Lindsay from The Cottage Mama and The Cottage Home guest blogs at No Big Dill with a tutorial showing how she created the beautiful bodice on her Jane dress. Her dress was inspired by the class Dick and Jane books, … Read More...
Free pattern: Doorstop Bunny
You can find a free pattern and tutorial for making this cute little bunny doorstop over at Wee Folk Art. Look at his little heart nose, and those big bunny ears! Get the pattern and tutorial.
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Free Felted Sweater Mice tutorial
How darling are these little mice? I think they are the cutest. This tutorial comes from Marcie of “Mossy”! She tells us; think of how much your small people frequently like playing with small friends. Dollhouse people, finger puppets, Lego … Read More...
MADE: Spring is here! Paper Butterfly Sanctuary
I love how this butterfly construction paper craft came out! My boy just did something like this in his preschool and I was so sad that I didn’t get to bring his dragonflies home. I guess I need to get … Read More...
Inspiration: Checkout Girl
I’m loving these “multi-hoop experiments” by Melissa Crowe (Checkout Girl). Visit her blog.
DIY Watercolor Ribbon Wands
Send the bride and groom off in style with these festive watercolor ribbon wands! I created a quick and easy tutorial for the May Arts Design Team. Click here to view the full tutorial or visit my blog Serendipity … Read More...
Tutorial: Satin-stitched dots
I avoid embroidering dots. I’ve always thought they were just too hard. But afte reading Mary Corbet‘s tutorial, I’m willing to give them a try. I want a bit of this gorgeousness in my hoop! If you’d like to … Read More...
April Fools Day Food
Find a roundup of fake-out foods HERE at The Food Network, including cinnamon sugar stick fries with a strawberry dip, crab cake fried ice cream, and banana pudding cake lasagna. Spotted on Gordon Gossip.
The Royal Wedding Baker
No wonder Prince William and Kate chose (or rather, whomever is planning The Royal Wedding chose) the Welsh National Culinary Team as one of their wedding bakers. Check out their work HERE at yahoo! Shine.
Learn some new needlepoint stitches
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, has posted new free stitch journal pages for diamond ray stitch (top) and horizontal brick stitch. Go to her blog post for the links to these rockin stitch aides.
Chicago Zine Fest – Starts This Friday
The Chicago Zine Fest is an independent event creating an outlet for small press and independent publishers to showcase their work. Our goal is to make DIY zine-making accessible, highlight the talents of self-published artists, and give independent artists a … Read More...
New old charts
Ramzi‘s Free Pattern Maker site has received three uploads recently of vintage Sajou pattern books:
(1) Sajou No. 290 (8 pages of designs)
(2) Sajou No. 664 (4 alphabets)
(3) Sajou No. 603 (3 alphabets)
Big sale at Stofnest!
Ria of Stofnest is having a spring-cleaning sale. You can buy any 10 PDF patterns from her website for just 10 Euros. Go to her blog post for the link.
Better Living Through Sewing
There are a ton of ways you can learn to sew.
Better Living Through Sewing is one place in the East Bay. She offers classes on patterns, basics, and more advanced topics
Better Living Through Sewing.
Giveaway and review of Cloth Paper Scissors: Studios
I have another National Craft Month fun giveaway for you today. Leave a comment in today’s post by Midnight Wednesday March 30, 2011 and you are entered to win a copy of the eye-candy filled Cloth Paper Scissors Studios Spring … Read More...
Tutorial: Machine-embroidered tea towels
Colleen of The Magic Bean guest-posted a tutorial on The Crafters File Box for these awesome machine-embroidered tea towels. She made this set as a gift for her mother, but I think they’d be appropriate for any queenly woman in … Read More...
Pirate Party Inspiration
The blog at tiny prints has amassed a great collection of pirate party ideas HERE, including rice kripsie pirate pops, cupcakes, treasure chest favors, and a cake.
Baseball Table
This is a cool project. You’ll definitely want to go take a look at this one. Tonya took an old baseball bat and repurposed a little garden table and came up with this vintage looking baseball table. Make sure to … Read More...
Potting Bench Makeover
Tracy’s husband made this potting bench for her several years ago. Last year she thought about painting it, but decided not to for fear she wouldn’t be happy with it. Just recently she gave it an awesome makeover using a … Read More...
Wedding Cake Gallery
This trio of Spring Wedding Cakes is just a sprinkling of the sweet inspiration found in the cake gallery at Perfect Wedding Day! With themes ranging from modern to retro to whimsical, there’s sure to be something … Read More...