Suzanne fromJust Another Hangup shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make pretty burp cloths for baby. They’re quick and easy to make from pre-folded diapers, a bit of fabric, and some coordinating ric rac trim. Get … Read More...
Tutorial: Braided t-shirt knit coasters
If you do sewing projects from old t-shirts, chances are you have a bag or two (or three? or four?) of knit scraps. Carolyn from Homework shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to braid strips of knit fabric … Read More...
2010 in Review: Melissa Samuels
Melissa Samuels posts a round-up of her favourite projects and tutorials from 2010. Click here to go to the review.
Tutorial: Mini race flags in just 3 steps
julie-k shares a tutorial on her blog for making these mini race flags. Think of how much fun a child can have with these little flags! You can make one in just three easy steps. Get the how-to for making … Read More...
Top 10 CraftGossip posts for 2010
2010 has been a big year for CraftGossip. Thanks to all our editors, and of course, our readers, we have more than doubled our traffic over the past year. Thanks to everyone involved!
This post lists the top 10 … Read More...
Baby Shower Chocolate Bar Favors
Find an assortment of free, printable chocolate bar wrappers for baby shower favors HERE at Rachael Ray Magazine. The printables allow you to add a name to personalize, too.
Civil War Reunion fabric
Check out Civil War Reunion, a new Moda fabric collection designed by Barbara Brackman of Barbara Brackman’s Material Culture. L-o-v-e it. She said precuts are in stores now, with yardage to follow in Feb 2011.
Project: Valentine Candy Box
Visit the Crafting the Web blog for complete instructions to make this pretty Valentine candy box, a great project to use with a scoring board!
-Heather
Freebie: January Creativity Prompts
The new and improved January Creativity Prompts from A Matter of Memories are ready! The redesign includes areas for you to make notes and record your own ideas throughout the document based on the various provided prompts. Click here for … Read More...
Quilts and Flowers tour
I spied this ad in Down Under Quilts Issue 145. Now this is a fantasy trip; what could be better than quilts and flowers? They had me at Liberty of London and Monet’s Garden. Visit Action Travel to find out … Read More...
Tutorial: Party Invites
Katie from Punk Projects shows you how to make these party invites in a guest post on Divine Chaos. Click here to go to the tutorial
Project Linus
The Project Linus Mission
… Read More...Project Linus is comprised of hundreds of local chapters and thousands of volunteers across the United States. Each volunteer and local chapter all work together to help us achieve our mission which is to provide love,
Gummi Heart and the Candyman
The inventor of the Jelly Belly (you know, those wee size flavored jelly beans that blow all other jelly beans away?), David Klein, created this gummi version of an anatomical heart that actually oozes candy blood. Of course my first … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – December 3
Take a look at Dear and Loved
Dear and Loved was co-founded in 2005 by Gus and Denise Oropeza as a creative design projects company in Los Angeles. Their vision was to design “everything from crafts to accessories.” Some of their hand-crafted works have a dark vibe … Read More...
Free pattern: One handled bag
Lia from Lia’s Space shares a free pattern and tutorial for this one handled bag. It’s made from just two pieces each of two fabrics (one fabric for the outside, one fabric for the inside). The body of the bag … Read More...
Tutorial: Piggyback pocket detail
Judith Neukam from Threads magazine shares a tutorial for making a piggyback pocket. A double pocket. A pocket on top of a pocket. However you describe it, it’s a really cool detail to add to a garment. Get the tutorial… Read More...
Free Sewing pattern: Cropped hooded bolero
The latest free pattern over at Your Style Rocks is a cropped hooded bolero that just got placed top and center on my “must sew” list. What plain fitted tee wouldn’t look fabulous paired with this cropped hoodie? The design … Read More...
Vintage Coat Pattern….
How to decorate with this and that
Check out this fun idea to take bits of this and that, paint it all one or two colors and you’ve got yourself a festive decoration. The clever crafter Becky of the blog Patchwork Posse sent in this link to … Read More...