Cassidy from Loved Anew Creations and Thrillingly Thrifty shows how she recycled an old wool sweater into a new pair of warm winter slippers. These look so snuggly for the cold weather! Get the tute.
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Free pattern: Pumpkin decorative placemat
Phyllis Dobbs shares a free pattern and tutorial on her blog showing how to make a cute pumpkin decorative placemat. Various sizes of buttons give the pumpkin a personality. Or, if you want to use the placemat as part of … Read More...
Tutorial: Acorn applique t-shirt
Charlotte from The Charlotte Letters shares a tutorial and template for making an acorn appliqued t-shirt. The design works for boys or for girls. It’s an easy project and creates a fun t-shirt for fall. Go to the tutorial.… Read More...
Slime Green Ice Cream Float
A monstrous treat to serve on Halloween. Learn how to make alien-green ice cream floats HERE at babble.
Tips: Sewing on Paper
Sewing on paper has such a wonderful look but it can be a little intimidating. If you like to give it a try for yourself you might want to first check out this helpful post with 11 tips for sewing … Read More...
DIY Making Felt monsters tutorial by Nina
This little monster is so sweet and Nina shows you just how to make it step- by-step in this awesome pictorial tutorial. This would make an adorable shower gift in colors preferred by the mom-to-be or pink for a girl … Read More...
Halloween Apples and Eggs
But not together. Find tips on carving these clever Halloween apples HERE at Little Food Junction. And make these devilish eggs HERE.
Edible Tombstones
More graveyard celebrating with these edible tombstones! Find recipes for tombstone sandwiches HERE and tombstone cheesecake cups HERE at Family Corner, created by Tami Rose.
Giveaway: Zombie Cross-Stitch
Quick! Dash over to MrXStitch and get in the running for a free copy of Zombie Cross-Stitch by Kristy Kizzee and Erika Kern. Go to the blog post to enter before noon November 4.
Heart JellO Mold
The heart gelatin
mold from Archie McPhee
. What’s really scary is how oddly often I got requests for human organ cookies when I worked as a cookie decorator.
Frankenmarshmallows
Learn to make Frankenstein marshmallows HERE at Tami’s Kitchen {via Amanda}.
Dirt and Worms Cake
What is it about this dirt and worm topped cake that is so charming? The dirt? The worms? The swirly, white frosting? Find the recipe for Devil’s Food White-Out Cake HERE at Kitchen Grrrls.
Falafel Spiders
Learn how to make falafel spiders HERE, created by Sala Kannan of Veggie Belly. I love that they are smiling. Happy and healthy!
How to transfer an embroidery design
A couple of experts are sharing tips for transferring embroidery designs to fabric. Check out these posts:
Ideas on transferring patterns to fabric from big B
Beginning Embroidery Most Frequently Asked Question: Design Transfer from Needle ‘n’ Thread
Recycle a greeting card and fix a flip book all in one
Sarah of the blog Dolls and Daydreams sent in this tutorial where she shows how she fixed a board book that was missing a flap with a greeting card. What a great way to keep those slightly damaged books still … Read More...
Are you average?
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint clues us in on the results of a survey of needlepointers by the The National Needlearts Association. Are you an average needlepointer? Find out at Janet’s blog post.
Tutorial: Cross-stitch on a pumpkin
Elsie Marley shows us how to cross-stitch a design on a papier mache or foam pumpkin. Brilliant! See the tute.
And many thanks to Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com for pointing out this rockin find.
Inspiration: Ann Wood
If you’re like me, you love Ann Wood’s spooky-stern owl soft sculptures. But Ann has a sweet side, too. Look at this adorable ballerina bird, poised on her tiptoes. Fabulous. See more on Ann’s blog.
New seam treatments from Shawkl
Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) is cranking out more seam-treatment diagrams in her Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months series. See the latest stitch combo. And scroll back through her blog to pick up any you may have missed. … Read More...
Video tutorial: Basket stitch
Mary Corbet (Needle ‘n’ Thread), the queen of stitch tutorials, has a new video tute for us. You have to see her technique for basket stitch! See the tutorial at Mary’s blog post.