Check out this giveaway on Homemade Mamas and follow them on their blog and facebook! They are giving away this stunning felted necklace and I know you will love it! Visit the mamas and see the rules for their giveaway.… Read More...
Today’s Steal: AC Slick Writers
Today’s steal on Scrapbook Steals is this 18 piece set of Slick Writers from American Crafts. Only $16.99 today instead of the MSRP of $41.22. Click here to go to Scrapbook Steals.
Chocolate Cupcakes with Gum Paste Flowers
Moda now offers precuts for their solids
Many of us have begged Moda to make their Bella Solids into precuts and they listened. Jocelyn from The Jolly Jabber explains quilters can get a Jelly Roll (precut fabrics), Layer Cake, fat quarter Bundle or Charm Pack by single … Read More...
Sewing Pattern:: Cut-off jeans for summer shorts
Summer shorts are easily made from a pair of long jeans. Celiac and Crafts shows you how. Get the tutorial.
[photo from Celiacs and Crafts]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, jeans, shorts, refashion[/tags] Looking for more Shorts patterns? Check out these patterns we … Read More...
Free pattern: Jet plane applique
Polly from Helping Little Hands shares a free pattern for a jet plane applique. Add this two-layer applique to a little boy’s shirt for instant cute! Go to the free pattern.
[photo from Helping Little Hands]
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Free pattern: Snappy toddler top
Prudent Baby shows how to make this snappy top for a toddler girl. This top would be cute out of just about any style of fabric – novelty prints, girlie florals, vintage sheets, etc. Go to the tutorial.… Read More...
Tutorial: Perfecting the disappearing nine patch
Dena from Threads To Fabric promises you can have perfectly matched seams in your nine patch blocks that go into a disappearing nine patch quilt. Go here to see her technique.
[tags]disappearing nine patch, beginning sewing, patchwork, tutorial, technique[/tags]
Video tutorial: Cute fabric coasters
Vanessa of Crafty Gemini has crafted a video tutorial that shows how to make a simple quilt block into cute fabric coasters. Get the tutorial.
[tags]beginning patchwork, video tutorial, coasters, sewing[/tags]
Looking for more coaster patterns? Check out these … Read More...
Technique and Project: Stamping into Chipboard
Let Vanessa Spencer at the Stampington website show you how to make this stunning journal cover, she uses metal stamps and stamps an impression into chipboard, how cool is that? Click here for her instructions.
-Heather
Wedding Sayings and Quotes
Here is a list of quotations and sayings at Buzzle.com that are good for wedding pages and albums. Click here to go to quotations Looking for more Wedding themed papers, stamps and embellishments? Check these out.
IT’S YOUR TURN – A GIVEAWAY – WEEK THREE, MAY, 2010
You’ve read my book reviews. You’ve perused my website reviews. You’ve lingered over my reviews of ads in magazines. Now, it’s your turn to post a review here. I can’t read every book, visit every website, or click on every … Read More...
Article: 5 Must Have Scrapbooking Tools
Heidi Ann Giebel discusses the five tools you should carry for effective scrapping at crops. Tool number 1: Page Kits you make ahead of time. Heidi explains how to go about making your own page kits before heading to the … Read More...
Winnie the Pooh Cake Pops
Freebies: Sketches and Templates
Jen Caputo has a selection of sketches and layered templates available for download. Click here to go to freebies.
Inspiration du Jour – One Way Ticket
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog
DIY: Gorgeous Packaging
It’s always fun creating your own products, but when giving the items as gifts you want the packaging to be just as attractive as your creation. Soap Queen shares a few tips on gorgeous packaging, as well as links to … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Padded carrying case from crib bumpers
Claudia posts on Wardrobe Refashion with a picture of the padded carrying case she made for her DVR. Rather than fussing with layering batting between the shell and the lining, she used an old crib bumper to make the body … Read More...
Tutorial: Make skinny jeans from wide-legged jeans
Nancy Minsky, author of Denim Revolution, shares a tutorial on her blog, Jean Repair, for turning a pair of wide-legged jeans into skinny jeans. Not only does this refashion save you from having to purchase a new pair of … Read More...
Tutorial: Creating gathers in fabric
Shannon from Hungry Zombie Couture shares her favorite method for gathering fabric. Get the how-to.
[photo from Hungry Zombie Couture]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, gather, ruffle, fabric[/tags]