Melissa from Until Wednesday Calls shows combined two out-of-date leather jackets to make one rockin’ skirt. She refers to it as a mullet skirt, all business on the front but all party on the back. I’m showing you the business … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew an old school collegiate jacket for a child
Max from Max California guest blogs in the Sew In Tune series at Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy! with a tutorial showing how to alter a child’s raglan sleeve t-shirt pattern to turn it into an old-school collegiate jacket. The … Read More...
Find: Crocheted Hanging Mason Jar Candle Holder
SpindleShuttleNeedle on Etsy sells gorgeous crocheted candle holders perfect for hanging candles in mason jars or tin cans. Check out her shop.
Book Review – Simple Crocheting
Erika Knight uses 20 projects in her new book, Simple Crocheting, to guide new and intermediate crocheters through the process of creating projects that are less complicated than one might expect from this accomplished designer. But, what might ‘simple’ … Read More...
Freebie | 25 Fonts
Kendra from Key Lime Designs is sharing links to 25 free fonts that you can use in your projects. Click here to see more.
Looking for more fonts? Check these out at Fontbundles.com
Show & Tell | Back to School Teacher Treat Box
Lowri McNabb shows of a treat box she made as a Back to School Teacher Gift. She used the School Days Mini Theme from Echo park. Click here to see more.
Looking for Back To School papers, stamps, … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Summer
Painted Trophies – Pearl + Earl
Seeing these funky and fabulous painted trophies on Pearl + Earl made me want to sing. Literally–“I use antlers is all of my decorating!”–will be stuck in my head all night. But I’m thinking Gaston was on to something … Read More...
Hang Your Glass Wafers
I’ve been purging email lately clicking the unsubscribe link with much satisfaction. It was starting to get a bit crazy in the inbox. If it doesn’t have something to do with glass and design I don’t want to see it. … Read More...
Playing with Stamping
While I was at Christi Friesen’s class the resin we used was from Nunn Design… so I went and looked to see what’s up with that. Turns out they’re dabbling in clay! They have a little rubber stamping / … Read More...
Seven New Free Cowl Patterns to Warm Up Your Needles
I’m kind of obsessed with checking out the new projects on Ravelry. It’s how I find a lot of the patterns I shared with you, and this afternoon while I was checking it out there were no fewer than seven … Read More...
Tutorial: Embroidered monogram balsa wood pendant
If you have an embroidery machine, you can use it to stitch on to wood to make a cute monogrammed pendant. How cool is that! You’ll need thin balsa wood for this project. Rachel from Handmade Charlotte shares a tutorial … Read More...
Tutorial: Girl’s ruffle embellished tee
Surayya from Blissful Sewing shows how you can make this girl’s ruffle embellished tee out of two plain t-shirts. She bought two matching shirts on clearance, one for the base shirt and one for the ruffles, but you could also … Read More...
Tutorial: Admit One ticket pillow
Joy from How Joyful Designs decorated her daughter’s nursery in a circus theme. One of the accent pieces is this ticket-shaped pillow, and she shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she did it. This is SUCH a cute … Read More...
New Release: KennyK Digital Stamps
KennyK has just released a bunch of cool retro themed digital stamps, click here to see what’s new. And visit their new blog over here.
(card sample by Janette Garcia)
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and … Read More...
Free Wrist and Ring Doll Pin Cushions Sewing Patterns
Sarah hosts “Daydream blog” and is an Indie Soft Toy Designer and shares her new Doll & Softie Sewing Patterns, News, Tips, and Tutorials. She is sharing her clever idea for creating Wrist and Ring Doll Pin Cushions. She has … Read More...
Day 13 Winner
The winner of the Jane Austen magazines is number 45, Julie, who says she spent a lot of time in her less-busy years reading Shakespeare and sci-fi, which sounds OK to me. Congratulations!
The responses to this one really made … Read More...
Make a Candle Luminary
Candle Lit Life shares how to make this sweet luminary using paper punches and a votive holder. Check out the tutorial.
Share Your Favorite Galler Yarns Project for a Chance to Win
I have to admit I hadn’t heard of Galler Yarns until they invited me to be part of a blog tour promoting a new yarn, their lovely Inca-Eco organic cotton
. But I really enjoyed working with it and have … Read More...
I can has ears, please?
Victoria Crowder Payne is stitching this needlepainted kitteh as a donation for a Humane Society fundraiser. You can watch her in action–she’s stitching in public around the Kansas City area. Go to her blog to get details.