Head over to The Purl Bee for a tutorial showing how to make this hooded baby towel and washcloth set. This would make a lovely baby gift! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from The Purl Bee]
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New Release: Magnolia Stamps
Magnolia Stamps has a new collection of cute fairy tale stamps like pirates, fairies, frog princes and more, click here to see them all.
-Heather
Candy Designed for Sharing
Awww. How sweet. Candy that is inherently meant to share. See these Share the Sweet creations by designer Maria Tovslid HERE,
Felted Block Pillow (Free Pattern) from Knit Picks
I just received the knit Pick Catalog in the mail and there are showing and there are some adorable patterns for children that may be of interest to you. They also have some new fun yarns for us. This pillows … Read More...
Perfect Beginner Bag Pattern – Free!
This is a perfect “beginner” pattern, and look how useful!
I don’t have to go into what all it could hold, you’re smart enough to fill it with whatever you want, but just the fact that it’s shown with knitting … Read More...
Kool-Aid Crafts
Check out all the crafty things you can do with Kool-Aid with this roundup by The Crafty Crow. Shown is scratch-n-sniff painting from Paint Cut Paste.
[tags]Kool-Aid, kids, painting[/tags]
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Tutorial: Super cool altered flip flops
Alisa Burke, author of Canvas Remix
, shows how to create these super cool altered flip flops. Can you believe that these were once your standard brightly colored solid plastic flip flops. Raw-edged strips of pieced fabric give them a much … Read More...
Project: Gift Card Holder
Visit the Outlines stamps website for instructions on how to make this pretty stamped gift card holder. Click here to learn how.
-Heather
Tutorial: Make an easy headband from scraps of t-shirt knit
Louise from Maekellen shows how to make these headbands from a couple of rectangles of t-shirt knit. All it takes to make these cute hair accessories are a couple of rectangles of knit fabric and some elastic. Get the how-to… Read More...
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Giveaway: Five Mini Albums
Celine Navarro is giving away five mini albums on her blog, The Green Frog Studio. Enter before Sunday! Click here to go to giveaway.
Mini albums are great little projects for using up scraps, trying out new products and experimenting … Read More...
Sewing Pattern : Ice Cream Social sundress for little girls
Jess from Craftiness is Not Optional made this pretty sundress for her daughter’s upcoming 2nd birthday, and shares a tutorial showing how she did it. It’s name the Ice Cream Social dress, after the theme of her daughter’s party. Get … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy fabric postcards
Elizabeth from Twelve Crafts Till Christmas shows how to make these fun fabric postcards. Fusible interfacing gives them body. What a fun project for using up your scraps! Get the how-to.
[photo from Twelve Crafts Till Christmas]
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Free charts: Cross-stitch
(1) Semaine verte pour les lutins from Les chroniques de Frimousse
(2) Column One by Connie G. Barwick of About.com
(3) Pour ma maîtresse from Les grilles de Thiarlou
(4) Hyacinth from Happy Threads
(5) By the Sea from DMCThread’s … Read More...
Sweetie Pies lunch and quilt
While vacationing in Orange Beach Alabama USA this week my sister, daughter and I lunched at Sweetie Pies. We munched while admiring this pretty pie painting.
Can you see their famous pies at the counter? If you look just … Read More...
Free Online Class: Where Scrapbook Ideas Come From
Debbie Hodge will be holding a free 12-lesson class called Where Scrapbooking Ideas Come From. The class includes 1 intro lesson, 6 lessons on design, and 5 lessons on page parts, which will all be sent to you via … Read More...
DIY: Hair Care Products
The Natural Beauty Workshop recently posted links to some hair care products that had been submitted to their Flickr photo pool. This in turn lead me to their collection of hair care recipes, including ones for Rosemary Walnut Shampoo… Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Make a summer halter with built-in bra
Just in time for the hot, muggy days of summer, The Sewing Dork shows how to make a halter top with a built-in bra. Brilliant!! Get the tutorial at her blog, Confessions of a Sewing Dork.
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Tutorial: Make a little girl’s tie-waist skirt from two t-shirts
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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Tutorial: Shirred summer top from a man’s shirt
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...