Elvira from Chez Vies shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a wide fabric headband. Though the fabric band is wide across the head, it gathers on to a 1/2″ wide piece of elastic at the bottom … Read More...
Tutorial: Rainbow Dash dress
Kataryna from Sew Chibi recently blogged about the Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony) dress that she made as a special birthday dress for her daughter. If you know a little girl who would love to have a dress like that … Read More...
Tutorial: Travel felt board
Miss Lovie shows how to make a felt board that’s made to travel. It folds up and has handles so it’s easy to carry. When it’s time to play felt board, it unfolds to become a felt board easel. Go … Read More...
Batty felt pillow tutorial
Decorating for Halloween is second only to Christmas. I love to decorate indoors and outdoors. This Batty felt pillow tutorial by Amy of “Ameroonie Designs” will add that touch of Halloween indoors. Amy loves to create and loves blogging. Amy … Read More...
Design Team Call: Digistamps4Joy
Digistamps4Joy is looking for new design team members, here’s what they have to say:
“Would you like to be a member of our Design Team? Do you love working with a wide variety of styles of digistamps? Do you maintain … Read More...Little Girl Nelly to Stitch Up
This freebie from Brigitte Dadaux is presented in two versions. One is the full color version shown here. There’s also a single color version if you prefer to stitch it up that way. Either way will be a sweet project … Read More...
Free Pattern: Freya’s Legwarmers
Knitter Stephanie McIntosh is already thinking about holiday knitting, and Freya’s Legwarmers are the result of a request from her sister-in-law for a very specific sort of legwarmer.
She wanted them to be worked in aran yarn (that’s sort of … Read More...
High Gloss Furniture Painting Tutorial
Meagan and her desk have been through a lot together. Santa Claus delivered it when she was just a second grader in elementary school and it essentially grew up with her. It was time for a makeover, so she decided … Read More...
Free Pattern: Rickrack Baby Blanket
Not too long ago on Bernat’s Facebook page I remember seeing them ask for help in naming this cute baby blanket pattern. The chosen name was Rickrack Paddywack, which is just as cute as the blanket!
Worked mostly in … Read More...
Book Review – Shaping Destiny
I was super excited for a chance to read the book, Shaping Destiny
and review it for all of you. The personal memoir follows Destiny Allison, a sculpture artist, on the path of self discovery, from her first attempts at … Read More...
Tutorial: Thread beads
Rachel of Lines Across has posted a tutorial for a fun, practical, pretty project. All stitchers have little nests of threads that are too short for serious stitching but too long to throw away. Use those bits to make colorful … Read More...
Win 100 State Line Bags!
State Line Bags Co. and CraftGossip have teamed up to give one of our readers a stash of 100 6″ x 8″ drawstring muslin bags. What are you supposed to do with 100 little bags? Here are some ideas from … Read More...
DIY Whimsical Wedding Favor Bags
Colorful, hand-stamped cotton muslin bags filled with goodies are the perfect way to treat your wedding guests to some whimsical fun! Stateline Bag Co. graciously contributed some of tbeir drawstring bags to a few of the editors here at … Read More...
Tutorial: Pixie Hexie Wallet with Olive the Ostrich
Sara of Sew Sweetness created this small wallet using fabric from the Olive the Ostrich collection by Laurie Wisbrun for Robert Kaufman. She backs a paper pieced hexagon base with flexible interfacing and then glues it to a metal purse … Read More...
Free Pattern: Custom-Knit Armwarmers
It wasn’t until people commenting on the new giveaway mentioned that they like knitting fingerless gloves with sock yarn that I remembered my pattern for Custom Knit Armwarmers, which are, of course, made out of sock yarn.
Theses long … Read More...
Tutorial: Stars and crazy heart Christmas decor
Get your Christmas groove on with Ros of Ros Made Me as she starts her countdown to the holidays with the first of many tutorials she’s hosting on her blog. Perfect for decor or gifts, this six point star softie … Read More...
20 Easy Mod Podge Crafts for Beginners
Amy from Mod Podge Rocks has taken the work out of this post for me! She has gathered together 20 simple projects using Mod Podge (decoupage medium) that are perfect for the beginning podger. So if you have been wanting … Read More...
Colorful Candle Wraps
Frippery shares how to make incredibly fun candle holder wraps with dollar store items. Check it out.
Macaron Organs
I was pretty sure I saw it all from the macaron world. Ice cream cones, ducks, rainbows, cats, pigs, lanterns, sheep, snowmen, devils, UFOs… I could continue with the shapes of macarons out there. But I’ve never seen macarons with … Read More...
Tutorial: Roomy vacation bag
Rikka from Ricochet and Away! created this large bag to carry with her on her vacation to Yellowstone National Park. It’s roomy enough to have held water bottles, sunscreen, binoculars, and the like. Pockets on the inside help keep everything … Read More...