Over at the blog The Crafty Yankee there is a great post that features all sorts of things made out of recycled matchboxes like toys, mini alters, artwork, storage and gifts.
Potato Sack Votive Holder
Forever Misbehaven gave a votive holder a facelift with a cute old potato sack. See how to do it for yourself.
Free Pattern: Lily’s Washcloth of the Week
The summer washcloth extravaganze at Lily continues this week with a fruit theme. The free knitting pattern (opens as a PDF) is a circular watermelon washcloth, worked from the center out in shades of pink and green.
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Celebrating with stitchy style
Hand and Lock shares images of their embroideries created especially for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Among them: this military-style costume for Paul McCartney! See more at the H&L blog post.
Add silk flowers to embroidery
Allison of Little Lovelies reprises her tutorial for incorporating silk flowers into an embroidered work. Go to her post.
Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for finding hand dyed ribbons as well as imported European … Read More...
A traditional bride
Hannah of enbrouderie gives us a close-up look at a Bedouin bridal veil from Dr. Shirazi’s collection that features traditional cross-stitched embroidery. Go to her blog post for more views.
Win ‘Doozie’
Janelle Wind is giving away two of these darling Doozie softies by Mardi of Dudley and Grace. Go to Janelle’s blog post for the entry rules. Contest ends August 1.
A forever beach
This. Is. Brilliant. Susan Lenz created a series of embroideries that mimic the look of beach sand. How to create the impression of waves washing across the beach? She soaked them with epoxy! Now they are permanently “wet”—squares of beach … Read More...
Students can join The Dream Rocket for free!
Jennifer Marsh of The Dream Rocket shares this heads-up:
… Read More...Dear Teachers,
Your class is invited to participate in The Dream Rocket Project for free at the next NAEA 2013 Conference from March 7-10. Location of exhibit: Fort Worth Convention Center,
Register for retreat with Tina Close
Imagine spending a weekend in the Connecticut countryside, learning needlepoint techniques from artist Tina Close. A dream come true? It can happen to you. The Art Needlepoint Company is presenting the Close Creativity and Needlepoint retreat in Kent, Connecticut, … Read More...
Knitting Daily Offers Ebook of Season 900 Patterns
I completely forgot to mention — probably because my PBS station doesn’t run it! — that the latest season of Knitting Daily TV recently started airing. The good people at Knitting Daily have made it easier for all of us … Read More...
Tutorial: No-Slip Headbands
Hate it when your headband slips back on your head? Amy from Positively Splendid shows how to make her No-Slip Headbands. Great idea!! Get the tute.
[photo from Positively Splendid]
Looking for more headband sewing patterns? Check these … Read More...
Tutorial: Fat Quarter Wrap Skirt
Melissa Mortenson from The Polka Dot Chair shares a tutorial in the Skirting The Issue series at Project Run and Play, showing how to make her fat quarter Wrap Skirt. It’s fully lined, the outer layer pieced from four … Read More...
Tutorial: Chevron selvage throw pillow
Jessica from Sew Homegrown shows how to make her chevron selvage throw pillow, inspired by a similar pillow from West Elm. The scrappy chevron design is made from appliqued strips cut from the selvages of fabric prints. Go to her … Read More...
Tutorial: Fat Quarter Tote with contrast band
Lindsay fromThe Cottage Mama shares a tutorial at the Riley Blake Designs blog showing how to make this cute tote bag with a contrast band across the top. It’s a medium sized tote and is fully lined. The tutorial … Read More...
Be*mused reviews ‘technique’ book and conquers fear of tiny
When asked to review the book, Small Pieces, Spectacular Quilts
by Mary Elizabeth Kinch, Be*mused decided the best thing to do was to try a technique from said book. She said she went for the one that scared her the … Read More...
Free pattern: Pillowcase dress for an 18″ doll
You can find a free pattern and tutorial for making a pillowcase dress for an 18″ doll over at Skip To My Lou. The doll version of a pillowcase dress is just as easy to sew as a child-size version. … Read More...
Freebie: Game Controller Card Digi and Cut Files
Download a digital stamp and cut file for this cool video game controller card over at Bird Cards. I so have to make one of these for my hubby!
-Heather
Ta Dah!: Flag quilt for son’s birthday
You go Mom! Molly of Molly’s Meanderings finally finished this gift quilt for her *son’s sixteenth birthday after the project stalled out over needing to replace one of the flags. I’ve never looked closely at an Australian flag, but as … Read More...
Tutorial | Patterned Paper Butterfly
Tash from The Quirky Crafting Shmoogle Bean shares the steps for making this butterfly from patterned scrapbook paper. She made hers for hanging, but this could also be a page embellishment. Click here to see more.
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