Sachiko from Tea Rose Companyand Tea Rose Home shows how to make this lovely shirt for spring or summer. Layers of ruffles cascade down and around the front of the shirt. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Toddler girls’ Retro Ruffle Pillowcase Dress
Tiffany from Simply Modern Mom shows how to turn a pillowcase into this fabulous Retro Ruffle Pillowcase Dress for toddler girls. Don’t have a pillowcase handy? Use vintage sheets or your favorite cotton yardage. Get the tute!
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Tutorial: Create a fabric photo frame applique
Julie Kundhi from julie-k shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to create a fabric photo frame applique. The photo slides in behind the frame made from fabric and clear vinyl. What a cool idea for a Mother’s Day … Read More...
Tutorial: Fancy Border Tea Towels
Sew4Home shows how to dress up a plain tea towel by adding fancy fabric borders. Go to the tutorial.
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Freebie: Winged Hearts Digital Stamps
Visit Scrap N Fonts to download this cool digital stamp set of winged hearts and I Love You’s for free! Click here to download.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to … Read More...
Lace is Easy! Again!
Really, it is. I can see you rolling your eyes and shaking your heads, but have you tried it? I’ll bet not, otherwise you’d be in the same boat as I am. The Lace Is Easy boat. (being in my … Read More...
Tutorial: Cloud brooch
Laura of Bugs and Fishes by Lupin shares her secrets for creating adorable cloud brooches of felt applique. You can make the cheerful version or the thunderous version — up to you. See the tute.
Tutorial: Lilies and lily pads
Oooooo. Let Kimara of Wee Folk Art show you how to make felt water lilies and lily pads. Beautiful! See the tute.
Semi-tutorial: Photo to embroidery pattern
Andrea Zuill (aka badbird) gives us a glimpse of her process as she works from photograph to embroidered portrait. She says, “I try not make an exact copy of the original photograph, but my own personal interpretation. I’ve added … Read More...
Make a menagerie!
If the kids are looking for a fun little gift to make for Mother’s Day, head over to the Family Fun Magazine website and check out this article by Laura Torres.
She gives some basic hints and tips for … Read More...
April Challenge Winners at PCAGOE
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….
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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...