How about some really cool socks that use up your stash scraps? These Ring Toss socks are just the ticket.
Use up your scraps in style, the pattern is a free Ravelry download from Anne Carroll Gilmour
Winner of Fabulous Felted Scarves Review & Giveaway
Tea time
I love both these concepts for jewelry based on tea time. Express night out shares these tea-cup bangles from Anthropologie — upcycling steeped with imagination! And oh meaghan shares these laser cut rings from Australian Sniffle Company.
Crab Croissant
Really, Little Food Junction, how are we to keep up with all this food cuteness? Make a crab croissant HERE at Little Food Junction.
Book Review and WIN a copy of Fantastic Recycled Plastic: 30 Clever Creations to Spark Your Imagination
Fantastic Recycled Plastic: 30 Clever Creations to Spark Your Imagination
by
David Edgar and Robin A. Edgar
Let me start by saying my background is Industrial Design so I know about how much effort goes into designing manufactured packaging. It … Read More...
Tutorial: Embellish a shirt with folded and layered fabric flowers
Ashley from Make It and Love It shares the how-t0 on her blog for embellishing a t-shirt with these folded and layered fabric flowers. Each flower is made from 6 circles of knit fabric that she has folded and stitched … Read More...
Online Class: Hanukkah Tree Canvas Bag
Join Julie Balzer for her Prima Live class on November 15th to learn how to make this painted canvas bag celebrating Hanukkah. Click here for more information.
Tutorial: Easy fleece mittens
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to make a pair of fleece mittens. It’s a quick project to put together, and they can be made from inexpensive fleece. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Squiggly Twigs Designs]
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Sewing Tutorial: Box pleat shelf skirt
Chris from Pickup Some Creativity guest blogs at The Polka Dot Chair with a tutorial showing how to dress up a plain wall shelf with a box pleat shelf skirt. Get the tutorial.
[photo from The Polka Dot Chair]
Tutorial: Vintage inspired dinner roll basket
Virginia from Gingercake shares a tutorial on her blog shows how to make this vintage inspired dinner bread basket. It stores flat, with pockets forming almost like magic when you snap together the centers. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Onesie to t-shirt in just 5 minutes
Brenda from Therapeutic Crafting shows how to turn a onesie into a t-shirt. The crotch snaps of the onesies were complicating her daughter’s potty training, so she came up with a quick way to convert the onesie into a t-shirt. … Read More...
Homemade Tofurkey
Find recipes for a homemade tofurkey with brown rice stuffing and a vegan mushroom gravy HERE at Chow. And they promise it tastes good.
Giveaway: Canon EOS 7D
dooce® is giving away this Canon EOS 7D camera complete with a 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens. To enter you will need to create a Shutterfly Photobook. Click here for all the details on entering this contest. Entries … Read More...
Tutorial: Tulip Stitch by Laura
Embellish your next quilting project with beautiful stitched tulips. Laura of Artfabrik shows you how. Go to Thread-u-cation Thursday: Tulip Stitch.
Ta Dah! Windmill baby quilt finished
Barbara from Blimunda Quilts is celebrating finishing her fourth windmill quilt for a baby. Her fabric choices are so fun and happy. Visit her post to see more photos of this lovely quilt including the back. Check out Blimunda Flickr … Read More...
Ice Cream Bread
Have you heard of this or tried it? Ice cream baked in bread? Check out the roundup of recipes for Ice Cream Bread HERE at the kitchn.
Cornucopia Rolls
Find the recipe for these awesome cornucopia rolls HERE at The Knead for Speed. Plus, I love this one is filled with deli turkey.
Perfect Pie Crust
An important topic to discuss this time of year: how to make perfect pie crust. Find what may be my new favorite tutorial on the subject HERE at Brown Eyed Baker, what with the great step-by-step photos and all. … Read More...
Canning and Preserving Giveaway Winner
The winner of the Canning and Preserving and Keeping Chickens book giveaway is…
Samantha!
Comment 71: “This is awesome! I just bought a canning set and have been searching for a book to guide me in the right direction of … Read More...
Weekend Crop at Cocoa Daisy
This weekend join in the Fall Crop at Cocoa Daisy. The crop starts at 3 pm EST and there will be challenges posted almost hourly from the design team. Click here for more information.