Wow. The New York Times website featured this amazing hunting cabin transformation by the talented hands of Sandra Foster. She transformed this little cabin into a gorgeous Victorian cottage and even did all the carpentry herself. You MUST go through … Read More...
Free chart series: Christmas alphabet
Blog di Gloria is sharing an original Christmas alphabet for cross-stitch. Better add this one to the old blog reader! Get the chart for the letter A.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
Tutorial: Closing a chain-stitch circle
Do you wish you could close a chain-stitch circle without an obvious join? Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread shows us how. See the tute.
Tutorial: Punto Ricciolino
As part of her study of Umbrian embroidery, Jeanine in Canada offers a photo step-by-step for Punto Ricciolino (Little Curl Stitch). The spiral arms of the motif shown here are worked in the stitch. See Jeanine’s tute on her Italian … Read More...
Tutorial: Lozenge smocking
Smocking is an ancient technique that is commonly found in heritage and historical clothes. However, this classic surface ornamentation is making a surprising resurgence in modern design.
The lozenge design variant on North American smocking is made using a grid … Read More...
Tutorial: Lock stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is lock stitch. Go to SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog to see the tute.
Free tat pattern: Skulls!
Tatted skulls! WooHOO! The cutest application of tatting ever. Get free patterns for a skull bracelet and earrings from TAT’S AMORE.
And many thanks to pieKnits for pointing out this find.
10 Ways To Use Mason Jars in Your Home
I came across a marvelous collection of ways to use mason jars over at Frugal with a Flourish. I know that many of us collect empty jars just waiting for inspiration to strike, well Jess has done the legwork … Read More...
Tutorial: Determining thread count
Yvette Stanton of White Threads blog takes the mystery out of evenweave fabric. She explains what it is and why it’s important for counted-thread embroidery. And she shows us how to figure out a fabric’s thread count and whether it … Read More...
Painted Glass Candy Jars
I am really diggin’ these spooky cool candy jars made by Krystal over at Sassy Sanctuary. Filled with candy corns, these jars painted with stain glass paint look awesome with skull designs.
Skulls Quilt out of a new book
Spike Gillespie, author of a new book Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas and Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters, got inspiration from one of the quilts in the book. Here’s her interpretation of the Skulls quilt contributed by Boo Davis of … Read More...
Family Tree Wall
Kim over at A girl and a glue gun made this marvelous family tree wall. Then she took it one step further and dressed it up with paper leaves.
Locker Redo
How fun! I want some lockers for my house now, just like these from Paper Glue Etc. In fact, this has inspired me to paint that ugly file cabinet that I keep in the garage but really need in … Read More...
Birch Pumpkins
I love these, they are so cool. Judy over at In His Grip will show you how to take an artificial pumpkin and cover it in birch bark for this unique and rustic autumn display.
Spook-tacular Recycled t-shirt tote tutorial
Over at Phyllis Dobbs’s blog she designed this cute Halloween tote made from a recycled t-shirt. Pop on over to this post for her fabulous tutorial.
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Looking for more ways to refashion t-shirts? check out … Read More...
Adriana Esqueda’s Skelly sculptures and My Copy-Cat!
I joined “The Hive” and the first thing I saw was Adriana’s Skelly and fell in love with it and left her a message that I would be trying one that very evening and I did. I asked Adriana if … Read More...
Halloween Cupcake Decorating
Something about this clever hand written tutorial for decorating Halloween cupcakes from My Cake School seems to bring the fun back to the art. (Wait, was the fun ever lost? I guess for someone like me who spends her days … Read More...
Tutorial: Fred Flintstone costume for Halloween
Amy from Naptime Crafters show how to make a Fred Flintstone costume. This would also be easy to adapt to make Wilmas dress if you wanted to make a couple’s costume for Halloween partygoing. Yabba-Dabba-Doooo!! Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Beaded flower embellishment from an old sweater
Wendy from Old Days – Old Ways shows how to make a pretty flower embellishment from gathered fabric and a circle cut from an old sweater. A bit of beading in the center adds a bit of sparkle for the … Read More...
Sewing Pattern : Fabric lunch sack
Head over to Confessions of a Sewing Dork to find out how to make this fabric lunch sack. It’s just as handy as the paper version, but much prettier. Even better, it won’t end up in a landfill somewhere. Go … Read More...