One of the hardest parts of the craft show business is displaying your wares. After all your hard work in creating your product, whatever it may be, you must now decide on the best way to create an appealing shop. … Read More...
Tutorial: Burlap and ribbon roller shades, no sewing required
These roller shades are made from burlap, with a wide printed ribbon for a border. Maryann from Domestically Speaking shows how you can make them. The burlap and ribbon are glued to an existing roller shade, so there’s no sewing … Read More...
Tutorial: Woven Tumble Tee dress with notched neck
Rachel from Imagine Gnats shows another woven dress version of her Tumble Tee pattern. This one has a notched neck. Tight curves like the notched neck and armholes can be tricky with wovens, since the fabric has no “give”. She … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled zip pouch with stitched geometric designs
Kate at See Kate Sew shows how to make these pretty ruffled zip pouches. The geometric designs at the bottom are not printed on the fabric, they’re sewn using the decorative stitches on your machine. LOVE!! If you don’t like … Read More...
Freebie: Digital Phrase
Oh, behave!! Hahaha, I love this funny free phrase (say that 3 times fast!) from Create with TLC, jump over to their blog and grab this free digital stamp phrase.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check … Read More...
Learn to Knit a Center-Out Shawl
Triangular shawls are a lot of fun to knit, and a little scarf or shawl worked in this way is perfect for this time of year, while a bigger version will be great when the weather is cooler.
Either way, … Read More...
Panda-monium
I live north of Atlanta and there’s been a lot of excitement at the zoo there with the birth of twin pandas recently. It’s been fun to watch the news reports as they have grown from tiny little lumps of … Read More...
Inspired to Stitch
I was catching up with Olisa Corcoran’s blog Cocoaeyes the Stitcher recently. I have been loving her recent experiments with watercolor and paint. She’s been doing a lot with perle cotton and watercolor in her latest works. What great texture!… Read More...
DIY Antler Jewelry Board
So simple – so creative – so clever – and so functional.
This DIY hack to make an antler jewelry holder is brilliant and quick. You should be able to do this in no time.
Go get the details of … Read More...
What to Look for in Sock Yarns
I finally finished up a toe-up sock knitting pattern this week (which you can find at About, along with a ton more sock knitting resources), so it’s appropriate to me that Knitting Daily took some time this week to talk … Read More...
DIY Glittered Champagne Bottles
Well if you have ever been to one of my parties you will know I have a thing for themes. The reason I love themes is it gives me direction and prevents me from going crazy with different (Pinterest) ideas. … Read More...
This design is cut out of paper. By Hand!
You see this image above? It has been made entirely out of hand by a single artist over a period of 4-5 months.
Amazing!
What an amazing piece of DIY. Even if it takes months to make.
Artist Roger Brown … Read More...
Chocolate Butterflies Using Wax Paper and Books With a Free Pattern
For a recent party, we had to make some decorations – and one of the decorations involved was a butterfly. And being not very good with shapes, I went online – and I found this pattern – and these instructions … Read More...
How to make a secret hiding place monster
OK yes I live in Los Angeles so this little monster sportin’ my local team colors was the photo I chose to share but there are lots more fun ideas for dressing up a secret hiding place monster. Pop on … Read More...
I am so doing this tomorrow – Hot Dog & Pasta
It is quite late when I am writing this – otherwise I would have rushed into the kitchen and done this.
The image says it all. My kids will absolutely love it tomorrow. Sausages and Spaghetti
make for a crazy … Read More...
Felt Skull Halloween Pillow {Target Knock-Off} tutorial
Rebecca was walking through Target when she spotted this super cute mini felt pillow with a “Halloween skull and cross bone”. She did not want to pay the price and took a picture and went home and made two for … Read More...
Tutorial: Stretch knit pencil skirt
Jen at iCandy Handmade shows how you can make this knit pencil skirt. It can go casual or dressy, depending on what you wear with it. But because it’s made from a stretch knit, it’s comfortable to wear all day … Read More...
Tutorial: Buttoned-Up Envelope Pillowcase
Delia from Delia Creates shows how to make her Buttoned-Up Envelope Pillowcase. It’s a pillow cover with an envelope style back that allows you to slip the pillow insert inside, but has buttons on the opening to keep it closed. … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric key fob for dad
September 1 is Father’s Day in Australia. Jennifer from Eat. Craft. Sow. shows how to make a key fob that would make a great present for dad. It has a split ring on one side to hold keys, and a … Read More...
Tutorial: Square mini backpack
Celina from Petit a Petit & Family is over at The Sewing Rabbit today with a tutorial showing how to make this mini backpack. The square shape is a good shape for a school pack, and the scale is right … Read More...