A big congrats to Julie Shearer, she’s the winner of the Savvy stamps giveaway!! Enjoy your new stamps Julie!
-Heather
ePattern giveaway: Saint Patrick’s Day wall hanging
Sandra at SandrasCraftCorner is hosting a giveaway on her blog for her original design of a Saint Patrick’s Day wall hanging. Here are the particulars:
… Read More...I will be giving away 1 pattern for every 25 Google Connect followers I have
Folding, sorting key to usable sewing space
Sandi from Piecemeal Quilts is a guest blogger at Within a Quarter Inch where she explains how she organizes her stash (aka fabric) so she can find things. She walks you through her method of folding different sizes of fabric … Read More...
Lacey Doily Candle Holder Tutorial
These lacey doily candle holders look so pretty in pastel colors and would be perfect for an Easter craft! As a bonus, they’re so easy that small children could help create them.
To dye the actual votive candle holder, pick … Read More...
Felt Pinked Valentine Heart – A Tutorial
Rachel of “The Rachel Berry Blog” is a wife and mom to 5. She is a Photographer wanna-be, a crafter of all kinds and she loves to decorate on a budget and make her house a home. Today I want … Read More...
Sweet Corn
Many agree their most loved jewelry, though inexpensive, is dear because of its sentimental attachment. Yes, corn can be a sentimental object. Take a look at this sweet, corn necklace Cameron crafted to keep her in-laws close to her heart … Read More...
Tutorial: DIY Seat Sack
Liz Noonan guest blogs at Whip Up with a tutorial showing how to make a seat sack, a small pouch that hangs from the back of a school chair to hold a child’s workbooks and papers. If your child’s school … Read More...
Tutorial: Side shirred shirt refashion
Mandy from Sugar Bee Crafts shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to create her side shirred shirt. She starts with a man’s t-shirt and uses elastic thread to give it the cool ruched circle at the side. Get … Read More...
Pretty patterns – Victory Patterns
Victory patterns has some lovely patterns and you can download them. Yay for instant gratification!
You can look through flickr to see other people’s Victory Patterns creations.
Get the patterns here:
Monkey Going Bananas Valentine’s Day Favors
Hee hee. Find the how-tos for these monkey candy favors for Valentine’s Day and other ideas HERE at Fiskars.
Project: Paper Bag Card
How clever, turn a paper bag into a card! Vaneesa Spencer with Stampington and Co. shows you how.
-Heather
Tutorial: Ruffled heart applique
Becky from The Barefoot Seamstress shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a ruffled heart applique. She added it to a gathered skirt for her little girl to create her Be My Valentine skirt. I bet this … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew Sweetheart Pillowcase
Malia from Yesterday on Tuesday shows how to create her Sweetheart Pillowcase, no sewing required. She starts with a purchased plain white pillowcase and embellishes it with heart appliques from three coordinating prints. Get the tute.
[photo from Yesterday … Read More...
Tutorial: Long ruffled scarf
Sew4Home shows how to make a long ruffled scarf to wrap around your neck and keep it warm. They use a lush velveteen, but this would be a pretty scarf out of any type of fabric. Get the how-to.… Read More...
The picNYC Table
So genius. For those that like to eat on grass, that is. Spotted on swissmiss, the picNYC TABLE was designed by Haiko Cornelissen.
Tutorial: Wired stumpwork elements
Elizabeth Braun of Sew in Love reveals the secrets of creating a wired element for stumpwork. How, for example, do you work a needlelace flower petal that later will be attached to the embroidery as a dimensional object? Sounds tricky, … Read More...
Hurry and win!
Kathy Shaw of Shawkl is celebrating reaching 500 followers by having five awesome giveaways. The prizes: five luscious stitchery books, including the one shown here. You still have time to enter all of the drawings. But hurry! The deadline is … Read More...
Learn Aari embroidery
Anita of artistic fingers has put together a series of tutorials on Aari embroidery, also known as tambour work. If you’d like to know more about this technique, which uses a tiny hook to pull loops of thread to the … Read More...
Pearl purl as bark
LilyStitch stretched and couched pearl purl–a goldwork material–to create the look of bark on her Tree of Hope. The results are appropos and gorgeous. Go to her blog post to see more photos.
Stitch a Monday mini
Don’t miss this week’s Mini Mystery Monday needlepoint project by Laura of Two-Handed Stitcher. Go to her blog post for the chart and instructions.