Ginger Burrell generously offers a tutorial for creating a handmade book complete with a polymer clay cover. The heart mosaic design makes it perfect for a Valentine’s Day gift but as she points out, you could use any motif you’d … Read More...
Little Bird in Flight: A Free Sewing Pattern!
Abby of “While She Naps” is so creative and she has a number of darling projects with tutorials. Abby made a “little felt bird in flight” and she thought we might like to make one, too. Pretty as ornaments for … Read More...
Friendship Sampler
Embroiderbee posts the most detailed freebies. This friendship sampler is one of the most detailed I have seen. As always though, you could stitch elements of the sampler as smaller projects. Get the free chart.
Lacey Embroidery
I know this is two Imaginesque posts in a row, but I couldn’t resist posting about this free pattern. It reminds me of Battenburg lace. It is so lovely and it is just one of the free patterns in the … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Banded hem t-shirt
Autie from iCandy Handmade shows how to adapt a basic t-shirt to give it a banded hem. The addition of the band will extend the length of the shirt. You can do this trick with a shirt you’re making from … Read More...
How to Create a Valentine cat with a heart
Alena of “Live Internet” created any cat lovers Valentine gift. This is a Russian site and you will have to use Google Translate; but I think you can make this FOLLOWING the amazing pictures provided. There is a cat pattern … Read More...
Tutorial: Gathered skirt with a color blocked hem
Angelina from JoJo And Eloise shows how to make her Borderline Skirt. It’s a classic gathered skirt with color blocked stripe around the hem. She shows it as a girl’s skirt but it would also be pretty for an adult … Read More...
Idea file: Melissa’s genius fabric scrap storage system
Melissa from Melly Sews and Blank Slate Patterns shows a way you can organize and store your fabric scraps that is nothing less than genius. I don’t want to share here what she does, but I’ll give you a teaser … Read More...
Diamond Cable Baby Hat Pattern Free Until 1/31/14
The Sweater Babe’s free pattern download for January is a cute one! This diamond cable baby hat usually sells for $3, but you can get it through the end of the month for free.
It looks like a pretty easy … Read More...
Stash-Busting Afghan Projects
The first thing I think of when I think of stash busting is a really big blanket. I guess that’s because I’m working on a really big blanket, and have been on and off (mostly off, admittedly) for about a … Read More...
Tutorial: Midnight Stars Quilt
Heather Kojan – who blogs at quilt.cook.keep. – did a guest post at Moda Bake Shop explaining how to make her fabulous star quilted throw, shown here. Her design and neutral color palette rock! Get the tutorial.
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Valentine’s Day Sweater Baby Leg Warmers
Chelsea of “Making Home Base” has this adorable “Valentine’s Day Sweater Baby Leg Warmers” an up cycling tutorial to doll up her little one. Chelsea is a part of a military family and a stay at home mama, both of … Read More...
Shakespeare Inspired Wood Plank
Dawn from designedbydawnnicole.com has created this Shakespeare inspired sign using her Silhouette cut pieces and a plank of wood.
She uses chalk paint and acrylics and also shows us how to “age” the sign with dark wax.
Pretty nifty … Read More...
Ruffle Heart T-shirt (Valentine’s Day)
Heather is the creative mom behind “Small Fry & Co”! I know Heather created “Ruffle Heart T-shirt” for kids; but I want one 🙂 She has a very understandable tutorial for us. This is an easy and extremely non-technical Valentine’s … Read More...
Printable – Candy Jar Label
One of the easiest gifts to give on Valentine’s Day is a jar of candy. You can make it that extra special with a free printable label from Kojo-Designs. Pick up a decorative vase or jar and layer colored candy … Read More...
Hot Glue and Rhinestone Love Holders
This project is so simple it doesn’t even come with a tutorial. Simply use hot glue to write the word “love” on to the glass jar, spray paint it. Then embellish with ribbon, tulle and rhinestones. So simple but effectively … Read More...
Fortune Cookies
The Chinese New Year is January 31st and it’s the year of the horse. How about making some of these cute fortune cookies with well wishes inside. These cookies can be used for other holidays or special events too. You … Read More...
Printable Geometric Valentine’s Gift Wrap
The best thing about this wrapping paper is that it only prints as big as your printer will allow (mostly 8×12). Now we all know exciting things come in little boxes. WINK WINK HINT HINT .
Edible Maths Pie YUM!
Maths in our house is one of the lessons my kids fight me on before I even get the paper and pencils out. It’s a shame because they are actually quite good at it. (Well some days). This would be … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Make a child’s bathrobe using a t-shirt pattern
Emily from Nap-Time Creations shows how you can adapt a child’s basic long-sleeved t-shirt pattern to make a bathrobe instead. It’s her play-along project for this week’s Winter Wonderland challenge at Project Run and Play. She used the Hangout Hoodie … Read More...