Find instructions for making this lovely card with a stamped floral background and pretty shrink plastic butterflies over on the Ranger website.
-Heather
Using Memory Thread in needlepoint
Robin of Needlepoint Study Hall used DMC Memory Thread to mimic icing decorations on this cake. Along the way, she learned a lot about incorporating Memory Thread into needlepoint, and she’s sharing her lessons and tips. See her post.
Tutorial | Valentine Date Jar
I love this idea by Lowri from Papervine! This jar is filled with 12 little boxes, each containing an idea for a monthly date night. She includes a link showing how to make the little boxes as well. Click here … Read More...
Felt soft sculpture in motion
Felt Mistress shares a time-lapse video of the making of this awesome felt soft sculpture for Jon Burgerman’s Fast Food art show. See the video.
Tutorial | Scrapbook Paper Envelope
Christy from Whimsical Whimsies shows this neat tutorial for making an envelope from a piece of 12×12 scrapbooking paper. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Inspiration du Jour | Just Jerry
Houses for Japan
Jojoebi of A Bit of This and a Bit of That blog invites you to participate in a project to express love and caring. She says,
… Read More...I started thinking that it would be nice to send the survivors of the
Foreclosure quilts by Kathryn Clark
Kathryn Clark finished this commission quilt, Cleveland Foreclosure, and sent it to its new home in Denver, Colorado. Soon after, she said she ran across an article in Remodelista where the author talked about her series of quilts based … Read More...
Tame Your Stash – Let Interweave Help!
I know this doesn’t look like it’s “tamed” but it’s a beginning. I only wish this was my stash!
Kathleen Cubley of the Knitting Daily blog, outlines an awesome way to organize, or tame your stash. It makes too much … Read More...
How To Knit Lefthanded!
This is for a request for someone to teach a youngster left handed. Hope this helps! From Cyberseams!
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Scads and Scads of One Skein Projects!
27 different projects, all slated for one skein or less. How much better does it get?
Check it out, over at Annie’s Attic! HERE
Need Resources….
Hi All,
Looking for resources to teach a pre-teen left hander how to knit and crochet.
My opinion is to teach them right handed, but then I’m righthanded myself so that only makes sense to me.
Anyone???
Knitting Labels, So Many Designs!
Aren’t these adorable? And so many designs to choose from. Personally, I wouldn’t be able to choose, there are so many cute desgns.
I found these over on the Sandra Singh website, HERE
Lookie what she made: Bohemian Lampshade
Check out this Bohemian lampshade cover that Laura from About Goodness made! It’s a gorgeous mix of fabric and lace and knitted panels. After you’re done drooling over the photos of her project, she gives some tips and tricks if … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a reusable wet pad for a Swiffer
I love using my Swiffer mop for quick clean-ups. (Because at my house, “quick” is the only kind of clean-up that happens!) But what I don’t love are the throw-away pads that go on my Swiffer. Kathy from Sew, Create, … Read More...
Tutorial: Chair Bag for a child’s school desk
Tonya from The Crafty Mummy created a fabric bag that hangs on the back of her child’s chair at school. The large pouches are widely used by schools (including my daughter’s) as a way to store books and papers and … Read More...
Quilt crush at Laughing Duck
The talented blogger at Laughing Duck is celebrating having this quilt, Sunshine on a Cloudy Day, accepted in the Pacific International Quilt Festival and Show. Of course it did. Go HERE to congratulate her.
Image credit: Laughing Duck
Monkey Do is swooning
Katy at Monkey Do (formerly I’m a Ginger Monkey) is showing off her finished quilt top she made as part of The Swoon Along event. Along with photos of her finish, she posts a photo mosaic of her current fave … Read More...
Tutorial: Embroidered Felted Heart Ornament
Angel is part of the two mama team of “Stumbles & Stitches” and they both live in Nashville TN. Today, Angel is sharing a fun, easy needle felted project her “Embroidered, Felted, Heart, Ornament” that combines two of her favorite … Read More...
Tutorial: Lightening Zig Zags quilt
Jenn at Jenn of all Trades shows how she made this doll-size baby quilt on her blog. She said her directions can be adapted for a larger quilt depending on the size you cut your squares. She did a great … Read More...