If you are a jewelry designer and you work with metal, then you probably have some metal scraps cluttering your studio. Janice at the Jewelry Artists Network offers some tips for how you can deal with pieces that went awry, … Read More...
Read all about it: Sewing on velvet
Over at the Bernina blog, Linda Lee from The Sewing Workshop tells how she handles one of the trickiest fabrics to sew on – velvet. If the thought of sewing on velvet has you ready to pull your hair … Read More...
Charming giveaway
Andrew Thornton is giving away a collection of silver charms from Melissa J. Lee. The giveaway ends at midnight EST Monday, October 11. Head over to Andrew’s blog and leave a comment before then for your chance to win. … Read More...
3 Unique Lamp Ideas
You can make almost anything into a lamp. When I owned my craft store back in 2003, I used to paint designs on large wine bottles, add a lamp kit and a shade and had a wonderful custom lamp ready … Read More...
Making a Log Bench
Amber Lou from The Paisley Cupcake has a step by step tutorial on her blog that shows you how to make this bench. She warns you that it’s not an easy project and requires some special tools, but if you … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric chili pepper garland
Kathryn from The Pickled Herring shows how to create a fabric chili pepper garland. Give the peppers a more cute, scrappy look by using fabric prints, or use red and green solid fabrics for a more traditional chili pepper. Either … Read More...
Witch’s Brew
Learn how to make a witch’s (root beer) brew HERE at Holidash.
Tips and Tricks for Making Cake Pops
Pumpkin Time at Corning!
Got another glass pumpkin story! It’s that time of year and everyone must get ready! You can get a pumpkin over at Corning. You can choose from over 7000 different glass pumpkins. And you can buy online so you … Read More...
Tutorial: Santa Fe Chic napkins
Amy from Positively Splendid shows how to make her Santa Fe Chic napkins. They’re pieced from two fabrics (she used a designer print and a solid) to create an offset square design that gives a new twist to the standard … Read More...
Volcano Cake
Learn how to make this clever volcano birthday cake HERE at babble.
Video tutorial: Ruffle leg pants for little girls
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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