Craft Gossip

There are few words that bring more giddy excitement to me than “vintage” and “fabric”, especially when used together.  If these words do the same for you and you’re in the Little Rock, Arkansas (United States) area, you’ve got to … Read More...

There are few words that bring more giddy excitement to me than “vintage” and “fabric”, especially when used together.  If these words do the same for you and you’re in the Little Rock, Arkansas (United States) area, you’ve got to … Read More...

There are few words that bring more giddy excitement to me than “vintage” and “fabric”, especially when used together.  If these words do the same for you and you’re in the Little Rock, Arkansas (United States) area, you’ve got to … Read More...

Care from Obsessively Stitching shows another cool way to repurpose dollar store potholders.  This time she uses one to make a make-up bag.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Obsessively Stitching]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, make-up, makeup, bag, pouch, potholder, hot pad[/tags]… Read More...

Jess from The Adventures of Rory and Jess and Sadie shows how to make this bangle bracelet that’s wrapped with fabric.  This is a quick, easy project.  Go to the tutorial.

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Char from Crap I’ve Made shows how you can turn your fabric scraps into a patchwork camera strap.  Bring out the scrap bin!!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Crap I’ve Made]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, patchwork, camera, strap, scrap[/tags]

My kid thinks all bats are Stellaluna and he says Stellaluna like this “Elloloolooolooloona” which, if you have a kid (if you don’t have a kid you probably don’t give a crap and I don’t blame you one bit), is … Read More...

I’m always looking for great gift ideas.  Being a crocheter, picking up a hook and yarn is my preferred way of creating gifts.  Here are some of the ideas I’ve found online that I like:

http://barbarabradford.blogspot.com/search/label/crochet

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Blue Tile 2

Originally uploaded by Laureleee

Check out this oh-so-lovely pendant made with an image of an Art Nouveau ceramic tile transferred to polymer clay. It has such a wonderful old world charm!

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Robert Kaufman Fabrics shares a free pattern for this Girl Scouts cookie sales organizer.  Within this little folio are pockets for your order forms and your pen, as well as a zippered pocket to hold money.  It features fabrics from … Read More...

Day of the Dead (dias de los muertos) may be over, but there’s no reason you can’t celebrate year-round with this Day of the Dead themed tote bag.  Totally Stitchin’ has a downloadable tutorial showing how to make one, along … Read More...

Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how you can make this sweet little girl’s sweater dress out of an adult sweater.  Don’t be intimidated by the sweater knit – this is actually a very easy project.  I’ve been … Read More...

Megan Nielsen from megannielsen.com shows her method for easy elastic waistbands.  She ditches the casing in favor  of a large zig-zag stitch.  Go to the tutorial to find out how she does it.

[photo from megannielsen.com]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, … Read More...