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.
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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...
How to clean a no-wash quilt
Pamela Kellogg of Kitty and Me Designs explains how to clean quilts that cannot be washed — such as those delicate, intricate crazy quilts and art quilts. The solution is so simple! See her post.
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Stunning stumpwork
Eye-candy alert! Through her gorgeous photos (and charming but brief text), Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles gives us a taste of a recent workshop she attended led by stumpwork expert Jane Nicholas. Jane’s work is … well, I’m … Read More...
A different kind of needlepunch
Zeshuregi of Creative Mind blog shares another technique that is familiar but a bit different. The flowers on these pillow covers were created with a type of needlepunch, but the tool Zeshuregi uses and the texture she produces are not … Read More...
Nature Crafts : Beeswax Leaf Ornaments
Donni from The Magic Onions creates beautiful children’s crafts that truly embrace nature and its wonderful gifts for us. Here she uses beeswax to make Ornament molds in the form of leaves…beautiful.
Tutorial: Stitchy Halloween card
Nikki of Nikki, in Stitches blog puts together a variety of techniques and resources in this charming Halloween greeting card. My favorite part: The BOO! focal element is embroidered on fabric. Nikki’s approach to transferring the image is a bit … Read More...