Independent craft blog since 2007
Picked at random, the winner of the Visual Quick Tips Beading book is……………………Emilie S!!!!
Emilie, I’ll be emailing you tomorrow to get your mailing address.
I want to thank everyone for commenting with your beading horror stories. I’ll be reviewing Chris Franchetti…
Picked at random, the winner of the Visual Quick Tips Beading book is……………………Emilie S!!!!
Emilie, I’ll be emailing you tomorrow to get your mailing address.
I want to thank everyone for commenting with your beading horror stories. I’ll be … Read More...
ModHomeEcTeacher posts a tutorial on Curbly showing how to make this pillow shaped like a ginormous button. Get the how-to.
ModHomeEcTeacher posts a tutorial on Curbly showing how to make this pillow shaped like a ginormous button. Get the how-to.
Image from Connecting Threads
Connecting Threads is having a 30% off sale on this super charming quilt kit designed by Darlene Jewell-Walhood.
Product description:
Darlene’s at it again with her beautiful, detailed appliqué! Cute country flowers and vines gently wind their way up the quilt top,…
Enthral Designs shares a tutorial showing how to create a zipper closure on the next purse you make. Go to the tutorial.
[via Totally Tutorials]
Editor’s Note: The blog linked to in this post is no longer active, but you can find the tutorial out on Instructables. Go to the tutorial on Instructables.
Enthral Designs shares a tutorial showing how to create a zipper … Read More...
Image from Connecting Threads
Check out this free pattern from Connecting Threads.
Product Description:
This quilt offers a great way to show off a larger scale 1930’s or 1940’s print between the churn dashes. The triangles in the border add visual interest.
Go here for…
Find out how to make this small fabric basket from Free Spirit Fabrics. It’s just the right size to hold a stack of paper napkins. Get the tutorial.
Image from Connecting Threads
See how easy circles can be using raw-edge appliqué.
See closeup of appliqued circles below.
Image from Connecting Threads
Go to Connecting Threads and download free pattern Circular Logic.
Rostitchery shares a tutorial for an “apron cheat.” She started with a skirt she no longer wears and cut it apart into the pieces for the apron. Get the tutorial.
Technorati Tags: sewing, tutorial, apron, quick, refashion, cheat, skirt
…Rostitchery shares a tutorial for an “apron cheat.” She started with a skirt she no longer wears and cut it apart into the pieces for the apron. Get the tutorial.
[tags]sewing, tutorial, apron, quick, refashion, cheat, skirt[/tags]
Keep the scratches off your glasses with this eyeglass case. Amazing Mae shares a tutorial for making one. Get the how-to.
Nikola went to the farm to see the animals up close, but she so a group of women making fuzzy hats and poking crazy needles into the fluffy pieces of fiber. She relates that she almost knocked everyone over…
Nikola went to the farm to see the animals up close, but she so a group of women making fuzzy hats and poking crazy needles into the fluffy pieces of fiber. She relates that she almost knocked everyone over to … Read More...
Get the 411 on electroforming by none other than Kate Fowle herself. This article in the Lapidary Journal tells you everything that you need to know to create your own electroforming set up as well as how to prepare your beads for…
Get the 411 on electroforming by none other than Kate Fowle herself. This article in the Lapidary Journal tells you everything that you need to know to create your own electroforming set up as well as how to prepare your … Read More...
Avocado Body Butter by Janice Cox
from Soap Nuts
Ingredients
1/4 cup grated cocoa butter
1 TBS. coconut oil
2 TBS. sesame oil
1 TBS. avocado
1 TbS. grated beeswax
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in an ovenproof glass container.
Place the container into a 1 - 2 ” H2O bath.…
Fabric on Demand is a new web site that is doing fabric printing. You can design your fabric, upload your image and then choose from 5 different fabric choices:
» 100% Cotton
» Poly / Cotton Broadcloth (35% cotton/65% poly)
» Fleece
» Cotton Duck
»…
Image from Amazon.com
SKYDYES offers hand painted cottons and silks that is wonderful to use in art or traditional style quilting projects. You can either purchase this artful fabric in their online store, or if you want to paint your own fabrics, Mickey Lawler shows…