On January 2nd I announced a Needle Felting Contest Held by Gourmet Felted. The contest is officially close and Gerry has requested us Craft Gossipers to come over and help judge her needle felting contest. Go over to Gourmet Felted … Read More...
Literacy and Art: The Rainbow Fish
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
is a wonderful tale with a moral that isn’t too deep even for the smallest of children to understand. The story belongs to a very vain fish who discovers how rewarding it is to … Read More...
Maternity Jeans Hack
Those of you out there who have had babes can attest to how expensive maternity jeans actually are, and how unflattering most of the styles can be. Thanks to Instructables, now you can make your own the next time you … Read More...
Tutorial: Fancy ruffled pillowcase and sham
Editor’s note: Sadly, the blog linked to in this post is no longer available. If it becomes available again, I’ll be sure to post an update here with the new link.
You can find tutorials for similar pillowcases at The … Read More...
Celebrate World Nutella Day!
Celebrate World Nutella Day.
Maypole Bracelet Tutorial from Rings & Things
From the Rings & Things Design Gallery is this pretty and sweet Maypole Bracelet tutorial. Perfect for little girls or big girls, this is cute and spring like. Check out all the other awesome tutorials they have up too!
“Print” fabric with scrapbook rub-ons
Here’s a neat way to add some extra “punch” to your fabrics. Use rub-ons that are designed for scrapbooking and papercrafting. Get the scoop from the Hambly Screen Prints blog. Note that they do say that the technique doesn’t … Read More...
Free Dishcloth Patterns
You all seem to like the dishcloth patterns we dig up, and of course, if they’re free, that’s all the better, so I went a-searchin’.
Probably the largest repository I found was here:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/dishcloths.php
They’ve got everything you can imagine, … Read More...
Free Dishcloth Patterns
You all seem to like the dishcloth patterns we dig up, and of course, if they’re free, that’s all the better, so I went a-searchin’.
Probably the largest repository I found was here:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/dishcloths.php
They’ve got everything you can imagine, … Read More...
Stitching for a cause: The Mother’s Day Project
Yesterday, Marie of Make and Takes blog alerted us to The Mother’s Day Project, a needlework tribute to “the mothers, daughters, wives and lovers – the female members of the Coalition forces who died in service to their country while … Read More...
Painted Fused Glass Pendant on Etsy
I love these great, chunky, fused and painted glass pendants. Everything about them. See more at shoozles Etsy shop along with other great pieces.
Easy on-point setting
QuiltWoman‘s Straight to the Point quilt patterns let you sew your quilt blocks in a straight set and then, with a bit of courage and a deft trick, convert them to an on-point setting. Brilliant! Find out more.
Valentine’s Day Ideas 3
Joy Madison has posted three cute and quirky Valentine’s Day cards on her blog. Click over and scroll down to see them all.
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Outback Fibers is so Much More!
Outback fibers was a suggested site although I’ve done a few columns on specific projects offered by them before. They are so much more than a wool fiber shop. One of the items that has caught my attention is their … Read More...
Free pattern with love from Nini
Joan Gorman of Nini Makes blog is sharing her “tweet” original embroidery design through the month of February. Go to Joan’s blog to get the free pattern.
8 Mile Creek Designs
who would have thought junk yard car parts could be worked into beautiful items, but that’s exactly what 8 Mile Creek Designs has done. From hubcaps and license plates turned into clocks to light covers turned night lights, this shop … Read More...
Moondance giveaway
Fabric designer Jenean Morrison is putting on a monster giveaway: six stacks of 14 fat quarters each from her new Moondance line for FreeSpirit. The winners will be drawn at random on February 11. Go to Jeanean’s blog to … Read More...
Free pattern: Prick-and-stitch valentine
DJ of Prick and Stitch Is My Craft blog is sharing the pattern for this sweet stitched-on-paper valentine. She says it’s easy! Get the pattern.
Verena! Europe’s Top Knit Magazine
I want to be a model for this magazine! Pretty sure I’d never make a good model for anything, but if you’ve seen where these models get to strut their stuff, you’d want to be one too. But, this is … Read More...
Book Review – LEARN A STITCH, CREATE A SCARF
Gee, I have to tell you, I thought this ‘technique’ was MY idea! I find a stitch I want to try, crochet it for a while, become bored with it or just dislike it, and voila! I put an edging … Read More...