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...
The cutest torch you’ll ever see.
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...
Silk gauze from Kreinik
Framed and unframed 100% silk gauze is now available from Kreinik‘s web site. Silk gauze is particularly appropriate for stitching needlepoint miniatures and jewelry. Framed silk gauze comes with a needle and mounted in an acid-free, sturdy mat. … Read More...
Butterfly, flutterfly into my heart!
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...
Hearts for Heroes
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...
Sweater Renewal: Felting Knits into New Sweaters and Accessories
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...
Tutorial: Chenille pincushion
Karen of Cotton Spice blog has put together a rockin project and tutorial for Helen Stubbings‘ Stitchers Angel Project: a sweet chenille pincushion. Download the pattern and tutorial.
Tree of Life Wire Pendant Tutorial
Check out this gorgeous and intricate Tree of Life pendant tutorial from Bead Studio. Its an intermediate level project so not one for a beginner, but something to definately work towards. This “Tree of Life” pendant would make a … Read More...
Giant stained glass globe.
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...
Craft Artist Interview – A Sample of The Sampler with Alison Gordon
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 THE … Read More...
Book Review – Blueprint Crochet, Modern Design For The Visual Crocheter
Many of us know the name
Robyn Chachula
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...
An Etsy find – Christmas Baby Bauble
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...
New fusing forum and web site.
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.
A fun episode of Uncommon Threads on 9/10
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...
Free Christmas chart from By the Bay
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
Tutorial: Weaving medieval cords
Kiteman has posted a tute on the Instructables site for weaving cords using a medieval method. The cords can then be used as trim or, as shown here, as “jewelry.” See the tutorial.
Tutorial: Fabric envelopes
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...
Buttonhole Basics
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 Many Uses For Spaghetti Jars
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...
Tutorial: Embroidered buttons
Pimp Stitch designer Amy Cluck has posted an awesome tutorial for making embroidered buttons. And she also has posted free mini patterns for you to use with this technique. (Yes!) They’re all great, but the hedgehog is irresistable! Check out … Read More...