Willow Would shows how to make a simple camera strap cover. It’s a quick and easy project, perfect for a beginner sewist. It takes just two strips of fabric and few seams to make one. Her strips were from a … Read More...
Tutorial: Detachable Coat Skirt
Camilla from Rosy Red Buttons shows how to create a detachable coat skirt. The skirt attaches to the inside of your coat with hook and eye, and peeks out from the bottom. It lends a more romantic, feminine look to … Read More...
Project: Make a Box from Die Cuts
What a wonderful idea this is, turning die cuts into a box! Visit the Crafting the Web blog and let Therea show you how she made this lovely spring box using Spellbinders dies, she also made a matching card.
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Tutorial: Sunkissed ruffled aprons
LeAnne from Everyday Celebrations shares a tutorial at the Moda Bake Shop showing how to make her Sunkissed ruffled aprons. The rows scrappy ruffles are made from the 10″ squares you can get in a Layer Cake of precut fabric, … Read More...
Tutorial: Roll-up chalkboard and dry erase drawing mat
Sarah from The Split Stitch shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a roll-up chalkboard and dry erase drawing mat. One side is made from chalkcloth, the other from fabric covered in clear vinyl. The dry-erase side has … Read More...
Easter Egg Garland
Tethered 2 Home shares this garland made with egg shapes and ricrac. The shapes were cut using a Cricut machine, but a template is included so that you can sut them by hand. Click here to go to the … Read More...
SWEET STRAWBERRY
In case you need another cute baby/toddler cap, I had to share this one with you. The cap pattern is free on the blog (see link below). Sadly, the adorable toddler doesn’t come with the cap ;-(
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Free cross-stitch charts
There’s something so satisfying about creating something beautiful with your own two hands. If you’re looking for a new crafting project to try, why not give cross-stitching a go? These patterns are perfect for making bookmarks – and they’re a … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric Measuring Tape
The Crafty CPA shows how you can make your own fabric measuring tape for use on scrapbooking projects. All you need is fabric, a Sharpie, number stamps and a ruler. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial: Bingo Accordian Mini
Melissa Thiesse shares how she made an accordion mini from a Bingo Game she found at a dollar store. Click here to go to the tutorial.
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DIY Perfume Locket
Looking for a unique gift for your bridesmaids? Check out a great tutorial for DIY perfume lockets on Glamour and Grace!
6 Fresh Garden Ideas for Spring
I’m posting this in an effort to ward off the cold weather spirits and bring some sun and warmth to southeast Wisconsin! Sheesh, enough already with the temps in the 30’s! I am so itching to plant some herbs and … Read More...
6 DIY Lighting Ideas
I love all of these ideas, but really thing I need to create some sort of cool spin on that umbrella light! Brilliant! If you need a little lighting inspiration, just check out these 6 fabulous ideas.
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Polymer Clay Easter Eggs
This is another kid friendly tutorial from Sculpey. Their tutorial makes the brightly coloured eggs above out of eraser clay which is nifty stuff. I could totally see using your favourite bright clay colours and doing these out of other … Read More...
Tutorial: Hexagon Needle Book
Meg at Monkey Beans made this hexagon needle book. Perfect for the sewist in your life. She shows you how. Go to her tutorial.
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Tutorial: Machine binding a quilt
Nettie at A Quilt is Nice shares her method for attaching binding to a quilt completely by machine. It’s lengthy with lots of great photos. Get the tute.
Tutorial: Easy, Izzy Egg Pillows for Easter
Izzy & Ivy Designs
share a guest tutorial at Sew4Home showing how to make this cute Easter egg pillow, an Easy Izzy Egg! The strips of ric rac and other trim are such a fun detail, and there’s no way … Read More...
Tutorial: Add pockets to an existing garment
How many times have you found “the perfect jacket” only to discover that it has no pockets? The perfect jacket quickly becomes “the almost-perfect jacket”. Natalina on Instructables shows how to add in seam pockets to an existing jacket or … Read More...
Tutorial: Recover an old umbrella to make it gorgeous
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy guest blogs over at Whatever Dee-Dee Wants with a tutorial showing how to give a plain umbrella a spring makeover. She used the frame of an old umbrella, but created a new canopy from pretty … Read More...