Lark books is preparing to publish a new gallery book. You have a chance to get your work included! 500 Beaded Jewelry, to be juried by Lark’s own Ray Hemachandra, will hit shelves Fall 2012 or Spring 2013. The … Read More...
{Tutorial} Napkin Flowers
Who knew napkins could be so versatile and elegant? With a few simple materials and the simple instructions found on the Made blog you’ll be whipping up gorgeous flowers for centerpieces, boutonnieres, favors, and more – all with paper napkins!
Freebies: Dingbats
Dingbat fonts can be nice additions to your digital image library. The Typography blog shares 46 great dingbat fonts that are all free to download. With butterflies, military, animals, swirls, corners and much more, there’s a dingbat here for everyone. … Read More...
Men stitch bisht
Hannah of enbrouderie introduced me to bisht — a type of embroidery on men’s garments by men that is traditional in Saudi Arabia. Beautiful! If this artform is new to you, too, you’ll enjoy her blog post.
Kicking domestic arts up a notch
Abstract designs, needlepoint, organic forms. It must be the work of Japanese needle artist parpi of Cresus Artisinat! What are these little works? Coasters. That’s right. Parpi has a practical side. See more at her blog post.
Thinly veiled truth
I can’t believe I haven’t yet mentioned Susan Lenz‘s latest embroidered installation, I do/I don’t. I was awed by her sheer banners embroidered with text in earlier installation work. The progression to similar treatment of bridal veils is logical … Read More...
Learn punchneedle embroidery
If you’ve been wanting to try punchneedle embroidery (sometimes called needlepunch), DMCThread’s Blog has got your back. A recent post shows you the tools you’ll need, explains the basics, and even provides a video. Go to the post.
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The repurposing of an old spoon rack and a chair into a display rack
Amy of the blog A Nest for All Seasons sent in a link to her post about how she repurposed an “old ugly spoon rack” into a great revamped display and organizing element. And how she turned a chair into … Read More...
Make a matryoshka tooth fairy
Arlyna of Dragon & Phoenix blog designed this adorable matryoshka tooth-fairy pillow, and she’s sharing her pattern with us! Enjoy her blog. Or go directly to the PDF file.
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Tutorial: The Crafty Chica’s Jumbo Tote
Head over to Lark Crafts for a free downloadable tutorial for making The Crafty Chica’s Jumbo Tote out of a pair of scarves. The tutorial is offered as an excerpt from the book crafty chica
Signature Styles. Go to Lark … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Anthro Orimono-inspired pillow
Suzannah from Creative Dressmaking shares a tutorial on her blog, Adventures in Dressmaking, showing how to recreate the look of the popular Orimono pillow design from Anthropologie. The beautiful flower design can be made from the bits of fabric in … Read More...
Tutorial: Maternity t-shirts to little girl skirts
Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she turned her old maternity t-shirts into short gathered skirts for her little girl. This is such a great idea!! Because the bottom is already hemmed … Read More...
Tutorial: Garden Party Frock for little girls
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin guest blogs at Celebrate the Madness with a tutorial showing how to make her Garden Party Frock for little girls. The wrap dress is made with a gathered bodice and a bubble skirt. The gathered … Read More...
Tutorial: Make your tape measure pretty
Katy from Sew Apropos and No Big Dill shows how you can give a plain tape measure a makeover so it looks just as fabulous as the clothes you make with it. Hers is all done up in a bright … Read More...
New Release: Purple Onion Stamps
Purple Onion stamps has some super duper cute new stamps from designer Stephanie Ackerman, pretty flowers, birds, banners and more. Click here to see all the new stamp designs and then be sure to check out their blog for loads … Read More...
Easy butterfly seam treatment
Vivienne of Anlabyhouse blog shows us the simple steps to creating a charming butterfly seam treatment. See her post.
And many thanks to KERRYKATIECAKES for pointing out this find.
Coffee Sleeve Mini Album | Bursts of Creativity
Melissa Thiesse made this coffee themed minibook for a friend using the cardboard coffee sleeves for Starbucks. This is another of her Thrifty Thursday posts. Click here to see more
Mini albums are great little projects for using up scraps, … Read More...
MORE SUMMER FUN
Here’s another fairly simple idea for summer crochet.
http://crochetncrafts.com/summerwrapandkerchief.html
I like the idea of having a little wrap readily available if the A/C or a windy evening leave me with a chill. This would fold up easily and stash in … Read More...
Learn Moorish and corduroy stitch
Get the new, free stitch journal pages for Moorish Stitch and Corduroy Stitch from Cheryl Fall‘s needlepoint blog at About.com. Go to the post.
Free SVG Files | Sunflower and Butterfly
The BeaOriginals sites is back up and they have been posting new SVG files all week. Check out the sunflower file here, and the butterfly file here. Be sure to spend some time checking to see what else they have … Read More...