We have had such a wonderful turnout for this book giveaway and I want to thank everyone that entered. The winner is lucky number 13 Gael! She has a wonderful site called Gaudy’s Good, unique presence with spirit. Click … Read More...
Tutorial: Custom fabric labels using MS Word
You’ve labored over your creation, put your love into your sewing, and made something really fabulous. Now put your mark on it! Christina from The Sometimes Crafter shares a tutorial for making your own custom fabric labels using Microsoft Word … Read More...
Scrapbooking Store Tour
Three local scrapbook stores (LSS) in Southern California will be organising a Tour de Crop on May 16th. The three stores involved are
Creative Paradise Scrapbooking in Sherman Oaks
Strictly Scrapbooking in Cerritos
Scrap-n-Yap in Monrovia.
The tour gives scrappers … Read More...
Cakesicles!
Awww….Baby Bird Cupcakes
Frantz Art Glass is Having a Sale
It seems like everywhere you turn today you will see a sale. Well, if you’re a glassworker, here’s one that you won’t want to miss. Last week’s sale and this weeks sale will overlap until March 30th. That means there’s … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a patchwork apple
I love me some apples, but this may be the yummiest apple ever. It’s made of fabric, patchwork at that! The Wool Food Mama shows how to make one. Get the tutorial.
[via Craftzine]
Looking for more Softie toys … Read More...
Fabric flowers pictorial tutorial by Blair of wise craft
I’m so happy I discovered Blair of wise craft and her amazing flowers and complete pictorial tutorial with a downloadable template. The fabric she used is so stunning! Pictured is the flower and the finished flower is the charm … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Sew a reusable sandwich wrap
My little girl starts kindergarten next year, so I’m on the hunt for earth-friendly lunchpacking solutions. Betz White offers a tutorial on CraftStylish for making a reusable sandwich wrap. Bye, by, baggies! Get the tutorial.
Sandwich wraps are sustainable … Read More...
Sewing Pattern: Little girl’s dress from dad’s shirt
I love this little dress so much! Amazing Mae made it from an old men’s dress shirt. (The dress shirt was old, not the man! But I digress…)
Read more about the project, and see the dress modeled by … Read More...
One-Of-A-Kind Clips
Do you want to have some great one-of-a-kind clips to hang up everything from artwork to great art prints? You can even use these outside when you hang up your laundry, give it some pretty and some flair! Betz White … Read More...
Free chart: Best wishes bunny
This week’s free chart from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com is a sweet bunny designed by Debra Page. Get the chart.
Free Pattern – Perfect!
You know you have it. That perfect yarn that you bought with absolutely no idea what it would become, only secure in knowing that it would, someday, reveal to you what it was meant to be. Absolutely no idea what … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a “wabbit” softie!
In honor of spring, why not make one of these “wabbit” softies? Yoonie from Yoonie At Home shares a template and a tutorial. Get the how-to.
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns … Read More...
Free Printables
Click on over to Creature Comforts to download free printable mailing labels, that can easily be incorporated into your scrapbooking projects.
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Board Book Tutorial
Tutorial: Sew a cleaning dust mitt
Just in time for spring cleaning, We Wilsons shows how to make this cleaning dust mitt. She used a terry cloth shirt she found at a rummage sale, though you could easily use an old towel or sweatshirt instead. Get … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a flower trug from a feedsack
Junk Camp shows how to make a flower trug (for carrying flowers in from the garden) from a feedsack and a spindle. Don’t have a feedsack? Use a tea towel or any other piece of fabric. Don’t have a spindle? … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy zig zag quilt
Amandajean of Crazy Mom Quilts is guest-starring on Bee Square Blog, where she has posted a tutorial for making a zig zag quilt “without piecing those pesky triangles!” Great idea! See the tute.
Free pattern: Colonial Sue
CC of Suestreehouse regularly shares with us wonderful patterns for Sunbonnet Sues from all walks of life. This week, her gift is an unusual variation on Sue – a Colonial lady with a parasol. Get the pattern.