Craft Gossip

I adore sewing from Vintage Patterns. The gorgeous lines of a 1940’s dress or the wacky mod picture adorning a pattern package from the 60’s.

Mom’s Patterns is a great online store for vintage patterns. They stock detectable pieces from … Read More...

If I could use one word to describe this book it would be thorough! Making Polymer Clay Beads by Carol Blackburn is jam-packed with easy to follow projects.  There are tips at every turn, showing you not only how … Read More...

Since I reviewed a wire wrapped book yesterday, I thought some of you would be curious to try some wrapping on your own. I found  a couple of ring tutorials to get you started.

There is a simple but stylish … Read More...

 

 

I located several felting tutorials off of the Owning Alpaca site.  I am picturing a few example projects for you, but you should really check out Owning Alpaca.com and look at all of their interesting articles … Read More...

FREE SAMPLES!! Black Bunacord Necklace/Bracelet cord from IC Moore Company.
2 meters (6 ft) each: 2mm & 3 mm Black Bunacord + O rings.  No Purchase required.

Email name, mailing address, city, state, zip
to [email protected]. (Allow 4 … Read More...

Oriental trading.com are having another clear out, this time on assorted embellishments and stickers.

There are items 20-75% off.

Some of my favourites include

Woven baby donuts at just $1.47

Cat Coasters now just $1.47

35 Winter Chipboard Cut … Read More...

Oriental trading.com are having another clear out, this time on assorted embellishments and stickers.

There are items 20-75% off.

Some of my favourites include

Woven baby donuts at just $1.47

Cat Coasters now just $1.47

35 Winter Chipboard Cut … Read More...

I have been hearing a lot about a new book called “ The Clear Book” by pine cone press which features everything you can do with clear scrapbooking materials.

Clear Scraps mentions it in their blog as they have … Read More...

Happy Mother’s day

Good Morning!

Happy Mother’s day everyone!

Maggie

Add these adorable daisies to the list of items that can be made from plastic bags. The Strewth! shop at Etsy, which features “the essence of the outdoors, the sea and surf of Australia,” makes these colorful cuties into magnets, … Read More...

One of the first crafty classes that I ever taught was a workshop called “How to be a Fairy Tale Princess”. This class, taught in the bomb shelter basement of the anarchist zine archive ZAPP at the Richard Hugo House … Read More...

Have you checked out the free crochet patterns at this blog’s parent site recently? Go to www.craftbits.com and click on ‘crochet’ on the left side of the screen. There are scads of great free patterns there! Here are a few … Read More...