I love the effect of using the two contrasting colors to give texture. This would be a great sleepover project for a tween girls night. Head on over to Flamingo Toes to see how simply this project really is.
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Old World Coasters
I love the vintage feel of these coaster made by Kara over at Mine for the Making. She took a fifty-cent package of coasters, some Mod Podge and pretty scrapbook paper and went to work.
Stop by Kara’s blog to … Read More...
Freebie: Mother Goose Verses
(image by Blockheads)
Download these sweet Mother Goose verses free from Blockheads. Click here to download. They go perfectly with the mother goose line of stamps from Lost Coast, available by clicking here.
-Heather
Cherry Birthday (with the Cutest Cherry Lollipops)
I’m loving the cherry-themed details of this cherry-themed birthday party (actually half birthday party) HERE at stephmodo. What got me? These cherry lollipops from Mamie Gateaux. And now I want to go back to Paris just to visit … Read More...
Ahoy! Watermelon
Learn how to make a sailboat watermelon HERE at A CReative PRoject.
[tags]watermelon, boat, fruit[/tags]
Picnic Cake
Learn how to make this picnic cake and decorate it with candy HERE at Bright Ideas.
[tags]picnic, candy, cake[/tags]
How to enlarge a needlepoint canvas
What if your needlepoint canvas is too small? Maybe you need it to be just a bit bigger to fit a frame you love, or to be the right proportions for a pillow front. Janet Perry to the rescue. So … Read More...
Marie Antoinette vs. that other blonde
Heather Louise of The Doll Farm blog proclaims, “Eat my cake, Barbie!” Yes! Rock on!
Free Pattern – Car Blanket
No, it’s not a blanket for your car, it’s a blanket specially designed to roll up and keep in your car. Up here that’s just part of the winter survival kit, along with the required Oreos, but we won’t get … Read More...
What is CQI?
Cathy K answers the question, “What is Crazy Quilting International?” If you love crazy quilting, you’ll want to find out. See Cathy’s blog post.
Little birds hooping it up
These dimensional birds on hoop backgrounds make me swoon. You can see more of this work by Abigail Patner Glassenberg on her While She Naps blog post. These six hoops are slated for a show, but you can find … Read More...
Get these Louise Elliot images
Louise Elliott‘s amazing line art of twelve Animals of the World were created as coloring pages, but I think they would make perfect patterns for embroidery. You might stitch one on a soft blankie. Or stitch several and frame … Read More...
Sandwich Crafts
Find all kinds of kid-friendly, crafty sandwiches HERE at Family Fun, such as these silly face sandwiches, sailboat sandwiches and my favorite, of course, sandwich on a stick.
[tags]kids, lunch, sandwiches[/tags]
Update: Craft Gossip Dolly Donation Challenge
Look at what arrived in the mail on Saturday! A box full of sweet dollies for our Dolly Donation Challenge! They were made by Pam in Fairview, North Carolina. Check out the paisley fabric she used for the hair. … Read More...
Ceramics + embroidery = awesome
MarieE of colored thread is stitching on bricks! She created the surface for her stitchery in a summer ceramics class. She says,
… Read More...I threw slabs of red clay, scored and tore them down to brick size, notched a hanging depression
Inspiration: SharonB
I study every section on SharonB‘s For the Love of Stitching band sampler as she publishes it. I learn something from every post — about stitch, or color, or composition. They’re all so lovely, it hardly seems fair to … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Make a girl’s skirt from a woman’s top
PA Country Crafts shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a girl’s skirt out of a woman’s halter top. She only uses the bottom portion of the top (not the halter part), so really you could do … Read More...
Tutorial: Creating custom fabric prints from your artwork
Helen Klebesadel shares a tutorial over at Fiber Focus showing how to use Spoonflower software to create a custom fabric print from your artwork. In addition to giving information on how to create a basic tiled design, she shows how … Read More...
Sneak peek: Dreaming in French by Pat Bravo
Pat Bravo from Art Gallery Fabrics gives a little sneaky peekie at her newest line, Dreaming in French. Look for this new line in stores this September. Go to the sneak peeks.
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Meet MrX
OMG! Joetta Maue talked MrXStitch, Jamie Chalmers, into sitting still for an interview! As always, he’s interesting, funny, and right on target. You’ll enjoy his take on the needlework scene, and you’ll love all the photos of stitcheries … Read More...