Pumpkin Martinis and More Pumpkin Cocktails
Make all kinds of pumpkiny treats and cocktails from Real Simple.
Free pattern: Needlepoint leaf ornament
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog is the current guest designer on Craft Leftovers, where she’s sharing the chart for this beautiful needlepoint leaf ornament. Get the pattern.
Free patterns: Christmas ornament embroidery
Emily of The Floss Box blog is sharing these ornament embroidery patterns, perfect for making wee felt showpieces or embellishing a collar or cuff. Download the PDF file.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
Book Review – Cartier
- 9 x 12 in; 352 pp ; over 500 b/w and color images
- Hardcover
- Published in October, 2007
- ISBN 081186099X
- ISBN13 9780811860994
This is a massive book both in size and content. Much more than just … Read More...
Handpun Yarn From……
Recycled Newspapers? Why not? We spin anything from anything, but this is truly unique. Apparantly, this person can get about 20 yds of yarn from a sheet of newspaper. You can read the article here:
http://greenupgrader.com/2138/handspun-recycled-newspaper-yarn/
She includes pictures (I’m … Read More...
Felting Tutorial on Mercury Slippers
Leah is a fabulous felting artist as you will see on her blog “KNEEK” that has some outstanding felting tutorials, like her “Mercury Slippers” to her ETSY SHOP “Spider Felt” she has some wonderful felted art for sale and the … Read More...
DaVinci Scrapbooking
If I could have 10 people from history over for dinner, Leonardo DaVinci would be on that list in my world. He truly was the world’s most famous journal writer and observer of the everyday! I recently took my children … Read More...
DaVinci
If I could have 10 people from history over for dinner, Leonardo DaVinci would be on that list in my world. He truly was the world’s most famous journal writer and observer of the everyday! I recently took my children … Read More...
Tutorial: Quick and easy napkin rings
Your Thanksgiving table can still look spiffy with this last-minute napkin-ring project from Jessica of Sublime Stitching. And what a great way to use up your stockpile of empty toilet paper tubes! See the tute.
Looking for more Thanksgiving-themed … Read More...
More of the Celebrate sampler
Janet Perry‘s Come Stitch with Me project, the Celebrate sampler, continues on Nuts About Needlepoint with the letter A. It’s not too late to catch up with this fun project! See the blog.
Free pattern: Mango Tango quilt
The pattern for this luscious little lap quilt is available free from allpeoplequilt.com. Get the pattern.
Thanks to Mishka of Quilting Gallery for sharing this find.
Tutorial: Felt advent calendar
Simple perfection. This advent calendar from The Purl Bee blog is easy to make, easy to use, colorful, and sure to delight anyone on your handmade-gift list. See the tutorial.
Giveaway: Rosalie Quinlan patterns
See this scrumptious little embroidery design? It’s one of nine stitcheries included in the Little Patchwork Village wall-quilt pattern by Rosalie Quinlan. (The other designs are equally wonderful.) You could be one of three readers to win a free … Read More...
Free patterns: Gingham embroidery
CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog is sharing some vintage patterns for embroidery on gingham. The poinsettia pattern is especially timely, but they’re all beautiful and nostalgic. Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Gingham embroidery
CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog is sharing some vintage patterns for embroidery on gingham. The poinsettia pattern is especially timely, but they’re all beautiful and nostalgic. Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Gingham embroidery
CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog is sharing some vintage patterns for embroidery on gingham. The poinsettia pattern is especially timely, but they’re all beautiful and nostalgic. Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Gingham embroidery
CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog is sharing some vintage patterns for embroidery on gingham. The poinsettia pattern is especially timely, but they’re all beautiful and nostalgic. Get the patterns.
We’ve Got You By The Neck!
I was browsing around this morning (don’t laugh, you like to browse around also, or you wouldn’t be here!) and I found the coolest accessory for turning yarn into a necklace. Got leftover yarn from that scrumptious, yummy sweater you … Read More...
Free patterns: Angel heads
floresita of Vintage Transfer Finds blog is sharing these sweet, funny angel patterns for your stitching enjoyment. The example shown here was stitched by Julie of Sew It’s For You blog. Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Angel heads
floresita of Vintage Transfer Finds blog is sharing these sweet, funny angel patterns for your stitching enjoyment. The example shown here was stitched by Julie of Sew It’s For You blog. Get the patterns.