Each month Tami Taylor at Get it Scrapped provides you with prompts and a sketch for getting your photos scrapped “One Month at a Time”. Click here to see the prompts for October. Click here to get the prompts … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Camping Fun
Soap App
Soap Queen recently wrote about Bramble Berry’s iPhone app update that has a new feature. The Soap App can now calculate Liquid Soap. Just choose Bar (cold process) or Liquid (liquid soap). She also lists some helpful resources for beginners … Read More...
Classic Elite Yarn – Pink Scarf Project!
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Tutorial: DIY Fairy Wings
Jeni from Stitches by Jeni guest blogs at Blue Cricket Design with a tutorial showing how to make a pair of fairy wings from scratch. Wear the wings with a tutu and you’ve got an adorable kid’s Halloween costume that … Read More...
Tutorial: Exotic flower pincushion from a toilet paper roll
Michele from Michele Made Me shares a tutorial for making this pincushion that reminds me of a bloom from an exotic flower. Would you believe that it’s made from a toilet paper roll? Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Zippered pouch with pretty pleats
Christie from A Lemon Squeezy Shop and A Lemon Squeezy Home continues her Purse Week with a tutorial for making this pretty zippered pouch with pleated sides. I love its curvy shape!! Get the how-to.
[photo from A Lemon … Read More...
Eunny Casts On With This Video Tutorial
From Eunny’s new book, Getting Started Knitting – Basics and Beyond.
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Giveaway: Stitch Sampler
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog is giving away a copy of Stitch Sampler! Go to her blog to enter before October 10.
Tutorial: Away knot
KERRYKATIECAKES shows us how to begin our stitching with an away knot (aka waste knot). She says,
… Read More...The ends of your threads are not going to show up as shadows on the front of your work since they run
Book Giveaway Winner!
And the lucky winner is…..
The Nature Connection book giveaway winner is…. comment #4! Bonnie, congratulations and thanks for participating. You will receive this great book and resource soon! Thank you to Storey Publishing for this great giveaway. Keep your … Read More...
Tutorial: Brick stitch, two ways
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny offers us two options for creating brick stitch. Each has its own advantages, so you’ll probably want to learn both. See the tute on Nicole’s blog.
Free pattern: Christmas treats recipe folder
The Among the Gum Trees team has released the first in its series of Christmas freebies. The blog says,
… Read More...This week’s design is from Fiona at Designs by Fee. It is a Christmas Treats Recipe Folder with a lovely hand
Free Pattern – Victorian Lace Head Band
New from SharonB: The Stitch Files
SharonB of Pin Tangle blog has a new treat for beginning stitchers. She says,
… Read More...The Stitch Files…are printable template pages that people can download and use. These worksheets build into a resource file. Today I release the first set of
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From Zeshuregi: Hooked embroidery
Zeshuregi of Creative Mind blog creates gorgeous garments, lavishly embroidered with threads, sequins, and beads using a technique similar to tambour embroidery. In a personal note, Zeshuregi told me,
… Read More...This is not a tambour embroidery, but really seems like that.
Jingle Bell Acorn
Acorns = Autumn. Yes it’s true, tons and tons of them fall from trees each year so that cute fluffy tailed squirrels can bury them all over your yard and forget where half of them are. 🙂 Silly squirrels. I … Read More...
Halloween Foods from Betty Crocker
Betty Crocker has about a billion ideas for Halloween food, for both adults, such as these black cat canapes, and kids, like these spider cupcakes or bride of Frankenstein cake.
