A great idea for Halloween night – using just felt bats. Our Felting editor found this in a mag and has linked you to a bat felt pattern so you can make your own.
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Free Printable Back To School Chore Chart
This Dry Erase Back to school chore chart is perfect for teaching responsibility to your school aged children. Being able to tick off their School related chores helps encourage them to stay motivated and help you both get through the … Read More...
Trampoline Jumpers
When I was a wee young thing one of my favorite activities was jumping on our neighbors trampoline. We would while away quite a good bit of time bouncing on that trampoline, laughing and carrying on. I am sure the … Read More...
How to Make a Knit Tartan
This is a really cool technique from Rachael Rabbit with an easy way to make a tartan look in knitting. She uses a knitting machine but you could certainly knit the base by hand.
When she’s finished knitting, she … Read More...
Choosing Background Stitches
Are you confused and distracted when it comes to choosing background stitches for Needlepoint? Well Janet M. Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has help for you! Her next class starts on October 5, 2013 and it is available to everyone … Read More...
Tutorial: Elegant bow clutch for evening
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shows how to make this elegant evening clutch. The small zippered clutch is gathered into a pretty bow shape. The cinch in the middle is held together with a Velcro closure. A small strap allows … Read More...
Free Sewing Pattern : Pretty Purple Pinafore for little girls
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern for making her Pretty Purple Pinafore for little girls. The sundress with a ruffled bodice is made from a white fabric that she dip-dyes in purple for an ombre effect. It … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric circle embellished sweater
Kristina J. shows how to embellish the front of a plain sweater with folded knit fabric circles. The circles are folded and stitched down in a grid pattern. She used contrasting circles, creating a highly graphic look. You could also … Read More...
Tutorial: Large shabby chic gathered fabric flowers
Paula Cheney from the Tim Holtz creative team shares a tutorial over at Sew4Home showing how to make this gathered fabric bloom. The contrast-y stitching and raw edges give it a shabby chic look. It’s a fairly large bloom, using … Read More...
Tutorial: Double ruffle sleeves for a little girl’s top
Caila from Caila-Made shares a tutorial over at See Kate Sew showing how to make her Butterfly Ruffle Sleeves, double ruffle sleeves for a little girl’s t-shirt or dress. They layered ruffles are so frilly and fluttery! They’re made from … Read More...
Inspiration: Patchwork market sack
Tif of Dottie Angel is retiring her summery patchwork sack in favor of a new version she thinks is a better fit for cooler weather. Using bits of linens, tapestry and ribbons she had on hand, her creations are as … Read More...
Freebie | Personalized Lunch Labels
Put a smile on your kids’ faces by using these free printable lunch labels and fruit faces from Lia Griffith. She provides an editable PDF so you can add your child’s name to lunch bags, as well as the cute … Read More...
Project: Circus Hat
May I draw your attention to the center ring………….this FABULOUS ringmasters circus hat was made by Tracy Evans using a variety of die cuts and stamps, find out all the how to’s over on her blog.
-Heather
Crochet Your African Violets
My mother has a magic way of growing African Violets. She has pots and pots full of the little beauties. Sometimes I call them little ‘buggers’ since I can’t keep the darn things alive for two weeks! But, here I … Read More...
Trend Watch | Ombre on Scrapbook Pages
If you love the ombre trend, and want to include it on your scrapbook pages, check out this article over at Get it Scrapped. Debbie Hodge showcases 12 layouts featuring this trend, and asks each designer to explain … Read More...
Free pattern: Bird for stitching
Nancy of Do Small Things with Love gave her satin stitched bird a permanent home on this pillow. Of her thread design, she explains:
… Read More...I used 7 different shades of blue and just made sure that the same color wasn’t
Freebie | Elementary School Year-in-Review Printables
Autumn at It’s Always Autumn, explains how she was able to consolidate seven binders full of stuff from her son’s elementary school years into one year book file. She used the printable sheets shown above, and asked her … Read More...
Art quilts from Pearl guild challenge
Art quilt, Pearl Forever Fabulous is a guild challenge entry by Joy Crowe. She explains the design is from a John Sands Art Deco card. Visit Template Free, the blog of The Quilters’ Guild of NSW, to see all … Read More...
How to make tissue paper covered lights
Over at the blog Craft Foxes there is a fun and easy tutorial on how to cover LED lights with colored tissue paper. OOOhhh I think I’ll be doing this for the holidays!
Katie a new fan of Mandy Pattullo
Katie of the Textile Treasure Seeker attended a Mandy Pattullo exhibit at the 2013 Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK. She shares photos of her favorites on her blog, like the one shown.
Mandy often starts one of her pieces … Read More...