Autumn from It’s Always Autumn shows how to make her Easiest Ever Kid PJ’s. The pajamas set includes a long sleeved t-shirt and a pair of elastic waist flannel pants. Both pieces are easy to sew, and you can make … Read More...
Tutorial: Pod Pillow gadget easel in two sizes
Free Spirit Fabrics has a free PDF tutorial showing how to make a Pod Pillow in two sizes. They’re like fabric easels to hold a tablet or smart phone. The cutting dimensions are given within the steps of the tutorial … Read More...
Festive Holiday Pillow DIY
This is a neat idea for brightening up your living space by dressing up a plain pillow for the holiday season. Make a simple cutout of a holiday shape, such as a tree or star, from felt. Once you have … Read More...
Technique: Make Your Own Cling Stamps
The Amazing Crafting Products blog has directions for using their product called Amazing Mold Rubber along with a stencil for making your own cling stamps, click here to check it out, looks like fun!
-Heather
Tutorial | Christmas Countdown Calendar for Small Spaces & Traveling
Einat Kessler shows how you can make a Christmas Countdown Calendar that sits on a table top. This is great if you don’t have a lot of space for a bigger Advent Calendar. it’s also portable, so if you’re traveling … Read More...
Giveaway | Photoshop Elements 12 from Cathy Zielske
Cathy Zielske is awesome and funny, AND she is giving three lucky winners a copy of Photoshop Elements 12! She makes it easy peasy to enter, and you have until this Thursday December 5th to do so. Click here to … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Favorite
Jingle Bells Necklace
At first I thought this might look more like a dog collar than a stylish piece of jewelry. I think the way to pull of this look is to make sure you wear it with something sophisticated. Pairing it with … Read More...
Be Good For Goodness Sake – Reward Jar
This is such a fun Christmas idea for the Classroom or the home. The best thing about this reward jar is it filled rather than emptied. Once the jar is full the child or children get the reward. For classes … Read More...
The Holiday Goodies
I spent the weekend at a huge Christmas show. Sometimes these kill my holiday spirit – nothing like retail for that – but this was a great show. Lots of good music, cheerful people, well organized venue and great sales. … Read More...
Heather’s tips for sewing with Cuddle fabric
Cuddle fabric is soooo soft and well, cuddly, but can be difficult to sew. Heather from The Sewing Loft gives some tips for sewing with Cuddle fabric
. 10 tips, to be specific. Read them before taking on a project … Read More...
Troubleshooting your twin needle stitching
If your twin needle stitching isn’t looking right, Susan from Moonthirty has some troubleshooting tips to help you. She shows what it looks like if your twin needle hem has skipped stitches or tunneling, and then tells how you can … Read More...
Project and Technique: Stamped Winter Tag
Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland! The Great Impressions stamp blog has a video tutorial for making this pretty winter tag using a technique called frosted images.
-Heather
DIY fabric feathers – 3 ways
I love this sort of craft because you can do so many cool things with the feathers. At “100 Layer Cake” They have them 3 ways with a downloadable template. This DIY project is from Ez of Creature Comforts. Check … Read More...
Nina Campbell Interiors {Book Review & Giveaway}
I’m delighted to a be part of the blog book tour for designer Nina Campbell’s new book Nina Campbell Interiors
. As I leafed through the pages of this beautifully photographed book, luxurious is the word that kept coming to … Read More...
Christmas Sweater Ornaments to Knit
A recent Red Heart email featured that company’s Best Guy Sweater Ornament, a cute little striped sweater that’s perfect for the tree or a gift bag.
Which reminded me of my Christmas Vest Ornament (I would swear I’ve knit … Read More...
Pink Present
Sara Jessica of Cross Me Not has a knack at designing tiny patterns that are so cute. This one is yet another one in the series of said patterns. It is pink, but you could do it up in other … Read More...
Hiding Traveling Threads
Joni of Creative Stitch has a great post about hiding traveling threads when doing needlepoint. This is definitely something you should check out. Especially if you have had this problem in the past or if you have avoided projects that … Read More...
Catnip Christmas Trees (needle Felted)
Jessica of “Catobear” put together a quick, basic instruction on needle felting catnip cat toys (Christmas tree design). It shows an easy way to get into needle felting and is something cat lovers will enjoy. You can needle felt into … Read More...
DIY Starburst Ornament Wreath
So pretty! And so effective!
This is a twist on the Christmas ornament wreath. This starburst version is simple but has a gorgeous result! It’s a great handmade gift idea too.
Dawn used a foam wreath and it has worked … Read More...