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IlanioWear: Free patterns
IlanioWear is giving away all their patterns for free! They make burner/dance club/costumy type clothing.
They’ve got garter belts, hot pants, dresses, coats, tops, you name it. You can go to their site to download the patterns and you can … Read More...
Gnome and Lil Fox patterns on sale
I am so digging this gnome and fox. These and more downloadable paper piecing patterns are on sale at Artisania through the end of February. Visit the New Pattern Shop for details.
Oedipus in Vegetables
“The story of Oedipus, in 8 minutes, performed in vegetables, in the tradition of Bun Hur.” I’ll not touch the description at vimeo. Perfect. See this short film by Jason Wishnow and learn more about how it was made … Read More...
A Compelling Argument Likening Marilyn Monroe to Red Velvet Cake
Tutorial: Keepsake fabric book
Jenna fromSew Happy Geek and Excell Crafts shows how to make a keepsake book out of fabric. The centers of each page are framed in decorative fabric. She stitched lines on the interior pages of her book so she’d … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled aprons in toddler and child sizes
Sharon from Sweet Pea and Pumkins shares a tutorial for making a ruffled apron. She includes measurements for making it in both child and toddler sizes. This would be such a fun addition to a play kitchen! Go to the … Read More...
Tutorial: Tissue Monsters
Angela from Better Together shows how to make her Tissue Monsters. These happy, crazy monster tissue holders are sooo cute! Get the tutorial.
[photo from Better Together]
[via Someday Crafts]
Tutorial – Yarn Wreath
9 Ways to Transform Old T Shirts, Free eBook
The eBooks offered from “All Free Sewing” are such a treat. This eBook has many fun and stunning projects in it that I am sure you will want to try. I am going to make the bag. It’s time to … Read More...
DIY Home Bar Recipes
Make your own falernum, grenadine, bitters, maraschino cherries and such bar necessities (though I have to admit, even as a bar-goer, not knowing what falernum was) with photographically fantastic (how’s that for a phrase?) recipes HERE at Chow.
Tutorial: Clay Table Numbers & Flags
Create custom table numbers and flags in a flash using polymer clay! Stop by The Sweetest Occasion for a step by step tutorial.
Flossie Teacakes: Shirring tutorial
Flossie Teacakes provides a good tutorial for shirring here. I’m a big fan of shirring and use it for the back panel of a dresses instead of adding a zipper. Not that zippers a so hard or anything but … Read More...
Fabulous Wedding Dessert Buffets
Dessert buffets are taking the wedding world by storm! Tiny treats like macarons, petite pies, and mini cupcakes are sure to be a sweet hit with your guests. The Ruffled blog featured an array of gorgeous dessert tables styled by … Read More...
Tutorial: Card Condo, a credit card and loyalty card organizer
Here it is! The tutorial for the Card Condo I made last week. This little organizer has 24 credit card sized pockets and two larger pockets to hold all of those plastic cards we seem to accumulate – credit cards, … Read More...
How to recycle a toothbrush into a bracelet
There is an awesome tutorial on how to recycle a toothbrush into a bracelet posted at Two girls being Crafty. Thanks Tristin for sending in this link and all the crafty girls who love to mix up their fashion with … Read More...
Free download: Woodland Faeries
Natalie from Cinderberry Stitches gave this pattern out at the Houston Quilt Market in October of last year. Called Woodland Faeries, she designed the project for Lecien to showcase COSMO embroidery threads
and the Flower Sugar fabric line
. You … Read More...
Raffle: Vintage Stars quilt
Vikki from Field Trips in Fiber is handling the raffling of this beautiful 75″ x 84″ Vintage Stars quilt. Talented members of her local guild Country School Quilters made the quilt with proceeds going to the Virginia Quilt Museum. … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Lined oilcloth lunch sack sized to hold your reusable plasticware
The thing about the lunch boxes and lunch sacks you buy in the store is that they are rarely large enough to accommodate reusable plasticware
. Prudent Baby shows how to make an oilcloth lunch tote sized just right to … Read More...
Tutorial: Resize a man’s dress shirt to fit a small child
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she resized a man’s dress shirt to fit her little girl. This is SO cute! And what little girl wouldn’t feel soooo proud wearing one of her … Read More...