Violetta at the Violet Elephant shows you how to make a pendant from an old spoon. Her tutorial is easy to follow and has lots of pictures. I love the cute frog prince pendant!
Tutorial: Raised chain stitch, version 2
This week’s TAST challenge is a variation of raised chain stitch. See the tutorial on SharonB’s Pin Tangle blog.
Tutorials: Eyelet wheels and ermine stitch
Sarah Whittle demonstrates a couple more stitches:
Eyelet wheels
Ermine stitch
Bling your bra!
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bernina USA is sponsoring a Bling Your Bra contest. Make or buy a bra, apply over-the-top embellishment, submit a photo of your work, and enter to win a box of goodies from BERNINA … Read More...
Tutorial: Allie’s place portraits
Our beloved Allie Aller (Allie’s in Stitches) is guest blogging over on Pamela Kellogg’s Kitty and Me Designs blog. Enjoy her concise rundown of creating place portraits — images “created by embroidering over photo-transfered imagery, in crazy … Read More...
Tatting tutorial: How to hide those ends
When you finish tatting a motif, you’re left with ugly, dangling working threads. Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Thread Escapades shows us how to reduce the number of thread ends to be dealt with and how to hide the ends that … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a thread chain for a button loop
Head over to Oliver + S to find out how to make a thread chain. A thread chain can be used in place of a buttonhole for a button closure, usually when there’s one button on the back of a … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a thread chain for a button loop
Head over to Oliver + S to find out how to make a thread chain. A thread chain can be used in place of a buttonhole for a button closure, usually when there’s one button on the back of a … Read More...
Free chart: Plastic Canvas geek craft
Natalie Zee Drieu of Craftzine.com reprises her Geek Craft — a plastic canvas Nintendo DS case. She says,
… Read More...The project was originally a Craftster project by Rosemary Travale that I modified. I made it in in about a week while
Free charts: Vintage Sajou
How to turn a tin can into a tea light holder
Are there enough “T”s in that title? OK enough with the silliness. Check out the cool tutorial that Scott did at his aptly named blog What I Made. Thanks for sending this along, I can’t wait to try it.… Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric postcards
Elizabeth from Twelve Crafts and Twelve Crafts Till Christmas guest blogs over at seven thirty three with a tutorial showing how to make fabric postcards. Make them for the kiddoes to play pretend mail carrier, or make some for the … Read More...
Tutorial: Toddler-friendly photo frame
Marisa from Make Happy made this double-sided photo frame for her toddler. The clear plastic covering protects the photo from toddler hands. A bit of fabric and a simple running stitch finishes the sides and avoids pokey corners. Get the … Read More...
Tutorial: Sewing caddy with removable pincushion
Joy from How Joyful shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this attractive sewing caddy to hang from the side of your sewing table. The pockets can hold scissors, seam rippers, and other notions you often reach … Read More...
Video tutorial: How to stitch down foldover elastic
Kathleen from Grosgrain and The Tumtum Tree shares a video tutorial showing how to add foldover elastic (FOE) to the edge of a piece of fabric. FOE comes in a wide variety of colors and is an easy to to … Read More...
Etsy Shop: Eat Pray Create
Here’s another wonderful little stamp shop on Etsy, Eat Pray Create, where you’ll find some simple but very sweet hand carved stamps.
-Heather
Free pattern: Simple Math quilt
I love this pattern designed by Elizabeth Hartman of Oh, Fransson! because it’s a great way to showcase some of your large prints. She created it to showcase fabric line Betty Dear by Robert Kaufman. Get the download.… Read More...
WHAT TO DO WITH THAT POMPADOODLE
The pom-pom yarns (of which Pomp-a-doodle
is but one) have limited applications for crochet. This stuff is pretty on the skein and looks like it would make a perfect Christmas tree garland all by itself. It’s soft and comes in … Read More...
Apple Guide
‘Tis the season (Fall, that is, at least for those of us in parts of the US.) Find an apple guide that includes a brief history, photos, and links to recipes HERE at epicurious. How have I never heard … Read More...
Free tutorial for Victorian beaded flower
Jenny at Jewellery from Craft Cove is sharing a tutorial for making this beautiful Victorian beaded flower. Take a look around Jewellery from Craft Cove. They have some other free tutorials in addition to ones you can purchase.