Sachiko from Tea Rose Home shares how she made this beautiful scarf (shown left) out of Amy Butler fat quarters. Get the tute.
After she finished hers she turned her attention to making one for a little girl. … Read More...
Freebie: Printable Rosh Hashana Card
Download this free printable card for Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) from Artoholic Rabbit. The site is in Hebrew but the download instructions are available in English. Click here to go to download.
Apple Core blocks giveaway
Vickie from Spun Sugar Quilts has some extra Apple Core quilt blocks from this quilt she has on her design board. She’s giving them away to some lucky reader who leaves a comment on her blog answering a question. Get … Read More...
Tutorial and Freebie: Baby Tracks Decor
This is such an adorable way to save your baby’s footprints! Cheri takes you through the steps to make these and includes a PDF download of the animal patterns. Click here to go to tutorial.
If you are looking … Read More...
DIY: Strawberry Pie Soap
I LOVE pie (especially warmed up with ice cream on top), but it’s not always the best thing for my waistline. So what’s the next best thing? How about Strawberry Pie Soap??? Sounds good to me! And Soap Queen … Read More...
Swirl, swirl, swirl
It’s no secret that many polymer clay artists love to create “swirl” beads. If you are one of them, check out this tutorial on Polymer Clay Central by Anna Anpilogova on how to create new and interesting designs on this … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled pouf pillow with applique
Elizabeth from To Be Charmed shows how to make a pouf pillow with ruffles and applique. What a pretty pillow! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from To Be Charmed]
Looking for more pouf patterns? Check out these Sewing patterns … Read More...
Tutorial: 30-Minute Summer Frock
Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a girl’s pretty summer frock in just half an hour. Get the tute.
[photo from Smashed Peas and Carrots]
Tutorial: Paper doll storage folio
Heather from Me Making Do shows how to make a fabric folio to store paper dolls. The folio is made sturdy with plastic canvas to keep your dolls from getting bent. Fill it with traditional paper dolls, or follow her … Read More...
Tutorial: Very Biased Skirt
Katy from Sew Apropos and No Big Dill shows how to make her Very Biased Skirt for girls. The body of the skirt and the rows of fabric strips are all cut on the bias. This is such a stunning … Read More...
Funky Felt Pumpkins by Anne Mancine
I found this darling pumpkin pattern on Ravelry created by Anne Mancine. This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download. Mixing yarns when felting offer you some fun looks. If you are not a member of Ravelry do … Read More...
Good things come together
Jewelry designer Lynn Davis creates “invented vintage and faux-tique” pieces that I find exquisite.
What can be better?
Lynn posted about the lovely earrings made by Lorelei Eurto called “Fleur” featuring Lynn’s very own fleur de lis components. These lovely … Read More...
A Photographic Compilation of Things Baked in a Cake
Sweet things, mind you. Delicious, sweet things baked in a cake. Find this inspiration at Bake It in a Cake, “dedicated to cake and cupcakes and all the delicious things you can bake inside of them.” Shown is a… Read More...
Blog: Punch Art
I am always amazed at talented people who can look at one thing and see something totally different they could make from it. Paper punch art is one of those things, how can someone can look at a bunch of … Read More...
Food Guards from Your Sewing Kit
Gotta love when the crafty parts of your life merge: like sewing and entertaining. Find the idea for using embroidery hoops and muslin as food guards HERE at Martha.
[tags]food guards, Martha Stewart, embroidery hoops, parties, outdoors, muslin[/tags]
Get a Custom Tile
If you haven’t seen these custom tiles around the blogosphere yet, you are in for treat. Renee from Kudos Kitchen is a talented painter and will take your blog logo and paint it on a custom tile for you. That’s … Read More...
Make a Metal Basket
Suesan over at the blog Frou-Frugal came up with this cool idea using pipe strapping. After checking out some video tutorials on basket weaving, she went to work creating this funky metal basket.
See how she made this unique metal … Read More...
Mouse Pad Makeover
Over the years I have purchased several mouse pads to replace the ones that get all “icky” for lack of a better term. 😉 I wish Leanne had shared this post back then, as I would definitely have used this … Read More...
Corn Husk Wreath
Maryann from Domestically Speaking was inspired by a wreath project she saw over at Martha Stewart’s site. I love the way Maryann’s wreath came out! A very inexpensive project for fall to dress up your home.
See the corn husk … Read More...
Mixing Chocolate with Cocktails
Two of my favorite things…chocolate and cocktails. If you can fit mac n’ cheese in there, too, that would be heaven. Learn about “bespoke” (custom) cocktails, mixology, and pairing flavors (bourbon, neat, goes with ice cream sundaes) HERE at Serious … Read More...