Ripping Out Seams shares a free pattern for her latest bag design - The Strip Tease Bag. A round vinyl bottom and vinyl straps make for a strong bag. The pieced strips allow for many fun combinations of colors and prints. …
Tutorial: Sew a fitted outdoor tablecloth
This fitted tablecloth by Make and Takes is perfect for an outdoor table. She started with a storebought tablecloth (though you could also use a large piece of fabric) and then added elastic to keep the tablecloth from blowing away. Get…
Pandora style beads from Libby Mills
Pandora bracelets are all the rage lately, and Libby Mills has found some great silver bead cores to create beads for them with polymer clay. Click here for all the details!
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Tutorial: Altered Binder Clip
This quick and simple project by Cheryl Nyboer is a great photo holder idea. Go to tutorial.
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Tutorial: Altered Binder Clip
This quick and simple project by Cheryl Nyboer is a great photo holder idea. Go to tutorial.
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Review: Anthropodino by Ernesto Neto
Be sure to see “Another Use for Tulle: The Work of Ernesto Neto” by Elaine Lipson of Red Thread Studio. Her review summarizes the impressions of several well-known critics and points out additional resources, including a slideshow of the Anthropodino installation. Lipson…
Inspiration: Swirl temari
Oh, my goodness. I’ve never before seen a temari with anything other than an obvious, straight-sided, geometric design. But Jane of World Embroideries has produced this gorgeous swirl temari that fools the eye. She says,
If you follow the longest thread on each section,…
Sugar Cube Igloo
Find a clever idea for crafting a sugar cube igloo at Sprout, an idea I found on the wonderful site, “The Crafty Crow.“
IPCA retreat – filling fast!
The IPCA (International Polymer Clay Association) retreat, “A World of Inspiration” in Chicago is filling fast! If you want to spend four days in Chicago learning, being inspired, and up to your eyeballs in polymer clay then run, don’t walk…
Polymer Clay Tutorial For Fairy Wings!
I recently received an email from a reader wanting to create polymer clay fairies with delicate wings. I found this polymer clay fairy wing tutorial for making fairy wings out of … Read More...
Fairy Wings!

by Wendy Rotchstein
I recently received an email from a reader wanting to create polymer clay fairies with delicate wings. I found this tutorial for making fairy wings out of translucent liquid clay in the PC Polyzine circa 2004. It’s a…
Lookie what she made: Flying sarubobo!
Mairuru made these flying sarubobo. “Saru” means “monkey” in Japanese, and “bobo” means baby. I love the way the arms and legs are outstretched, like they’re floating through the air. See more photos on her blog.
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Lookie what she made: Flying sarubobo!
Lil’ Loafer Birdhouse
Free pattern: Lotus Beauty quilt

Image from Kona Bay
I always wonder what to do with my beautiful Asian print fabrics. Cutting them into smaller pieces is not always the best option. This free pattern from Kona Bay Fabrics is a good example of how to display the larger elements. Go here to download…
Hairpin Lace Tools
A recent discussion on another site got me to thinking how crochet tools have changed over time. Hooks, themselves, have changed very little. You either have a ‘traditional’ hook or an in-line hook with handle variations. But, other crochet tools … Read More...
HAIRPIN LACE TOOLS
A recent discussion on another site got me to thinking how crochet tools have changed over time. Hooks, themselves, have changed very little. You either have a ‘traditional’ hook or an in-line hook with handle variations. But, other crochet tools…
Frugal Scrapbooking
Looking for ways to save money on your scrapbooking? Here’s an article on 6 Ways to Scrapbook on a Dime from the Sun Herald website.
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Frugal Scrapbooking
Looking for ways to save money on your scrapbooking? Here’s an article on 6 Ways to Scrapbook on a Dime from the Sun Herald website.
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Give-a-way: Quilt Top

Image from Quilting on Turtle Hill
Cathy of Quilting on Turtle Hill is giving away this very cute quilt top, closeup shown here. Go here to see how to make it yours.