Lefty alert: Yvette Stanton’s major opus is available for preorder. The new work is The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion: A Step-by-Step Stitch Dictionary. If you follow Yvette’s blog, White Threads, you know what a labor of love this book has been and…
Free embroidery patterns from Sprite Stitch
If you’re crazy for Sprite Stitch’s lively game-inspired images, here’s a huge treat: Servotron has compiled a master list of free patterns posted on the Sprite Stitch discussion board. Pure gold! See the list of links.
Free embroidery patterns from Sprite Stitch
If you’re crazy for Sprite Stitch’s lively game-inspired images, here’s a huge treat: Servotron has compiled a master list of free patterns posted on the Sprite Stitch discussion board. Pure gold! See the list of links.
Fit to be tied ruffle scarf tutorial
Recycled Sweater Wool Mittens (HOW TOs)
There has been an interest in making mittens from recycled wool sweaters. Following are the links to several good blogs and sites that show you just how to make these beauties. I thought that I would post this early for…
DIY Cake Stand
I love this idea for a DIY cake stand made from cake boards, cans, and scrapbooking paper. Find the how-tos HERE at Prudent Baby.
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Healthy Jack O’Lantern Fruit Cups For Halloween
Check out this healthy addition to a Halloween party–Jack O’ Lantern Fruit Cups–at Pennies on a Platter. Find the how-tos HERE.
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Tutorial: Oven hand mitt
Amy from The Idea Room shows how to make these oven hand mitts. These would make great Christmas gifts! Gift them by themselves, or pair them a pretty pie plate and include a favorite recipe. Go to the tutorial.… Read More...
Tutorial: Oven hand mitt
Amy from The Idea Room shows how to make these oven hand mitts. These would make great Christmas gifts! Gift them by themselves, or pair them a pretty pie plate and include a favorite recipe. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from The…
Tutorial: Reversible twirly skirt with big bow
Cupkateer shares a tutorial for making this reversible twirly skirt with a big bow at the waist. How cute! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Cupkateer]
[via Someday Crafts]
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…Tutorial: Little leather window tags
Mairuru made these cool leather tags to put on a drawstring bag, and she wrote up a tutorial showing how she did it. Little bits of patterned fabric peek through the holes punched in the tag. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from…
Freebie: Ouija Board Invitations
image by Chica and Jo
Here’s another fun free download project I found on our Craft Gossip Flickr group, it comes from the Chica and Jo blog, it’s a spooky Ouija Board invitation, I love how that adhered it to wood…
Indie Banditas Looking for Vendors
The Indie Banditas Bazaar, happening near Seattle next month, has a few vendor spots open for their holiday show. Contact the Banditas at [email protected].
And if you’re in the Seattle area, plan on attending the show November 27th and 28th…
Tutorial: Basic button-down shirt
The Storque at Etsy has a tutorial for making this basic button-down shirt. It’s an excerpt from the book, Design-It-Yourself Clothes
, so if you like the tutorial then I’m betting you’ll want to buy the whole book. Go to … Read More...
Tutorial: Basic button-down shirt
The Storque at Etsy has a tutorial for making this basic button-down shirt. It’s an excerpt from the book, Design-It-Yourself Clothes, so if you like the tutorial then I’m betting you’ll want to buy the whole book. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from…
How much yardage is in a thrifted sheet?
Thrifted sheets are one of my favorite sources of vintage yardage. Of course, sheets don’t come in the standard 44″ or 60″ widths we’re used to seeing in the fabric store. Luck for us, Crafting a Green World gives the measurements…
Ready-to-Stitch ECO TOTE Model Citizen by Bonnie Rue Limited Edition
What do you get when you combine sublime stiching, bake and destroy and model citizen? Awesomeness, that’s what.
Introducing a new design in the Sublime Stitching line of exclusive, ready-to-stitch EcoTotes, pre-stamped with wash-out ink! This is a limited-edition design, by Bonnie…
From vintage plate to mini quilt
Janet from A Quilter’s Journal blog was inspired to make this mini quilt from a 1960’s J&G Meakin plate. Go here to read more.
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Tutorial: Pintucked vest from a plaid shirt
CraftStylish shows how to make this pintucked vest out of a very ordinary plaid shirt. The result is anything but ordinary! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from CraftStylish]
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Tutorial: Pintucked vest from a plaid shirt
CraftStylish shows how to make this pintucked vest out of a very ordinary plaid shirt. The result is anything but ordinary! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from CraftStylish]
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