Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to make her Scrap Buster Pajama Bottoms for little kids. The contrast panel across the top is super cute, but it also allows her to cut the bottoms of the legs out of … Read More...
Tutorial: Stretch knit skirt with pieced stripes
Jill from Ruffles n Such and Made It On Monday shows how to make a stretch knit skirt with big bold stripes running across it. The stripes are pieced from two different colors of knit fabric. I’m loving the black … Read More...
Technique: Snowy Glitter Overlay
Here’s a cool technique to make a stamped image looked covered in snow and glitter. By adhering a dryer sheet and glitter over top the image it looks like this cute guy is standing in a snow storm. Teddy Bo … Read More...
Marketing for Makers e-course
Megan Auman asks are you running a business or pursuing a hobby with your jewelry? Megan is a designer, maker, educator, and entrepreneur who created Designing an MBA to “help designers and makers polish their basic business skills, while also … Read More...
Fancied Up Oreo Cakesters
I believe the award for “quickest, easiest way ever to make a fancy treat” goes to Crissy’s Craft for adding pearl sprinkles to the edges of Oreo Cakesters. That’s it. Perfect for final hour Valentine’s Day dessert planning.
Tips for hiding fabric
You might be a fabriholic if…
If you visit Dena at Threads To Fabric and recognize yourself in any of the tips she shares on hiding fabric. She reprints 50 Ways To Hide Your Fabric by Cindy L. Weyers, published … Read More...
Congratulations to the Laliberi winners!
Congratulations to Maria on her win of the Chiffon Chic kit and stretch headbands. The coiled roses and zipper flowers kits go to Stephanie J! And finally the swirl leaves pendant, dark ruffle bow cuff and ring kits go to … Read More...
Freebie: Just for boys applique
Leave it to the moms of boys to come up with fun, crafty ideas that do justice to their little guy’s perspective. One such mom – Laura Gunn at Paint in My Hair created these boy friendly pillows (shown) with … Read More...
Free pattern: Be kind
Here’s an awesome Friday Freebie from Hudson’s Holidays. Go to the blog post to get the free hand-embroidery pattern.
Groundhog Day Pudding Cups
While I’m not liking the encroaching pressure of Groundhog Day without having had a good winter storm yet here in DC, I do appreciate that Groundhog day treats ideas are popping up everywhere. Make Groundhogs from store-bought cookies–and sitting on … Read More...
Valentine’s Day Fortune Cookies Tutorial
I always love the fortune cookie for Valentine’s Day, weddings and hostess gifts. I want to try this project, but I will have to make them tiny because my take out boxes are tiny. This tutorial comes from Country Woman … Read More...
onomatopoeia
This is what happens when Nat of The Smallest Forest experiments with feather stitch. So gorgeous. Be sure to go to her blog to see the close-ups.
Free patterns: Country hand embroidery
Check out Broderie d’Antan for 15 new country-style embroidery patterns. Go to the blog.
Tutorial: Padding stitches with felt
Mary Corbet walks us through the steps of using felt to pad embroidery stitches. See her Needle ‘n’ Thread blog post.
Planting a Tree
Little Snowman
St. Valentine’s Heart Chart
Learn to make Alma’s beads
Alma Stoller is offering her Handmade Fabric Beads course as an online video workshop with tasty extras such as a Flickr group and Pinterest board for sharing your work. Hurry to register! The course begins January 23. Go to Alma’s … Read More...
Giveaway: Circa 1952 organic fat quarter set from Monaluna
Maureen Cracknell Handmade is giving away a stack of seven fat quarters from Monaluna’s Circa 1952 line. The fabrics are offered by Moona Fabrics They’re 100% organic cotton and are printed with low impact dyes. The retro-themed woodland prints will … Read More...
Tutorial: Elegant leather passport cover
Jenya from Eva Foreva shows how to make a passport cover that is beautiful in its simplicity. Made from leather, it takes just a couple of seasms to sew it together. (If you can’t find real leather, you could also … Read More...