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Tip: Embossing on Buttons
Dress up those plain old buttons with some stamping and heat embossing, Your Next Stamp will show you how.
-Heather
Faux Felted Water Bottle Bracelets tutorial and eBook
This cute doable “Faux Felted Water Bottle Bracelet” comes from “Fave Crafts” and was created by Heidi Borchers and she has a good pictorial tutorial. There is also a free downloadable book “Trash to Treasure: 28 Recycled Crafts” that have … Read More...
5 Minute Gilded Votive Holders
All you need to get this look for your home is a permanent crafting pen. This 5 minute DIY comes from oh-so-stylish Creature Comforts.
Learn Cast Ons with a New Knitting Video
I got word today that Liat Gat of KnitFreedom has released a new video all about different knitting cast ons. The KnitFreedom Video Guide to Cast Ons includes video instruction on 39 different cast ons, from backwards loop to twined, … Read More...
How to make a recycled magazine stool
This is so cool! Pop on over to the blog Green Issues by Agy for an awesome tutorial on how to make a recycled magazine stool. Not only do you get a cool piece of furniture you have a … Read More...
Repeating Motif
Repeating motifs are fun to stitch and useful for filling in backgrounds or just creating fun ornaments or even nice pillows. You can use up odds and ends of flosses or go for a single color filling in the entire … Read More...
Tutorial: 20 Minute Library Bag
Alyce from And Sew We Craft shows how to make her 20 Minute Library Bag. The bag is easily sewn, requiring only straight seams (and not too many of them, either). And it uses fabric efficiently, too. You will only … Read More...
Tutorial: Installing a zipper – on seam or lapped
Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shows two ways to install a zipper – a standard on seam zipper, and a zipper with a lapped front cover the zipper teeth. Go to her blog post for both tutorials… Read More...
Tutorial: Sewing patter organizer from recycled cardboard
Meream from Bored & Crafty shows how she made this sewing pattern organizer – out of a cat litter container. After she cut the container to shape, she covered it in pattern pages from Japanese sewing magazines. Go to her … Read More...
Tutorial: My Inner Grandmade dress bodice for little girls
Mie from Sewing Like Mad guest blogs at Project Run and Play showing how she made the bodice on her My Inner Grandma dress. The bodice is lightly gathered on to a double layered yoke. She also shows how she … Read More...
Tutorial: Hooded bath towel for dolly
Ashley from Mommy By Day, Crafter By Night shows how to make a hooded bath towel for a doll. If you cut carefully, you can two of them from 1/2 yard of terry cloth fabric (plus bias tape to finish … Read More...
Tips: Cutting Detailed Dies
I’m seeing more and more intricate and detailed dies for paper crafting and sometimes it can be a little hard to get a perfect cut with them. Christine at Card Maker Connections has several useful tips like using wax paper … Read More...
Another Use For Those Flowers
Kara always comes up with good ideas – and tutorials for them. In this case, as a follow up to my recent article showing a tutorial for flower-making (from another crochet artist), we can make some more pretty flowers … Read More...
6 Free Printables for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is this Sunday May 12th in a variety of countries. Here are some free printables to help you show your Mom how much you care!
Mother’s Day Card from Citruz Design
Craftsman “Make a Difference” Tour
I’m sure the name Craftsman rings a bell–if not, you probably haven’t been in the power tools section of a store lately. But you may not have heard about what Craftsman has been doing lately, a wonderful thing the call … Read More...
New in Clay
Usually I sneak my mosaic in earlier in the week but I’ve had a heckuva cold and got all mixed up this week – so here’s a little of what’s showing up in polymer clay:
Tutorial: Add bra strap carriers to a top or dress
Maybe it’s because my bras are more functional than pretty, but I cant stand it when my bra strap peeks out at the shoulders! Dixie from Dixie DIY shows how to add a bra stap carrier to keep that from … Read More...
Q-Tip Painting
Sometimes little hands need a more simple way of painting. This Q-Tip painting technique is great for little ones to make masterpieces! You can find the tutorial over at Mom Mart.
Buttoned Up Bird Houses {Kid Craft}
We love to have birds around our house, but the squirrels are always coming onto our little bird feeders. Perhaps these birdhouses are just the ticket to keep the birds around! You can find this adorable button birdhouse tutorial over … Read More...