Eva Marie from Couturier Mommy guest blogs over at U Create with a video tutorial showing how to make ruffle leg pants for little girls. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Couturier Mommy]
Tutorial: Easy Halloween pillow with pumpkin stripes
Head over to May Arts to find out how to make this pumpkin pillow. It’s easily made when you use felt for the body of the pillow, and rows of the May Arts pumpkin ribbon for the embellishment. Find out … Read More...
Free patterns and charts: Halloween
Looking for more Halloween Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy.
This Embroidery roundup is all about free Halloween patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to … Read More...
Halloween ornaments from fabric
Make a mess and have some fun with this no-sew home decor project created by Jera from Quilting in the Rain. Featured in the Moda Bake Shop, Jera hopes others will make a Christmas version of these Halloween inspired ornaments.… Read More...
T-shirt Quilt – Quick and Easy
Jerilynn from Jerisew(s) shares her secret for making T-shirt quilts fast and beautiful. She skips the usual method where you apply interfacing for stabilizing the stretchy fabric for sewing the blocks together. Find out how she makes, I mean prevents … Read More...
Project: Stamped Felt Treat Bag
How fun is this little treat bag made of stamped felt?? Click here for an instructional video on the Hero Arts blog.
-Heather
Tutorial: Burlap Halloween candy corn softies
Alison from Oopsey Daisy guest blogs at Naptime Crafters with a tutorial showing how to make a candy corn softie from burlap. What a cute idea! Get the how-to.
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these … Read More...
Quilt from Quilterie
I’m glad Liz from Quilterie makes time to quilt amidst a demanding domestic life. Today, she is showing off a few of her quilts, my favorite of the group shown. Visit her blog to see all of them.
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Free charts: Cross-stitch
Really, Really Ghastly Food
Ohdeedoh has a fantastic collection of horribly ghastly food for Halloween HERE including this meat hand from not martha.
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Enter to win…
Enter to win organic MuLondon goodies with GreenBrideGuide this month!
“The winner also receives a 60ml jar of MuLondon’s Organic Rose Moisturiser, plus an additional organic moisturiser of their choice. A $50 value! MuLondon makes first-class, unique and 100% natural … Read More...
Homemade Magic Shell
Well, look at me, the fool all these years thinking that Magic Shell was some sort of top-secret, mysterious, impossible-to-replicate physics accident. Until I saw this recipe HERE at instructables by scoochmaroo.
Tutorial: Ruffled and Reflective Treat Bag
This trick or treat tote by Sew4Home is both practical and pretty. Strips of reflective ribbon
help keep the kiddoes safe for evening trick or treating, while the ruffles serve as eye candy. Go to the tutorial.
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Cool ideas: Give hand-me-down jeans some sparkle with iron-on gems
Mandy from Sugar Bee – Craft Edition shows how she made her daughter’s hand-me-down jeans feel sparkly new. Literally. She added iron-on sparkle gems to the pocket for an instant facelift. Brilliant!! Read more at Sugar Bee – Craft Edition… Read More...
It’s New: Casey Skirt ePattern
The newest addition to the Squiggly Twigs Designs line of ePatterns is the Casey Skirt. The skirt is gathered from a drop waist, which prevents too much fabric from gathereing up on the waistband. This versatile skirt can be made … Read More...
Halloween Crafts Round Up
Are you guys getting tired of seeing all the pumpkin ideas and wreath crafts I’ve been featuring? I still have more in my arsenal 😉 but for now I’ll share some other fun projects I found for Halloween. I’m sad … Read More...
Leaf Rubbing Tree
No Time For Flashcards is a great resource for young children’s crafts and book projects. Children should have fun going on a leaf hunt to find what leaves they want on their tree.
Tutorial: Embroidered Halloween badges
Stephanie Housley posted a tutorial at The Crafts Dept. (MarthaStewart.com) that provides the designs and instructions for creating hand-embroidered Halloween badges. All of the images of costumed animals are adorable, but I especially love this critter’s little g-string! Go to … Read More...
Felt Projects: 6 FREE Felted Knitting Patterns
You can’t pass up this offer from “Knitting Daily”. Simply go here and download your ebook. Felt making is so much fun, once you start you just can’t stop! From felted bags to various felt projects like slippers and gloves, … Read More...