Stella from The Golden Adventures of a Very Dark Horse shares a tutorial at Moda Bake Shop showing how to make a sunbathing mat out of a pair of bath towels. It has a pillow at one end for comfy … Read More...
Fresh Bullseye Shipment Arrives at Pacific Art Glass
It was such a wonderful sight seeing all of the crates of Bullseye glass sitting in the parking lot of Pacific Art Glass in Gardena. Southern California glass lovers can now restock their own shelves and in turn start making … Read More...
Tutorial: Cloud and raindrop bookmark from scrap fabric
PC from MeiJo’s JOY shows how to make a cloud and raindrop bookmark out of scrap felt. How cute is that!! A cloud is stitched to one end of a ribbon, and a happy raindrop to the other. It was … Read More...
Free pattern: 1940s inspired capelet
Vera Venus shares a free pattern on her blog for making this lovely little 1940s style capelet. She shows it made up in a felt, but she suggests wool, fake fur, linen, or heavy cotton as other possible fabrics. The … Read More...
Phat Fiber Boxes on Sale This Sunday!
Do you know about Phat Fiber? This is one of the coolest ideas for knitting-related business ever. What it is is a sampler box that includes all sorts of cool yarn, fiber and other yarncraft-related goodies.
You get things … Read More...
Tutorial: Pedestal Pop Up Card
Kim Score shares step by step directions as well as a video tutorial for making a lovely pedestal pop up card over on Splitcoast Stampers.
-Heather
Vogue Knitting Teams with Debbie Macomber to Knit for Charity
Vogue Knitting LIVE has announced a partnership with Debbie Macomber and World Vision’s Knit for Kids to encourage more knitters to knit for charity, particularly at the upcoming VK LIVE event in Chicago this October.
Macomber — the bestselling … Read More...
Cherry Placecards
So simple and pretty, cherries are the perfect choice of placecards for a summer shin dig. Find the how-tos HERE at funkytime.
Bite Sized S’mores Bites
Last year I posted on so so so so so many many s’mores ideas and variations thereof, I think I burnt out on s’mores. I’ve hardly posted any this year. Guess these are a good one to change that. For … Read More...
Mountain Cake
For the rock climber, maybe? Young or old(er)? Make an easy mountain climbing cake from store-bought goodies HERE at Parents.
Free Pattern: Bee Dishcloth
Lily’s 8 Weeks of Summer Dishcloth Extravaganza continues this week with patterns from the world of insects.
The knitting pattern is a black and yellow striped, bias knit cloth with white wings made to look like a bee. (These patterns … Read More...
Make an Easy T-shirt Bracelet
I love this t-shirt bracelet because Samantha took it a step further with the (Aluminum conduit connector or similar hardware, $1 or less). Samantha of “Dollar Store Crafts” did and amazing job and it is so not homemade looking, but … Read More...
Checking out the New Knitscene
Remember yesterday I told you about the Craft Magazines site at Zinio and the fact that Interweave publications were on sale? In the interest of testing out the service I snagged a copy of the fresh-to-the-newsstand fall issue of Knitscene… Read More...
Stamp Cross Stitch Tutorial
Over at the Zen of Making, Haley has been posting a series of tutorials about stamping related to stitches. Learn to make your own stitching-themed stamps, then follow her tips for using the stamps to create cool fabric and paper … Read More...
Felt Hedgehog tutorial and pattern
Solountip craft’s has this colorful Hedgehog pattern that is just adorable for a shower gift or to any child. I cannot seem to translate this site from Spanish to English and I have tried to do some of the text. … Read More...
How to make a recycled bottle charging cozy
Charging all our electronics can pose a challenge to the folks that like to keep stuff uber tidy. Well, thanks to the blog My Own Landscape there is a great tutorial on how to make a cute organizer tote for … Read More...
Free Pattern: Dayflower Shawlette
Though patterns are pretty much always written with a specific yarn in mind, sometimes it’s relatively easy to substitute something you have on hand (medium weight wool, for instance, or a 100 percent cotton yarn). But sometimes the yarn is … Read More...
Tutorial: Colorblocked reversible skirt for girls
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin guest blogs in the Skirting The Issue charity sewing month at Simple Simon & Co. showing how to make a colorblocked reversible skirt. I’m loving the bright colors!! She includes cutting dimensions to make the … Read More...
Seed Packet Garden Sign
Vintage seed packets give this cheerful garden sign its pretty look and feel. This project has been around for a few years, but I felt it was time for another look! Get the how to so you can make your … Read More...
Tips for sewing on PUL fabric
People who make or use cloth diapers know what PUL is. Short for Polyurethane Laminated fabric, it’s a soft, pliable, waterproof fabric that can stand up to repeated washings. (Did you see that Michael Miller Fabrics has released its first … Read More...