How many times have you found yourself staring at the notions wall, trying to figure out what kind of sewing machine needle you needed for your project? Or digging through your sewing basket, wondering whether you should change out your … Read More...
Felt Initial Notebook Tutorial {Gift Ideas}
These notebook covers are so cool. The pastels are darling and using the high school colors would be awesome for teen or college kids. Kim of “Everything ETSY” is addicted to felt! She adds a little felt to just about … Read More...
Free Kids Apps From Apple
Apple store is celebrating 5 years of existence. To celebrate they are giving away some of the top rated Apps. Log in to your Apps store to check them out.
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Cross stitch Chart – One of Those Days
I must admit that sometimes I am taken back a little by the trend for stitching foul words in our favorite medium. Seeing the F-word done up in tiny stitches may make me giggle a litte, but it can be … Read More...
Belted Needlepoint Pillow
I don’t wear belts to much, but I am always attracted to needlepoint belts for some reason – go figure. I like the long skinny shapes. So, this finishing idea I saw on Chapel Hill Needlepoint’s blog really stood out … Read More...
Technique: Glitter Dies
Jump on over to the Penny Black blog and find out how to add a little glitz and glamour to your cards by adding some glitter to an open “negative” die cut image.
-Heather
Pin of the Week: A Simple Stockinette Sock
As you may know I’ve declared this the Summer of Socks if for no other reason than I need to amuse myself. Over at About I’m sharing patterns, books and techniques for knitting better socks, and I recently came across … Read More...
Candle Making 101
Do you want to learn how to make a candle but have never quite been able to pull the trigger to try it yourself? I was the same way for a long time too. Something about the hot wax freaked … Read More...
Homemade Icecream in a can!
What a great, great idea! Get the kids to help you make this and they will offer to cleanup as gratitude (well most kids).
Brandie of HomeCookingMemories serves up this great recipe idea. She has step by step pictures as … Read More...
Modern Wreath Made With Felt Petals
Surely, it is not time to start thinking about Christmas? Or is it? Is it time to start thinking of decorations and food, and worse gift ideas?
It is only July people!
But if you’re like the type to start … Read More...
Brooklyn Tweed Releases First Men’s Collection
I was really excited to see that Brooklyn Tweed, the knitwear and yarn company founded by Jared Flood, has released its first exclusively menswear collection. Of course Jared knows how hard it can be to find knitting patterns that … Read More...
New Botanical Pattern Fuser – Colour de Verre
First it was swirls, now it’s botanicals…Colour de Verre has got another pattern fuser and it’s very nice. Both products allow you to produce lovely, patterned plates that can be personalized. Will the pattern be made with multiple colors? Will … Read More...
5 Different Gluten Free Dessert Ideas
All gluten free desserts needn’t be made out of gluten free flours to resemble normal cookies and cakes. Here are 5 different gluten free desserts that are perfect for everyone to enjoy without classifying them into different categories.
1. Pavlova … Read More...
Remove green tint from glass edge
Did you know that the edge of glass tip is green because of iron in the sand used to make the glass?
Before reading this quick DIY tip from Janell Beals from HouseOfFifty, I had no idea either.
And before … Read More...
Free Sewing Pattern: Old school athletic shorts for women
Lately I’ve been wanting to make a pair of old school athletic shorts for myself. And lucky for me, Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews is sharing a free pattern for exactly that on her blog today. These … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Little girl’s summer nightie
Kristin from Skirt As Top guest blogs in the Color Your Summer series at Delia Creates (and co-hosted by Kojo Designs) with a tutorial showing how to make this little girl’s summer nightie. It’s a sleeveless nightgown with a short … Read More...
Tutorial: Tween Keepsake Board
As promised, here’s the tutorial for the Tween Keepsake Board I showed you yesterday. For the fabric, I used some of the new Crafty Cuts fabric from Michaels. I used a black and white zebra print, but had some … Read More...
How to make a recycled zipper bracelet
Making things with recycled zippers is just about my favorite recycled craft material (see last week’s beer can pin cushion post) so when the clever blogger over at Craft and Fun posted a great tutorial on how to make a … Read More...
Tutorial: Add a cap sleeve to a sleeveless dress or top
Karen LePage from One Girl Circus, and c0-author of Sewing for Boys, shows how you can alter any sleeveless top or dress pattern to give it a cap sleeve. Her method for making the sleeve creates a lined sleeve … Read More...
Tutorial: Pin property to sew curved softie parts
Sewing any curved pieces together can be tricky, but the little curved pieces of a softie can be especially difficult. According to Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, the … Read More...