An exciting new digital channel is casting all types of families in the Southern California Area (LA and OC) who love to make crafts based on popular animated movies and characters for a new series.
This may be your opportunity … Read More...
Sewing mistakes, and how to recover from them
The sewing blog world is filled with beautiful pictures of finished projects, so it may seem like you’re the only one who has projects that just don’t work out. Not true. We all make mistakes in our sewing, some of … Read More...
Rainbow Resin Card
The bright and colorful background on this card looks like a shiny, shimmery tile. Danielle applied Copic markers on Yupo paper and then covered the entire panel with resin that she added glitter to for a card that almost looks … Read More...
Star Wars Die Cut Files
Miss Mandee has done it again with more amazing pop culture cut file designs. This time she’s created ship designs from Star Wars. The big nerd that I am squealed when I saw these 🙂 They are perfect for party … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Floor cushions with leather handles
These floor cushions provide extra seating for a living room or den. Leather handles make it easy to carry them. They stack neatly on a wooden stand or directly on the floor. Dritz has a tutorial on their blog, Make … Read More...
Plaid Bunny Cross Stitch Pattern
Easter is right around the corner so it’s time for stitching all the bunnies.
This plaid bunny cross stitch pattern is a freebie from Kathrin’s blog, just click on the link to grab the download.
It’s worked in five pastel … Read More...
DIY Rainbow Slime Recipe
This DIY recipe is for a Rainbow Slime tutorial. The recipe is over at Thebestideasforkids.com and you can also watch the step by step tutorial to learn how to make the slime. This rainbow slime is very pretty and … Read More...
A Snuggly Cardigan Perfect for Beginners
I love a simple cardigan (it’s my fave garment for lounging around the house) and this looks like a good one.
The Emberly Cardigan from Knit Picks, designed by Jen Dwyer, uses only ribbing and Garter Stitch and is great … Read More...
Masculine Birthday Mug Card
This is would be such a fun card to make and give to that special guy for his birthday. Kelly used a mirror stamping technique for two mugs facing opposite directions and transformed one of the basic mugs into a … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Upcycled jeans coasters
I think all of us have at least one pair of old, worn-out jeans in our closets. Cathi from Scratch & Stitch shows how you can upcycle those old jeans into fabric coasters. They don’t take much fabric so this … Read More...
How to Use Silhouette Sketch and Stitch Designs
If you have the Silhouette Cameo 3 electronic die cutting machine along with the Pen Holder you can use the amazing new Sketch and Stitch designs from Page Evans. These files create stitching holes that you can use to add … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Shorten button up shirt sleeves
It may seem difficult to shorten the sleeves of a button up shirt – after all, those cuffs! – but it’s actually pretty simple to do. Don’t settle for shirt sleeves that are too long! Heather from Heather Handmade has … Read More...
Free Crochet Patterns – Year Of The Pig
This crochet round-up is all about the pig. Why? because this year is the Chinese year of the pig! I mean who doesn’t like a little piggy? All of these Crochet patterns are free (at the time of writing).
I … Read More...
Pinata Shaker Card
I’m seeing fun and festive Pinatas pop up everywhere, they are super trendy right now! Rina created these colorful shaker cards with a stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh that includes a cupcake, heart and unicorn Pinatas. She’s sharing a … Read More...
Cross Stitch Chart- Because Coffee Is Kind of Like Magic
When I saw this Harry Potter inspired pattern while scrolling through Pinterest the other day, I just knew I had to share it.
For all of us who love HP and love coffee, this Espresso Patronum design from Rainbowstitchcross on … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Kids hooded towel
A big warm towel makes getting out of the bath or swimming pool so much easier for kids! Jenna from Making Things is Awesome shows how you can make a kids hooded towel. She starts with a 42″ square of … Read More...
Rainbow Grid Block Page
Rainbow colors, themes and patterns are super on trend right now. And Lisa captured this feel perfectly with this rainbow block scrapbook layout. She used 2″ x 2″ squares of pattern papers to layout a grid in all the shades … Read More...
Roll Neck Sweater Crochet Pattern
The Roll Neck crochet Sweater is detail oriented and sophisticated, just like you. It’s got an extra tall ribbed turtleneck designed to be folded down for style.
The crochet sweater pattern also uses detailed ribbing throughout various sections of the … Read More...
Double Embossing Technique
If you don’t have the right color of embossing powder for your project don’t worry, you can try this cool (or should I say hot? :)) double embossing technique. Kim stamped her fun nerdy science images with colored ink pads … Read More...
Free pattern: Ken doll raglan shirt
If your child has Barbie dolls, you know that much of the fun of the fashion dolls is dressing them up. The Ken dolls don’t have as many options, though. Kate from See Kate Sew shares a free sewing pattern … Read More...