You have got to take a trip over to Cintia’s, “My Poppet blog”, not just for this needle felting tutorial but for all the fun things she writes about and creates. I love the way her blog looks and is … Read More...
New Release: Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamps
Crafty Secrets has just released 12 wonderful new Clear Art Stamp sets, with themes like fairies, frames, bees, sports, lave and more. I love the vintage feel of these sets! Find the stamps here at the website and pop by… Read More...
Winner of the Patchwork Rose Zippered Bag online class with Bari J. Ackerman
I don’t know about you, but the color combos you guys submitted as entries to the giveaway for the Patchwork Rose Zippered Bag class with Bari J. Ackerman have me totally inspired! I want to drop every bit of laundry … Read More...
50 Ways to Re-purpose and Reuse Glass Jars
This is a really excellent roundup of things to do with empty glass jars compiled by Under the Table Dreaming.
Free tatting pattern: Rose Window
Jon Yusoff of Tat-a-Renda shares the pattern for her beautiful design, Rose Window. Go to her blog post for the link to the pattern.
Art and technology converge
Check out this astonishing work by Icelandic designer Thorunn Arnadottir, who incorporates QR codes into beadwork. QR codes are similar to the bar codes used to identify products but can encode more complex information. They can be read by … Read More...
Giveaway: Floss and pattern
Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls is giving away this bundle of skeins of embroidery floss and the Book Club pattern shown here. Go to her blog post to enter. A deadline isn’t given, so you’d best hurry.
Tutorial: Hearts for your tree
Remember the Tree of Hearts by Astrid of Red Red Completely Red? In thanks for the heartfelt responses to her post, Astrid has posted a tute showing us how to make her little heart-pocket ornaments. Go to her tutorial… Read More...
Tutorial: Keyhole Dress for toddler girls
Toni from Sugar Tart Crafts guest blogs at Me Sew Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make her Keyhole Dress for toddler girls. This is such a pretty dress!! It’s a classic round neck sleeveless dress with a gathered … Read More...
Artist video: Salley Mavor
See needle artist Sally Mavor in her own studio habitat, hear her talk about her work, and see the development of the fabric relief picture, Rabbitat. Go to the video.
Tutorial: Cap Sleeve Blouse
Sweet Verbena shares a tutorial for making her pretty Cap Sleeve Blouse. It’s nice paired with jeans (as shown) but it could also go dressy tucked into a pencil skirt. She recommends making it from a lightweight fabric, such as … Read More...
Tutorial: The Anti-Diaper Bag
Larissa from Just Another Day In Paradise shares a pair of tutorials showing how to make an Anti-Diaper Bag. No, this doesn’t mean she’s carting her babies around bare bottomed. It just means that she takes a more pared down … Read More...
Happee Birthdae Harry
I think the vast majority of us Harry Potter fans feel significant sadness at the end of the road, be it the final book or movie. So I felt comparable pangs of nostalgia when Diamonds for Dessert took me back … Read More...
Tutorial: Use a loop turner to turn fabric tubes right side out
Jill from Made It On Monday demonstrates how to use one of her favorite sewing tools – a loop turner. If you’ve ever had to turn a long skinny tube right side out, you’ll appreciate the time (and sanity) saving … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrap fabric table runner
Head over to Crafting a Green World to find out how to piece your fabric scraps together to make a colorful table runner. Don’t worry if your scraps aren’t perfectly color-coordinated with each other. The randomness of color and pattern … Read More...
Free cross-stitch charts
Revamp a File Cabinet with Spray Paint
Give an old filing cabinet new life with a can of spray paint and some creativity. Heather from Dollar Store Crafts used some Krylon spray paint and was also inspired by some blueprint art to create this fun and funky … Read More...
Ideas for Redesigning the Food Label
I do believe the Food and Drug Administration, considering a redesign of the food labels found on food in the US, would benefit from checking out the submissions to the redesign the food label contest hosted by Good. … Read More...
Rice Krispies Treat Pinwheels
Remember this uber-cool lemonade stand I posted about a few days back? Learn to make those Rice Krispies pinwheels HERE at Cute as a Fox. I have such a thing for pinwheels and stuff on sticks. (I know, I … Read More...
Chicken Stuffed Waffles. But they are on a Stick.
I know I rarely post on straight recipes that aren’t somehow crafted into something else, like a pig or a posy, but these are on a stick. So I had to. And chicken-stuffed waffles? Too interesting not to investigate and … Read More...