Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this layered knit skirt for girls. The raw edges of the knit won’t need to be finished, and will curl a little bit … Read More...
Technique: Making Your Own Embossing Plate with Stamps
Susan Roberts shares a fantastic and cool technique on the Ellen Hutson blog for making your own embossing templates to match your stamps using chipboard. Click here to find out how.
-Heather
Children’s Literature and Cookies
Check out these gorgeous, hand-painted cookies honoring children’s literature characters HERE for World Book Day at Amelie’s House. I’m a cookie decorator with a masters studying children’s lit. You can imagine my reaction to spotting these.
[tags]books, children’s literature, … Read More...
Tutorial: Pouf round pillow
Prudent Baby shows how to make a round pouf pillow with ruched sides. Make it from bold colors for a fun accessory for a teen’s room, or from more subdued colors for a more sophisticated look. Go to the tutorial… Read More...
Tutorial: Make a toddler romper from an adult t-shirt
Ramona from The Burkeshires shows how to turn an old adult t-shirt into a romper for your toddler. In part 1, she shows how to make the body of the romper. In part 2, she shows how to … Read More...
Review: The Purplebook Green: An Eco-friendly Online Shopping Guide
The Purplebook Green: An Eco-friendly Online Shopping Guide
By
Hillary Mendelsohn and Ian Anderson
This is a very cool book packed full of great info and ideas.
What I mean by that is that sometimes you know what you’re looking … Read More...
New Release: Mat Rat Rubber
I recently came across a really cool stamp shop on Etsy called Mad Rat Rubber. They carry alot of neat artsy, collage style images and I found they also have a larger online website site where they’ve just released 57 … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Sweets Roundup at CakeSpy
CakeSpy has done my work for me…see a great roundup of sweet ideas for St. Patrick’s Day HERE.
[tags]St. Patrick’s Day, cake, cupcake, cocktails[/tags]
Free patterns and charts: Easter
This Embroidery roundup is all about free Easter patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Easter Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were … Read More...
Kite Craft
This cute little craft to make kites goes along with the book The Flyaway Kite…adorable. Mama Jenn is where you can find how she did it!
Giant Sunflower
This craft is so stinkin’ cute AND its made from recycled materials to boot! Find out how to make it over at Frugal Family Fun Blog!
Free patterns and charts: St. Patrick’s Day
You can stitch Petronille!
This adorable chart is available free from les loisirs abbygaelle. The blogger transformed a drawing (left) by Petronille, daughter of her bloggy friend Dominique, into a work of needleart we all can enjoy! Yea, Petronille and Abbygaelle! Get the … Read More...
Stuffed Eggs for Easter
Hmmm… I find these so interesting. Just a little odd, but kind of cute? Find the recipe for making these “Chicken Little Stuffed Eggs” HERE from Pillsbury.com. (found via epicute)
[tags]Easter, eggs, stuffed, deviled eggs[/tags]
Free pattern: A-Line skirt for a Groovy Girl doll
When I first started sewing clothes for my daughter’s Groovy Girl doll, I looked for tutorials and patterns. I couldn’t find any, so I grabbed my daughter’s doll and some typing paper and began drafting some simple patterns. I’ve been … Read More...
Freebie: 15 Photo Collage Templates
BHG Scrapbooks etc. is offering up 15 free photo collage templates for download. One is shown above. Click here to go to download
Sewing Tutorial: Quick and easy tooth fairy pouch
Emily from The Rubber Punkin shows how to make a special tooth pouch that your child can use when leaving a lost tooth out for the Tooth Fairy. The tooth applique is great for little boys, who want the cash … Read More...
Stash Buster, Cabled Baby Blocks
When I grow up I’m going to be a designer of really cool things like this. It’s another must have pattern in your “Quick, I have to knit a baby gift” arsenol.
And, the pattern is free, from Creative Knitting, … Read More...
Sewing Patterm: From a t-shirt to a wrap cardigan
Jessica from Happy Together shares a tutorial for turning a t-shirt into a cardigan that wraps and ties around your waist. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Happy Together]
Cool idea: Double-sided dishtowel
The Sewing Dork from Redemption and Confessions of a Sewing Dork shows off the double-sided dishtowels that she made. The two layers make it super absorbant for drying dishes and cleaning spills. And it’s such a simple project – just … Read More...