Make this cute and easy pincushion with wool fabric scraps and a blender. This marvelous video comes from HGTV Simply Quilts with quilting artist Cindy Thury Smith. This is an wonderful and fun idea for all of us to try. We…
Tutorial: Sew an armor costume from felt
If your child dreams of being a knight in shining armor, check out this tutorial from Adrienne from Some of a Kind. She shows how to make a set of pretend armor out of felt. She also has tutorials to … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew an armor costume from felt
If your child dreams of being a knight in shining armor, check out this tutorial from Adrienne from Some of a Kind. She shows how to make a set of pretend armor out of felt. She also has tutorials to make…
Jack O’ Lantern Halloween Cocktail
Find the Jack O’ Lantern cocktail–and the idea for this clever “pumpkin top” garnish–HERE at the Hostess with the Mostess blog.
Pincushion giveaway
Lisa of Ivory Blush Roses is celebrating her 100th blog follower by giving away three of her exquisite CQ pincushions. Go to her blog post to enter before 8:00 p.m. (Arizona time), Sunday, October 18.
New tutes: Embroidered text
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog has started a new free tutorial series on using lettering and text in hand embroidery. You’ll want to get in on this! See the first post.
Indian embroidery: Toda
Have you been following Sailaja’s Summers of India blog? She’s posting a series of informative articles about history and techniques of traditional Indian embroidery. Her October 12 post, for example, explains and illustrates Toda embroidery, “tribal embroidery from the Southern State of…
Tutorial: Montenegrin stitch
Learn Montenegrin stitch via the tutorial at Rittenhouse Needlepoint blog. See the tute.
Free from UT: Breast-cancer-awareness design
Urban Threads is sharing this rockin pattern in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Karline of UT says,
This punchy “Girl Power” design is available in formats for machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock art, so crafters of all stripes can use…
Creepy Candy Wrappers
What simple brilliance these mummy and bat candy wrappers are. Found at Craft, they are from Skip to My Lou. Click HERE for instructions.
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Creepy Candy Wrappers
What simple brilliance these mummy and bat candy wrappers are. Found at Craft, they are from Skip to My Lou. Click HERE for instructions.
Inspiration: Photo Stamps with Rosi Art
Photo realistic rubber stamps can sometime be intimidating to use, getting the right colors and backgrounds to make them look good is a little tricky. Well, Rosemary Reid is a stamper that really excels at this type of stamping! Visit … Read More...
Inspiration: Photo Stamps with Rosi Art
image by Rosi Reid
Photo realistic rubber stamps can sometime be intimidating to use, getting the right colors and backgrounds to make them look good is a little tricky. Well, Rosemary Reid is a stamper that really excels at this type…
Cinnamon rosemary soap recipe
This warm and cozy cinnamon rosemary soap from Majestic Mountain Sage is great for winter.
Cinnamon Rosemary Soap
Ingredients:
o 42 oz wt Olive Oil
o 39 oz wt Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
o 32 oz wt Coconut Oil
o 16 oz wt Lye (sodium hydroxide)
o 42 oz water
Instructions:
Add the scent (1/3 oz. Cinnamon Leaf Essential Oil and 1/3 oz. Rosemary Essential [...]
All sorts of free box patterns great for recycling paper and cardstock
Over at the website Paper and More there are a bunch of free box patterns and instructions that would be great for all sorts of fun recycling projects.
Why not make your own gift box to go along with your … Read More...
All sorts of free box patterns great for recycling paper and cardstock
Over at the website Paper and More there are a bunch of free box patterns and instructions that would be great for all sorts of fun recycling projects.
Why not make your own gift box to go along with your handmade…
Tutorial: Hot water bottle cover from an old sweater
Instead of sending a moth-eaten sweater to the trash bin, why not use it to create a cover for your hot water bottle? Grayvyxn shares a tutorial on Wardrobe Refashion showing you how. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Hot water bottle cover from an old sweater
Instead of sending a moth-eaten sweater to the trash bin, why not use it to create a cover for your hot water bottle? Grayvyxn shares a tutorial on Wardrobe Refashion showing you how. Get the tutorial.
[photo from Wardrobe Refashion]
Tutorial: Onesie Halloween costumes for baby
Vickie Howell shares some tutorials on PBS Parents showing how to make all four of these Halloween costumes for baby – Strong Man, Munchkin, Wee Witch and Baby Sasquatch. They are all based on the perennial favorite baby garment – … Read More...
Tutorial: Onesie Halloween costumes for baby
Vickie Howell shares some tutorials on PBS Parents showing how to make all four of these Halloween costumes for baby – Strong Man, Munchkin, Wee Witch and Baby Sasquatch. They are all based on the perennial favorite baby garment – the…