Prudent Baby is giving away two awesome Brother Sewing Machines! The Brother PC-420 PRW Limited Edition Project Runway Sewing Machine and one Limited Edition Project Runway Innov-ís 40 Sewing Machine.
Inspiration du Jour – First Snow
First Snow by carolmmonson. Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog.
Tutorial: Cascading Pom Poms
Add a dash of drama to your wedding decor with these gorgeous cascading pom poms! Trish at Crafty Moods sent a link to these beautiful blooms that includes an easy to follow tutorial. Thanks for the inspiration Trish!
Tutorial: Easy Valentine’s dishtowels with rick rack
Anneliese from Aesthetic Nest shows how to creat quick, easy, and fabulous Valentine’s dishtowels using rick rack trim. Store-bought white towels are stitched with rick rack in various sizes and shades of pink and red. Love! Go to the tutorial… Read More...
Tutorial: Valentine’s heart pillow with love note pocket
Deborah from Purple Pinwheel and Wonderwoman Creations shows how to make a Valentine’s heart pillow with a pocket that holds love notes for your sweetheart. Get the tutorial.
[photo from Wonderwoman Creations]
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Tutorial: Snug fit crib sheets
What’s a mama-to-be to do when none of the stores have crib sheets to match her fabulous nursery decor? Why, make them herself, of course! Prudent Baby shares a tutorial showing how. Get the tute.
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Heather Trimlett Hollow Vessel Class at The Glass Studio
Just a bit of shameless self promotion! This is very exciting bead news stuff. Heather Trimlett is teaching her Hollow Vessel and Beads class at The Glass Studio in May. May 7-8, 2011 to be exact. This is amazing news … Read More...
Zipper rose tutorial
Malory of Snips and Spice shares her tutorial to make these clever roses from zippers. The teeth of the zipper look like delicate beading along the fabric’s edge. Malory’s tutorial suggests how you can use your newly crafted rose to … Read More...
How to be a Superstar Food Blogger
You know, like me. (Please, please know I’m kidding. That was to challenge the assumption that I made that assumption by my title.) I mean, of course, CakeSpy. Check out Jessie of CakeSpy’s post inspired by a question from a … Read More...
Polymer Clay Lace Imprints
Continuing on with my lace and clay theme for the week, RedStitchLab from the Netherlands uses clay as a unique way to preserve the delicate print of antique lace elements she has. This brooch is simple and the focus remains … Read More...
Tutorial: Double-knot stitch
Kim of bigB shows us how to do double-knot stitch. See the tute.
New from Kreinik: Hot-Wire
Kreinik Thread has come out with a new product: Hot-Wire. The Kreinik blog says,
… Read More...At the TNNA show, one common question was “How does this differ from DMC’s Memory Thread?” To be honest, we haven’t used Memory Thread so we
Stitch your bike seat
iHannah adds warmth and style to her bike seat with crewel embroidery. See more photos on her blog post.
Tutorial: Fly-stitch leaf
Kathy Shaw of Shawkl shows us how to create a fly-stitch leaf. See the tute.
Great idea: Steampunk crazy quilting
Cathy K of Crazy by Design lets us look over her shoulder as she contributes to a steampunk round-robin crazy-quilt block. I love the combo of hardware and black lace. Go look at the close-up photos while I raid my … Read More...
Stitch a locket
Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive creates a sweet little surprise by mounting a bitty stitchery in a locket. Find out how she did it from her blog post.
Tutorial: Handmade felt backgrounds for embroidery
I am loving Jane LaFazio‘s freeform embroidery on handmade felt. And I’m thrilled that she’s sharing her technique for creating felted backgrounds. See the tute on her Janeville blog post.
Football Party Table
Spaceships and Laserbeams just keeps coming up with fantastic parties. Check out their Football themed table for say, the upcoming Super Bowl. (Um, the Super Bowl is coming up, right?) I love the vintage feel.
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Don’t Believe The Hype Sunburn Is NOT Sexy
A long time ago a deep tan used to be a sign of wealth and good health as only the rich could afford to lie around in the sun all day. Skip forward to modern day where we fortunately realise … Read More...
How to: Make Sewn Valentines
This is a very charming valentine and I hope you all enjoy this tutorial from FaveCrafts Blog. Karisa just wrote this new tutorial for making sewn, 3-D Valentine cards with felt. she knows we be interested in sharing the tutorial, … Read More...