Over at Just Something I Made she has a great tutorial for turning a few cents into pretty necklace pendants.
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Technique: Creating a Digital Background Paper
Don’t have the perfect paper for your stamped card? Don’t worry, visit Hero Arts and let Lucy Abrams show you how to make your own digital background papers. She printed both the blue and green polka dot papers for her … Read More...
Another Bug Party
I know I already posted on a bug party of late, but I must have bugs on the mind. Could be the incessant rounds of critters that keep invading our house (I’ll spare the details). But check out the … Read More...
Edible Flowers: All About Borage
Visit let’s go fly a kite for fantastic information on the small purple edible flower, borage, including how to dry the flowers, use them for edible decoration, and how to make sugar flowers. Find the post HERE. And see … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiered twirly skirt for little girls
Char from Crap I’ve Made shares a tutorial for making a tiered twirly skirt for little girls. What a pretty skirt! This is a great opportunity to mix and match some of your favorite prints. Go to the tutorial.… Read More...
Mimi Kirchner Hand Sewn Felt Dolls (Free Tutorial)
The tutorial for these adorable dolls can be found on Purl Bee. The pictures, patterns are GREAT and easy to follow. The beautiful handmade dolls pictured above were created from a pattern developed for The Purl Bee by the … Read More...
Turn A Square Hat From Knitting Daily.
Trash to Treasure Swap
This is a currently in-progress swap being hosted by Constance Pelkey of Constance Pelkey Designs.
Clayers are putting in beads, tools, and other goodies. At every stop, they are allowed to pull out a specified number of items, then they … Read More...
Squares on the design board
Cathy from Cabbage Quilts has been playing around with a design for her squares of fabric. She calls the square humble, but there is nothing humble about her fabric choices. She’s cutting it up with Philip Jacobs and Amy Butler. … Read More...
Get it now: Tie-top knit tank tutorial by Whimsy Couture
has just released their first tutorial for knitwear, and you can purchase it for just 99 cents! This tie-top knit tank looks to be an easy sew, and offers a world of possibilities for embellishment. Currently it’s only … Read More...
Ta Dah! Selvage placemats for Britta
Britta in Germany is the lucky recipient of these selvage inspired placemats. Made by her quilting friends for her birthday, they shared the photo with us on Selvage Blog, where other extreme scrap quilters do the same with their … Read More...
New Release: Penny Black Stamps
Click here to download the brand new stamp catalog from Penny Black. It’s got lots of great new stamps in wood, clear or cling mount including travel, cute kids, beach, hedgehogs, teddies, cats and lots more.
-Heather
Cocktails and Books
Two of my favorite things. Woman’s Day has a roundup of perfect cocktails to pair with literary works. Find the collection HERE.
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Free charts: Cross-stitch
We’ve chosen the best hand-embroidery patterns for you to attempt this week! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned veteran. Our free cross-stitch patterns range from simple cross-stitch patterns to more complex floral and animal … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric and ribbon ties to cinch up t-shirt sleeves
Tara from Trendy Treehouse shows how to make a set of fabric and ribbon ties to cinch up the sleeves of a child’s t-shirt. The ties slip between the neck and the armhole and draw the fabric up to create … Read More...
DIY: Colorful Retro Deco Bar
Learn how to make a Colorful Retro Deco Bar over at Denise’s Yadda Yadda blog.
Reactive Glass…and the results are in!
The other day I wrote about reactive glass. The glass creates a chemical reaction when certain types that contain various components meet.Glass with sulphur in it will react with copper or silver. So I fused a tile of glass with … Read More...
Book Review And Giveaway – The Art Of Knitted Lace
Just released – The Art of Knitted Lace by Potter Craft
ISBN: 978-0-307-46493-4 RRP $22.99
This book has a complete lace how to section and dozens of beautiful delicate lace patterns. There are tops, shawls, scarfs and much more. With … Read More...
Tutorial: Aphrodite Greek goddess summer shirt
Amber from Ruffles and Roses shows how to make her Aphrodite Greek goddess shirt. I love the way the fabric folds and drapes at the shoulders! Get the how-to.
[photo from Ruffles and Roses]
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Tutorial: Fabric flower embellishment with fringed center
Linda Matthews shares a video tutorial over on her blog shoing how to make this lovely fabric flower. She uses a variety of artistic techniques to create the texture on the fabric petals and the fringed center. Get the video … Read More...