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The Center for Metal Arts is having a four-day conference on fold forming July 21-24 in downstate New York. Charles Lewton-Brain will lead two days of demonstration and two days of hands on learning.
If you aren’t familiar with Charles, … Read More...
The July edition of Creativity Prompts from A Matter of Memories is now available. It includes several pages of scrapbooking ideas like prompts taken from the calendar, design, color schemes, sketches and more. Click here to go to the download.
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This article shows you how you can treat your vaginal odour yourself at home. These basic supplies will help you to clean and keep your vagina smelling better and not gross or bad. Vaginal odor is very common so don’t … Read More...
If you’re familiar with Toots Zynsky’s glass you’ll really enjoy watching this video. You’ll get to see her process of creating her incredible glass art. She builds her work with stringers…thin strings of glass that she pulls herself and then … Read More...
Following right after Canada Day is Independence Day in the US. Just try to get anything done at work that week if your company does business mostly across the border and they fall on weekdays. Hummingbird Miniature has an adorable … Read More...
Bob Sherman, experienced candle maker and author of Candle Making – A Step By Step Guide From Beginner To Expert is offering a free course on candle making. It covers basic candle making techniques with easy to follow instructions.
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Scissors and Spice shows how to use fusible webbing to make a special appliqued birthday t-shirt for a child, no sewing required. (If you wanted to make sure the edges of the applique stay put when washed, it’s easy enough … Read More...
Flora from Frills and Flares shares a multi-part tutorial showing how to make a tie-front baby dress. The little dress is so sweet in its simplicity! She shows how to draft the pattern, then breaks the sewing up into three … Read More...
Michelle from Daydream Believers shares a tutorial showing how to add rows of ruffles to a diaper cover to turn it into Ruffle Bloomers. These would look so cute peeking out of the bottom of a baby or toddler dress! … Read More...
Mel from Mel Designs shares a tutorial on her blog for using fabric scraps and Tulip’s Beads in a Bottle to create an embellished t-shirt. The fabric squares create a mosaic background, with the Beads in a Bottle adding texture … Read More...
This is such a fun idea for your kids. Create a sandbox with a beach feel. Add a canopy and a kiddie pool and your child will have his/her own little beach haven. See how they did at at Wray … Read More...
Casey from Elegant Musings guest blogs in the Fun in the Sun[Dress] series at iCandy Handmade with a tutorial for making her Lavender Fields sundress. It’s actually refashioned from a frumpy thrift store find. Though you probably won’t find a … Read More...
Jen from My Own Road shows how to turn a button-down shirt into her Tuxedo Pillow, named so because of the button placket and ruffles running down the center. The striped fabric is perfect for this design! The tutorial is … Read More...
Who knew that startfruit was so patriotic! Stamping using fruits and vegetables can be such a great project with your children. Check out this Fourth of July Craft over at Alpha Mom.
Looking for 4th of July decorations? Check … Read More...
Julia Stainton shares a fun background technique using stamping inks and stencils. Visit Ellen Hutson’s blog for detailed instructions.
-Heather
Julie Kundhi from julie-k created fabric tags that she sewed on to her daughter’s favorite stuffed animals. They serve as permantently attached ID tags that will help Puppy and Gnocchi (the stuffed dog and cat) make their way back home … Read More...
Sophie from Roubidou shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to turn a button-down shirt into an itty bitty onesie. This is SUCH a great idea!! You can make them for boys or for girls, depending on the … Read More...
I’ve run across some interesting ways to store yarn and some appealing ways to corral those skeins and balls while we’re using them. If you’ve got ideas other than these, please and kindly with sugar on top, share with us!… Read More...
