Linda Matthews shares a tutorial on her blog, A Creative Journey, showing how to make a lined purse strap. It’s a nice way to finish off a purse strap, especially if you use a contrast fabric for the lining. … Read More...
Holy Moly! A Giveaway @ Mossy
Marcie of Mossy is holding a giveaway on her blog. She will be giving away two hand-felted flowers like the one pictured above. They are made out of up cycled wool sweaters, the hair bands are decorated with needle felting … Read More...
9 Fabulous Home Decor Frame Crafts
You would think that eventually people would run out of ideas to jazz up old frames. However, there really doesn’t seem to be a shortage of ideas, let alone an end in sight! Here’s a few frame ideas to get … Read More...
New Release: Whipper Snapper Stamps
Wow, Whipper Snapper stamps has just released nearly 200 brand new designs!! I love their fun whimsical style and the new release is chocked full of cute kids, adorable animals, lots of spring, wedding, birthday, beach, phrases, sentiments and lots … Read More...
Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass
Always on the search for glass info to pass to all I came across this web site, the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, that I’ve since bookmarked. It’s a fabulous information source for organizations, events and other things glass … Read More...
Maker Faire 2011 Application Information « Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco
It’s time again to apply to Bazaar Bizarre at Maker Faire! Maker Faire is an amazing event! The Bazaar Bizarre building attracts something like 80,000 people.
Get your application in early! I can’t tell you how many people wait and … Read More...
The Pentagon gets crafty…
Aw! How cute! A teensy hummingbird spy…
Calif. firm develops flying artificial hummingbird – KansasCity.com.
RIBBONESIA – 3D ribbon art
Artist : Baku Maeda (???) has been making these wonderful ribbon sculptures. You can check out the pictures here.
Enjoy CyberStitchers’ free pattern library
Reader L. Ann sent us the heads-up about the CyberStitchers free pattern library. She says, “Learned of this site through a Yahoo group. Fantastic array of free cross stitch patterns (1169!) to download. Tons of other goodies on site.” Yes, … Read More...
Tutorial: Robotify a hoodie
Why is this beautiful boy so happy? Because he has a rockin hand-stitched robot on his hoodie! Stitchy mom Marcilla says, “I fancied up one of my son’s sweatshirts with a simple boy-friendly embroidery design. Takes a plain sweatshirt and … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a pillow tuck
Debra of All About ME shows us how to create pillow tucks–small pillows for displaying needlework. She links to PDFs for three different versions. Go to her blog post to get the downloads.
Free country cow CS
This cute cow pattern is the very first cross-stitch design by Libbie of And This Little Pig. Off to a great start. And she’s sharing it with us! Yea! Get the free (for personal use only) chart.
Many … Read More...
Tutorial: Cropped military jacket for little girls
Shwin W. from Shwin & Shwin shows how she made this super cute cropped jacket for her toddler girl. The tabs across the front give it a military look, while the puff sleeves keep it girly. Go to the tutorial… Read More...
Football Brownies
Apparently it’s post-football season, but I wouldn’t know about such things, so I need to post on these fabulous football brownies. Learn to make them HERE at Sugar Swings!.
If you are looking for a yummy tasting … Read More...
Free cross-stitch designs from Janlynn
Check out the free-project page at the Janlynn site. The 33 designs include florals and a variety of holiday images. Nice! Go to the free projects.
And while you’re at Janlynn, you might as well poke around the needlecraft … Read More...
Tutorial: Recover a car seat
Ashley from Make It and Love It couldn’t find a car seat with a design that she liked, so she bought one with ugly fabric and recovered it. What she ended up with looks like it stepped straight out of … Read More...
A Rainbow of Weddings
This vibrant Orange Crush board by Annie of Marry You Me is just one of several colorful creations found on Hank + Hunt’s Rainbow of Inspiration feature. Seven wedding bloggers joined forces to create a series of inspiration boards in … Read More...
Tutorial: Wallet-style case for a Nintendo DS and games
Becky from Patchwork Posse shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a wallet-style case for a Nintendo DS. The roll-up organizer has a large pocket to hold the game system, as well as smaller pockets to hold … Read More...
Tutorial: Child’s apron with gathered pocket
Lynne from Sugar City Journal shares a tutorial showing how to make a child’s apron with a ruffle across the bib and a pretty gathered pocket on the skirt. Get the how-to.
[photo from Sugar City Journal]
Tutorial: Elastic waist pants with lining
Dana from MADE shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of lined pants with an elastic waist. It’s part of Celebrate the Boy, but there’s no reason why our girls can’t have a pair … Read More...