Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how she recreated a boy’s buttondown shirt into a pretty belted top for her daughter. This would be a great new top for back-to-school! Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Felt kitty travel sewing kit
Sew4Home shows how to make this felt sewing kit with a super cute kitty applique on the front. His face is lightly stuffed and serves as a pincushion. The pins become his kitty whiskers. How cute is that?? Go to … Read More...
Knit Picks Is Starting A Spin-Along
Love to spin your own yarn? Whether you are a brand new spinner or have years of experience, this is a place to share your questions, stories, advice, and of course, pictures of your handspun yarn!
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Tutorial! Sideways Edge Cast On….
Free charts: Needlepoint
Three awesome designs, free from Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com:
(1) Golden Desert Scarab
(2) Apple a Day
(3) August Daisies
Science Cookies and Science Cookie Cutters
Check out the latest installment of science-themed cookies and cakes HERE at Not So Humble Pie, including these made with these custom-made cutters from www.sciencecookiecutters.com. 
I know that readers have asked me where to find exactly these shapes … Read More...
Tutorial: Crown stitch
Old Frame to Pretty Tray
Kathy from Dandelions and Dust Bunnies took an old boring frame and dressed it up to make this lovely tray. I am constantly in awe at the creativity I come across daily, great job Kathy 🙂
See how she turned … Read More...
How to print an embroidery pattern from your computer
Get helpful hints about how to print electronic patterns at the proper size for stitching from DMCThread’s Blog. See the tute.
DMC Thread Blog no longer exists please check out DMC’s website directly.
Trash to Treasure Chair
Brittany over at Pretty Handy Girl shares an eye popping transformation of a chair many would have left for the garbage man. Watch as she drills and hammers it back into wonderfulness and shows you how to do it too.… Read More...
Topsy Turvy Shelves
This is so creative and yet so simple at the same time! Lori at Paisley Passions took two plain shelves, turned them upside down, added some feet and paint and created this cool basket station.
Get inspired by Lori’s topsy … Read More...
Technique: Stamping Resist with Smooch
(image by SCS and Lydia Fiedler)
Join Lydia Fiedler on the Splitcoast website and learn how to do a resist technique using Smooch inks. Click here for a step by step tutorial and video, very pretty!
-Heather
Clothesline Organization Station
Jami over at Freckled Laundry came up with a fun way to keep her family organized. She’ll show you how to take clothespins and a few other items to make this cute organizing station.
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DIY Wallpaper with Paint
My husband used to be a painter. That was in the day when wallpaper was a big deal, everyone wanted it. He hated it. It’s messy, sticky, and almost impossible to remove. So instead of using wallpaper, try your hand … Read More...
Free pattern: Tatted bookmark
Here’s a treat from Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Thread Escapades: a free pattern for an exquisite tatted bookmark named Two by Two. Go to Jon’s blog post for the link to the pattern.
Decorating Magazine Holders
Tammy from Not Just Paper and Glue found a great bargain on cardboard magazine holder, then prettied them up. She shows us how she spray painted, decorated and labeled them to come up with this lovely, organized way to hide … Read More...
The Martha Blogger Event and NY Cake
So no Martha sighting (she was apparently at the Martha bloggers night out event last night in the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia offices in NYC, but she must’ve swooped in and out while I was waiting in the lobby crowd … Read More...
Free pattern: Embroidered needlecase
Kaaren of The Painted Quilt shares the pattern and instructions for recreating her favorite sampler-style needlecase. She says,
… Read More...I’ve been using this one every day since I made it. It has two deep pockets and a scissor holder and needle/pin
Tutorial: Interlaced band stitch
Kim of big B continues sharing tutorials that demo her progress in mastering 100 stitches. This gorgeous example is interlaced band stitch. See the tute.
Inspiration: Calamity Kim
Calamity Kim combines her signature raw-edge applique and machine stitching with some hand embroidery to create a gnome-village table runner to die for. She says she’ll eventually complete the hand stitching and then quilt and bind it. In the meantime, … Read More...