Crafts, Patterns, DIY and How-To Ideas from CraftGossip

Tutorial: Girls’ T-shirt dress with ruffled hem

May 7, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Just Deanna shares a tutorial for making this girls’ t-shirt dress with ruffled hem. Perfect for a summer day! Get the how-to.

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Lucille’s flour sack dress quilt

May 7, 2009 by Scarlett Burroughs

Image from Alabama Chanin

Check out this amazing yo yo inspired quilt, available at the Alabama Chanin store.

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This quilt, once considered unsalvageable, is now a beautiful piece that has been up-cycled and hand stitched on our 100% Organic Cottton. Each yo yo flower…

Tutorial: Covered button choker

May 7, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Suzanne from Suzanne’s Crazy for Collars shows how to make these colorful chokers using covered buttons. There’s actually no sewing involved in this project, but it uses fabric scraps, buttons, and ribbons – items that tend to multiply in productive … Read More...

Tutorial: Covered button choker

May 7, 2009 by Anne Weaver

Tutorial: Sew a bitty bug pincushion

May 7, 2009 by Anne Weaver

This bug pincushion might be itty bitty in size, but he’s hugely cute! Lauren from Goody Goody shares a tutorial for making her Bitty Bug Pincushion. Go to the tutorial.

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Tutorial: Sew a bitty bug pincushion

May 7, 2009 by Anne Weaver

This bug pincushion might be itty bitty in size, but he’s hugely cute! Lauren from Goody Goody shares a tutorial for making her Bitty Bug Pincushion. Go to the tutorial.

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Cakes for Spring

May 7, 2009 by Meaghan Mountford

Visit Ladies Home Journal for a slide show of easy cakes to make for Spring. My favorites are the daisy cake and the almond flower cake.

Don’t Forget! Polymer Cafe giveaway is TOMORROW!

May 7, 2009 by Vikram Goyal

Don’t forget, I’ll be drawing names out of a hat tommorow for the Polymer Cafe June 2009 issue! If you haven’t entered yet, go leave a comment at this post!

Designer Jewelry Giveaway by Max and Chloe

May 7, 2009 by Vikram Goyal

Get a chance to win $500 in designer jewelry from Max & Chloe. To enter the sweepstakes, click HERE.

Tiny stumpwork from Windflower Embroidery

May 7, 2009 by Denise Felton

Look at this amazing stumpwork applied to a bitty pin tin. The mushroom design will soon be available free from Windflower Embroidery. Go to the blog to see additional views of the design and more examples of fantastic dimensional … Read More...

Alternative stitching surface: Wood

May 7, 2009 by Denise Felton

I’m fascinated by this project that Becky Stern found in Craftzine.com’s flickr pool. Contributor NewandDifferent is embroidering on wood! I’m not brave enough to attempt needlework on hardwood. But you may find me hanging around the model-airplane section of my local craft…

All knotted up

May 7, 2009 by Denise Felton

Wow. Look what Rachel of Cornflower Blue Studio is doing with French knots! You can see more of her work. Just go to the blog. And click on the images to see close-ups.