Lowri from Papervine shares a tutorial for making these folded mini books. They are made entirely from paper! Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial: Make skinny jeans from bootcut or straight leg jeans
If you have a pair of straight-leg or bootcut jeans, you can easily turn them into a pair of trendy skinny jeans. Jenilyn from Grits & Giggles shows how to do it. She uses a pair of skinny jeans that … Read More...
Tutorial: Design and print your own fabric labels
If you’ve taken the time to make a special handmade item, why not let everyone know who made it? Roslyn from Sew Delicious shows how you can design & print your own labels using t-shirt transfer paper
and ribbon. You … Read More...
Little Birdie Freebie
Love Letter Cross Stitch Motif
Pinhead Stitch Variation Tutorial
Sewing Tutorial: Sweater refasion with romantic flaire (and flare)
Sachiko from Tea Rose Company and Tea Rose Home shows how to refashion a plain pullover sweater into one with romantic flair (and flare). She adds contrast gores to the bottom of the sweater to give it a looser fit. … Read More...
Tutorial: Nusing straps that turn any blanket into a nursing cover
Cheri from I Am Momma Hear Me Roar guest blogs in the Nesting series at Delia Creates with a tutorial showing how to make a nursing strap. What is a nursing strap? Why, it’s a handy little fabric strap wit … Read More...
Free pattern: Little girl’s Mini-Me blouse with Peter Pan collar
Citra from Innocentia guest blogs at Prudent Baby with a free pattern and tutorial for making her Mini-Me top for little girls. With a collar, button placket, and front pocket, this is such a classic style! It would be cute … Read More...
Technique: Stamping on Clay
Tha gals over at Paper Craft Connections share tips and ideas for stamping on clay and making some lovely ornaments.
-Heather
Joetta Maue reviews Susan Lenz
I can’t believe I’m just now seeing this! Joetta Maue has posted an awesome review of the work of Susan Lenz on the Textile Arts Center blog. Faves colliding again! Check it out.
Tutorial | Make Your Own Misting Stencil
Tami Taylor from Get it Scrapped shows you how to make a customised stencil for misting and painting. Supplies you’ll need include a transparency and a craft knife. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Valentine’s Breakfast – Conversation Heart Toast
I see conversation heart candies everywhere. But this is the first time I’ve seen them as toast. Have conversation hearts for breakfast with these how-tos for making conversation heart toast HERE at Hungry Happenings.
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Larkin rises to a bead-embroidery challenge
Wow. Larkin of Bemused, Boggled, and Bedazzled created this jewelry box in response to a challenge from Bead Design Studio magazine. She says,
… Read More...We were each provided with a ceramic “cabochon” and four coordinating “lentils” as the start of our
Free Printable | Valentine Mini Cards
Keeping it Indie is sharing these adorable printable mini Valentine’s cards with matching envelopes. There are so many applications for these! Click here to go to the download.
What’s the Weirdest Thing You’ve Crocheted With?
Since you can crochet with anything you can wrap around a hook, we have many choices to crochet with. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve crocheted with? I’ve used plastic grocery sacks, plastic newspaper sleeves, horribly rough old Aunt Lydia’s rug … Read More...
Win Home Sweet Home
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread is giving away a copy of Home Sweet Home: An Embroidered Workbox by Carolyn Pearce. Go to Mary’s blog post to enter before February 1.
Freebie | Valentine’s Day Mad Libs
Breanna over at Dollar Store Mom is sharing this Valentine’s version of Mad Libs that she came up with. She includes suggestions on how you can use it with your kids, and even how they can use it over and … Read More...
Crafting in the Rain: Duck Tape Covered Boots
I saw this great tutorial for revamping some old boots from Crafting in the Rain on blogher.com yesterday. She turned some boring old black boots into cute new stylish boots with some 3$ duct tape!
See the post here: Crafting … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Gotcha
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