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I said I’d bring you some great craft finds from the Craft Gossip Flickr group, and I wasn’t kidding! I’ve already got several photos flagged as favorites, like these decoupaged bracelets from “alli_lucy”.
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One of my favorite sewing techniques is to combine patterns. I love to take an element from one design and mix it with another pattern to create something that is truly unique.
For the dress for my Birthday Party, I … Read More...
Hey lampworkers (glass bead makers)! There’s a new torch in town and it’s called the Cricket.
And get this…it comes in six colors: Hot Pink, Sparkle Purple, Sparkle Green, Red, Orange and Lime Green.
How can you resist? Oh, … Read More...
Hi Everyone:
The incredible Mel has done it again, with this great tutorial that went straight into my heart 🙂
Mel created this beautiful card by [tag]stamping[/tag] a paisley onto the butterfly and emboss.. stitching technique…A card like this is … Read More...
September 11th is upon us once again and I wanted to share with all of the clayers a great way to remember our fallen soldiers.
If you don’t know about the Hearts for Heroes already, it’s a group of people … Read More...
Pay a visit to your older relatives or garage sales and thrift shops and search for old wool sweaters and stock up because you will need them for the projects in this book.  It does not matter if they are … Read More...
Do you enjoy geography or map collecting?
Check out Lost Art Stained Glass, home of the eight foot stained glass globe.
If that one is out of your budget at $70,000, there is a smaller, more affordable, version (6 … Read More...
NAME: Alison Gordon
WHERE ARE YOU: Weymouth, Massachusetts (about 20 miles south of Boston)
COMPANY NAME: the Sampler
WEBSITE: http://www.homeofthesampler.com
BLOG: same!
CRAFT TOOL YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT: my rotary cutter….I use it every single day.
FINISH … Read More...
Many of us know the name
as a luminary in the crochet world. What I didn’t know about her is that she’s a structural engineer. In my own long and varied career path (or simply job history), I … Read More...
This is the cutest Christmas I have found on Etsy yet. It’s in ClayinAround’s Etsy shop along with several more similar to it. She also makes earrings, very cute figurines and has a variety of other work in her Etsy … Read More...
The great people of Glass Facts bring you a new forum for fusing: fusedglass.org.
Check it out and learn about fusing or share your own expertise.
I just found out that one of the episodes that I did for Uncommon Threads is airing tomorrow on the DIY Network at 2:30am Pacific time and 5:30 am East Coast time (yikes!).
It’s called “Girl’s Night Out” … Read More...
Donna of By the Bay Needleart has posted a “Christmas gift for all stitchers” – a beautiful chart of Christmas greetings, free for personal use. Get the chart.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
Wendy Sloneker of CraftStylish has posted a great tutorial for making fabric envelopes. I love the fact that, for one model, she recycled the usable parts of a worn-out quilt, giving it yet another lease on life. Wouldn’t these envelopes … Read More...
I’m making a few little button-down tops (Yum-with puffy sleeves of course!) for myself and need to put in buttonholes. I haven’t done them in awhile so googled “buttonhole placement” to get a refresher course. Thought I’d share my findings, … Read More...
The one thing I have in spades in my house (besides yarn and scrapbooking items, which don’t count) is spaghetti jars. We eat pasta at least twice a week, and despite my Italian heritage I have yet to learn to … Read More...
http://www.barbesaintjohn.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1&zenid=e589374618922a70d1ff96e7951f977a
Barbe Saint John spins her own lovely yarns. Thought you might like to check out her collection of yummy yarns. These are definitely not your ‘average’ yarns. You can’t just walk into any yarn store and come out with … Read More...
Making candles is a wonderful and creative way to use up leftover supplies and materials, and it’s always a great feeling when you come up with new ways to do it. Recently, I discovered a simple and easy way to … Read More...
Sarah of Thistle Downs has a collection of limited edition hand bags, scarves and jewelry. Her Nuno felting is stunning and she may be the next couture indie designer. People are shopping and buying more unknown designers on the internet … Read More...
