Claudia of Stitchado Handmade is sharing these adorable vintage nursery-rhyme patterns for your personal embroidering pleasure! Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Nursery rhymes
Claudia of Stitchado Handmade is sharing these adorable vintage nursery-rhyme patterns for your personal embroidering pleasure! Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Nursery rhymes
Claudia of Stitchado Handmade is sharing these adorable vintage nursery-rhyme patterns for your personal embroidering pleasure! Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Nursery rhymes
Claudia of Stitchado Handmade is sharing these adorable vintage nursery-rhyme patterns for your personal embroidering pleasure! Get the patterns.
Simply Needlefelt by, Jayne Emerson
Jayne Emerson, author of Simply Felt was trained at Loughborough College of Art before completing her Masters at Central St Martins in 1997. Since then her work has taken a wide-ranging path that has allowed her to express her creativity … Read More...
Cookie Cake
OK, I’ll admit I found this from an ad sent via email. I usually delete those right away from my Inbox. But I just thought this sandwich cookie cake was so cute. Find the pan here at Williams-Sonoma.
Tutorial: Teacup pincushion
Care for a spot of tea? How about a spot to store your pins? Gingham Cherry shows how to make this pincushion in a teacup. Get the tutorial.
[via Whip Up]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, teacup, pincushion[/tags]
Tutorial: Refashion a tee into a child’s art smock
Keep your kids’ clothes from getting “unintended embellishments” from messy art projects with this art smock. It’s refashioned from a small adult t-shirt. Find out how to make one from The Artful Parent.
[via One Crafty Place]
[tags]sewing, … Read More...
Tutorial: Pleated zippered pouch
My Spare Time shows how to make this pretty pleated zipper pouch. Go to the tutorial.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, zippered, pouch, pleated[/tags]
Poke Poke Poke – Cards with holes in them
Originally uploaded by warpeDesign
WarpDesign is making these lovely cards and paper products by punching holes in the card stock. The texture and designs on these are wonderful.
I wonder how she makes them? Like needle … Read More...
PUPPY LOVE
You gotta love this one – a free scarf pattern posted on the parent site of this blog. Can you think of a little boy or girl (or maybe their mom) who wouldn’t love this scarf??
I think I’d make … Read More...
Book Review: Beading VISUAL Quick Tips
Beading VISUAL Quick Tips by Chris Franchetti Michaels
- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Visual; Spi edition (January 9, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470343834
- ISBN-13: 978-0470343838
- Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
Need a little help with your bead working … Read More...
Tutorial: Patchwork oven mitts
Linda Permann shares a tutorial on Cut Out + Keep for making these patchwork oven mitts. She uses a cocktail napkin for one side. Get the how-to.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, hot, pad, oven, mitt[/tags]
Tutorial: Sew a carrying case for your DS Lite games
Instructables user xrissy posts a tutorial for making a roll-up carrying case to store Nintendo DS Lite games. You can easily alter the size to accommodate the number of games you have. (I’d suggest leaving plenty of room for additions to your … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a nursing cover-up
If you’re a nursing mama, are planning on being a nursing mama, or know someone who is a nursing mama, you’re gonna love this tutorial by Made By the Mama Monster. It’s a nursing cover-up, just like the high-dollar … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a sleeping mask and sleep like a starlet
Dear Martha shows how to sew this sleeping mask. All you need now are some fuzzy toed high heel slippers and you’ve got the vintage Hollywood starlet thing down. Go to the tutorial.
Stencil 101 Review and Giveaway
Stencil 101: Make Your Mark with 25 Reusable Stencils and Step-by-Step Instructions
Author: Ed Roth
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Chronicle Books has published another wonderful craft title with Stencil 101. The author, Ed Roth, is a graphic designer based in … Read More...
Upcycled Clothespin Bag
It’s getting warm here in the Northern Hemisphere, which means it’s time for all the eco-conscious crafters out there to start hanging their laundry out to dry in the warm sunshine. And while this is great on the environment (not … Read More...
Baby Bottle Cozy
With new mommas growing more and more conscious of the types of items they pick up for baby, plastic baby bottles are going the way of the glass bottle. Great for keeping harmful toxins from plastic out of baby’s system, … Read More...
Start stitching holiday squares
Bargello Needlepoint blog links us to nine free holiday square patterns from Rainbow Gallery. The blog notes that the squares can “be made into ornaments, small box tops or pin cushions.” Get the designs.