for School friends and classmates. Add a hanging cord and hang … Read More...
Tutorial: Dolly and Me Ruffled Scarf
Kyla from Funky Polkadot Giraffe shares a tutorial at Skip To My Lou showing how to make ruffled scarf for a child and her doll. All you need to make it are some jersey knit and some elastic thread. They’re … Read More...
Project: Thanksgiving Card with Stamps and Die Cuts
Add different colors of Distress Ink pads to a large stamp for a lovely background for a fall card, add a stamped sentiment and some inked die cut shapes and you’ve got a wonderful card for Thanksgiving. The U Cut … Read More...
Tutorial: Linen and crochet cocktail napkins
Lynn from Nourish and Nestle shows how you can make a set of linen cocktail napkins, finished beautifully with crochet around the edges. Her tutorial shows how to miter the corners when you turn under the raw edges. 1/2 yard … Read More...