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Gorgeous mosaic from the Mosaic Art Source Blog. This image is one of many describing the Pittsburgh Glass Center Neighborhood Mosaic Project with mosaic artist Daviea Davis.
Started in January 2009, Daviea began working with schools and students to … Read More...
Twitter the bird is the latest softie design from Melly & Me. I love the big eyes and the tiny wings!! To celebrate the new design, Melly & Me are giving away a Twitter pattern away to three lucky readers. … Read More...
Here’s a stylish way to patch your jeans. Rather than trying to conceal the stitching, call attention to it. Patch from behind, and then stitch around and over the hole again and again…and again and again…. Find out how from … Read More...
LucyKate Crafts posts a tutorial for making these fabric toadstools. You can make one with your favorite fabrics from your scrap bin, and then embellish with little buttons. Get the tutorial.
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check … Read More...
Jewelry Artist Julee Herman will be teaching her soldered jewelry classes again this spring if you are lucky enough to live or visit the SF Bay area. Julee is a talented lady with a passion for art and teaching that … Read More...
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I run across quite a few knitting books in my travels, excursions and jaunts, most are kind of cool, however since my life and tastes run far, far from the NY runways, and while I can drool … Read More...
If you admire the hand knitted socks that all of your friends knit but never wanted to take them in hand, now is the time to grab your needles! This book by Carol Sulcoski and Interweave Press will seriously make… Read More... 
One of the greatest challenges a knitter can face is finding the perfect stitch pattern for a project. Whether you want to create a highly textured lace scarf or revamp a basic sweater silhouette with a new stitch pattern, 101 … Read More... 
Check out this free Shipwreck Shawl pattern from Knitty. With ragged edges and beads, it’s destined to become your next “must knit” project. Perfect!
Since the shawl is knitted circularly, there is never any need to purl. The right … Read More...
Read about 15 year old glass fuser, Caitlin Feldman over at the St. Louis Handmade Blog. Learn about how she started her business, “Abstracted Faces” and all kinds of other info about her and her art. Maybe even follow … Read More...
The pattern for this beautiful foundation-pieced quilt block, designed by Linda Causee, is free from FreePatterns.com. Get the pattern.
Get a handle on your clutter with this corkboard organizer designed by Craft Apple. The cork base allows you to post important messages, and the pocket gives you a place to stash things to keep. Get the tutorial, … Read More...
Melissa Goodsell and Fiona Carter are teaming up to bring you the Egg-ceptional Egg-xtravaganza with a variety of Easter themed projects over the next few weeks. Find Melissa’s posts here, and Fiona’s posts here.
[tags]scrapbooking, holidays, easter[/tags]
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Creating a fun little butterfly is just a punch away! Peggy created this fun butterfly by using a heart punch & [tag]stamping [/tag]the sentiment..
Peggy also use the heart punch to create the flowers…how fun is that eh?… Read More...
When you stitch overlapping pieces of elastic, does the under side end up a huge mess? Sure, the elastic is typically enclosed in a casing where no one can witness the bird’s nest of threads, but wouldn’t it be better … Read More...
Put your Uncle Ed’s prodigious necktie collection to good use. Jill Nicolaus posts at Dave’s Garden about making stuffed snakes from old neckties. Get the tutorial.
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for … Read More...
Su from Vively Online used scraps of knit fabric left over from a dress she made to cover a box of tissue. Find out how she did it in this tutorial.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, knit, tissue, cover[/tags]
This year marks the 40th year of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar
. You can celebrate with your class by creating Eric Carle Collage Art. This lesson is pretty technical, but can be adapted for use in the regular … Read More...
love po dance from tadworks on Vimeo.
I was completely charmed by this stop motion short created by Tomoko of TADworks. There are several up on vimeo, and I look forward to seeing how this artist develops these with … Read More...
When it comes to accessories, links of all kinds have been in for some time now and it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere. Every time I turn around I see another version and interpretation of links. Show above are … Read More...