This Really Really Big Cathedral Ring by William Llewellyn Griffiths truly is wearable sculpture! Take a look at more fabulous rings and “baroque, gothic or sailor tattoo style” things at Metal Couture Jewelry. Thanks to Miss Messy’s Masterpieces, Musings … Read More...
Tutorial: Patchwork embellished placemat
Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugarshows how a little bit of patchwork adds a punch of color and pattern to a plain placemat. It takes just a handful of small pieces for each mat, so you can raid your … Read More...
Tutorial: Rockin’ guitar applique t-shirt
Adrianna from Crafterhours guest blogs in the Sew In Tune series at Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy! with a tutorial showing how to add some rock n roll to a plain tee. She does it by appliqueing a large guitar … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Nautical Anchor throw pillow
Sachiko from Tea Rose Home and Tea Rose Company shows how to make her Anchor Pillow. The anchor motif is appliqued and accented with handstitching. Contrasting striped fabric is pieced at the side, with buttons and knotted rope to embellish. … Read More...
Free Pattern: Mother’s Love Hoodie
Moms — and dads, of course! — spend a lot of their time as parents trying to protect their children as well as give them the resources they need to go out in the world without our protection. Though parenting … Read More...
Woolmark Sets Record for Longest “Social Scarf”
I still don’t really know what the heck this means, but the Australian wool promotion company Woolmark has set a record for producing the longest social scarf. That means a virtual scarf that exists only online.
People were asked … Read More...
Holy Ornament
Get a head start on your holiday stitching with this free Christmas ornament from Feathers in the Nest. It’s a lovely festive project. Check out the free cross stitch ornament.
Looking for more Christmas Cross Stitch patterns? Check these out … Read More...
How to make a recycled dress tot (or pet) teepee
This is just too cute! Pop on over to Sheri’s blog Awesome Sauce and Asshattery to see her great tutorial on how to make a recycled dress little teepee. She made it for a kid but her 4 legged … Read More...
Banging hoop!
Arp! Beki710 has stitched my favorite Big-Bang-Theory-inspired embroidery to date! Her piece is the Craftster Pick of the Week over on the MrXStitch site. Go to that post.
How socks become art
When the dryer eats a sock, what happens to its mate? Lucky ones wind up in the hands of Susan Lenz and get stitched into her Looking for a Mate art-quilt community project. Susan says,
… Read More...LOOKING FOR A MATE was
Darth Kitten
I am in love with Fat Cat Crafts — chubby little renditions of our favorite characters in kitteh form. Witness: Darth Vader shown above. (Squeee!) These adorable little art dolls/pincushions are available for quite reasonable prices through the Fat Cat … Read More...
Put your glasses on a leash
If you wear sunglasses or readers, wouldn’t it be handy to keep them on a little leash around your neck? But we don’t want to end up looking like our fifth-grade teachers, now do we. Bobbypin Bandit to the rescue. … Read More...
See masterpieces of lace
Tricia of The Embroiderer’s Story encourages us to see the Gems of European Lace exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The exhibit includes 13 masterpieces of handmade lace, including this Flemish bobbin lace from the … Read More...
Vogue Knitting Fall Preview is Out!
The fall issue of Vogue Knitting celebrates the magazine’s 30th anniversary, and the fashion preview has been released to get us all excited about the next things we want to knit.
Because 30 is the pearl anniversary, pearl is one … Read More...
Do good and win
Elizabeth of Oh, Fransson! reminds us:
… Read More...Action Kivu is a nonprofit organization that assists women who are victims of the conflict in Eastern Congo. The organization runs a sewing workshop and also pays for children to go to school. This
Soda Pop Escort Cards
Your wedding guests will enjoy sipping a refreshing drink and being directed to their table at the same time with fun soda pop escort cards! Get the tutorial at 100 Layer Cake.
Learn Kogin embroidery
Carolyn Foley of Caro-Rose-Creations has a special interest in Kogin embroidery — traditional needleweaving of northern Japan. She says,
… Read More...Since I have started this technique I have found it very hard to find charted patterns. There are some Japanese books
Tutorial: Correct tension on your serger
Tension problems are hard enough to diagnose on a regular sewing machine, but on a serger it’s further complicated by the multiple thread paths through the machine. Palak from Make It Handmade continues her series all about learning to love … Read More...
1.5 million handmade butterflies to remember Holocaust victims
Holocaust Museum Houston wants to collect 1.5 million handmade butterflies, one for each child who perished in the Holocaust. Technique and medium are wide open – fabric, paper, clay, stitched, glued, whatever you choose – but 2-dimensional butterflies are preferred … Read More...
Happy Birthday to Julia Child!
Today is the 100th birthday of the legendary Julia Child. If you’re in Washington, DC, the Smithsonian’s American History Museum is hosting a day full of events to celebrate. Read more about it HERE. I’m lucky enough to live … Read More...