Here’s another great free hand embroidery pattern from Imaginesque. This one is a lovely stylized flower pattern. The spelling in the title of this blog is not incorrect by the way – it is the way it is spelled at … Read More...
Tutorial: How to make button tabs for cuffed shorts
Veronica from Sew Very shares a tutorial showing how to add button tabs to cuffed shorts. You can add the step in when making a pair of shorts. They’re particularly cute on the sailor shorts that she made! Or, for … Read More...
Free pattern: Girl’s reversible fabric headband
Pamela from Sovanisa used scraps left over from making some dresses for her daughters, to make matching headbands. They’re reversible. A bit of elastic at the bottom keeps them snug on the head. She shares the pattern she used, with … Read More...
Tutorial: Coffee sleeve with stenciled design
Karin at Leigh Laurel Studios show show you can make this fabric coffee sleeve. The grass print is made with freezer paper stencil. I love this design! It’s fresh, modern, green, happy. She includes a pattern for cutting the stencil, … Read More...
Tutorial: Rainbow Dash Halloween costume sew-along
Last year, Toni from Sugar Tart Crafts Toni made a Rainbow Dash Halloween costume for her My Little Pony lovin’ little girl. This year, she’s hosting a sew-along showing how to make one yourself. She kicks off the tutorial series … Read More...
DIY laundry hamper with removable bag
Angelina from JoJo & Eloise shows how to make a folding clothes hamper with a removable fabric bag. Her husband built the wood frame for her, and she sewed up the bag that fits inside it. There isn’t a step-by-step … Read More...
Art Deco Mittens to Knit
I’ve been holding on to this one for a little while (sorry, Kat!) waiting for it to get a little cooler, but you know what? If pumpkin spice everything is appearing everywhere already I guess we can officially start planning … Read More...
How to make a recycled headband holder
I have a bunch of headbands that I like to look at as much as I like to wear them. If you you do too and are looking for an easy project you can make to store and display them … Read More...
Techniques: Resist Ideas
Learn several different colorful resist techniques for card making using products like liquid masking fluid and crayons over on the Tikkido blog.
-Heather
Freebie | Printable Lunch Box Buddies
Rach over at Love from Ginger is sharing these cute printable lunch box buddies. You can use them to tuck a sweet note into your kids’ lunch or snack. Click here to grab ’em.
Looking for Back To School papers, … Read More...
Tutorial | Create Dry Embossing Without an Embossing Machine
Alexis Middleton over at Persia Lou shares how she made embossed invitations without having an embossing machine. You’ll be surprised to see what she used, and you just might have the same tool on hand! Click here to find out … Read More...
Etsy Shop of the Week – Xylocopa
This week’s featured Etsy Shop is Xylocopa. Really, it’s more of an Etsy item of the week, because right now Xylocopa only has one item in their shop. But that item is so awesome, I couldn’t help but want … Read More...
Welcome Back to School
Tomorrow, school begins again here. My daughter is the usual mix of anxious and thrilled.Clay seems to have the same mixes: student works, bright buttons for each grade, school buses and little school girls in uniforms.
Freebie: Halloween Letter Banner
The Cottage Market blog has a wonderful free set of Halloween alphabet letters you can combine to make banners the say whatever you like.
Are you looking for more Halloween Embellishments, papers, and supplies? Check out these printable designs … Read More...
Knit Village Banned from Kids’ Hospitals as Health Hazard
This is a sad knitting story that thankfully has a happy ending. A Women’s Institute group in Devon spent a year knitting a sweet little village — complete with buildings, people, gardens and farm animals — that they hoped would … Read More...
5 Coolest Farm Robots
We love our Roomba and Scooba’s. You know – pet robots that clean and vacuum the house. So it was no surprise to learn that there are similar products for the farming industry as well.
Not DIY – but you … Read More...
Transformers Bread
I have never been a fan of Transformers – series or movies. But this idea for a pull apart Transformers style bread makes me want to have some. And watch the movies at the same time.
If you, or someone … Read More...
Muffin Tops Cupcake Molds
Top of the muffin to you as well. You might be saying that again and again (anyone remember Seinfeld?) if you ever got these Muffin Top Cupcake molds from the foodiggity shop!
To me, they also look a little like … Read More...
Plastic Vs Fantastic – Store Bought Or Homemade?
I recently got into a debate on the topic of store bought character cakes versus handmade creations from a qualified cake decorator. Where do you stand? Is it OK?
So the short version of the argument was this. They (un-named … Read More...
DIY Saggy Boob Repair Job
No this does not involve any surgical implements. It’s probably too late for me but I know some of our younger readers would like to know just how to prevent this from happening too them.
You may recall my previous … Read More...