Do you love to give or craft with vintage Valentines? Well, over at ArtFire.com you can find these in the shop Sandy Creek Collectibles.
Awesome Sweets from Awesome Ladies
I’ve been neglecting posting all morning here because I’ve been swamped writing up my own huge, long post over at my other blog. Because the bestest bloggers ever threw me a surprise virtual book release party today! My book, Sugarlicious… Read More...
Boo-Boo Bags …aka. Rice Bags … a Handsewn Tutorial
Robie of “So Sew Something” is not the type of girl that likes to sew things by hand she likes to get things done the quickest way she can, but today she is sharing this fun tutorial on recycling fabrics … Read More...
Vintage Cross Stitch Motifs
Baby Cheetah
Heart Biscournu
Tutorial and pattern: Adding in seam pockets when making a skirt or dress
Jess from Craftiness Is Not Optional shows how to add in seam pockets when making a skirt or dress. (This would also work on a pair of loose pants.) Not only that, she also shares a free pattern for the … Read More...
Tutorial: Fancy tutu leggings
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to make a pair of tutu leggings. The light, airy tutu layered over a pair of soft knit leggings is perfect for Valentine’s Day! It’s girly-girl fancy but with the ease of leggings. … Read More...
Tutorial: Add a lace-up neckline to a crew neck tee
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shows how to rework the neckline of a crewneck t-shirt to create a lace-up neckline instead. It makes a plain t-shirt into a tunic style top. She added fun heart fobs to the ends of … Read More...
Tutorial: Pleated heart Valentine’s pillow
Vanessa from V and Co. posts a tutorial on her blog for making this fun Valentine’s throw pillow. A giant pleated heart is reverse appliqued to the front of the square pillow. Get the tutorial.
[photo from V and … Read More...
Tutorial: Twin zip pencil case
Jill from Jembellish and Creating My Way To Success shows how to make her twin zip pencil case. The large pouch has not one, but two, zippered pockets. The smaller pocket can hold pencils and crayons, and the larger one … Read More...
Tutorial | Camera Wrist Strap
New Release: Kenny K Digital Stamps
Kenny K digital stamps says their new release includes “12 cool, cute, sassy & sexy images for women’s and men’s cards, depicting a variety of occupations, such as policeman/woman, firefighter, handyman, doctor, teacher, etc.”
These really are some fun and … Read More...
DIY Felt Flower Fascinator
Dom, a talented crafter from Sydney, Australia, submitted a link to her tutorial for this lovely felt flower fascinator! So pretty for your bridesmaids, flower girls, or even as an accent for a wedding veil. For complete instructions visit Dom’s … Read More...
Freebie | Alphabet Printable
Zura at Creative Clown designed this free alphabet printable, that can be printed out onto sticker paper and used in your projects. Click here to go to the download.
Note: I have deactivated the links to this freebie as the … Read More...
Custom Crocheted Sweaters – Make Garments That Really Fit
If the cover sweater isn’t tempting enough, you’ll find plenty of other reasons to add this great book to your crochet library.
Looking for more sweaters to crochet? Check out these sweater Crochet patterns we found on Etsy.
Great Scrapbooking Events | Western Michigan Feb 22-24
Great Scrapbooking Events will be holding the 2nd Winter Wonderland Weekend in Kalamazoo the weekend of February 22nd to 24th. The event will include a free crop as well as a vendor fair. Click here for more details.
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Ta Dah!: Scrappy heart potholder
TeresaDownUnder made this potholder as a way to try paper piecing and to decorate for Valentine’s Day. Check out the hearts stitches. Sweet. Go HERE to read her entire post.
Image credit: TeresaDownUnder
Pattern: Quilting Bee Stitches
These three tiny quilters are so cute making stitches and smalltalk. It’s the Quilting Bee Stitches embroidery pattern by Wee Wonderfuls. Go to their pattern page to see this one and others.
Ed. note: Wee Wonderfuls did not ask for … Read More...