Ryan at I’m Just A Guy Who Quilts kicks off Trendy Tuesday where he will be focusing on some of his favorite trends in the fabric world. Today, he’s taking a look at the color grey. I too like the … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Rachel has quilt published in Stitch
Rachel at Stitched in Color is celebrating having one of her quilts published in the Fall issue of Stitch magazine. Congratulation! She said she submitted 3 quilts total and Alphabet Soup (mockup of the quilt shown) is the one they … Read More...
How to make an upcycled coffee filter flower
OK now this isn’t strictly a “recycled craft” since these coffee filters aren’t used first for filtering coffee, that said I do wonder if you could use recycled ones? Anyone got an opinion on this? Well, if you think this … Read More...
Artist sighting: Susan Lenz
Remember when I told you that Susan Lenz is doing an artist residency in my home state of Arkansas? CraftGossip’s sewing editor, Anne Weaver, and I drove to Hot Springs to meet her last Saturday.
Susan was sitting … Read More...
Flying Felties Tutorial!
Flying Felties are a fun, easy to make toy…great for summer and fall outside play, and for using excess energy in the making and the using! Children as young as three can make these with some assistance. Here is … Read More...
Back to School Crafts “Backpack Monster”
Amanda, our Home and Garden editor has made quite a few back to school crafts over the years. However, she has made most of them for Kaboose during her five years with them, which means the tutorials can’t be reprinted … Read More...
Tutorial: An embroidered GO! Baby pillow
What happens when Accuquilt sends Nicole a GO! Baby fabric cutter to try out? We get a rockin tutorial for cutting and piecing a precious patchwork, embroidering it with an adorable Follow the White Bunny hedgehog image, and assembling … Read More...
Surprise Apple Cupcakes
I’m guessing lots of kids need a little pick-me-up right about now. Check out these clever surprise-inside (I won’t give it away, OK, I will, “seeds” and “worms”) apple cupcakes for back to school from The Nature of Grace. … Read More...
Giveaway at Lime Riot
Lime Riot is celebrating her first blogaversary with an awesome giveaway. She says,
… Read More...I’ll be giving away a Sublime hoop and all of the supplies to make your very own felt hoopla including; a stack of my favorite fancy felt,
Fun with JellO
Go babble with this awesome spread of kid-friendly JellO recipes, including JellO petri dishes and sandcastle JellO and JellO shots. I might have to take back what I said about JellO not being able to overtake cupcakes.
Back to School Marshmallow Pops
Check out these back to school marshmallow pops and real alllll about my daughter’s exciting first day of school in DC (as in, hanging with the Mayor) HERE at my other blog.
Enter Rising Star 2012
Check out this announcement from Country Bumpkin‘s latest webletter:
… Read More...We want to share with you the launch of our International Needlework Competition – Rising Star 2012. In the lead up to Beating Around the Bush 2012 we would
Tutorial: Imperfect Pleated Pillow
Tori from Apostrophy Designs guest blogs in the Pleat Weeks series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to make her Imperfect Pleated Pillow. Don’t let the name fool you – though she says the pleats are “imperfect”, … Read More...
Freebie | CK Fairytale Transparency Font
You can download this free transparency font from Creating Keepsakes here. Also check out their archive of free fonts!
Looking for more fonts? Check these out at Fontbundles.com
Tutorial: Quick and easy no-sew clip-on bowtie for baby boys
Kiki from The Kiki Comin Shoppe and Kiki Creates shares a tutorial showing how to make clip-on bow tie for a baby boy – no sewing required. You can assemble the entire tie with your hot glue gun! She also … Read More...
Tutorial: Sail Away School Dress
Kalleen from At Second Street guest blogs in the Dress Your [School] Girl series at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make her Sail Away School Dress, a back-to-school skirt and matching top with a nautical … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s shift dress with bubble hem
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how to turn an adult-sized button down shirt into a little girl’s shift dress with a bubble hem. The dress is sooo cute, and is inspired by a similar dress from J Crew. The … Read More...
Freebie: Girl Digital Stamp
My Sugar Paper has a sweet girl digi stamp for free on their blog, click here to download.
-Heather
Finding the right marker for colouring skin can be exceptionally hard, with 36 different skin color shades, these skin-toned markers … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a bag from an old blazer
Rebekah from Pantyhose & Potholes shows how she repurposed an old blazer and sweater into this cool new purse. I love this!!! Get the tute.
[photo from Pantyhose & Potholes]
[thank you to Francine, our Scrapbooking editor, … Read More...
Join Dream Rocket’s Kansas show
Jennifer Marsh sent us this announcement from The Dream Rocket project:
… Read More...Students and individuals are welcome to participate in a show happening at the National Art Educator’s Regional Conference in Garden City, Kansas. Conference and display will be from October