After I wrote my recent review of Edie Eckman’s latest book, “Around The Corner Crochet Borders
“, I began thinking about how much I like her crochet books. What makes this gal tick? So, I emailed her some questions … Read More...
Scrap Happy Summer Challenge
Check out the Scrap Happy Summer Challenge at Em’s Scrapbag. She says anything goes just make something from your scrap pile.
[tags]fabric scraps, summer, sew along, challenge[/tags]
Tips and Tricks: Cleaning Your Acrylic Blocks
If your acrylic blocks look like the one shown above, you’re going to love this tip from Jana Eubank on the Noel Mignon blog! Click here to go to article.
Giveaway: Don’t Blink Online Class
Here’s another opportunity to win the self-paced Don’t Blink class at Big Picture Scrapbooking that I posted about last week. Amber Ulmer is giving away another spot on her blog. Click here to go to giveaway.
Inspiration du Jour – 4 Eyes
Get even more inspiration from her galleries here and here.
DIY: Body Lotion
DeShawn Marie shares a recipe on her blog for body lotion. She says this recipe is the perfect solution to dry skin and is easy to make. She is also having a soap giveaway, so be sure to … Read More...
Fat Quarter cuts
The Fabric Deli has served up a great quilting tip. Go here to find out how many squares (from 2 to 6 inches) you can get out of a single 18″ x 22″ fat quarter.
[tags]quilting tip, fat quarter, cutting … Read More...
Sewing Pattern: Sailor Pants or Shorts for toddlers
Charlotte from The Charlotte Letters shares a tutorial for making these awesome Sailor Pants/Shorts for toddlers. She shows how to draft the pattern from an existing pair of pants, and then explains how to sew them up into a pair … Read More...
Free pattern: 4th of July Patriotic Outdoor Pillows
Amy from Positively Splendid shares a tutorial and applique patterns for making these fabulous patriotic outdoor pillows perfect for 4th of July decor. I am absolutely in love with these pillows – the bold graphics, the spraypainted backgrounds, the vinyl … Read More...
Free pattern: Super cute car-shaped pillow
Anna from Noodlehead guest blogs over at Craftiness Is Not Optional with a free pattern and tutorial showing how to make this super cute car-shaped pillow. VROOOM!! Go to the free pattern and tutorial.
[photo from Noodlehead]
Looking for … Read More...
Tutorial: Tissue Pouch for your purse
Christie from Lemon Squeezy Home guest blogs over at Tea Rose Home with a tutorial for making these tissue covers. These covers are sized to hold a travel pack of tissues to keep them nice and neat while in your … Read More...
Back to Wikipedia…Glass Colors
When visiting Wikipedia about glass fusing I checked out the page on glass colors. That was totally fascinating so I’m sharing it with you guys. I’ve always known that it takes various chemicals and metals to achieve colorations in … Read More...
Make stuff for your kids
Check out this cuter than cute toy kitchen that Vickie Howell (of Craft Corps fame) made for her kid.
I’m inspired to have this be Make Stuff For Your Kids week!
How to Make a Ruffly Felt Rosette Wreath
What a stunning wreath tutorial from Kristen of domestifluff, to make for almost any occasion. If you don’t feel ambitious enough to make this large wreath you can do a smaller one, say for a bridal table with a … Read More...
A shisha how-to
DMCThread’s Blog is jumping on the shisha bandwagon with a rockin diagram that shows how to attach a small mirror to fabric with embroidery. Go to the DMC post for a better look.
DMC Thread Blog no longer exists please … Read More...
A new way to get Stofnest designs
Good news for lovers of Stofnest‘s cross-stitch designs: Ria Lanser has started a Stofnest club. If I understand the translation correctly, for 10 Euros you’ll receive 26 new charts — one each week to your e-mail account. Go to … Read More...
Textiles and national identity
I like to read everything John Hopper wants to write on The Textile Blog. Today’s post, though, is especially interesting to me. Using Poland (and the works of Wladyslaw Skoczylas) for example, he examines the role of arts … Read More...
Tutorial: Shadow work
Deepa of This and That blog has posted a new tutorial. Yea! This time, she lets us follow along on her first experience with shadow work on organza. I think you’ll agree that the results are beautiful. See Deepa’s tute… Read More...
Tutorial: Wave stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is wave stitch. And it’s available a day early on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog. See the tute.
Freebie: Summer Fun Downloads
Click here to download a bunch of summer fun backyard, picnic and BBQ images from Lettering Delights for free this month only. Perfect for quick BBQ or picnic invites or scrapbook pages.
-Heather