Wear your heart on your window, or anywhere you desire by making this paper heart garland. The template and instructions come from Ellinee. Click here for more.
Karla’s Tip on Enlarging Part of a Chart
Tutorial: Create a pleated yoke for a little girl’s dress
Jess from Craftiness Is Not Optional shows how to make a pleated yoke for a little girl’s dress. This is such a pretty and timeless detail! Get the how-to.
[photo from Craftiness Is Not Optional]
Tutorial: Recreate a photograph on to fabric with applique
Penny from sewtakeahike shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to recreate a photograph on to fabric using scrappy applique. This would be SO cute on a bag, a pillow, or even on a framed canvas! Get the tute… Read More...
Lookie what she made: Large tote from old jeans
Pascale from // between the lines // shows the large tote bag she created from an old pair of jeans. She added leather hands (attached with rivets) and lined the interior of the roomy bag. There’s not a step-by-step tutorial, … Read More...
Sewing Pattern: His & Hers Pajama Shorts
Sew4Home shows how to make a set of His & Hers Pajama Shorts, using an existing pair of pants or shorts as a size guide. Both versions have a contrast drawstring band. The men’s shorts have a small pocket on … Read More...
Miniature embroidery to wear
Cleo Dee has a new line of pendants featuring her embroidery in miniature. See more photos of her lovely work at her blog post.
Another Take on DIY Project Life (and a freebie!)
Miss M from The Splendidly Imperfect shares her cost-saving take on doing Project Life without the purchased kit. You can also find a link to a set of free journaling cards that she created. Click here to see more.
Coffee Filter Snowball Wall Light
400 coffee filters and a lot of patience will yield you this stunningly unique light for your home. If you head over to Crafty nest, you’ll find the complete tutorial so you can get busy making one of your very … Read More...
Project: Stamped K Cup Coffee Holder
A couple of years ago my husband *really* wanted a very expensive ( to me) Keurig coffee maker, I was really reluctant and thought we really didn’t need it but since he wanted it so badly we got ourselves one … Read More...
Resident artists sought by Contemporary Artists Center
Applications are being accepted now for the spring Artist in Residency program at the Contemporary Artists Center in Troy, New York, USA. The call says, in part,
… Read More...The Contemporary Artists Center has recently opened its newest residency program on the
Invitation Idea | Very Hungry Caterpillar
Jenni from Vintage Umbrella came up with these cute invitations for a baby shower based on the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Click here to see more.
Are You A Bag Lady (Or Man)?
If you enjoy making bags for shopping, to hold your crochet projects, or as gifts, I’ve got a great blog for you to check out! In addition to some great free bag patterns, Elisabeth has other free patterns on her … Read More...
Take a class from Kathy Shaw
Our beloved Kathy Shaw of Shawkl is teaching two online courses in association with Maureen’s Vintage Acquisitions. She says,
… Read More...Soft Sculpture Applique will cover how to create this lovely little teddy bear for crazy quilt projects. Or, it could be
Tutorial | Rolled Paper Flowers
Inspiration du Jour | Beautiful Smile
Have A Panda for Chinese New Year!
Chinese New Year is upon us. If you’ve never been part of a Chinese New Year celebration, you’ve missed a lot of fun! Get yourself to a fine Chinese restaurant and order some of the specialties available this time of … Read More...
From the Clay Blogs
Some of the fun I’ve been reading this week on clayer’s blogs:
Julie made a video about her snake pendant. Have a look-see!
In case you somehow missed it, Lisa Pavelka has committed to covering a Carmex tin a … Read More...
Heart-a-Stack Game
So this isn’t directly about a craft, but I just had to post about it anyway. I’m sure we can come up with some way that this relates to crafts and lesson plans right? This game involves stacking the conversation … Read More...
Karen Woodward’s Funky Fun Lampwork – Daily Art Muse
Thanks again to Daily Art Muse. I’ve been meaning to post this days ago but there was that class I just wrote about…playing catch up right now. Anyway, this is the cutest funkiest fun lampwork I’ve seen in a … Read More...