I’ve recently had the pleasure of receiving review copies of a handful of patterns from Wienerdog Tricks. Her pattern line includes the Cash Money Wallet, the Genuine Article Bag, the Good Writer Bag, and the Gorgeous Nerd Bag. I love … Read More...
ISGB.org – Time for The Gathering Again
It’s that time of year…The Gathering of The International Society of Bead Makers. This year it will be in Rochester, NY on July 29 through August 1. If you haven’t gone to a Gathering and you’re a bead … Read More...
Tutorial: Calla lily embellished tank
Amy from Positively Splendid shares a tutorial showing how to make fabric calla lillies to embellish a tank. Of course, if you’re indecisive like me and wonder if you’d always want your tank embellished with fabric flowers, you’ll be happy … Read More...
Tutorial: Stylish short-sleeved t-shirt from a plain long-sleeved tee
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how you can transform a plain long-sleeved tee into a more stylish shorter-sleeved version with snap-up sleeves and a little pocket. Go to the tutorial.
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Decorate-my-home-part-18-flower-wall.hanging, by Ashley
Ashley of” Make it Love it” is sharing her house décor redo and making everything herself. She has all the projects under parts such as (part 1 etc.). The one that caught my attention is her flower wall hanging… Read More...
Technique: Painting with Embossing Powders
Visit the Stampendous blog for instructions on how to achieve these gorgeous results on your stamped card by “painting with powder” using embossing powders.
-Heather
Water Rocket
Summertime is a great time to utilize the outdoors to help teach your children. Almost Unschoolers helps her children make a water rocket and they end up with great results…oh yeah, they also learned about Newton’s Law of Motion as … Read More...
Tutorial: Framing fiber art
Susan Brubaker Knapp of Blue Moon River shows us a different but effective way to frame fiber art by stitch-mounting it to a mat. I’ve got to try this! See the tute.
Free redwork pattern from DMC
Well, this is embarrassing. I always assumed that the expression “turkey red” had something to do with the wattle on that famous American bird. But DMCThread’s Blog points out that “Redwork, also called Turkey Red, originated in … Read More...
Hip Hip Hooray! A new site for kids’ parties. And Cupcake Accessories.
I’m completely agog (is that the right word? eager? excited?) about this new website, Hip Hip Hooray, featuring ideas for kids’ parties. The site is from Suann Song (of here), with familiar names as contributing editors, Amy Atlas, Jordan … Read More...
Tea Cookies
I love love love this idea from Frost Me!: Cookies shaped like tea bags, dipped in chocolate and strung with tags. Find the idea, along with a roundup of other tea-themed party ideas, HERE.
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Inspiration: Judy’s Fabrications
These fairy slippers by Judy of Judy’s Fabrications make my heart flutter. So many gorgeous techniques and colors applied to such a tiny canvas! And fairy slippers aren’t all she makes. See more on Judy’s blog.
Update on raffia embroidery
Jeanine in Canada (Italian Needlework) has posted about raffia embroidery, a needlecraft that makes me happily nostalgic. Somewhere in the depths of my cabinets are some little bread baskets with adorable, plump vegetables embroidered in bright raffia (much … Read More...
Find Your New Fall Bag Here!
Shout your passions from the rooftops (just don’t fall off, and don’t ask me how I know…) with this new bag. Destined to become a fall favorite, although if done in different colors (maybe greens….) it could be a spring … Read More...
Free pattern: Hug Bot
Look at this sweet gift from Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching! She’s sharing her Hug Bot pattern with us. It would look adorable as redwork (as shown here) or in lots of bright colors for a wee one’s clothing … Read More...
Tutorial: Hand-stitched ornaments
annekata shows us how to make these hand-stitched ornaments. She says the stitching “looks much more complicated than it is and with a little practice, you can make a few and join them together for necklaces, or use them as … Read More...
Giveaway: 3 Triquetra Knot patterns
Stephanie Flynn of Rossiter Designs is giving away three copies of her Celtic Obsessions Triquetra Knot cross-stitch pattern. Go to Stephanie’s blog post for entry details, and be sure to enter before August 31.
Deepa invents fur stitch
After so many centuries of embroidery tradition, you’d think there would be nothing new to report; but it seems to me that stitchers are endlessly creative — inventing, reinventing, improving, modifying. That’s what keeps this artform fresh.
Last week I … Read More...
Free design: Leafy Loopy Earth
Urban Threads is offering this awesome design free through June 19. It’s available in three sizes for machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock art formats. Go get it.
Susan Lenz makes so much art!
I’m so pleased to see that Susan Lenz has completed and posted her portrait of our beloved Susan Elliott‘s mother as part of her Decision Portrait series. It’s a worthy and beautiful work. You can read about Susan Elliott’s … Read More...