Skirting the Issue is a month-long event at SSimple Simon & Co. The goal is to encourage sewists to make skirts and donate them to girls in foster care. To inspire you, they’ve lined up 40 guest posts for … Read More...
Tutorial: Lady Tee with oversized bow
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin guest blogs in the Sewlebrity series at Family Ever After with a tutorial showing how to make a little girl’s plain white t-shirt with an oversized bow, creating her Lady Tee. How cute is that! … Read More...
Tutorial: Lace embellished onesie
Trish from Uncommon shares a tutorial on her blog for using a strip of lace to embellish a onesie. It’s a quick, easy project and would make a sweet gift for a new baby. I’m loving the white on white … Read More...
Tutorial: Beat the heat with a cooling neck scarf
Feeling the heat this summer? Jona from Fabritopia and Jona G Pattern Co shares a tutorial on her blog, Stop Staring and Start Sewing, showing how to make a cooling scarf. Get the tute.
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Tutorial | Season Keeper Mini Album
Here’s another idea for a travel journal! Josie at Fine and Feathered shares her take on making a mini album to document a trip and also keep paper ephemera. She calls it a Season Keeper. Click here to go to … Read More...
Tutorial: Nautical tote with grommets and rope
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how grommets
and rope can turn a plain tote into a nautical-themed tote. The bag she started with was made from a recycled canvas sail, but you could use an inexpensive canvas tote from … Read More...
Polka Dot Cake
So very much on my to-do list now is making a polka dot cake with this clever technique. Find all the how-tos, including the trial and error to end up with these easy instructions, to which we owe our thanks, … Read More...
Tutorial: Positioning Digital Sentiments
When using a digital stamp sentiment it can be really troublesome to get it printed exactly where you want on your card. Jenny from I Dream in Paper has a great step by step tutorial for using MS Publisher to … Read More...
Watermelon Rice Krispies Treats
Aren’t these the most perfect Rice Krispies Treats ever? From the green bucket to the green straws up to the hot pink tip. They even have chocolate covered sesame seed seeds. Find the how-tos HERE at Glorious Treats.
Rock Candy JellO Shots
Speaking of shots, make these supercool “rock candy” JellO shots for the 4th of July HERE at the Jelly Shot Test Kitchen.
4th of July Cocktails – Red, White, and Blue Cocktails That’ll Make Your Party Pop
Whether you’re hosting a sizzling backyard BBQ, lounging by the pool, or planning a sparkler-filled soirée, these red, white, and blue cocktails are the ultimate way to toast to freedom, fun, and festive spirit. Each drink is a vibrant celebration … Read More...
Tutorial | Fabric Flower
Tutorial | Travel Journal Cover
Join Melissa from Bursts of Creativity as she shows you how she created the cover for her travel journal using a vintage book. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Looking for supplies for journaling? Check these Art, Junk and … Read More...
Tutorial | Folded Mini Album
Katie at Punk Projects shares this tutorial for making a cute folded mini album. This would be nice to use as a travel journal for a short trip! Click here to go to the tutorial
Mini albums are great … Read More...
What’s Happening at The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet
A good place to go if you want to know what’s happening in the glass world is The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet. Some of the things they’re writing about include the glass painting by glass artist Gregory Grenon that … Read More...
DIY Elephant Lamp – How Joyful
How Joyful has done it again with this adorable Elephant Lamp! What a super fantastic project, made out of recycled styrofoam and wall mud. To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever worked with wall mud, but I’d be … Read More...
Video tutorial: Basque stitch
Mary Corbet‘s instructional videos make even complicated embroidery stitches doable. Her latest is basque stitch. She says, “You can think of the Basque stitch as a combination of twisted chain stitch and buttonhole stitch, upside down.” It’s easier than … Read More...
Mosaic: The Wedding Season
It’s that time of year – summer weddings, brides in fabulous dresses, lovely flowers… How do you clay it up? Here’s a few goodies:
1. Beautiful Floral Necklace, 2. Polymer Clay on Glass 005, 3. Day of the … Read More...
Free patriotic pattern
Just in time for Independence Day in the USA, here’s a patriotic doodle for your embroidery pleasure, thanks to Primitives by the Light of the Moon. Go to her blog post to get the design.
Ed. note 7/6/12: Many … Read More...
Win a pretty scissors fob
Leslie of Leslie’s Art and Sew has been meeting the challenge of stitching a heart every day for a year by creating sweet embroidered felt scissor fobs. Each one is different; each is utterly charming. You can see them all … Read More...