Mandy from Sugar Bee Crafts shares a tutorial showing how to make this pretty ruffled apron in girl sizes. It’s made from two fabrics – one for the bib and skirt, and another for the ruffles and ties. She includes … Read More...
DIY Make-it Wall Hanging “Yarn & “Copper
Bri Emery is an art director and the Los Angeles-based founder and editor of “design love fest” a lifestyle blog with an eye for design in style, DIY, food, travel, entertaining and more. She made this stunning “wall hanging” with … Read More...
Featured: NeedleNosey Cross Stitch
Can I just tell you that I have found a kindred spirit in NeedleNosey. Seriously, you guys…I was looking at her etsy site and just about died from laughing so hard. I can just hear my mother’s sweet southern sass … Read More...
How to make a recycled felted sweater bookmark
As a big fan of stitching and recycled wool felt the book Doodle Stitching Embroidery and Beyond is my kind of book! The first project I made was the cutwork felt bookmark. I new I would be using it with … Read More...
Mad Man Knitting Seeks Support
I’ve told you before about Mad Mad Knitting, aka Gregory Patrick, a guy who it would not be a stretch to say was able to turn his life around by knitting teddy bears. Last year he launched an indiegogo campaign… Read More...
Make a Dinosaur Shirt tutorial with pattern
Zoe of “captain crafty” was raised on an organic farm in Western Massachusetts where her family grew and harvested acres of flowers every summer that were assembled into fresh bouquets. Zoe was surrounded by color and design and today; loves … Read More...
Free pattern: Paisley Table Topper
Check out Paisley to Please, a quilted table topper designed by Cori Derkson and Myra Harder. This project combines piecing and applique techniques that are not out of reach to even a beginning quilter. If experienced, it will whip … Read More...
Tatting
I am blown away by people who can tat. I have tried so many times and each time my finished project looks more like a bunch of knots that a little kid tied than a beautiful tatted lace piece. In … Read More...
Inspiration: Frozen-inspired summer tunic
The movie Frozen might make you think of winter, but Christine from Heidi & Finn shows how she created a summer tunic inspired by the crazy popular kids’ movie. She added an Elsa silhouette to a sleeveless tunic, and then … Read More...
How to make a decorative plastic bag holder
Plastic bags can overrun your house. Try as we might to bring fabric bags to stores when we shop inevitably we end up with some plastic ones and we keep them for trash or other uses. Pop on over to … Read More...
Edible Chalkboard Cookies
It’s teacher appreciation week!
Here is a cute idea to make with your kid(s) for their special teacher(s). Lindsay Ann at Celebrations shows you how to make edible chalkboard cookies using a peanut butter cookie recipe and Hershey’s Dark Chocolate … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a pair of espadrilles
Katja from Of Dreams and Seams shows how you can make a pair of espadrilles The fabric shoe with rope sole is classic summertime footwear. She shares a link to a previous tutorial showing how to make the soles (scroll … Read More...
Spring Flower Sensory Bottle
If your yard is like mine and overgrown with dandelions, discover how you can use them to entertain your little ones. You can encourage your kids to help you pick all of the dandelions in your yard and then show … Read More...
Tutorial: Constance Organizer with plenty of pockets
Heidi from Fabric Mutt shares a tutorial at The Glamorous Housewife showing how to make her Constance Organizer. The outside resembles a book with a fabric cover and a contrast spine. On the inside, plenty of pockets will hold notepads, … Read More...
6 Quiet Book Pages For Little Girls
Quiet Books are the perfect toy for little hands, not only because of the fact that they are “quiet toys”, but they are also very durable. They are usually made out of some type of fabric/material, while each page contains … Read More...
Tutorial: Add a side stripe to pants, no sewing required
Anna from Plan B shows how easy it is to use decorative trims to add some side stripes to a plain pair of pants. You don’t even have to sew a stitch if you don’t want to. You can use … Read More...
Freebie: Gift Bag Template
Find a free downloadable gift bag template along with ideas on how to decorate it over at the Popper and Mimi blog.
-Heather
Crochet For Every Mother
Make mom feel really special with something every mom needs but no mom doesn’t already own! Use the free pattern that Sonia Maria is offering along with her picture tutorial to work up one quickly before Mother’s Day. You might … Read More...
Free Mini Journaling Course
Jennifer Wilson from Simple Scrapper discusses scrapbook journaling in this mini course. If you need help with your writing, go take a look. She shares a writing technique that could help, and gives you an assignment for trying it … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Because of Love
Because of Love by kyky77 (Chiara) jumped out at me because of the brush script, the happy colors and that photo of daisies.
Tidbits about Chiara:
How long have you been scrapping? Since 2007 🙂
Paper or digi? (or both?)… Read More...