Crafts, Patterns, DIY and How-To Ideas from CraftGossip

{Monday Moods at DIY Weddings} Art Deco Winter

December 23, 2013 by Kimberly Jones

I love the soft sophistication of this Art Deco Winter inspiration board featured at Swooned. Muted purples, powdery pinks, and subtle grays are so lovely together! Get all the details here.

Tutorial: Ugly Christmas sweater throw pillow

December 23, 2013 by Anne Weaver

If you have an Ugly Christmas Sweaters, Heather from The Sewing Lofthas a suggestion for you. Why not turn it into a throw pillow? The same knit designs that looks ridiculous when worn as a garment, look cute when … Read More...

Tutorial: Paneled pencil skirt with a yoga waistband

December 23, 2013 by Anne Weaver

This paneled pencil skirt is all kinds of awesome! Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shares a tutorial showing how to make one. Her post is part of the 12 Skirts of Christmas series at Sewing In No Man’s Land. The … Read More...

Project: Stamped Angel Plaque

December 23, 2013 by Heather Holbrook

Decorate your home with a beautiful stamped angel plaque or make one as a gift for that special guardian angel in your life. Find all the directions over on the Clearsnap Ink blog.

-Heather

Deck Those Crochet Trees

December 23, 2013 by jd wolfe

Now that you’ve crocheted all those cute tiny trees I’ve been showing you, you might need a quick, simple pattern to add some embellishments. What about these? Tiny red ornaments and a teeny golden star for the top of … Read More...

Inspiration du Jour | Octobers

December 23, 2013 by Francine Clouden

Octobers by michellewedertz

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Christmas Goodness in Clay

December 22, 2013 by Elaine Robitaille

With the last push into Christmas clayers are still making super stuff – decorations, cake toppers, seasonal jewellery…

1. Recycled Filigree Tree, 2. Frosty 2 – Earrings, 3. IMG_6457, 4. Christmas Hens

Justine’s answer to handcrafted holiday guilt

December 22, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Christmas is a stressful time for us crafty types. We set such high expectations for ourselves. We cruise blogs and see perfectly decorated homes, and think we need to craft a new mantelscape for our own living room. And we … Read More...

Make a hedgehog pincushion – tutorial

December 22, 2013 by Linda Lanese

How cute is this little guy, I love him. You can find a complete step by step pictorial tutorial with pattern over on “Makerland”!

Tutorial: Machine embroidery lettering on faux fur

December 22, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Eileen from Eileen’s Machine Embroidery Blog shows her solution for machine embroidering on to faux fur. Often the thick pile of the fur will hide the stitching, especially if what she’s stitching is letters. Her solution is to use her … Read More...

Felt personalized photo Christmas ornaments

December 22, 2013 by Linda Lanese

These felt personalized photo Christmas ornaments that can be used to decorate a Xmas tree, as a home decoration or as a cute gift tag. From Gosia of “Kiddies Foodies” and I want to thanks her for sharing 🙂

Idea file: Long Christmas skirt for a baby girl

December 22, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Sometimes the best Christmas dress is actually a Christmas skirt. That’s what Shauna from Shwin & Shwin made for her baby daughter. She made the taffeta skirt extra long and pulls it up so it fits more like an empire … Read More...

Tutorial: Floral frame coasters

December 22, 2013 by Anne Weaver

The Purl Bee shares a tutorial showing how to make these Liberty and wool coasters. The Liberty prints make gorgeous floral frames around a plain wool center. Their materials list will make 12 coasters. You can buy all the materials … Read More...

Rustic Wooden Children’s Nativity Set

December 22, 2013 by Vikram Goyal

This DIY requires a Silhouette Portrait or Cameo to make.

This beautiful nativity set comes to us via Architecture Of A Mom’s blog. It is a great idea and Rachel provides all the instructions. She uses simple blocks, paints them … Read More...