Here’s a great stash busting project: a clothespin wreath! You can make this with your paper scraps. Click here to go to the tutorial on Vintage Umbrella.
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Making Textured Buttons
Since I’ve been doing a bunch of this lately – part of the reason for the texture kick the last couple of weeks – here’s a tutorial from KnittingDragonflies for making textured buttons. You could totally use a texture … Read More...
Winner of Tanya Whelan’s Sew What You Love and Sugar Hill fabric
The winner of a copy of Tanya Whelan’s Sew What You Love, along with a stack of 6 fat quarters from her gorgeous Sugar Hill fabric line is none other than…
…commenter # 66, Deb from Two Cheeky Monkeys… Read More...
Wedding Votive Decorating Ideas
Here’s a video with some fun and inexpensive ways to decorate wedding votives using ribbons, wired roses and trinkets. Personalized candles created with some sort of glitter pen would also make pretty wedding favors. If you have a wedding coming … Read More...
Roundup of Valentine’s Sweets for Kids
And I’m not just sharing this roundup because yours truly is including in the mix… Find a collection of 10 cute sweets kids can make (or can make with grown-ups, or can just enjoy) HERE at lilsugar.
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Tutorial: Pajama pants for babies and kids
Dana from MADE shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of pajama pants for babies and kids. She includes a pattern for pants in size 2T-3T, but she also explains how you can create your … Read More...
Felted ring bowl tutorial
Marigold is from a little blog called Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! Marigold is the very first guest blogger on Felt-o-rama. She has a tutorial for this darling needle felted bowl. Marigold points out: “that these bowls make great gifts for … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt popcorn softie
Did you know that today is National Popcorn Day? I had no idea such a day even existed. Katie from Punk Projects created this fun popcorn softie in recognition of National Popcorn Day. Aside from the whimsy of a felt … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled vase skirt tied with a bow
Sew4Home shows how to make a ruffled skirt to wrap around a plain vase to turn it into a beautiful accent piece. The gathers around the top are reminiscent of the tissue paper wrap from a florist. A strip of … Read More...
Project: Jane Austen Card and Bookmark
I adore all things Jane Austen, books, movies, you name it! So I was thrilled to see a brand new clear stamp set from Papertrey Ink called Simply Jane, with quotes and Regency style silhouettes, it’s a really lovely … Read More...
Nitpicking stabilizer
When you stitch through stabilizer and stretchy fabric, how far do you need to go in removing the stabilizer afterward? Wendi Gratz has recommendations. See her blog post.
Too cute wire deer
Nina sent in a link to this post at Stone Wood Grass that features a charming little deer made from a scrap of wire. Just thought it was too cute not to share!
Share your tatty ideas
Heather of Tatted Treasures would like to have your input. She says,
… Read More...I’m getting ready for Citizen Schools, and the next step is the apprenticeship fair. I’ve got 5 minutes to inspire a bunch of 13-year-olds to want to learn
Free pattern: Prim valentine
Deborah of Woolen Sails shares a sweet prim doodle for your valentine pleasure. Go to her post for the link to the free pattern.
Tutorial: Emma dress with asymmetrical button bodice
Jess from Bits for Babyand Craftiness Is Not Optional shares a 3-part sew-along showing how to make her Emma dress for little girls. This is such a sweet dress!! It has the classic lines of a little girl’s dress … Read More...
Tutorial: Handkerchief Hem Bandana Skirt for little girls
Dawn from Designed by Dawn Nicole shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Handkerchief Hem Bandana Skirt for sweet little girls. The skirt is made from two bandanas, and the waistband from a length of wide … Read More...
TAFA goes live
The new site of the Textile and Fiber Art List is live!!! Dash over there now and take a tour!
Tutorial: Fabric headband
Head over to Able To Sleep to find out how to make a fabric headband. A fabric headband won’t pinch in to your head the way that plastic or metal headbands often do. A bit of elastic at the bottom … Read More...
