This excellent floor loom is simple and inexpensive to make, and you can use it to upcyle scraps into wonderful rugs. Get all the details in a post on Crafty Daisies blog by guest writer Bree of Hot Tea Apparel… Read More...
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It’s my first blog giveaway! Yea!
I am so pleased to have on hand three sets of Sublime Stitching‘s newest hand-embroidery design sets. (Thank you, thank you, SS!!!) And I’m sharing. To get in the running, post a comment … Read More...
BOGO Juice Pencil Case
If you have a Walgreens in your area (in my hometown, there’s one on nearly every corner!), this week you can get a great deal on recycled juice pouch pencil cases. They’re just $2.99 to begin with, and this week … Read More...
Free embroidery pattern: Woops a Daisy
Here’s a sweet free pattern from Helen Stubbings of Hugs ‘n’ Kisses site and Hugs from Helen blog. The 6″ x 6″ design is sure to keep you smiling as you stitch!
Dress up your ironing board
I recently filmed a how-to video in my studio and as I was redecorating the “set”, I realized that my ironing board cover looked awful! Truth is, I never really gave it much thought.
I set out to find a … Read More...
Free embroidery pattern: Party kids
Melissa Beach of Elemental Stitches blog is sharing an original embroidery design, free for personal use. If these smiling kiddos don’t give you a lift, nothing will!
Thanks to Natalie Zee Drieu at craftzine.com for the link.
Sunbonnet Sues galore
If you have a soft spot for Sunbonnet Sue, you’ll love the July 29 blog post from tipnut.com. It includes links to Sunbonnet Sue paper dolls, free quilt-block patterns, and other goodies.
Sunbonnet Sue is a classic embroidery pattern … Read More...
Knit one, Swish too!
For your reading enjoyment, an excerpt from Joel Derfner’s latest book:
Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Alive
“On Knitting”
The two Englishmen were staring at the half-finished glove in my hands,
aghast. “What is that?” the short … Read More...
PCAGOE August Challenge is live
The August challenge is now live at our website: Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy . Challenge voting is open from the 1st of the month until the 3rd of the month at midnight. The theme this month is “It’s … Read More...
Free mix-and-match fob charts
Cross Stitch Happy blog has posted a collection of charts for scissors fobs, all based on the same design with options for customizing the needlework. “If you like the chart,” the blogger says, “and want to send a photo of … Read More...
New Life Artworks
Christine from New Life Artworks creates lovely frames and treasure boxes by combining her love of mosaic with the interesting look and textures of Scrabble pieces, text, molded clay pieces and more. In fact, the photo frame is a conversation … Read More...
Bottlecap Little Bottlecap
Michelle Stitzlein’s new book, Bottlecap Little Bottlecap, is a how-to arts and crafts booklet for kids that focuses on using plastic bottlecaps from milk jugs, orange juice cartons, water bottles, soda bottles, shampoo bottles and margarine tubs. For both … Read More...
CHA Summer show and Bottles of Hope
A couple weeks a ago I attended the CHA ( Craft and Hobby Association ) summer show in Illinois. I volunteered to go with Ilysa of Polymer Clay Productions to help her out with some filming she had planned to … Read More...
Quilting cheat sheets
Quilting is all about math and geometry. If the calculations have scared you away from designing your own quilts, these handy charts should help. From nimuae of Hidden Threads blog, we get a table of corner-setting triangles, a table of … Read More...
Patio Lanterns
These outdoor lanterns from Outdoor Furniture Plus have a timeless appeal and you could get away with putting them just about anywhere. Just insert a tea light and you will have soft romantic light for hours.
Shown here is the … Read More...
and the Winner is…………….
Picked by random from the comments on our blogpost by using a random number generator at random.org the winner for Katie Hacker’s Hip to Bead book is……………………………
DEBORAH!!!!! Congrats! and I hope you will have alot of fun creating the … Read More...
Pretty in Pink
One of my students needed a new iron to go with her new found sewing obsession. She is also addicted to pink. Everything is pink! So why not a pink iron?
The Rowenta Iron for Pink- DZ5065 is a heavy-duty … Read More...
BOOK REVIEW:VOGUE KNITTING STITCHIONARY4, CROCHET
What a wonderful addition this book would be to anyone’s crochet library! I’m in love with this book and will be buying a copy after having checked it our from my local library to give it a good once-over. Well, … Read More...
Anatomically appropriate embroidery
What can you do with Sublime Stitching‘s Vital Organs pattern collection? RachelKristin embellished a thong in the “I am woman, hear me roar” tradition! Too funny! Check the Sublime Stitching Craftster forum for additional interesting applications of these biological … Read More...
Free quilt patterns from Robert Kaufman
Get these beautiful quilt patterns free from the Robert Kaufman Fabrics site: Oriental Traditions, Simpatico Kaleidoscope, Geoscapes, Zen Garden, and Color Theory. In fact, while you’re over there, check out all of the free patterns… Read More...