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...
Tutorial: Christmas ornament bunting
Zaaberryshares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this cute Christmas ornament bunting from craft felt. I love the different patterns on each of the ornaments! Get the tute.
[photo from ZaaBerry]
Tutorial: The Ruffle Headband
Vanessa from Punkin Patterns shows how to make a ruffled headband. They’re easy to make and would be great stocking stuffers! (Or maybe a little treat for yourself….) Get the how-to.
[photo from Punkin Patterns]
Looking for more … Read More...
Tutorial: Gathered patch pockets with yokes
LiEr from ikat bag continues the pocket making series on her blog with a tutorial showing how to make gathered patch pockets with yokes. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from ikat bag]
Tutorial: Guinea pig felt Christmas ornament
Trekky from Trekky Gets Crafty shows how to make a felt guinea pig Christmas ornament. Even if you aren’t a guinea pig owner, you have to admit that this guy is so stinkin’ cute!! And check her side-by-side photo of … Read More...
40 Edible Gifts You Can DIY & GIFT
Find an impressive roundup of 40 homemade edible gifts HERE at the kitchn. Shown are peppermint hot fudge, salted pistachio brittle, and cocoa molasses toffee.
Who’s the winner of Fat Quarterly?
The lucky Craft Gossip reader is Emily, commenter # 1, who will get her very own copy of Fat Quarterly Issue 3 – Fussy Cutting.
She said, I’ve never heard of it before today, but now I want to read … Read More...
Tutorial: Folded Paper Border
Here’s a pretty way to add a border to your stamped cards using double sided patterned paper. Click here to visit the Created by You blog for instructions.
-Heather
Gingerbread House Tutorial
Find a lovely, detailed tutorial on making a gingerbread house HERE at Frog Prince Paperie, courtesy of Nicole from Tradewind Tiaras. With step-by-step photos, recipes, and lots of tips, I wish I had seen this yesterday. When I made … Read More...