Little Light Studio shows you how to make a mini album to celebrate your friends or other people in your life. Click here to go to tutorial
Mini albums are great little projects for using up scraps, trying out new … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew reversible XOXO tablerunner
I’ve got a fun project for you today, but you won’t find it here at Craft Gossip. I’m guest blogging over at U Create today with a tutorial showing how to make XOXO table runner for Valentine’s Day. It’s no-sew … Read More...
Podcast: Hidden Gems from CHA
Join Derrick Story of The Digital Story on this podcast discussing favourite items discovered at CHA Winter 2010. Click here to go to article and podcast
Freebie: Valentine Paper Piecing Patterns
Download free Valentine themed paper piecing patterns from Scrapbooks etc. Click here to go to download.
Inspiration du Jour – lisaday
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.
Tutorial: Stacked fabric and button flower
Make a stacked fabric flower with this tutorial from Debbie at Squiggly Twigs Designs. She was inspired by similar flowers made from paper and brads as scrapbooking embellishments. Use the fabric flower as an embellishment for hair accessories or … Read More...
Brassy Apple pattern winners!
I’m happy to announce that we’ve got our three winners of the Brassy Apple giveaway! The free patterns go to… (imagine a drumroll here)
This means our winners are
- Cheryl, who loves the Lucy apron
- Katie, who digs the
Tutorial: Western-style flap pockets for little boys’ shirts
Rae from Made by Rae shows how to make cool Western-style flap pockets for a shirt. How absolutely PERFECT for little boys’ shirts! She provides the patterns for sizes 1-2T and 3-4T, but you can easily adjust the pattern to … Read More...
Tutorial: All Aflutter layered circle skirt for little girls
Melissa Ann from Lilac Lane guest blogs over at UCreate with a tutorial for making this All Aflutter circle skirt for little girls. The two layers allow for fun combinations of fabric prints. The layers are also perfect for twirling! … Read More...
Free pattern: Love Notes
This charming quilt features the Love Notes fabric collection created by Faye Burgos for Marcus Fabrics. The companion quilt was designed by Nancy Rink. Go here to download the free pattern.
Here’s a closer look at some of … Read More...
Whoopie Pie Pan
Williams Sonoma makes easy work of taking up the whoopie pie trend (at least, I think the whoopie pie is and has been making a big come back). Find the whoopie pie pan
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Shop: Note Trunk
If you’re looking for a lovely elegant personalized address stamp you might wan to check out Note Trunk on Etsy. They carry wooden handled and self inking custom stamps with simple, beautiful designs.
-Heather
Tip: Handy way to control beads
Arlee Barr of Albedo Design Journal has invented a method for keeping beads at her fingertips, so to speak, so she can embroider them onto her work quickly and with a minimum of spills. When you see what she’s doing, … Read More...
Enjoy the latest issue of CQMagOnline
The January 2010 issue of CQMagOnline is now live. Many great projects are included, such as a Spring Pansies Covered Tin by Victoria Adams Brown, an Easy Postcard Needlecase by Dakotah Davis, and Hanging Valentines by Maureen Greeson. There’s a … Read More...
Free patterns and charts: Hearts, valentines
This cross stitch roundup is all about free Embroidery patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Cross stitch pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone. Please note that these patterns … Read More...
Free Dishcloth and Scrubbie Patterns
I found these over on the Flickr site and really like them, maybe because there’s green…… Anyway, here are the free patterns. Ballband Dishcloth:
www.peaches-creme.com/Ballband%20Dishcloth.htm and Tribble:
knitting.craftgossip.com/a-tribble-a-day/2009/03/02/
Free Dishcloth and Scrubbie Patterns
I found these over on the Flickr site and really like them, maybe because there’s green…… Anyway, here are the free patterns. Ballband Dishcloth:
www.peaches-creme.com/Ballband%20Dishcloth.htm and Tribble:
knitting.craftgossip.com/a-tribble-a-day/2009/03/02/
Looking to knit more dishcloth patterns ? Check out these … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a reversible ribbon headband
Shelly from I Didn’t Sign Up For This shows how to make a reversible headband from decorative ribbon. Stitch up a stack of these headbands to match your favorite outfits. Though it’s gorgeous made from ribbon, you can easily adapt … Read More...
Tutorial: Boy’s drawstring backpack from a pant leg
Anna from Noodlehead shows how to repurpose the legs of a pair of khaki pants into a drawstring backpack for a little boy. (Or little girl, depending on fabric choice!) Who knew that a backpack could be so cute, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Scalloped Flowers
Suzanne Sergi shows you how to make her signature scalloped flowers, shown above. Click here to go to tutorial.