I know that I’m usually tooting other peoples’ horns on this blog, but today I’m tootin’ my own! I have a new monthly craft column with The Chicago Tribune and my first project debuted on their site today. It will … Read More...
Volcano Cake with Candy Lava
Soooo cool. The best part about this volcano cake is the spewing candy lava that you can be messy and lazy making. Love it. Make a volcano cake HERE at The Sew*er, The Caker, The CopyCat Maker. (Thanks, Ashley… Read More...
Tutorial: Embroider your toddler’s scribbles on a t-shirt
Kate from See Kate Sew shows how she made her Motor Skills Tee for her toddler son. The name of the shirt has nothing to do with cars or steering wheels, but everything to do with those fabulous scribbles that … Read More...
Tutorial: Make perfectly matched pocket flaps
Pam from Fashion Sewing Supply and Off the Cuff Sewing Style shows how to make a pair of perfectly matched pocket flaps. She does it by removing the seam allowances from her pattern before she stitches the fabric. Huh? Go … Read More...
Blog Hop: Exquisite Embellishments for PaperCrafts Book
Keri Lee Sereika with Pink Lemonade is proud to announce a new book called “Exquisite Embellishments for PaperCrafts
“! To celebrate you can hop through the blogs of the designers who contributed their wonderful artwork to the book. Click … Read More...
How to Make Soy Candles
If you have ever wanted to learn how to make soy candles, The Pretty Pauper’s recent tutorial is a great resource to get started. Even as a beginner, the blogger was able to create candles that look amazing and smell … Read More...
Shrug Or Cap Sleeve Cardigan, This Is My Next Project For Me!
I like so many of the designs at Wolf Crochet. It’s fortunate for us when a designer of this quality offers her patterns to us for free! This shrug (which I would call a cap sleeve afghan) is one of … Read More...
Freebie | Miniature Seed Packet Template
Freebie | Printable Watercolour Mother’s Day Card
Strapped for time this Mother’s Day? Download this printable watercolor card by Jessica Jones of How About Orange. The finished card measures 5.5″ x 4.25″. Click here to go to the download.
Looking for more “Mother” themed embellishments, stamps and … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Un Pull Juane
Chevron Patterns and Fish
I tend to spend a lot of time looking at clay stuff online. Flickr is a favourite spot. The latest trip lead me on this loop – first I spotted this cute fish by Ines. I found out that she’d … Read More...
Newsy: I Spy Charm Square swap
Nutella Nutterson: Crafty Crafterson is hosting a Boy/Girl I-Spy Charm Square Swap on her blog. If you want to join, she has an online form you can fill out. Click HERE to get swap details.
5-HTP Squared quilt
Jen of Betty CrockerAss entered this beauty in hopes it will be part of a special exhibit, The Modern Quilt Guild Showcase, at this year’s International Quilt Festival. Go HERE to learn more.
Image credit: Betty CrockerAss
Giveaway Over At Sarah White’s Knitting Blog
I’m not sure if you have a few days to enter this contest, or a week and a few days, but at any rate, hurry on over to Sarah White’s blog, HERE to enter to win these 3 stitch … Read More...
Tutorial: Sewn packages for Teacher Appreciation Week
Quilters, do you need a gift for teacher appreciation week? If so, check out this tutorial I found at Under the Sycamore. She made these adorable sewn packages from pretty paper, but fabric would work too. The tags say, … Read More...
Copyright Issues – Extra Extra Read All About It!
Copyright 101 for Knitters. From Interweave.
This is information you need, not only to protect yourself but to protect other artists too.
From Interweave: “
How Much Do You Know About Copyright?
Knitting Daily and the staff at Interweave have … Read More...
Free Pattern – Sanna’s Summer Cardigan
Really cute, isn’t it? For a week, this pattern is free. Go HERE, this is so cute. If I didn’t already have 2 cardigans on the needles, I’d definitely give this a go!
Looking for more knitting patterns for … Read More...
Aprons for Haiti by Craft Hope
Wendi Gratz of Shiny Happy World is offering all her apron PDF patterns for 50% off through the end of May. Why you ask? It’s to support the Aprons for Haiti Project 17 by Craft Hope. The one shown … Read More...
Diecut felt for cute hairclips
Jill of Homemade by Jill combines felt diecuts with simple embroidery stitches to create beautiful hair clips! Her post is not a step-by-step guide; but she shares enough information to help an experienced crafter try her technique. Go to her … Read More...
Video tutorial: Perfect straight stitches
Haley of The Zen of Making says, “Learn how to make evenly spaced straight stitches for sewing, embroidery, and appliqué projects with my new video tutorial! This method is especially effective for stitching felt, cork, and most thick fabrics.” Go … Read More...