Sew4Home shows how to make a yoga mat tote. Now you can carry your mat to and from yoga class in a bag made out of your favorite fabrics. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Sew4Home]
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Project: Broken CD Pin
Don’t throw away those broken or scratched CD’s, stamp on them and turn them into cool jewelry!! Check out this amazing pin made by Wendy Hanlik, you can find the directions here on the Smooze with Suze website. What a … Read More...
Gotta get: Sunray Pleated Clutch PDF pattern
This Sunray Pleated Clutch by Constructivism features an intriguing folded fabric exterior. The pleated sunray detail makes your solid fabrics the star, though I think it would also look pretty awesome out of a stripe. You can get the PDF … Read More...
Isla Corbett, Felt Designer
Isla Corbett Creates exquisite felted art in her home based studio in California. From Isla’s profile below you can read that she gets most of her inspiration from nature. She sells her items in her ETSY shop called “I S … Read More...
Tutorial: Shorten a sleeve while maintaining original hem
Christine from Christine Sews explains how she shortened the sleeves on this delicate shirt. The sleeve from lighteight sheer fabric had sequins and embroidered trim just above the hem, which she wanted to maintain. See how she shortened the sleeve… Read More...
Tutorial: 5 yards of bias tape from 1 fat quarter
Did you know that you can get 5 yards of bias tape out of one fat quarter? That makes my printed bias tape lovin’ self very happy to know! Stop Staring and Start Sewing shows how to do it. Get … Read More...
Tutorial: Child’s pants from adult shirt sleeves
Blueprints shows how to repurpose the sleeves of an adult button-down shirt into legs for a child’s pair of pants. The wrist cuffs of the shirt become cool cuffs at the ankles of the pants. Go to the tutorial.… Read More...
Patriotic Pizazz for Fort Hood wounded
Cherri from Cherry House Quilts has a personal connection to the recent events at Fort Hood, Texas USA. Her son is stationed there and thankfully was not harmed. Most of us would stop there, but not Cherri. She is calling … Read More...
New Release: Purple Onion Stamps
Purple Onion stamps has just released some wonderful new images for Fall, I adore the cute Pilgrim and Indian bears and the Noteblocks are really great, they would make fun bookmarks!
-Heather
Jelly Belly Art
Edible crafts at its finest: Jelly Belly art. Visit the Jelly Belly site to view their art gallery. View famous people and paintings, all done in jelly bellies (like George Washington, the Statue of Liberty, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and … Read More...
Free patterns and charts
This week, we’ve gathered the greatest hand-embroidery patterns for you to try! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or an expert. Our free patterns range from simple cross-stitch designs to more complicated flower and animal motifs. With … Read More...
Free charts: Christmas cross-stitch
Whiten Teeth Naturally With these Recipes
Sarah Powell of Lilith’s Apothecary recently posted about a herbal tooth whitener. My sister used to brush her teeth with baking soda and I remember that it really did whiten her teeth. I also read about using strawberries to … Read More...
If You Need More Glass Beads…Babe in Oakland, CA
Glasscapes by Mingo and Asho is one of the many exhibitors at Babe – Bay Area Bead Extravaganza. They make blown beads among other glass goodies but this is what they’re most known for. And on a side note, … Read More...
Tutorial: Custom window valances
Shelley Detton shows how to make a custom valance on her blog, 7 Layer Studio. She gives directions for several variations so you can get just the look you want. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Sew a new cover for a kid’s saucer chair
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how you can create a new seat cover for a child’s saucer chair. The photo pictured to the left is the saucer chair she picked up used for $1. Go to her … Read More...
New Product: Wooden Tags
If you’re looking for a woodsy rustic look for your wrapping ideas this year how about stamping on wooden tags? These lovely maple wood tags are available from Impress and would also make great ornaments or book marks too!
-Heather
How to wash silk ribbon embroidery
Vani of Vani’s blog explains how to wash silk ribbons in preparation for using them and how to wash and refresh a finished SRE project. See her post.
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Inspiration du Jour – kinseywilson
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.
Tutorial: Arlee’s Frankenstitch
Arlee Barr of Albedo Design Journal uses text and video to teach us her Frankenstitch embroidery technique. Improvisational and textural, this stitching style will force you to loosen up and get modern. See the first tute post.