EvaForeva shares a tutorial f or making this eco-friendly tote. The body of the bag is made from industrial felt, with the accents from recycled leather. The materials won’t be cheap (she predicts about $40 USD), but the resulting bag … Read More...
Tips for sewing on fluid fabrics
Threads Magazine calls them fluid fabrics. I always called them crawly or drapey fabrics. You know, the fabrics that make beautiful, fluid gargments but are difficult to sew because they crawl all over the place, often not holding a pressed … Read More...
Tips for drawing tatting charts
Jon of Jon’s Thread Escapade blog is sharing some tips for creating tatting diagrams using drawing software. See the post.
Tutorial: Make a table topper
Moda Bake Shop shows how to make this oh so cute Cherries and Blossoms table topper using a Charm Pack of Oh-Cherry-Oh by Me and My Sister. Designer Sheri Howard. Get the tute.
Teacher Appreciation
Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up at the beginning of May (May 4-8th). It’s a wonderful time to express gratuitude to your kids’ teachers for all of the time and energy they put into preparing and teaching. Some of my … Read More...
Finale Eggy Homage
A few final inspirational eggs for Easter.
Dante Marioni, Glass Blower video.
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Dante Marioni, glass blower in Seattle, WA talks about glass blowing, his past, how he got into glass and a lot more. Great footage of glass blowing!
Peep peep peep….
Easter may only be a day away, but there’s still plenty of time to get one last crafting project in! Click on over to Polymner Clay Productions, where Kira and Ilysa have put together this video telling you how … Read More...
New fabric line from Pixie Dust Decor
Pixie Dust Decor designs children’s decor and accessories, and now they’ve released their first line of fabrics. The fabric is 100% cotton poplin and a whopping 60″ wide. The colors are soft pastels, with houses, flowers, and pagodas. See the … Read More...
Glass Flowers at Atlantic Art Glass
Spring is definitely in the air and Atlantic Art Glass knows how to do it right.
Washington Post Peeps Show Results!!!
The Washington Post Peeps Show III results...visit the gallery for inspiration.
Tutorial: Felt chick egg warmers
vlijtig shares a tutorial for making these chickie-shaped egg warmers from felt. The pattern is simple but oh, so cute! Get the how-to.
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Sneak Peek: Santorini fabric line from Lila Tueller
Lila Tueller shares a little sneaky-peeky of her fabric line. It’s called Santorini. It’s pastel, it’s soft and girly, and it’s PRETTY. She also gives a sneak at an upcoming pattern for fabric boots. Yeah!! See more pictures of this … Read More...
WOOLCRAFTING – A GREAT SITE FOR CROCHETERS!
I just discovered this site:
http://www.woolcrafting.com/index.html
In addition to having a number of free crochet patterns of which this is my favorite:
There is also a great deal of information for crocheters on this site. Want information about felting (fulling)? … Read More...
Sweet Sunflowers
Visit Sweetopia and find sunflower cutter tools.
Lampwork Tutorial: Reducing Silver Glass
Another great tutorial on the enVision blog on reducing silver glass. This time it’s Triton and Psyche from Double Helix Glass.
Give-away: Nanette’s mixed bag
Sherri from A Quilting Life blog is celebrating her 100th post with a give-away. The theme is “a few of my favorite things” and one is Nanette’s Mixed Bag shown here. She will announce winners on Friday April 17th. Go … Read More...
Sneak Peek: Happy Tone fabric from Michael Miller
Michael Miller fabrics gives a sneak peek of their new Happy Tone fabric line. Most people wouldn’t think of gray and black as happy color tones, but they are when they are contrasted with corals and turquoises and yellows. Sneak … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a turtle softie
These softie turtles designed by We Wilsons are coming out of their shells. Literally. The little bodeies are sewn separately from the shells, so you can pull them out of their shells. Get the tutorial.
Looking for more Softie … Read More...
Properties of olive butter
Olive Butter properties from Oils by Nature
Olive Butter (Olea Europa)
Olea meaning olive. Olea is the latin name for this most long lived economically important fruit. Europa meaning European.
Grown specifically in the Mediterranean region and obtained from the … Read More...