Learn how to make beetroot powder to add a little love to homemade pasta HERE at Ninas Kleiner Food-Blog.
Make your own cardboard and fabric dress form
If you’re someone who loves sewing, creating your own dress form can be a game-changer. A dress form is an essential tool for any sewer, as it helps to ensure that the clothes you make fit properly. However, dress … Read More...
Tutorial | From Flat to Frilly Flower Embellishment
Jennifer Priest from Hydrangea Hippo shares how to take three flat mulberry flowers and turn them into a frilly flower embellishment. Now I know what to do with all the flowers I’ve been collecting! Click here to go to … Read More...
Halloween Candle Cover Tutorial
Monica shared this creative and inexpensive Halloween candle cover tutorial on Monica Wants It All.
She’s sensible because she’s preparing her holiday décor ahead of time! She used a Silhouette SD, but I’m thinking you could use stencils and scissors … Read More...
Tutorial: Sock cow softie
Regena from The Distracted Domestic guest blogs at Punk Projects with a tutorial showing how to make a sock cow softie. She’s a relative of the classic sock monkey. Cute!! Get the tute.
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? … Read More...
Tutorial: Polka-Dotted Ruffled Top
Jill from Made It On Monday shows how to make her Polka-Dotted Ruffled Top. This is such a pretty top! The yoke of the polka-dotted top is trimmed with a ruffle edged with black bias trim that really pops. Get … Read More...
Weekly giveaway winners
In case you can’t easily see the details in the image above, this week’s giveaway winners are
- Love embroidery kit, #49 of 77 comments, michelle
- Bella doll kit, #49 of 91 comments, meri
- Felt ornament kit, #50 of 99 comments,
Tutorial: Simple t-shirt for an 18″ doll
Jen from New Green Mama shares a free pattern and tutorial for making a t-shirt for an 18″ doll. Her pattern is simple and easily constructed, perfect for a bit of doll-sized embellishment! I love the strips of gathered fabric … Read More...
Knit Your Own Gnome
Giveaway: Perle cotton
Check out the awesome giveaway over on Janet Perry‘s Nuts About Needlepoint. She says,
… Read More...I have a big bag of perle cotton in full skeins to give away. There are 32 skeins of #5 in many different colors
Buttonhole in crewel
Kim of a dork with a needle gives us a close-up look at some uses of buttonhole stitch in crewelwork. A slight variation in thread weight or length or width of stitch produces dramatically different textures. See her beautiful, photo-filled … Read More...
Lentil stitch in context
What became of Nat‘s improvised lentil stitches. This! Oh, my goodness. I can’t stop looking at this work, and it’s not even finished yet. See more at her the smallest forest blog post.
Books that beg for your art
Cat of Baumcat created these fabric books of quilted muslin. So freakin gorgeous and inviting. She says, “Textile artists will know what to do with my books.” Yes, indeed. See more and get the Etsy link from her blog post… Read More...
Stitch with Iviva!
Learn to stitch with needleartist Iviva Olenick! She’ll be teaching live classes in New York City in September, October, and November. Get all the details from her blog post.
New lace videos
Tutorial: Simple sheath dress for little girls
Jess from Bits for Baby and Craftiness Is Not Optional guest blogs over at Project Run and Play with a tutorial showing how to make a simple sheath dress for little girls. It’s made from a solid fabric and trimmed … Read More...
Review – Metallic Thread
Tutorial, The Makings of a Superhero
Marcie lives in their renovated house in the Hudson Valley with her hubby and children. She is a nature lover, gardener and a sewer and general fixer of anything made of fabric. Now she has a wonderful tutorial “The Making … Read More...
Free Stitcher’s Alphabet from Brookes Bookes Publishing
Brookes Books has a lovely set of alphabets going – they are up to the letter S right this moment. They are not only lovely, they are FREE. Check out more free charts on the Brookes Books Freebies Page.
Read all about it: Sewing with quilted fabric
With fall approaching, many of us are starting to think about sewing cold-weather garments. One way to add warmth to a garment (particularly a jacket or vest) is by using quilteed fabric. Roubidou shares some tips for sewing with quilted … Read More...