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Great Knitting Patterns for Brand-New Knitters
There’s always a little problem that new knitters have: you want to knit something great, but you don’t have the skills or confidence yet for something really big or complicated. You don’t want your first projects to take forever, but … Read More...
DIY Springtime Bee Snack Bags
Bee School or Party snacks are a fun way to present snack-sized portions of foods to kids at a party or in a lunch box. The pegs are re-usable too which means when you make them you can re-use them.… Read More...
An Easy Way to Make Your Own Cross Stitch Charts
These days there are more cross stitch patterns in more genres than ever before. If you want to knit something geeky, or pretty or weird the odds are pretty good that you’ll find a pattern that someone else has already … Read More...
Mixed Media Fairy Card
Suzanne shares how she made her mixed media card background using torn pattern papers, paint and string. Along with this sweet fairy image from Some Odd Girl it makes the perfect Springtime card.
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Sewing pattern: Fitted crib sheets with French seams
When you’re putting together a baby’s nursery, you want everything to be perfect. Julie Herman from Jaybird Quilts shows how you can sew your own fitted crib sheets. Sewing them yourself allows you to pick exactly the prints you want … Read More...
Stamped Watercolor Botanical Page
The botanicals and splashes of color make for a really fresh page created by Aurora. She used markers, stamps and dies from Altenew to create her layout and has a video tutorial on her blog showing how.
How To Stop Mason Jar Lids From Rusting
This is just a great tip- using a plastic lid from a peanut butter jar with a mason jar when storing in the freezer to prevent rust. As we all try to reduce our single use containers- storage in pretty … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Ballet inspired tie leggings
The ballet inspired ankle ties on these leggings are such a pretty detail! Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares a sewing tutorial showing how you can make them. It’s an easy addition to make when sewing a … Read More...
Easter Cross Stitch for Dies
Several companies have dies that cut tiny rows of holes to incorporate cross stitching on your paper crafting projects. They made great additions to cards, book marks, tags and scrapbook pages. Marianne designs is sharing some FREE Easter themed cross … Read More...
Climbing Scrapbook Page
The angle and the bright stitching on dark cardstock makes the title of this “Climb” scrapbook page really stand out. Khristina used products from Wild Whisper Designs and is sharing it on their blog.
Tutorial: Felt Easter bunny frame
Use a frame and some fabric to make this cute Easter bunny wall decoration! Donna Herron shares a tutorial at Felt Magnet. It makes a fun decoration for a front door!
Click below for her tutorial:
DIY Seed Bead Earrings
Seed Bead Charm Earrings- This tutorial shows you how to make your very own Earrings. This jewelry making tutorial uses a small leaf charm
. You can use the same charm or similar item to get the same effect. This … Read More...
Handmade Card Tutorial – Butterfly Shaped Card
Large shaped dies are perfect for making fun shaped cards. Ilina used a large butterfly die from Hero Arts to cut out her card base, adding some lovely stamped flowers in white embossing which really pop on the dark cardstock.… Read More...
Free pattern: Sew a sleep mask
Sew your own DIY sleep mask using the free sewing pattern at AppleGreen Cottage and make it easier to relax! It makes a great DIY gift for a new mom, a college student, anyone who can benefit from a quick … Read More...
Pirate Scrapbook Page
Avast Me Hearties, check out this amazing Pirate layout! Echo Park Paper has the perfect pirate themed projects for pirate party, dress up, Halloween or Disney Pirates of the Caribbean pics. I love that shaker steering wheel!
You can find … Read More...
Polymer Clay Peeps
With Easter coming up, you can find all the marshmallow peeps in the stores. I’m not a fan of the peep candies – although, melted, they make fun rice crispy squares – but the polymer clay one in Kendall Hoyt’s … Read More...
Free Crochet Pattern- Vintage Bloom Pillow
Vintage inspired crochet pillow pattern embellished with crochet flowers. Use scraps of yarn in your chosen colors to match your decor. You can see the full free crochet pattern here.
Easter decoration “mashup”
Vintage kitchen tools can be fun to decorate with just on their own but add some adorable spring and Easter elements and you have a real centerpiece. Pop on over to the blog Zetta’s Aprons for a whole collection of … Read More...
Free pattern: Women’s board shorts
Summer will be here soon enough, and that means trips to beach or to the pool! Emily from Life Sew Savory has a free sewing pattern for women’s board shorts. The drawstring shorts have patch pockets on the sides to … Read More...