Handmade Charlotte shares a free pattern for making their Math Facts dress. It’s a little girl’s dress with a lovely pointed waist detail. The short sleeves are ruffled, and the circle skirt stenciled with numbers. The pattern comes in two … Read More...
Tutorial: Layered petal sleeves
An from StraightGrain blogs in the Knock It Off series hosted by Elegance & Elephants with a tutorial showing how to make layered petal sleeves. She shows it on a little girl’s dress, but they would be pretty for older … Read More...
Tutorial: Flip Card Dies
Flip Cards are so much fun but they do take a bit of measuring and cutting. Well, The Stamps of Life have solved this problem with their new Flip It Card Dies, it will die cut the base of a … Read More...
Look What’s Cute
Over at Cut Out + Keep, there are oodles of crafting projects, including crochet. Since I’m always on the look out for crochet flower designs, I check there occasionally. Found a few other cute ideas I wanted to share. Here … Read More...
Painting on a Cake
This cake makes me want to fly to Paris immediately. (Does anyone do that? Fly to Paris immediately?) The hand-painted scene, the beautiful blue flowers… Find fantastic tips on making this cake and hand-painting on fondant HERE at Make me … Read More...
Little girl needle keeper
What a brilliant use of small bits of Liberty fabrics in this needle keeper. Sewn as background, it rightfully frames the sweet little girl in the center. Go to Flutterby Patch to see more photos of this pretty creation.
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Giveaway Reminder: Genius Platform System from Lifestyle Crafts
We’re currently giving away a Genius Platform System from Lifestyle Crafts. These cool magnetic plates work in all major manual die cutting systems and keep your metal dies from slipping. Click here to read my review and leave a comment … Read More...
Freebie | Balloon Cut File for Silhouette Machines
Check out this free balloon cut file in .studio format (for Silhouette machines), from Ashley at The Scrap Review. Perfect for any kind of celebration project. Click here to go get the download.
Tutorial: Gifts for Dad
I occasionally struggle with making crafty gifts for the guys in my world. Key fobs are a simple, practical idea and this tutorial by Jenny of Crafts Unleashed is basic enough for the kiddos to do as well. You could … Read More...
Free Knit Loopy Loop Necklace Pattern
Donna Herron shares with us her pattern for this Knit Loopy Loop Necklace. Donna was inspired to create this bold statement necklace from seeing similar necklaces in stores like Anthropologie and J. Crew. Check out the in-depth tutorial and free … Read More...
Bozena’s art quilt
This is Garden in the Night, an art quilt by Bozena Wojtaszek. I’m swooning. See more of her fabric art in her Etsy shop.
Image credit: Bozena Wojtaszek
Delightfully DIY Necklace
Emily from Delightfully DIY shows how to make this stunning crystal quartz and chain necklace in this tutorial. Check it out.
Review: A Clockwork Orange
What better way to mark the 50th anniversary of Anthony Burgess’ literary cult masterpiece than to see it performed live by UK’s highly dynamic Action To The Word theatre company.
The award winning all-male cast, led by Martin McCreadie (as … Read More...
Tutorial: Quilted cushion with zipper
Chrissie of made by Chrissie D shares on her blog how to make a quilted cushion (aka pillow) with a little something extra, a hidden zipper. This gives such a nice polished finish. Get the tutorial.
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Lookie what she made: Child’s vintage-inspired circus suit
Celina from Petit á Petit shows the vintage-inspired circus suit that she made for her young child. It’s sparkly and shiny and pure fabulousness! She bought the supplies to make it over a year ago, but first one thing and … Read More...
Work at your own pace with Jude Hill
I’d love to hang out with Jude Hill of Spirit Cloth just to soak up her creative vibe. Next best thing would be to connect online. Well, recently she has declared open enrollment for her What if Diaries class. She … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Add crotch snaps to a baby’s swimsuit
Stacie from Yellow Spool shares a tutorial that’s a little slice of sewing brilliance. She adds snap tape
to the crotch of her young daughter’s bathing suits. Anyone who has ever had to wrangle a wet bathing suit off and … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy diaper burp cloths
Lauren from The Thinking Closet shows how to make a quick and easy burp cloth that you can give as a shower gift. It’s a pre-folded diaper with a fabric panel stitched down the middle. The sewing is simple enough … Read More...
Fun Food Puns
I think I’ve been pretty open over the years here about my bookishness. Or my prior bookishness. My love of word. I’m many years out of my immersion in academia, but I still appreciate when words are used so cleverly. … Read More...
Read, Knit and Hang Out with CraftLit
Do you know about CraftLit? It’s a really fun podcast that’s all about the intersection of crafting and reading. Or, as the show’s tagline puts it “stick a book in your ear” because ” you might want to use … Read More...