This lovely American flag cross stitch design would be great to stitch up for Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Flag Day or any other patriotic holiday.
It features flags on a clothesline and a line from “America the Beautiful.”… Read More...
Design Theory with a Stitched Grid Layout
A new article over on the Close to My Heart blog talks about learning to look at scrapbooking layouts and pick up techniques that you can then use on your own designs. For their example they share a beautiful page … Read More...
Easy Projects to Knit for Father’s Day
If you’re looking for something to knit for a dad in your life, check out this list of easy Father’s Day knitting patterns (which of course would be fine to knit for any other occasion).
I wanted to offer a … Read More...
Free Fireworks Hand Embroidery Pattern
Get ready for the Fourth of July with this fun and unique hand embroidery pattern from Today’s Creative Life. Everyone loves the fireworks on the 4th and design is a great way to celebrate them all year ’round.
With … Read More...
12 Summer Sewing Patterns For Men
This round-up of sewing patterns is aimed at sewing patterns and tutorials for men. Summer is a great time to try out projects, especially when making shorts. I love making shorts, as they come together quickly and when you have … Read More...
Amazing Audiobooks Narrated by Their Authors
I have always preferred the ease of having to listen to a book instead of reading it myself. Or, sometimes, I just want to follow along while someone reads the book to me. However, after listening to thousands of audiobooks … Read More...
15 Plants You Must Plant This Summer
15 Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables to Plant This Summer.
Are you stuck for ideas on ho to get started with your summer planting? maybe you do not have a green thumb or just need a little motivation. Well here are … Read More...
Birthday Bunny Card
I love it when creators use stamps from one occasion for another. Traditionally you probably think of Bunnies for Easter Cards but Sherri used this rabbit in a carrot car stamp from Art Impression to design a Spring Birthday Card, … Read More...
Crafty Creative Mini Album
Traci used products from Simple Stories to design this wonderful “Creative” Mini Album. Check out that pretty cover she decorated and inside are pages to celebrate being crafty and creative. I love that she’s got pages that are different size … Read More...
Simple Rod Pocket Curtains Sewing Tutorial
If you’re looking for window treatments and not happy with what you find in the store, why not make your own? Sewing your own curtains is not hard at all. Heather Handmade has a tutorial showing how to sew simple … Read More...
How to make a recycled paint chip and tin can pencil holder for Father’s Day
I grew up making recycled tin can pencil cups covered in all sorts of things. I never made one though with a fun tie on it though. This is the perfect kid project but I could see making one myself … Read More...
Make Your Own Stripes with the Funky Stripes Cardigan
This looks like such a fun project!
Joji Locatelli’s latest is Funky Stripes, a project that combines two colors of an aran weight yarn and two colors of mohair into a DK weight fabric with choose-your-own-adventure stripes.
The pattern explores … Read More...
Card with Colored Pencils on Kraft Cardstock
I love coloring my stamped images with colored pencils, they are easy to layer and blend and I love the results. Charmaine used colored pencils to color in her Top Flight Stamps on Kraft colored cardstock. Coloring on this light … Read More...
Fathers Day Wet Felted Slippers for Dad!
I’m sure you have already found that the Dad in your life is rather hard to buy for and even harder to handmake items for! We’ve been through the socks, ties and chocolates phase. The handmade cards and … Read More...
Paper, Scissors Glue Layout with Free Cut File
Celebrate your craftiness with this fun FREE “Paper, Scissor, Glue” cut file. Perfect for adding to layouts featuring your craft room, projects you’re working on or attending crafty classes or crops. Lisa is sharing what she created with the file … Read More...
How to Make a Patriotic Stars and Stripes Quilt
Simple yet incredibly striking, this Stars and Stripes pattern by Elise Lea for Robert Kaufman Fabrics is stunning. Even better, it is a free pattern!
This pattern is designed for intermediate level quilters and has a traditional look. I particularly … Read More...
20 Other Ways To Eat Mac and Cheese
This roundup of recipes is all about Mac and cheese, now lots of these recipes can be made using store-bought mac and cheese or if you want to make your own mac and cheese from scratch then check out our … Read More...
Block Party: Modular Blankets
When you knit a blanket one block at a time, it’s a lot of fun! Each of the ten throws in this collection is made out of different forms of blocks (or modules), such as squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and … Read More...
Comfy Canadian Cardi Crochet Pattern
This cardigan is crocheted sideways so you can make it as wide or as small as you need! Made using worsted-weight acrylic yarn and U.S. size I/5.5mm hook.
Sizes: Small, Medium/Large, XL.
Designed by CroJennifer.
Birthday Card with Circle Shaker Element
Waffle Flower has taken shaker elements to a whole new level with these new Circle Shaped Shaker Covers. I’ve seen rectangles and squares but these circles are so fun and easy to create a cool new style of shaker card. … Read More...