Anna from Noodlehead guest blogs over at Gwenny Penny with a tutorial showing how to make a pocket Advent calendar. Each numbered pocket has a tag printed with a family activity. Love it! Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Faux chenille baby blanket
Dana from MADE shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a faux chenille baby blanket. It takes quite a bit of fabric (1 1/4 yard each of 4-5 fabrics) to make one, but the result is a … Read More...
Jelly Belly Cupcake Challenge
Decorate a cupcake with Jelly Bellies
for a chance to win 10 grand! You can see the entries HERE. Even if you don’t enter, check out their cupcake gallery of inspiration, how-tos included.
Your Christmas Turkey, from Rowan Purelife Organic Cotton….
Every detail from tail feathers to the large and small wattles is present on this huggable stuffed turkey.
The dangling feet and comb atop the head are I-cords. The body has a separately knitted base. The beak and eye are … Read More...
NOVEMBER GIVEAWAY WINNER IS….
Kabira!
Kabira, please contact me by email: [email protected]
with your snailmail address so I can mail you this lovely Interweave 2011 Crochet Calendar.
Congratulations!!
Projects from Colour de Verre
Want to do some glass casting? Colour de Verre makes molds for simple glass casting. You don’t have to make the molds, they’re ready to use. And they have such a variety of molds to choose from. And then there … Read More...
More about felt – Felting lessons
The Felting Lessons site is just what it sounds like. Felter Terri Pike writes up many wonderful felting video tutorials. Wet felting, nuno felting, resist felting, you name it.
This is a really wonderful resource for the beginning or beyond … Read More...
How to recycle a zippered rice sack into a cute tote bag
The clever crafter of the blog Recycled Sewing made a cute tote that utilizes the handle and zipper of a rice sack and some pretty recycled fabric to make a pretty bag. See how in this tutorial.
Lollipop Tree Advent Calendar
I’m loving the great finds in this Advent Calendar roundup at babble, especially this lollipop tree from Garnet Hill.
The Winner of “Making Felted Friends: 25 Toys & Gifts”
Congratulations Amanda, you are the winner of this fun book Making Felted Friends
giveaway! You are the lucky number 5! I want to thank all of you that entered and I will be posting another amazing book giveaway today or … Read More...
Chocolate Marshmallow Dreidels
And you can learn how to make ’em HERE at Martha Stewart.
Pattern and tutorial: Santa shadow applique
Kathy Shaw of Shawkl is sharing the pattern and instructions for creating this Santa shadow applique. She says the design “can easily be adapted to needle-turn or freezer paper applique methods.” Go to her blog post for links to the … Read More...
Free patterns: Snowman murder
Feed Dog is sharing his pattern for these charming snowman appliques (or embroidery patterns). In addition to the healthy and melted versions, there’s a surprise crime-scene pattern that shows how the snowman murder happened. Go to his blog post for … Read More...
Get the last Woodlanders calendar
Don’t miss the last free desktop calendar in Mollie Johanson‘s Woodlanders series. Get the download from her Wild Olive blog. The embroidery pattern will be available soon.
Tutorial: Creating a simple needlepoint design
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint show us how to turn printer’s ornaments into simple designs for quick-and-easy needlepoint gifts. See the tute.
Gift Guides for the Hot Dog Lover, Food Tee Lover and More
Visit Serious Eats for foodie-specific gift ideas. They have a gift guide for the hot dog lover, the chocolate lover, the spicy food lover, kitchen gadget lover, even a food T-Shirt lover.
Free pattern: Button necklace
Sally Kerson of Tat’s Heaven is sharing her pattern for this beautiful button necklace. See photos of three versions and get the pattern at her blog post.
Tutorial: Step stitch
Kim of bigB steps us through another in her 100 stitches series: step stitch. See the tute.
Free chart: Plastic Canvas Gingerbread house
Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod, queen of modern plastic canvas, shows us how to make this adorable — and teeny! — gingerbread house ornament. See her excellent tute.
Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check these out on Etsy.… Read More...
Tutorial: Make a full-size bedspread from a twin-size comforter
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how she turned a twin-sized comforter into a full-sized bedspread for her daughter’s room. Brilliant! Her solution is both practical and pretty! Get the tutorial.
While you’re there, check out her pattern sale. … Read More...