Elvi at LoLovie shares her tutorial for how to turn ordinary fabric scraps into this fabulous necklace. Take a look at LoLovie and learn how you can craft a fab fiber necklace of your own!
New Release: Savvy Stamps
Look at all the cute new Spring stamps from Savvy, adorable. You can find them all over here at Impress.
-Heather
Free Pattern for Easy Felted Crochet Spring Flower Garland Scarf Decoration
Shannon Dzikas of art yarn vintage is sharing this pretty and fun spring scarf or you can use it as a decoration. Shannon tells us that this is one of her favorite projects to make and they sell quickly on … Read More...
Have An Avo
We all know the saying “An Apple A Day Keeps The Dentist Away”, but it’s not just Granny Smiths that keep our health and appearance in tip top shape.
I am a firm believer that if you want nice skin … Read More...
Girl Scout Cookie Pops. Actual Girl Scouts.
I had to make that clarification, because when I saw the description in my inbox, I just naturally assumed these would be a homemade version of Girl Scout cookies. No. They are actual Girl Scouts. Made out of Nilla Wafers… Read More...
Girl Scout Cookie Inspired Cupcakes
And now two more in a row, this time celebrating the Girl Scouts (I just bought my boxes, have you bought yours?). First up: D.I.Y. Louisville’s Girl Scout inspired cupcakes. Find a recipe for Tag a Long cupcakes topped, … Read More...
Inspiration du jour: Lily’s Bee Blocks
I found this Bee Blocks quilt block (aka eye candy) at Lily’s Quilts Flickr. I love her mad crazy skills at creating unique eye-catching modern quilt blocks. Go straight to the Bee Blocks slide show and be inspired.
Looking … Read More...
How to make a recycled lampshade hair bow holder
This great idea sent in by Rebecca of the blog Happy Baby Designs for recycling a lampshade into a cute way to store, display and organize hair bows. See her great tutorial on how to make a recycled lampshade hair … Read More...
Free pattern: For the Habitat collection
I am mad about Jay McCarroll’s latest fabric collection Habitat for Free Spirit. Go see what I’m loving, visit the Free Spirit Habitat Swatch Gallery. But that’s not all, while you’re there you can download the Free Spirit quilt … Read More...
Travel: Tour England with Joe the Quilter
Quilter and *author Joe Cunningham of Joe the Quilter is leading a tour in England August 6-14, 2011. Of the 8 days traipsing across the country he says, It is the most fun any quilter could have. I bet so. … Read More...
Tutorial: Envelope clutch purse with ruffles
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy guest blogs at The Girl Creative with a tutorial showing how to make an envelope clutch with ruffles. I love this!! The ruffles peeking out of the envelope flaps reminds me of a ruffle bustle … Read More...
One More for Dr. Seuss….
As promised, the last one after-the-fact. I just got this submission today: Cat in the Hat marshmallow pops and green eggs and ham cupcake toppers made from candy. So easy and perfect, I had to post this one, too. Find … Read More...
Sneetch Dr Seuss Cupcakes
Yikes, two more Dr. Seuss submissions that are too good not to post, even though I missed them for his birthday yesterday. See? I told you I got a ton. The first: Check out these fantastic Sneetch S’mores cupcakes HERE … Read More...
Sewing PatternTutorial: Circle skirt onesie dress
Kirstin & Jordan from KojoDesigns and kojobaby share a tutorial on their blog showing how to create a circle skirt onesie dress. The skirt is sewn on to the onesie, so it still functions as a onesie while looking like … Read More...
Tutorial: Rodeo chaps for kids’ dress-up
Nikki from Lilybug Designs shows how to make a pair of rodeo chaps for kids’ dress-up. She used her daughter’s jeans as a pattern, and made them from a faux cowhide so they look like Woody’s from Toy Story. Sooo … Read More...
Tutorial: Lucky Charm St. Patrick’s day tee
Amy from Naptime Crafters shows how to make a cute “lucky charm” t-shirt for St. Patrick’s Day. It’s made with a combination of applique and freezer paper stencil. Get the tute.
[photo from Naptime Crafters]
4-Patch pincushions
These tiny pincushions are crazy cute. Creator Karen Barbé used a 4-patch design in happy colors. See her blog post Pincushions.
Looking for more pin cushion patterns? Check out these quilting patterns on Etsy.
Tutorial: Zippered lanyard pouch
Sarah from Sweet Pea and Jojo shows how to make her Helen Lanyard Pouch. The pouch is named after her mother, a busy teacher always going this way and that, and who needed an easy way to keep up with … Read More...
Fire and Glass Spring Giveaway!
Deborah is giving away another beautiful lampwork and seed bead bracelet! Head over to Fire and Glass for your chance to win this delicate, spring beauty. Deborah’s choice of beads for this piece reminds me of the first flowers of … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a Simple Tassel
Learn how to make a simple tassel for embellishing scrapbook pages and projects. This tutorial comes from Cate Holst at A Work in Progress.
Click here to go to the tutorial.