The boxy shape of these zipper pouches give them plenty of space inside for holding your essentials. Use them to organize your cosmetics or your office supplies, or even as a travel sewing kit. Damjana at AppleGreen Cottage has a … Read More...
emPOWER People Design Now in Brioche
Earlier this month I told you about the emPOWER People project, which aims to get people to craft purple cowl/bandanas to start a conversation about social justice and to give people something special to wear when they go to protests … Read More...
Easy Teeasy Knitting Pattern
There’s still a lot of summer to get through where I live, so I’m still thinking a lot about summery tops. The Easy Teeasy pattern from Allison Cribbs recently caught my eye (and if you looked at my post the … Read More...
Painted Buntings Birdhouse Cross Stitch Pattern
Five vividly colored painted buntings sing atop a birdhouse surrounded by delicate dogwoods in this pattern from Donna Giampa. This e-pattern was originally published in the June 2015 issue of Just CrossStitch magazine. Finished design measures approximately 12 1/3” x … Read More...
A Collection Of Dog Stamps
This collection of stamps is dedicated to dogs, We are about to receive our furry bundle of joy so everyone in this household is dog crazy right now. You can even follow our dog’s Instagram page if you like. I … Read More...
Filet Elephant Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern
This crochet pattern is all about my two loves, Crochet and Elephants. This Filet crochet pattern is adorable and so sweet for a handmade baby blanket gift.
Materials:
Worsted Weight Yarn
J 6.00mm Crochet Hook
Yarn Needle
Difficulty:
Intermediate
You … Read More...
How to Make A Bath Scrubbie Soap
This tutorial shows you how to create an exfoliant melt and pour bath soap using a bath scrubbie
. Scrubbies can be bought at discount stores like the Dollar Tree. Melt and Pour soap
can be bought in bulk, making … Read More...
The Ultimate Cooking for One Cookbook
175 single-serving recipes for every solo chef who just wants a satisfying and delicious home-cooked meal for themselves.
Cooking for one is harder than it seems and it can leave anyone wanting to make a healthy, tasty meal either throwing … Read More...
Bee My Sunshine – Bee Keeper’s Farm Free Quilt Pattern
Buzzing Bumble bee’s were a big trend in 2019 and they are still going strong in 2020, this pattern is for a nice pastel bee theme perfect for nursery You will need their fabric to complete this design as it … Read More...
Vintage Crochet Pattern Baby Jacket Cardigan and Pompom Beanie Hat
Lovely baby set – suitable for a baby girl or boy
A classic cardigan for a boy and an unusual frog fastened jacket for a girl. Each with a matching beanie hat
To fit chest sizes 22, 23 and 24 … Read More...
Hooray For Fish – Recycled buttons make fun fish scales
You generally don’t think of buttons and fish at the same time but in this case buttons can make fun fish scales. Over at the blog Sun Hats and Wellie Boots you can see how to make this fun transformation … Read More...
Get Started Stitching Blackwork with These Free Designs
I was looking around for some new free cross-stitch patterns to share and I came across these great free blackwork designs from Peppermint Purple.
Blackwork isn’t exactly cross-stitch, but it uses the same tools and some of the same stitches, … Read More...
3 Jungle Animal Cards
Yana Smakula used adorable jungle stamps from Pretty Pink Posh for these fun Jungle themed cards. She used her graphic coloring style with alcohol markers to color the stamped images and added tons of jewels around the background of each … Read More...
Monkey Counting Page for a Quiet Book – Free Sewing Pattern
Help keep young hands occupied and young minds practicing their counting at the same time with this quiet book page. There’s a free pattern for this monkey quiet book page at Felt With Love Designs. It features a cute monkey … Read More...
Ocean Waves Layout
This wonderful layout from Ulrike has such an amazing impact. She took a large photo of ocean waves and cut it into smaller squares and then puzzled them back together, offsetting some, lifting some up, tilting others. This added such … Read More...
Free Black Lives Matter Cross-Stitch Style Printable Posters
This is a thoughtful and relevant way to show your support. It’s totally free to download and doesn’t require any email sign ups or private information! You can download it here.
Rainbow Rock Candy
Did you know that you can paint rock candy with food coloring to make it absolutely magical, and fit any party theme? It’s easy, and so much fun! I made rainbow rock candy using this technique, and my daughter made … Read More...
Help Your Kids Get Used to Wearing Masks
If your kids are going to school in person at all for the foreseeable future, it’s likely they will have to wear face masks at some point. Make it a little easier on the teachers and help them get used … Read More...
Heat Embossing with Stencils Two Ways
Heat embossing adds great texture and shine to you handmade cards. Join Lisa as she shows you how to use embossing powders with stencils plus she shares a fun tip on using the positive and negative giving two stenciled panels … Read More...
Little Felt House Softie – Free Sewing Pattern
Felt is a great material to use to make softies! It’s easy to sew, there’s no need to finish the edges, and you can find felt in a wide range of colors. Mollie at Wild Olive has a free sewing … Read More...