Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles takes a look at several royal wedding ensembles of recent history, sharing delicious photos and fascinating details about the lacework, embroidery, and beading involved. Enjoy Susan’s post.
Sewing Pattern: Summer Lovin tee with swoop shoulder yokes
Jess from Craftiness Is Not Optional shows how to make her Summer Lovin tee for little girls. I love the swoop shoulder yokes! The buttoned yokes take the shirt up a notch without being too dressy. I know it’s intended … Read More...
The Queen of England’s Wedding Scones
No really. The actual recipe. Smashed Peas and Carrots discovered this rare treasure, this top secret recipe, this honest to goodness real scone recipe from the Queen herself. See? There’s a scanned, antiquated, mimeographed, once-folded paper with that really old-style … Read More...
Chili Pepper Cake Balls
I’m loving all the Cinco de Mayo goodies this year. Learn how to make chili pepper cake balls HERE at Nikki in Stitches from guest poster Terri of Terri’s Party Treasures.
Technique: Frame Your Stamped Image
Adding a hand drawn frame is a quick and easy way to pull together a stamped card front and add a little something extra. Learn how with a great video from Nicole Heady on her blog. Be sure to … Read More...
Paper Flower Cake Decorations
I adore this idea featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog. It’s budget friendly, DIY and looks gorgeous. Find a tutorial to decorate a bakery cake with paper flowers HERE at the Hostess with the Mostess. (spotted … Read More...
Chips and Salsa… Cookies
For the sweets-lover on Cinco de Mayo: some chips and dip cookie style. Find the how-tos to make lemon poppyseed “tortilla” cookies, strawberry-kiwi “sala” and “guacamole” fruit dip HERE at The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle.
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Make a felt flower with Olivia
You have to fall in love with Olive (Oli) from the “Big Red Hat” She is a gregarious little lady that shows you every step to creating this stunning felt flower. She makes it seem so easy and one of … Read More...
Corona Beer Pops
Perfect for Cinco de Mayo. Or summer. Or a hot Spring. Or a barbeque. Or, well, you get the idea. Make Corona beer popsicles from the always-brilliant Baker’s Royale.
Dinosaur Birthday Party
Debbie from Wants and Wishes submitted the molten lava volcano cakes from this Dinosaur party. But this party is way too fabulous not to share the rest. Not only are there molten lava volcano cakes, but check out the toy … Read More...
Tutorial: Hardback sketchbook
Amy from Angry Chicken shows how she makes sketchbooks for her kids. But all crafters – young and old – need some of these for doodling and designing. Go to her blog to get the know-how.
The Paper Gangster Etsy Store Makes Recycled page prints
I love mixing type and images and the designers behind the Etsy Store The Paper Gangster do a wonderful job of taking old book pages and printing on them a wide variety of images one I bet would make a … Read More...
Tips for photographing quilts for your blog
Amy Ellis shares a video on her blog that shows how to get the best shots of your quilts. All this is in preparation for the upcoming Bloggers’ Quilt Festival, which she hosts. Go to the video.
Leah ponders her place as an artist
One look at this quilt My Cup Runneth Over by Leah Day and there’s no discussion – she’s an artist. I love it and anyone who gets to see this in person is lucky. Visit her blog to read more.
Tutorial: City Safari halter top
Janine from Heidi in Lederhosen shows how to make her City Safari Top, a loose-fitting halter perfect for the warmer temps to come. The body of the shirt is gathered and folded before being stitched to the halter neck, creating … Read More...
Tutorial: Layered reversible gathered skirt
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff guest blogs in the Comfy Sews vs. Cozy Knits challenge at luvinthemommyhood (and published at the blog Versus) with a tutorial showing how to make a layered gathered skirt. The skirt is neatly gathered … Read More...
Tutorial: Modern silver throw pillow from cleaning towels
I am loving the space age look of this silver throw pillow! No, it’s not made from some high end designer metallic fabric. It’s made from cleaning towels you can get at the dollar store. Brilliant! Brooke from Inside-Out Design… Read More...
Project: Purse Photo Frame
I love this pretty photo frame, in the shape of a purse, how cute is that!? Find step by step instructions over at the Created by You blog.
-Heather
Tutorial: Easy Playdate Romper from a man’s buttondown shirt
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shows how to create her Easy Playdate Romper for little girls. She made it from a man’s buttondown shirt, sizing it down and then reshaping the bottom to create the legs. A contrast-y sash and … Read More...
Tutorial: Make spaghetti straps more modest
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how she altered the straps a prom dress to give her more coverage. The original dress had thin straps that didn’t provide the support or coverage that the wearer needed to feel comfortable on … Read More...