Isn’t this lovely? By VyaKyasha, it was voted top honors by the public in the April Challenge at the Polymer Clay Guild of Etsy.
The items for the May challenge: Inspired by History are up, and you can go … Read More...
Free Knitted Top For Girls….
Six tips: Improve your bargello
Tutorial: Mexican tent dress-inspired spring top
Jerilyn from French Sleep Deprivation Study made this spring top inspired by a Mexican tent dress. She shares a tutorial showing how she achieved the characteristic styling on the yoke. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Machine hemstitch with a wing needle
Threads Magazine shows how to achieve a hemstitch on your sewing machine using a wing needle. The technique works best on natural fibers, such as linen. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Threads Magazine]
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Stitch some spring greeting cards
Sara of Creative Jewish Mom showed her kids how to make spring cards that incorporate colorful bits of felt and simple embroidery stitches on paper. A great project for any age! See Sara’s blog post.
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Sale: Spellbinders Dies
Spellbinders dies make a great addition to any stamped card and from now until May 15th you can buy 3 Limited Edition Summer dies and get one FREE!
Here’s what they have to say about the sale: ” Go to … Read More...
Whose crochet is it, anyway?
Sometimes a book comes along that really throws you. This is such a book. I didn’t even know that the author’s website existed! All of a sudden, I’m cast into a collection of pretty awful works of ‘art’ complete with … Read More...
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Covering Tattoos
DIY Bride has some helpful tips on how to cover up tattoos on your special day. I tried covering up a tattoo for my wedding day, but could never find coverage that looked decent so I ended up scrapping the … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a bow tie from a neck tie
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to repurpose a neck tie into a bow tie. This is such a cool idea! Get the tute.
[photo from Make It and Love It]
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Tutorial: Make a Neighborhood Garland with little fabric houses
Laura Bray from Katydiddy shares a tutorial on her blog for making this super cute garland out of fabric houses. You can get creative giving each house its own little personality! Make some houses tall and skinny, and others short … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a bracelet from a shirt cuff
Stefi from Just Chic shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make these fun shirt cuff bracelets. Because the shirt cuffs already have a button and buttonhole stitched in, all you’ve got to do is finish the edges … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric pom pom flowers from jersey knit
Here’s a fun idea for all of your scraps of jersey knit left over from your sewing projects. Make them into pom pom flowers! A little lovely shows you how. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Leather key chain with stitched geometric designs
Jenya from EvaForeva and ForEvaMore shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this leather key chain with machine stitched geometric designs. The way she creates these designs reminds me of the Spirograph game I had when I … Read More...
Ice Cream Cone Rice Krispie Treats. (And More Surprises.)
I know I already posted on a surprise treat today, but I can’t help but post another. I. Love. These. Rice Krispie Treats made as scoops of ice cream. On a cone. That have surprise treats inside. Brilliant. Find the … Read More...
Winners of the Sylvie Thiel giveaway
Sylvie Thiel of Lavender harvest was so impressed with everyone’s comments that she wants me to tell (you) my readers that she would like to giveaway a few more goodies to say “Thank you”! Since she appreciated some of the … Read More...
DIY Knitting Tutorials and Videos
Waiting for Alice
That Susan Elliott! Even when she starts out with “simple seam treatments,” look what happens!
Susan was invited by DMC to create a crazy-quilt piece for The National Needlearts Association show in June. Big stuff!! Susan’s piece … Read More...
Technique: Polka Dot Background
Let Hero Arts stamps show you how to make a fun and inexpensive background for your cards using circle punches, click here for instructions.
-Heather