Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how to make a pair of little gir’s Casual Summer Baggies, a longish pair of loose-fitting shorts. They’re both practical and cute! A simple foldover knit waistband is easy to construct and comfortable to … Read More...
Free cross-stitch charts
Inspiration: Patchwork Hippie Jacket
Check out this eBay auction item from a Swedish seller – a patchwork hippie dress jacket I found at Wearable Art Pinterest. Quilters, if you have any ambition to sew a garment, why not take a blouse or light … Read More...
Scrap Your Stash | Fabric key chains
Jen from Craftiness is not Optional guest blogs in the Scrap Your Stash series at Living with Punks with a tutorial showing how to make key chains from your fabric scraps. Get the tutorial.
Happy 4th of July from IQF, a Lone Star quilt
From the International Quilt Festival Corporate Collection, they wish everyone a great 4th of July weekend. Read more about the quilt on their Facebook page.
Looking for more 4th of July quilting patterns? Check these out on Etsy and … Read More...
Colour de Verre Workshops at D&L Art Glass Supply
This sounds like so much fun!! I love the Colour de Verre molds. They make glass casting easy and fun. Just fill with frit and fire it in your kiln. And they make so many cool molds. Many options. Well … Read More...
Free blackwork pattern book
Ensamplario Atlantio: Being a Collection of Filling Patterns Suitable for Blackwork Embroidery by Ianthe d’Averoigne is available as a free download from String or Nothing. She says,
… Read More...The entire thing is 40 pages long, with 35 plates of designs
Tutorial: Lined basket from an old Easter basket
Would you believe that this lined basket started out as an Easter basket? You know, the cheapy multicolored ones with the super tall handles? Jayna from Bellabyte and Behind the Studio shows how she transformed the inexpensive basket with a … Read More...
Tutorial: Too Cute Apron
Karen from Sew Much 2 Luv shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her Too Cute Apron. I love how she mixed and matched the fabric prints! The different colors and patterns make this look like a … Read More...
Custom Sparkler Holders+ Weddings
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Super Simple Sleeveless Dress for girls
Kirstin & Jordan from KojoDesigns and kojobaby shares a tutorial on their blog showing how to make a girl’s Super Simple Sleeveless Dress. You can leave it plain, or add a fun embellishment or applique. Get the how-to.
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Needle felting tutorial for eyes, fangs and hair!
Many times we see a stuffed doll or monster, in this case and wonder how it got from looking rather plain too having an expressive face. Once you visit Jennifer of “Jennifercarson’s Blog” and see her step-by-step tutorial for doll … Read More...
{Wedding Details} Sparklers!
I still remember how magical it was to light a sparkler on a warm summer evening and write my name in the air, so when I spotted this post on Postcards & Pretties featuring sparklers at weddings, I couldn’t wait … Read More...
Freebie: Daffodil Digital Stamp
Click here to download this cute as can be daffodil flower digital stamp for free from Stamps and Smiles.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to download our digital stamps. Make … Read More...
Stephanie Japel’s Fit Your Knits
Stephanie Japel
- Award Winning Knitwear Designer
- Author of Glam Knits & Fitted Knits
You’ve found the perfect sweater pattern and even bought the perfect yarn. Before you spend days, weeks, or even months knitting the sweater just to find that … Read More...
Learn the prick-and-pounce transfer technique
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread offers a detailed tutorial for the prick-and-pounce method of transferring an embroidery design to fabric. See her post.
Stitch a bookish gnome
These precious gnome bookmarks by Kimara of Wee Folk Art are perfect as watercolor cutouts. But wouldn’t the designs also make great embroidery patterns! Go to Kimara’s post for the pattern link (and paper tute). Please remember that the free … Read More...
Polymer Clay in Canada
Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians! My Canada Day will be spent at the local agricultural fair followed by fireworks.
The canes above are some slice canes I made for a previous Canada Day. They made thousands of little … Read More...
CQ doorknob dangles
Pam of Pamela Kellogg’s Kitty & Me Designs has transformed some of her crazy-quilted creations into door pillows–pretty little puffs to dangle from a doorknob. Make your own. Or go to Pam’s post for a link to purchase hers… Read More...
Blackwork’s cousin Kasuti
Hannah of enbrouderie introduces us to another ethnic stitching tradition. She says,
Kasuti is a type of embroidery from Karnataka, India. Like blackwork, it is geometric and worked in double running stitch. However, it is traditionally very brightly colored.