Just in time for summer camp! This video tutorial will teach you to make colorful friendship bracelets using forward spiral knots.
Tip: Color Your Bling
Why buy colored bling when you can color and customise it yourself? This great tip for using markers to color clear rhinestones comes from Suzan Liles (aka Suze Q) over at Your Next Stamp. Click here for all the details.… Read More...
Personalized Candle
Need a gift for someone who has everything? Try personalizing a candle for them with their name or favorite things. Adore by Chloe shows you how.
Needle Felting 101 “Swiss cross needle felted blanket “
Elsie & Emma co-author “A Beautiful Mess” a lifestyle blog focused on creating a beautiful life. They share simple ways to create an inspired lifestyle. Elsie has been seeing Swiss cross blankets all over Pinterest and she decided to DIY … Read More...
Giveaway: 10 half-yard cuts from Hyperreal Garden
Maureen Cracknell Handmadehosts a giveaway for Fabric Envy this week. They’re giving away a stack of 10 half-yard cuts from Pat Bravo’s Hyperreal Garden line (Forest colorway) to one of her readers. This is such a gorgeous group of … Read More...
Tutorial: Eyelet tunic t-shirt pattern remix
Kristin from skirt as top guest blogs in the Color Your Summer series at Kojo Designs with a tutorial showing how she adapted a little girl t-shirt pattern to make a loose-fitting tunic with a keyhole opening. The pattern she … Read More...
Tutorial: Pretty in Peplum knit skirt for girls
Alida from I Make Stuff guest blogs in the Skirting the Issues charity sewing series at Simple Simon & Co. with a tutorial showing how to make a little girl’s skirt with a peplum. She calls it her Pretty In … Read More...
Rosette Quote Wreath
As you might imagine, I receive a LOT of emails with suggestions for what I should feature. Wreaths are one of those types of projects that have a variety of different designs, but I prefer to feature the ones I … Read More...
Check it out: Stitchy dishes at CB2
It should be obvious by now that I love all things sewing. I also happen to have a weakness for pretty dinnerware. These dishes over at CB2 caught my eye yesterday as they bring both worlds together. Appropriately named Mend, … Read More...
Live Near St. Louis? Are You Ready for a Yarn Crawl?
Back in April Yarn Crawl LA got a lot of attention for bringing together nearly 30 shop owners and offering people who visited the shops during the crawl freebies, discounts and prizes. now the middle of the country is getting … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled cuff Christmas stocking from three fat quarters
Sew4Home celebrates Christmas in July with a tutorial showing how to make a stocking with a tall ruffled cuff at the top. Each stocking uses three fat quarter – one for the exterior, one for the lining, and one for … Read More...
Project: Altered Surf Box and Pendant
Hang Ten! This surf themed box with pendant inside is so rad! A perfect summer gift for a teen boy. Claire Brennan with Waltzing Mouse altered a plain box with stamps and cardstock and added a cool stamped shrink plastic … Read More...
Simple and Lovely
This is such a simple idea, but really lovely, don’t you think? I’d love to see these color keyed to particular events. They’d be so pretty in Fall colors, in red and green for Christmas, in glittery yarn for New … Read More...
June Giveaway Winner!
Karen B is the winner of my June Giveaway! 
Here is Karen’s entry:
I would love this book. I love to crochet flowers. I have a little branch-tree in the corner of my living room and I hang all sorts … Read More...
Custom Clue Game – The Cheekiest Monkey
I have many fond memories of playing board games during summer vacation. All of them came rushing back when I saw this post on The Cheekiest Monkey of All about a custom Cluedo Game. I love the additions made … Read More...
Tip: Mending like a quilter pleases daughter
Busy mom Kristyne of Pretty by Hand says she hates mending of any kind unless she can have some quilt-y fun with it. She fixed the holes in her daughter’s leggings using one of her quilting skills. Go HERE to … Read More...
Tip: Keep ribbon ends from fraying
I hate it when the ends of a cut piece of ribbon start fraying! Andrea from Fabric Envy shares a handy tip on her blog to keep it from happening. Go there to see what she does.
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Tutorial: Simple mug cozy
Thaís Melo from My Own Landscape Dreams shows how to make a simple mug cozy. The band of fabric wraps around a mug so you can hold a hot cup of coffee (or tea, or hot chocolate) in your hands … Read More...
Tutorial: Rose Petal Salve
I don’t think this would last long in my house. Nicole from Live in Art shows us not only how to make rose petal oil — ok, she admits that step is kind of a labor of love — but … Read More...
Freebies: Four Christmas-themed quilt projects
Jenny at Martingale’s Stitch This! is getting the word out that they are giving away four Christmas-themed ePatterns to include three quilts and one quilted table runner. Get the free patterns.
Ed note: In order to get your free … Read More...