Dana says her tutorial for making worry rings is perfect for the novice jewelry maker. Take a look at a Place in the Cloud for Dana’s tutorial for these simple and fun rings.
Tutorial: Pieced striped skirt for little girls
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how she made this striped skirt for her young daughter. Are you loving that yellow and gray stripe or what? It’s not a print; she pieced it from two solids and then sewed it … Read More...
A Thimbleful of “Flowers”
Take a look at this great tutorial from Laura at The Wind and the Sail. What a sweet idea for Valentine’s Day — “flowers” that will last and jewelry, too!
Molly’s Sketchbook: Valentine Heart Barrettes
Molly of “purl Bee” made up these little hearts for Barrettes. Molly explains how she came up with this idea “After seeing a friend’s adorable baby daughter. She was wearing the cutest little outfit, including a hand-knit sweater, topped off … Read More...
Freebie: Digital Stamps Fight Like A Girl
Squigglefly has a couple of newer free digi stamps on their site, a pretty frame and a great breast cancer ribbon, I love the “fight like a girl” quote! You can download them here for free.
-Heather
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“Fearless” quilt honors Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1914. Read more about her here. Sherry Shine created this art quilt to commemorate Rosa’s contributions to civil rights for African-Americans. She includes President Obama because she explains he too is … Read More...
Sometimes we cannot sew
Such is the case with Kheli at Remember your Karma who talks about the impending loss of her beloved MIL. Both women are quilters. Go HERE to read her touching post.
Image credit: Remember your Karma
How to make a bunch of winter accessories out of a recycled sweater
Theresa of the blog Mittens and More sent in a link to her post where she shared her latest set of winter time accessories. Pop on over to blog to see more and the link to her recycled sweater mitten … Read More...
DIY Needle felted Elbow Patches
Erica of “Honestly . . .WTF”; discovered needle felting while perusing Pinterest. Erica is new to needle felting but is now hooked. She was impressed with all the things you can do with needle felting, so she wanted to share … Read More...
Made in Cherry Quilt Along | St. Ives
This quilt, made by Sarah Fielke, inspired Chelsea at Pins & Bobbins to host a Made in Cherry Quilt Along on her blog. Those who’ve already joined are showing off their progress in the Made in Cherry Flickr group… Read More...
Eye candy: Crazy-quilting
Pat Winter of Gatherings shares images of some of the many crazy-quilt projects she has completed over the years. And she encourages us to participate in Crazy Quilts Are Quilts, Too! sponsored by Thearica of Pigtales and Quilts. Find out … Read More...
Free pattern: Tatted heart doily
Jane Eborall has turned her rockin tatted heart motif into a doily, and she’s sharing the instructions! Tat it up (quick!) in pinks and reds as a valentine treat. Get the pattern.
Tutorial and giveaway at Stash Books
Here are a couple of treats from Stash Books blog. They’re sharing a link to the tutorial for this adorable hooped-up message board by Rashida Coleman-Hale. And they’re giving away a roll of precut Windham fabric from the Flower … Read More...
Tutorial: Needle-turn applique
Carrie of A Passion for Applique walks us through her needle-turn technique with special attention to handling deep valleys. See her tute.
Inspiration: Veronica Fuentes
Veronica of Whimsiology says of this piece,
This is a little experiment trying to simulate ground with dirt and grass and flowers and things growing out of it.
Success! See more of Veronica’s work and follow her adventures as artist … Read More...
Fuzzball in motion
This is awesome. Chelsea of Love and a Sandwich set up a time-lapse camera to capture her creation of Laugh It Up, Fuzzball. See the whole project in 2-1/2 minutes! Go to the Feeling Stitchy post for the link to … Read More...
Tutorial: Mushroom love brooch
… Read More...Lark Craft’s upcoming book Heart-Felt Holidays: 40 Festive Felt Projects to Celebrate the Seasons is the follow-up to Fa La La La Felt. The book comes out in April, but Lark Crafts are starting the fun early