I know many of you love to stitch biscornu, so here’s a nice one I found from Balades et Broderies. It incorporates two colors of floss and back stitch and cross stitch. Get the free chart.
Vase of Hearts to Stitch
Here’s another great freebie from Stickeule – a vase of hearts to stitch up. Wouldn’t it be great to stitch each heart a different color? Get the free chart.
Tutorial: Wipe-clean placemats from laminated cotton
Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots guest blogs in the Color Your Summer series at Kojo Designs with a tutorial showing how to make placemats from laminated cotton. The waterproof surface wipes clean easily. And though the designer laminated cottons … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrap stash friendship bracelets
Anna from Noodlehead guest blogs at Delia Creates with a tutorial showing how to make quick and easy friendship bracelets. You can pull out your scrap bin for this one – the bracelets are made from a small rectangle of … Read More...
Tutorial: Add contrast trim and a bow to a t-shirt sleeve
Katrine from Make It & Fake It guest blogs at Henry Happened with a tutorial showing how to give a plain t-shirt some designer styling with contrast bands and bows at the sleeve hems. Her project was inspired by a … Read More...
Freebie: Phone Digital Stamp
Birdie Brown has this adorable free old fashion Telephone (look, it has a dial and everything) digital stamp to download.
Also check out her Etsy shop here, such cute digis!
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and … Read More...
Tutorial | Chevron Card
This tutorial at Bean Bug Crafts, shows you how to make a chevron background for a card or other project without needing a die cutting machine. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Book Review- Crochet Garden by Suzann Thompson
Do you like to crochet flowers and other small things? Suzann Thompson clearly does! In this lovely follow-up to her charming book, Crochet Bouquet, Thompson provides many more motifs. I especially like the leaves she has created for this book. … Read More...
Online Event | Organisation Series and Giveaway
Hop on over to Jennifer’s Jumbles to find out about her Organisational Series and Giveaways. The celebration includes challenges and prizes, and starts June 29th 2012. Plus she has a prize up for grabs for spreading the news about … Read More...
Tutorial | Father’s Day Bow Tie Gift Wrap
Present dear old Dad with this elegant bow tie gift wrapped package on his special day. Get all the details over on the Bowdabra blog. Looking for more Father’s day papers, stamps, and Embellishments? then check out these Father’s … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Un P’tit Air Vintage
Un P’tit Air Vintage by Dominique Bon_domi95
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Glass Potato Chips from Instructables
OK they’re not really glass but what a cool recipe and tasty weird treat to make. Instructables provides many many cool and odd tutorials. I’m lucky enough to receive their newsletter twice a week and sometimes there’s something cool to … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy Log Cabin block
Cassandra of Ooo! Shiny! shares a tutorial on her blog that is sure to help anyone just picking up a needle to piece a quilt. She favors a scrappy version of the Log Cabin block and her instructions reflect this. … Read More...
Inspiration: This would make a great quilt
I was at my local Target store over the weekend and I snapped this photo in their dining area. Every time I see this particular graphic on the wall I think to myself, “this would make a great quilt.” I … Read More...
Free pattern: Funky Chick Embroidery
Helen of Bustle and Sew made this cushion/pillow cover for a friend. The center is an embroidered bird amidst flowers surrounded by a patchwork border. So cheerful! You can download the Funky Chick Embroidery pattern on her blog. Get the … Read More...
Save the Date {Free Printable}
Love this krafty, thrifty, and easy-to-assemble save the date from The Pretty Blog! Click here to get your free printable!
Brick Votive Holder/Planter DIY
ReadyMade has an awesome tutorial on converting a simple brick into a succulent planter/votive candle holder, and it couldn’t be more gorgeous. One caveat I have for you, dear readers, is that this is a for-real, drill-wielding, safety goggle-wearing project, … Read More...
Tutorial: Hemstitching on kitchen linens
Head over to Colette Patterns to find out how to add hemstitching to a linen tea towel. Precision in aligning your stitching lines will create the larger holes down the center. It’s a lovely accent for kitchen linens, though they … Read More...
Tutorial: Needle cushion
Wendi Gratz from Shiny Happy World shares a free tutorial on her blog for making her needle cushion. It’s like a pincushion, but it’s shallower and has a plastic across bottom (from an old credit card) to keep your needles … Read More...
Tutorial: French Mariniere t-shirt dress for little girls
Justine from Sew Country Chick shares a tutorial at Project Run and Play showing how she made her French Mariniere t- shirt dress for her little girl. The perfect placement of the blue stripes, leaving the top portion plain white, … Read More...