Jennifer from That Girl… That Quilt… shows how to make a shirred sundress out of a vintage pillowcase. Elastic thread makes this a quick, easy project, and the vintage pillowcase is oh, so summertime! Go to the tutorial.
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You Got Flamingo, Now Add A Penguin…
Yesterday I gave you a flamingo pattern, today, it’s all about the penguins. This little cutie is from the Knitty website, and you can click here for the free pattern!
Stay with me, peeps, and soon you’ll have your own … Read More...
New Online Knitting and Crafting Magazine – Nuno!
This is brand new, the first issue. 150 (ad free) pages of projects for knitting and crafting using recycled materials. Just over 30 projects for only $5.00!
Sale: A Muse Stamps
A Muse stamps is having an amazing sale on clear stamp sets, lots of alphabets and other cute sets, priced between $2 – $5 a set, what a deal! Check out the sale section by clicking here. Hurry before … Read More...
Tutorial: Vandyke stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is Vandyke stitch. See the tute on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog.
Free hand-embroidery pattern: Snail
This snail has the cute in such a big way, he deserves to star in his own post. You probably Andrea Zuill‘s style — he’s her August freebie embroidery pattern. Download him from Andrea’s Badbird’s blog post.
A Knitting Blog I Just Found….
Two Sides of the Same Stitch. Don’t know if it’s new or not, but I just found it. I’ll be back later, going to go read…….
Tutorial: Crazy-quilted beads
Pat Winter (Pat Winter Gatherings) shows us how to cover barrel beads with teeny crazy quilts. The beads then can be used as pendants, bases for tassels, or let your imagination guide you! See the tute.
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20 DIY Headboard Ideas
This time someone else did the work for me! Jen over at Tatertots and Jello put together an amazing list of creatively striking headboard ideas. If you need a little inspiration, Jen’s got you covered.
Come and see the 20 … Read More...
Beachy Shelf
17 year old blogger, Robby, took a shelf his grandfather made and turned it into this beautiful piece. His blog is new, but I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on it, some gorgeous work there.
See Robby’s beautiful beachy shelf … Read More...
New: Simply Stitching by Carina
Carina Envoldsen-Harris (Carina’s Craftblog) has published a hold-in-your-hand embroidery book. She says,
… Read More...Simply Stitching – Your No-Fuss Guide to Colourful Embroidery…is a combination of my two ebooks, Small Stitches and Stitching Borders and Beyond. The Small
Painting Furniture Hardware
Instead of buying new hardware for your furniture revamp project, consider painting the existing pieces. Buying hardware can be pricey, depending on your tastes, and the paint available these days allows such flexibility. Whether it’s black, white, a bright color, … Read More...
Made Over Dresser
Donna over at DH Designs found a beautifully curved dresser with lovely celtic accents and updated it into this beautiful piece of furniture.
See how Donna accomplished this and made over this dresser at DH Designs.
FHE Chart
FHE, or Family Home Evening charts are used during weekly family nights. This is an LDS tradition that usually takes place on Monday nights, though other nights can certainly be chosen. Each place marker represent the person in the family … Read More...
Eye candy: Contemporary blackwork
Penny Nickels is hanging out over at MrXStitch, buffing up our appreciation of contemporary blackwork. Go see.
Twig Photo Display
You know I love photo displays from my feature a couple of weeks ago, “10 Fab Photo Displays”. When I saw what Sarah over at The Bird’s Papaya had done with a crooked branch, I knew I had to share … Read More...
Tutorial – Cupcakes From Old Sweaters.
Animal Pizzas
Learn how to make animal face pizzas HERE and a snake pizza HERE at Disney Family.com.
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Free hand-embroidery patterns: Gingham fruit and veggies
TipNut is sharing another series of vintage tea-towel embroidery patterns. This time: gingham fruit and vegetables from the 1940s. Go to the first post to download the green bean design. And keep an eye on TipNut for the rest … Read More...
Tutorial: Closed feather stitch
Sarah Whittle demos closed feather stitch. See the tute.