Hannah from Made With Love by Hannah and Knick Knacks and Ric Rac shares a free pattern and tutorial for an oilcloth apron that doubles as a rain bonnet. It’s a twofer! Go to the tutorial and free pattern.… Read More...
CHA Sneak Peek: Stampers Anonymous
A History of Polymer Clay
If you are a newcomer to polymer clay, you might be interested in the history of this wonderful art and craft material, and how people have used it in the past.
Cynthia Tinapple of Polymer Clay Daily put together a … Read More...
CHA Sneak Peek: the girls’ paperie
Leslie Ashe has posted sneak peeks of projects she made for the new line the girls’ paperie by Margie Romney-Aslett.
Click here to go to sneak peek
Free felt food tutorial – Hot Stack by Turkey Feathers
The Turkey Feathers Home Craft blog has a nice pancake felt food tutorial.
While looking at this felt food tutorial I perused the rest of her site. She is a lovely blogger and has a book called Blanket Statement that … Read More...
The Get it Scrapped! Project
Tami Taylor is taking on Get It Scrapped! She is using the book by Debbie Hodge to get her photos organized and her scrapbook pages completed. And she’s challenging you to join her in this year long project! Click here … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – wonder.woman
Tutorial: Restore a lampshade
Deana Tierney May from CraftStylish shows how to breathe new life into an old lampshade by creating a new fabric covering. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from CraftStylish]
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Tutorial: Make a lined back pocket
Jennifer Sterns from J. Sterns Designs shows how to make a lined back pocket on your next jeans sewing project. A little flap of the lining fabric peeks out of the folded top. But don’t limit this to just jeans. … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: J. Crew-inspired ruffle neck henley from a hooded henley
Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking shares a tutorial on her blog for turning a henley hoodie into this J. Crew-inspired ruffled henley. The ruffle around the neckline gives it a softer, more feminine feel. Get the how-to.
[photo from … Read More...
‘Be Mine’ Heart Picture
This craft is great for teaching little ones letters, or word recognition. Kids love gluing, and the fact that they could use clear nail polish, well that might just make their week!
Head on over to Red Heads Craft More … Read More...
Wonka-Inspired Cookie Pops
My kid just discovered Willy Wonka (as in, the movie, not the book yet). Of course, she only “discovered” this gem from my childhood because I put in in the DVD player and made her watch. Still, she loves the … Read More...
Learn bargello stitches
Bargello Love, author of Bargello Needlepoint blog, must be one wildly energetic woman. She’s already cranking a 365-day challenge — a 2″ x 2″ bargello sample each day. Meanwhile, she’s still posting one stitch sample after another. Recent demos … Read More...
Shop: AI Factory Digital Stamps
I wanted to share with you another cute digital stamp shop I came across on Etsy, it’s called AI Factory and they have some really adorable, whimsical images, click here to visit their shop.
-Heather
Tutorials: Silk-ribbon rosebuds
SRE maven Carol Daisy shows us two methods for creating ribbon rosebuds. You’ll love at least one of them! See the tutes.
Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for finding hand dyed ribbons as well … Read More...
Free sampler patterns: Stofnest
Stofnest blog posts a new, free cross-stitch sampler pattern almost every day. What a treasure trove! See the blog. And be sure to add it to your blog reader.
It’s Right Around The Corner….. V Day!!!!
This Ultra-Quick, Ultra-Cute, and total stash buster is a no-brainer for a friend for Valentine’s Day. Knit it up quick and easy, wrap it around a cute mug and fill it with conversation hearts or chocolate and you’re good to … Read More...
Blue Moon Designs – Fancy Utility Belt Corset
Katherine Becvar of Blue Moon Designs was at Bazaar Bizarre this year with her beautiful fancy utility belts. They all have generous yet stylish pockets and super sexy corset lacing in the back. They snap in the front so they … Read More...
New source for hand-embroidery patterns
You might already love the work of Marisa Hopkins, aka Elegant Snobbery and Elegant Bloggery. Her online adventures as a working artist/mom of preschoolers make good coffee-time reading for me every day. And her bright, sweet, clever illustrations … Read More...
In the Spotlight: Stacy Cohen
Scrapbook Designer Stacy Cohen is in the spotlight over on This Paper Life. Click here to go to feature.