Friends, I’ve been waylaid with some version of the flu bug - not that swine stuff, tho’. Sorry for the delay in getting the contest winners announced. So many people entered that it’ll take me an hour or more just…
DIY bohemian modern
Image from Alabama Chanin
During a business trip to Chicago a couple of years ago a friend and I discovered the Anthropologie store. As we were leaving we each started to describe the one item we didn’t think we could live without. As we kept talking we…
Sewing Pattern: Girls’ T-shirt dress with ruffled hem
Just Deanna shares a tutorial for making this girls’ t-shirt dress with ruffled hem. Perfect for a summer day! Get the how-to.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, tee, t-shirt,dress, ruffled, hem[/tags]Looking for more sewing patterns for Girls summer dresses? Check these lovely … Read More...
Tutorial: Girls’ T-shirt dress with ruffled hem
Just Deanna shares a tutorial for making this girls’ t-shirt dress with ruffled hem. Perfect for a summer day! Get the how-to.
Technorati Tags: sewing, tutorial, tee, t-shirt, dress, ruffled, hem
Lucille’s flour sack dress quilt
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
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
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…
Tutorial: Sew a bitty bug pincushion
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
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.
Technorati Tags: sewing, tutorial, pincushion, bitty, bug
Cakes for Spring
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!
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
Get a chance to win $500 in designer jewelry from Max & Chloe. To enter the sweepstakes, click HERE.
Tiny stumpwork from Windflower Embroidery
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
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
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.
Bottlecap and Bamboo Tile Necklace Supply Giveaway
Remember that gorgeous Romantic Rose Necklace by Ten Two design team member Peace Schuyler that I blogged about last week?
Lisa Vollrath; the owner of Ten Two Studios, thought that one of our lucky readers would like to create … Read More...
Free patterns: Vintage borders
Get these vintage border-embroidery patterns — free for personal use — from Stitchado Handmade.
Free patterns: Vintage borders
Get these vintage border-embroidery patterns — free for personal use — from Stitchado Handmade.
Free patterns: Vintage borders
Get these vintage border-embroidery patterns — free for personal use — from Stitchado Handmade.
Free patterns: Vintage borders
Get these vintage border-embroidery patterns — free for personal use — from Stitchado Handmade.