Theresa from Salty Peanut Stitchery stitched a zipper into a jacket she’s making – only to realize that she had put it in backwards. The zipper pull was on the inside of the jacket! Rather than ripping and resewing the … Read More...
Homemade Sour Gummy Bunnies
How can something so sour be so cute? I always call Beth of Hungry Happenings
Sour the master of modeling chocolate, but she has another crazy talent. She can add so much personality to a piece of candy with just … Read More...
Candy-Filled Easter Egg Cookies
First, the pinata cookies, then Halloween, New Year’s Clocks, hearts, pots o’ gold and cake. Easter eggs were inevitable. (And so appropriate, don’t ya’ think?) Make candy-filled Easter egg cookies HERE at Mighty Delighty.
Sparkling Rainbow Drink
Need an instant rainbow drink? This would be perfect for a summer party, and so so smart and easy. Popsicles and sparkling cider (or, um, champagne for me). Find the how-tos HERE at The Enchanted Oven.
Hosting a Rainbow … Read More...
Sewing pattern Tutorial: Fabric covered Easter eggs
Sharon from Crafts ‘n Coffee shows how you can whip up an Easter basket full of eggs in your favorite fabric prints. Or perhaps you’d like to add a loop to make an ornament for an egg tree? Underneath the … Read More...
Tutorial: Full seat pants pattern modification
Stephanie from The Petite Sewist shows the full seat adjustment she made to a pair of pants she made. Shown here is the muslin, before the adjustment. The adjustment is an easy modification, though you’ll need to experiment some with … Read More...
Fire Station Party
My Friend Kate got invited to a 5 year old’s Fire Station Birthday. Lucky Girl. This party is small, and packed with thoughtful touches. Like matchstick snacks.
How clever!
And the whole think is all the more beautiful as captured … Read More...
Fossil Cake
Gosh, I wish I was into dinosaurs. I’d for sure ask for a fossil cake for my birthday. You can even dig for bones inside the actual cake. Really, it’s pretty cool. As cool as a dinosaur-themed cake could possibly … Read More...
Flameless Rose Tea Lights
Kelly over at Smart School House made some cute flameless rose tea lights that are easy to DIY. Grab the tutorial.
Leprechaun “Poop” Candy Jars with Free Printable Poem
What do you think? All the treats-as-poop thing. Unicorn poop cookies, Reindeer poop candy… I’m kind of on the “ew” side, but gosh, these Leprechaun Poop jars do look darling. And I never thought I’d use “poop” and “darling” in … Read More...
Rice Krispies Treats Bunnies-in-Eggs
What to do with all those jillions of plastic Easter eggs? Shove Rice Krispies Treats in there. (I’m assuming the good people in the plastic factory made these food safe since candy goes in there, right? Right?) Make cutie bunny … Read More...
Call for entries: SAQA Urban Textures
Read on if you are interested in becoming a fabric designer and have a heart for doing good. From today’s eQuilter newsletter by Luana Rubin:
One of the best things about my “job” is that I have the opportunity to … Read More...
Works in progress – my short list
Here are my three favorite projects I found today at WIP Wednesday hosted by Freshly Pieced. Grab a cuppa and pick yours.
Kelli at Seriously..I Think it Needs Stitches made this large pieced hexie. She plans to make it … Read More...
Buying Some Stash
Money can’t buy love or happiness as this saying points out, but it can buy other things like STASH and that is super important. Stitch up this saying from Kincavel Krosses to remind you of that and to celebrate that … Read More...
How to make red solo cup stemware
I practically fell off my chair when I spotted this project in the sidebar of the blog Make It Easy Crafts. Crystal sent in a link to her coffee cup Easter goodie basket craft but I just had to share … Read More...
St. Paddy’s no-sew felt vest
This cute tutorial and pattern for this “St. Paddy’s no-sew felt vest” can be found on “Craft ‘n Things” by “Rebecca Spohn”! Everyone at the St. Paddy’s parade will be (GREEN) with envy if you make these adorable no-sew vests … Read More...
Pattern: Chocolate Easter Bunny
What a yummy little bunny! Amy Friend of During Quiet Time made this quilt block using a paper piecing technique. Go HERE to learn more. Go HERE to get the links to the pattern.
Image credit: During Quiet … Read More...
Honoring old and new needles in Tokyo
Angela of Sake’ Puppets made this needle keeper as a proper place to store her beloved sewing needles. I love that she made a pocket in the back for the prettily packaged ones. This, after attending a Harikuyou Needle Festival … Read More...
Mr. Egg
Are you hosting Easter? Looking for new egg decorating ideas? Here is Mr. Egg. A Bit of Pilli Pilli gives us step by step directions, complete with a supplies list. Such an interesting way to amp up the egg. And … Read More...
DIY Heart Beads Brooch Tutorial
Cecilia from “Vixy Blue,” recently did a guest post on Daria’s blog “Kittenhood.” In this tutorial Cecilia shares with us how to create an eye-catching heart brooch using beads and felt. Perfect solution to adding a … Read More...
