Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to turn two t-shirts into one awesome tie-waist skirt for a little girl. The Get the tute!
[photo from Make It and Love It]
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by Anne Weaver
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to turn two t-shirts into one awesome tie-waist skirt for a little girl. The Get the tute!
[photo from Make It and Love It]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, girl, soft, knit, tie, … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Jo from Just Jo shows how she made this cool shirred summer top for her daughter out of her husband’s old shirt. This would be a great project for all those lightweight rayon tropical print shirts. I love how to … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Calli from Make It Do guest blogs over at V and Co. with a tutorial showing how to make this ruffled flower corsage from wired ribbon. It takes 2-4 yards of ribbon to create this flower, but the effect of … Read More...
I love these two projects from the Naughty Secretary Club for dressing up sweets: make your own cupcake wrappers and a DIY cakepop carrier. Find the how-tos for making cupcake wrappers HERE and the tutorial for crafting this cake … Read More...
Using a glue pad to stamp with can add alot of new dimension to your stamped images, check out this informative tip and technique article on Spotted Canary to find out what you can do with glue pads.
-Heather
by Terrye
But even though we just got summer up here, the new fall fashions are out. It’s a bit of a slap in the face, enduring 8 months of winter, finally getting summer and then the fashion industry starts talking about … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
John Adams, AKA Quilt Dad, shares a tutorial over at the Moda Bake Shop for a trio of iPad sleeves. Each of the patchwork designs makes use of a Jelly Roll (precut fabrics). Go to the tutorial.
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Learn how to make these unique popcorn pomanders HERE at Not Quite Nigella. {spotted on Austin Wedding Blog via weddinggawker}
Looking for some amazing Popcorn flavors? Check out these yummy and amazing variety of popcorn flavored salts
It’s time for another great giveaway from the Hand Embroidery Network: two tasty vintage books and several skeins of vintage floss. See Shanti’s blog post for the details.
In honor of the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, Google’s logo is a playable version of the game!
If you’d like to celebrate the little yellow guy’s 30 years, how about making these Pac-man themed earrings?
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Rachel Biel of Rayela Art is now marketing hand-carved, unique textile stamps on behalf of Oshiwa Designs of Namibia, Africa. Learn more about this remarkable fair-trade company, Rachel’s relationship with them, and the extraordinary products that are now available in … Read More...
Feed Dog just keeps racking up the publishing credits! The current issue of Quilting Arts Stitch magazine includes his pattern for these clever nametag placemats. Piecing, applique, quilting, and embroidery — all in one project! Bravo! See Feed Dog’s post… Read More...
MrXStitch turns us on to an opportunity to capture ourselves in stitch for posterity. He says,
… Read More...Stitch London has teamed up with London’s Science Museum to create a Stitch Yourself exhibit for the re-opening of their Who Am I? gallery
by Linda Lanese
Our sister blog, Craft Bits has the instructions for making this adorable Dammit Doll. I am sure we all know many people that would love and use this and of course ourselves. These make great little Dammit Dolls for stressful … Read More...
SharonB, you have once again made my day. See more about this bit of SharonB’s For the Love of Stitching band sampler at her blog post.
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread has posted a great rundown on Valdani threads. See the post.
by Terrye
I don’t have a picture of this one, sorry, but it’s knit in Sirdar’s Flirt DK weight yarn , using 3.25 and 4.00 mm needles. The pattern requires 7-14 50 gm balls depending on size. I have already sent for … Read More...
by Katrina
If you have been reading the last few weeks you will be aware that the SF Bead and Design Show is taking place this weekend. To highlight the show, we have been running a series of mini-interviews with exhibitors in … Read More...
I love it when I get submissions that also have a sense of humor. Here is what Kim, The Inadvertent Farmer wrote,
“I took an old dresser that my 2 year old broke (it is NOT a step ladder … Read More...
by Katrina
Here is another cuff bracelet tutorial. This is form SomethingFromCassie and is a great upcycle project. All you need is an old shirt with a great cuff and some zipper in a variety of colors.
Easy Peasy, and a fun … Read More...