Staci from Crafty Staci shows how to make a binder bandolier. It’ a fabric strip that wraps around the cover of a 3-ring binder. On the inside, elastic is stitched down at intervals, creating places to hold pencils and pens … Read More...
Tutorial: Loopy mane lion taggy toy
Nancy from Small Things with Love made this cuuuuute lion taggy toy for her baby daughter. Her little girl loves it! The loops are easy for little hands to grab a hold of. The face is made of felt, and … Read More...
Card Making Technique: Colorful Stamped Fall Leaves
Here’s a wonderful way to make the perfect background paper for fall cards or scrapbook layoust. Heat emboss your stamped leaves and then use watercolors for a bright pop of color, the embossing with help resist the paint so your … Read More...
Translated Vases – Yee Sookyung
Looking for something to do with broken china? Yee Sookyung had an interesting idea–transform the fragments into wholes, called Translated Vases. The works are created using ceramic trash, cast off and broken pieces from a Korean ceramics master. The … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a doll backpack from a cosmetic bag
Anna from Doll It Up shows how she transformed an inexpensive cosmetic bag into a cute new backpack for an 18″ doll. It was a circular cosmetic pouch with a zipper already installed around the side, and it happened to … Read More...
Tutorial: Curved felt clutch with neon trim
Sibylle from Funkytime shares a tutorial over at Handmade Charlotte showing how to make this felt clutch with neon trim. It’s a snappy modern pouch with a curved zippered top. But because it’s made from felt and the edges won’t … Read More...
Free pattern: Kid sized turban hat
Eri from Llevo el Invierno shares a free pattern for making a turban style hat for a child. It’s made from a stretch knit fabric and fits snug around the head. The pattern is fairly simple and would be a … Read More...
Halloween Spider web Pillow Tutorial
This is the most gorgeous Halloween pillow I have seen. Amy of “Positively Splendid” says: “I am the type of person who tends to fall in love with a particular supply and then stick with it over and over … Read More...
Tips: Die Cutting Fabric
Die cutting machines aren’t just for paper, there are lots of other materials you can cut with most machines including fabric. This lovely die cut and stitched card was made by Julia Stainton for the Ellen Hutson blog. She shares … Read More...
Sprouting Floral – Or Another Name?
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘N Thread posted this free hand embroidery pattern on her blog and named it Sprouting Floral, but she is not exactly satisfied with the name. She is open to your input. Can you think of a … Read More...
No-Bake Cake: Pencil Shaped For Back To School
Jenn from endlesslyinspired created this back to school cake that is shaped like a pencil.
Best of all – this is a no-bake cake! It looks like you may have spent hours in the kitchen making this – but no … Read More...
Silhouette Series Continues
Brigitte Dadaux has posted the fourth in the series of silhouette of elegant ladies with a vintage flair. I think these designs would look so nice stitched up in rich coordinating jewel tones, but you could stitch them all in … Read More...
Felt Neon Triangle Artwork
What else do you need from artwork but neon felt? Asks Dom from craftedblog.
And looking at the image above and the step by step instructions from her blog, I would tend to agree.
If you agree as well, then … Read More...
Homemade Fruit Fly Trap
Yes they are a pain – they are pesky, always around where there is fresh fruit and are a pain to get rid of.
So, it’s with great joy I bring to you a homemade fruit fly concoction that I … Read More...
Revive Your Mascara
Technically you are meant to throw your Mascara away after 3 Months. When I have to pay $30 for 15 ml of Mascara I wan’t to keep it as long as I can. This may be the solution to dragging … Read More...
Home Work Survival Kit
When I first came across this post on boymamateachermama.com I had hoped it was an article on how to get my child to actually sit and do their homework. Then I thought maybe it had a secret parents compartment that … Read More...
Chocolate Football Snack Mix
Brenda made a snack mix for football season which includes chocolate covered almonds made to look like footballs. How clever!
She describes it as a “manly” snack mix and is on the mission to prove that football can be cute. … Read More...
Tutorial: Cute patchy girls jeans
Most of the time, when you patch a pair of jeans you camouflage the patch so it’s not noticable. But Mandy from Sugar Bee Crafts shows how you can make patching the jeans a design element. Instead of blending the … Read More...
Tutorial: DIY lounge pillow
Cathy from Trinkets in Bloom created a folding lounge pillow out of 4 standard bed pillows and 2 yards of home dec fabric. You can fold them into a wedge shaped lounger for reading or playing video games. Or, lay … Read More...
Tutorial: Tweeny top with a lace overlay and a curved high-low hem
Stacy from The Land of KA guest blogs at Sew Cool for the Tween Scene with a tutorial showing how to make this tweeny top. It has a lace overlay on the front and a curved high-low hem. The lace … Read More...