1. Miniature Halloween 2010, 2. Miniature Halloween collection, 3. Halloween Bea’s Wees by humbleBea, 4. Miniature Halloween Boxes
Yeah, I’m hooked on minis. My kid would be so proud of me!
Tutorial: How to make and insert cording
Kim from My Go Go Life guest blogs in the Sewing Back To School series at Sew Sweetness with a tutorial showing how to make and insert cording. You can use smaller cording on garments as accent, or larger cording … Read More...
Tutorial: Button Sailor Pants for fall
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy rounds out her daughter’s fall wardrobe with a pair of corduroy pants. They’re a riff on her previously published Button Sailor Pants, but made out of a corduroy. She also added a stripe down the … Read More...
Free stuff from Sew Daily
Sew Daily is offering a few free eBooks right now and seems to have quite a few free tutorials. I decided to go for the eBook on organizing sewing supplies.
Tutorial: Tufted floor cushion with carrying handle
Sew4Home has the how-to for making this tufted floor cushion with a handy carrying handle. It’s cute in a child’s room decor (as shown by their series), but depending on fabric choice it would be also make a nice addition … Read More...
Project: Chipboard Flower Pot Embellishment
Wendy over at Studio 490 shares her steps for using her Art Parts, stamps and Distress Stains for making a cool flower pot accent, click here for her instructions.
-Heather
Nacho Cheese Pops
You know me, always impressed by what foods can fit on a stick. Learn to make Nacho Cheese pops HERE at instructables.
Glam Witch Cupcakes
Plus some bonus hilarity for the day if you read the story of Kristan’s childhood Halloween costume woes. Find glam witch cupcakes HERE at Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.
Drinks and Cocktails Turned to Food
Find a roundup of lots of “drink-related” foods HERE at babble, including beer pancakes,whiskey ice cream and Bloody Mary butter.
Giveaway: Wearable Skirt online sewing course with Jennifer Stern
Check out the new giveaway I just posted out in our Giveaways section! It’s an online sewing course offered by Rick Rack: Thread Therapy for Sewers. Jennifer Stern teaches the course on her Wearable Skirt w/ 3 Ways of Embellishing… Read More...
Newsy: Aneela Hoey’s Little Apples for Moda in stores
It’s out, it’s out; Aneela Hoey’s new fabric collection Little Apples for Moda is in stores. She shows a bit of it on her blog, Comfortstitching. Click HERE to visit her post, Short and Sweet.
Available at the … Read More...
Inspiration: TheCrimsonMoon
I am loving TheCrimsonMoon‘s Vampire Heart pendant. Her bead embroidery is perfection. See more at her blog post.
Cross Stitch Pin Pal
Pie Lattice Crust Cookies
Everything Megan of Not Martha creates is just genius. Yeah, I said it. Not only are these pie lattice-crust cookies divine, but they are practical. Rest them on mugs of hot apple cider. Find the how-tos HERE, and featured … Read More...
Fall Felt Flower Centerpiece & Beautiful Felt Rose Tutorials
It is nice to find wonderful new felting friends that enjoy sharing their talents with us. Rachel of “lines across my face” has is stunning “Fall Felt Flower Centerpiece Tutorial” for us to make. I should say there are two … Read More...
Newsy: Modern Quilting & Sewing Survey at GenQ
Generation Q wants to hear from you! They’ve created a survey to find out some things about the modern quilter/sewist. Click HERE to read Melissa’s great article that includes a link to the Survey.
Editor’s note: I just took … Read More...
Stitch along with Emma
Emma of DMC Thread’s Blog invites you to join her Halloween stitch-along. Go to the blog post for instructions and the free pattern download.
DMC Thread Blog no longer exists please check out DMC’s website directly.
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Winners of H&L’s annual competition
Hand and Lock has announced the winners of the 2011 Hand and Lock Prize for Embroidery. And as always, they are phenomenal. Go to the H&L post for links to galleries of photos of the winners.
How to make recycled Halloween witch shoes
Vintage Camper Decorated Cookies
Oh, camping. I don’t camp. Ever. I hate spiders and not having a bed and not having my white noise machine. But if I could climb inside one of these darling vintage campers, I might be convinced. Find step-by-step instructions … Read More...