This is a great “best friends” project to make. She uses paper clay and a spray sealer – if you use oven bake polymer clay I would go with a brush on sealer since many of the spray sealers react … Read More...
How To: Bunny Hand Puppet
Cintia of “My Poppet” always has the best tutorials for us and today is no exception. She has this darling “Bunny Hand Puppet” that she up cycled from a sweater. She has a complete tutorial with pictures for us to … Read More...
Tenugui baby quilt
Cynthia of A Quilter by Night fussy cut some of her Tenugui towels to go into a baby quilt. I love this Mt. Fuji block, don’t you? All this sewing is to welcome a couple friend’s baby into the world. … Read More...
Tutorial: Confetti Pillow
Nicole from Modern Handcraft shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how to create this fun Confetti Pillow. The confetti design is made from circles of solid color fabrics fused down to a solid white background. Grid quilting creates … Read More...
Tutorial: Nursing pillow cover
Rae from Made by Rae shows how you can make a cover for a nursing pillow. You can make it to fit any nursing pillow, as you’ll trace around your pillow to get the pattern. It has a zipper on … Read More...
Free pattern: Sweet Floppy Bunny
Heather from The Sewing Loft shares a free pattern for making her Sweet Floppy Bunny. The Sweet Floppy Bunny has long floppy bunny ears, as well as floppy (unstuffed) arms and legs. She gives him (or her) a sweet bunny … Read More...
Easter Egg Hunt-Chick Beanbags Tutorial
Put these little “Chick Beanbags” into the plastic Easter eggs for a fun egg hunt with a surprise in each egg. Find this darling tutorial on Martha Stewart.
Felt Flowers Button Snake (learning) Tutorial
What a clever idea to help your children learn to button their clothing. Craft Buds, is a collaboration between Lindsay Conner and Mary Jaracz. Lindsay created the “Felt Flowers Button Snake” tutorial and it is brilliant! She has a complete … Read More...
Project: Stamped Fairy Wall Hanging
Glenda Waterworth shares a pretty project on her blog, this fairy themed coaster wall hanging, click here to find out how she made it.
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-Heather Here are some more of our fairy articles and tutorials. Looking for … Read More...
Cross Stitch Pattern – We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
So….I might be a little bit bitter that I don’t get to enjoy a spring break, sun and warm weather. One thing that I do love are PyroDogPin’s cross stitch patterns. They range from horror to sci-fi to pop culture. … Read More...
Inspiration: Linda Behar
When I first encountered Linda Behar’s work I didn’t think anything of it. I thought it was just a really great photograph of a salt marsh…and then, I looked a little closer…it wasn’t a photograph, it was STICHED! The water, … Read More...
Tutorial: Make reusable produce bags from a lace net curtain
Jill from Creating My Way To Success shows how you can make a set of reusable produce bags. Using them will reduce the number of plastic bags your family uses. And when you make them from an old lace net … Read More...
Pina Colada Cupcakes
Has anyone seen Spring? With January temperatures and more snow on the way, I have to create my own warm paradise.
These Pina Colada Cupcakes remind me of sunny beach weather, while I try to ignore the wintery scene outside. … Read More...
How to make scrap wood photo blocks
If you like to switch up the photos you look at regularly than these photo blocks using clips to attach the photos to the blocks are just the ticket. Katie sent in a link to the tutorial on how to … Read More...
Tutorial: Two-color Prarie Points
Responding to reader requests, Marcy of Made by Me in Red, shares how to make a Prairie Point with two colors. Not sure what a Prairie Point is? Well, it’s fabric triangles folded then sewn to the border of … Read More...
The Worldlabel Mason Jar Contest
Design labels for a Mason Jar and WIN an Apple 13? MacBook Pro with a Retina display and other prizes...
The 2014 Mason Jar Label Design Contest is brought to you by WorldLabel.com Design a label for preservatives, jams, … Read More...
DIY Decoupaged Lamp
Sometimes a creative party idea comes to you but you just can’t find what you want to buy, this is when DIY works it’s best magic “ORIGINALITY”. This decoupaged lamp is elegant and festive and beautiful all at the same … Read More...
Knit a Bear Hat for All Ages
This cute little cabled hat with bear ears is perfect on a baby but it’s sized up to an adult small if you want to dress the whole family up Three Bears style.
CraftFoxes published this pattern back in 2012, … Read More...
Sunny Felt Mobile Tutorial & Pattern
Abby’s blog is “Things for Boys” because she has 2 boys and a hubby! Fear not, she has plenty of things for girls and mums too! Abby made this “Sunny Felt Mobile” back in 2011 for her sister-in-law’s new baby … Read More...
Tutorial: Hanging letter organizer
Emily from Tangible Pursuits shows how to make a hanging letter organizer to help control the clutter at your desk. It would also be a good clutter buster by a back door. The organizer has two pockets to hold mail, … Read More...