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Tutorial: Ribbon-wrap a hoop
Glenda of Wren and Stitchy shows us how to ribbon wrap hoops without using glue — a gorgeous finish for a needlework ornament or hoop-framed needleart. See the tute.
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Tutorial: Memory Thread flowers
Emma of DMCThread’s Blog points us to a tutorial for using Memory Thread and a flower loom to create beautiful blooms to decorate gifts, clothing…anything you can think of. See the tute.
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Tutorial: Rose Lovehart Blanket
Carol Daisy provides the pattern and instructions for creating her Rose Loveheart Blanket. Some of the images seem to be unavailable right now, but the design is up and the tutorial explains everything you need to know. See the tute… Read More...
Stitch a shrinky necklace
Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made says,
I created some fun pieces by printing [a] dog image onto Shrinky Dinks
Inkjet printable sheets, punching holes and stitching them up to create a fun necklace.
Brilliant! A great project for … Read More...
New designs from Orna Willis
Orna Willis of Ornaments has big plans for the new year — including offering cyber classes and downloadable patterns. The first design in her new series is Bestowed, the beautiful needleart pendant shown here. Orna’s blog says, “It’s small enough … Read More...
Tutorial: Celtic-knot trim
A post on Threads blog shows how to braid charmeuse cord into Celtic designs to ornament collars and cuffs or home dec projects. See the tute.
Join the Doodle Stitch Along
Aimee Ray is doing a Doodle Stitch Along over on Lark Crafts’ blog. Each week for four weeks a free design will be posted from Aimee’s rockin book, Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection. You can stitch along as you see … Read More...
Make Heart Sun Catchers
Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it! Christmas is over and there’s nothing else to decorate for, so start sprucing up your home with these pretty heart sun catchers I made for Craftown.com. They are actually hanging … Read More...
From Garbage Comes Imagination
Take a bag full of cardboard tubes, empty snack and cereal boxes, cardboard egg cartons, washed out plastic tubs and lids… toss in some electrical tape and some scissors and you have an imagination-fest. Come and see what the kids … Read More...
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Tutorial: Olive Oil Favors
If you’re looking for a charming and unsual wedding favor check out these mini olive oil bottles adorned with handmade clay tags! A detailed tutorial for creating these lovelies can be found at my little black book. Thanks to Efrat … Read More...
Preserving Family Recipes
Find a great roundup of ideas and how-tos for preserving and organizing family recipes HERE at Martha Stewart.
Tutorial: Quick and easy no-hem gathered skirt
Hickety Pickety Handmade shares a tutorial for this quick and easy gathered skirt. The contrast band at the bottom is super cute, and also takes the place of a traditional hem. No turning and pressing and turning and pressing all … Read More...
Tutorial: Snowman pillowcase dress
Mandy from Sugar Bee Craft Edition shows how she made a snowman pillowcase dress. This is such a cute dress for winter!! Go to the tutorial.
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Candle Cake
Learn how to make this amazing candle cake (with a real candle) HERE at Duff.com (as in, Duff of Charm City Cakes and Ace of Cakes), including a downloadable pdf.
How to turn old bits of paper and tiles into great new coasters
Rachel of the blog My Chic Life whipped up these great coasters and she shared her great tutorial on how to make recycled paper and tile coasters over at this post. Wouldn’t these make a great hostess gift that you … Read More...
Breathable Chocolate
Chef as exhibiting artist. I adore this concept. Read about the fascinating work of Thierry Marx and his efforts to create “new ways to prepare, visualize and consume foods” HERE at BoingBoing, excerpted from David Edwards’s book, The Lab: Creativity … Read More...
Sponge Bob Sandwich
I’ve seen so many sweet versions of Sponge Bob (I I just recalled the 50 some Sponge Bob cookies I made for my brother’s 30th ten years ago), it never occurred to me a successful version could be created from … Read More...
Tutorial: Braided sweater scarf with pom poms
Larissa from Just Another Day In Paradise shows how she cut an old sweater into strips and braided it to make this awesome scarf. (This would be a great use for a sweater that’s damaged.) And the giant pom poms … Read More...