Emily Pitts of the Studio Calico Design Team has posted step by step instructions to make this lovely mobile using patterned papers and a butterfly punch. Go to tutorial: Part 1 and Part 2
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…Tutorial Thursday
All day today I will be posting links to various scrapbooking related tutorials found around the web. The first one will be up soon. Keep checking back during the day for all the posts!
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Objects and Elements Reader Challenge
Objects and Elements has put up their first Reader Challenge: Get Closure: Show Us Your Clasps.
Here’s how to participate. You can make your own clasp OR show them how you’ve creatively used an objects and elements closure (as … Read More...
Objects and Elements Reader Challenge
Objects and Elements has put up their first Reader Challenge: Get Closure: Show Us Your Clasps.
Here’s how to participate. You can make your own clasp OR show them how you’ve creatively used an objects and elements closure (as Design Team Member Kristen…
How To Make Crochet Quilts
I used to be a quilter. Occasionally, I still get the ‘itch’ to pull out my fabric, scissors, and needle and whip one up. Last time I did that, I spent the entire day at it and ended up with … Read More...
CROCHET QUILTS – no guilt
I used to be a quilter. Occasionally, I still get the ‘itch’ to pull out my fabric, scissors, and needle and whip one up. Last time I did that, I spent the entire day at it and ended up with…
Kicky kimono fabric
Quilts on a milk carton
Image from BBC
The milk carton for quilts is online at Lost Quilt Come Home where anyone who has lost a quilt can upload a photograph of it with a description.
In 2005, the Chester Cathedral lost their Mystery Play Quilt that was on permanent display at the visitor’s entrance. A couple of months…
Tutorial: Sleeve plackets demystified and unscary
Vegbee from Just Tutes takes the scary out of sleeve plackets. She shows step by step how she inserted them into the sleeves of a shirt for her son. See how she did it.
Free patterns: Rose and Swan
Go to The Applique Society and download Rose and Swan patterns. Original designs by Jaydee Price.
Via Empire Quilters
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Tutorial: Stitch a fabric postcard
Joan from Nini Makes shows how to create a one-of-a-kind stitched postcard. Whether you choose to send this to a lucky recipient or hang it as art on your wall, this project is sure to please. Get the how-to.
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Sewing Tutorial: Tunic swimsuit coverup from a t-shirt
Head over to Craftzine to find out how to make this tunic swimsuit coverup from an old t-shirt. Go to the tutorial.
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Looking for more Swimsuit sewing patterns? Check out … Read More...
Tutorial: Tunic swimsuit coverup from a t-shirt
Tutorial: Felt yo-yo flowers
Zakka Life shows how to make these fun felt yo-yo flowers. Because the felt does not ravel, you can cut the shapes of the petals into the completed yo-yo. Get the tutorial from Zakka Life.
Tutorial: Oriental stitch
The stitch of the week at Rittenhouse Needlepoint is Oriental stitch. The instructional post says,
The Oriental stitch is a fantastic background stitch and a great stitch for filling in large areas. It is a Milanese-type stitch comprised of two diagonal rows…
A Sweet New Shop from a Teenage Witch
Some sweet news: Melissa Joan Hart (as in Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and her mom, Paula, have opened up a frozen yogurt, gelato, baked goods and candy shop that I can only imagine is a cute as it looks on…
Make It: Snake Tie
Father’s Day is looming near-still looking for some ideas? How about a snake tie? Take one of dad’s old ties and create a new pet just for him. Wouldn’t it look great wrapped around his computer at work?!?
See full instructions…
Embroidery floss basics
A new post on Needlework Tips & Techniques explains embroidery floss basics: how many strands to use, how to separate strands, how to begin, how to fasten off, and how to keep flosses organized. Beginners, in particular, will want to see…
Free pattern: fairy wonderland
Giveaway from Janet Perry
Post a little story about your first needlepoint project, and be entered to win a selection of threads from Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint. Go to Janet’s blog to enter before July 15.