Colleen Babcock from The Magic Bean shares a tutorial for making a patchwork tree skirt. It’s pieced from 4 3/4″ squares of fabric. Hers is beautiful in a pallette of reds, greens, and neutrals, but this design would work in … Read More...
Holiday Ornament Pillow by Debbie Grifka
This is a cleverly designed pillow. Maker Debbie Grifka used a simple ornament design in white, then repeated the ornament pattern for the quilting. This project is part of the Quilting Arts Gifts Holiday 2011/2012 issue. Stefanie of Sew … Read More...
Cute Lil’ Stocking
Tutorial: Embellished felt Christmas ornaments
Sarah and Lisa fromA Spoonful of Sugarshow how to make cute Christmas ornaments out of die-cut felt circles, small doilies (or pieces cut from doilies), and buttons. The stitching is quick and easy to do, making this a … Read More...
Pattern and tutorial: Christmas penguin
Next up in Troublet‘s series of stash-busting Christmas ornaments is this adorable penguin. Go to her post at The Trouble with Crafting for the pattern and tute. And don’t forget the associated giveaway!
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Tutorial: Fabric bows to decorate recipe mix jars
Jars filled with handmade recipe mixes make great Christmas presents for the neighbors, coworkers, teachers, and friends on your gift giving list. Linda from Craftaholics Anonymous guest blogs at Skip To My Lou with a tutorial showing how to make … Read More...
Brilliant: Inchie bookmarks
Simple but, oh, so effective. Make some inchies with scraps of canvas and tapestry wool. Attach them to craft sticks. Voila! Bookmarks, perfect for tucking into a Christmas stocking. Check out more beautiful little needlepoint creations at the Pin Pals… Read More...
Percy Penguin Free Felt Ornie Pattern
Heidi of “Digital misfit” created “Percy Penguin” and is now sharing her pattern with us. Heidi of “Digital misfit” created “Percy Penguin” and is now sharing her pattern with us. Heidi relates: “I know that autumn has only just begun, … Read More...
How to make a “gift of green goodies”
If you are a crafter and love all sorts of embellishments why not try this as a gift to a fellow crafter or anyone who likes to gift wrap green? Mel of Mel Designs has put together a gift box … Read More...
Pattern and tutorial: Percy Penguin ornament
Heidi (Digital Misfit) of My Hiding Place in Cyberspace shares the pattern and tutorial for her Percy Penguin Christmas ornament. Go to her blog post to download the file.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on … Read More...
Pattern and tutorial: Poinsettia ornament
Troublet of The Trouble with Crafting gives us number 4 in her series of stash-busting Christmas ornaments. Poinsettias are my favourite. I’ll definitely be stitching up some of these! Go to her blog post for the pattern and tute.… Read More...
Join the Christmas Stitches class
Check out this awesome announcement from Carina’s Craftblog:
… Read More...I’m happy to say that the Christmas Stitches class is on again this year! We’ll have fun stitching up some pretty things to use as Christmas presents and decorating. This is
Twiggy Christmas Trees
I love the look of these rustic Christmas trees. I made something similar for Kaboose a couple of years ago, but mine were more kid related. These would be easy enough for kids but they are definitely for grown ups. … Read More...
Our Lady of Guadalupe crazy quilt for Christmas
Miki at 15 Minutes Play is working on this Christmas quilt. A center fabric panel of religious icon Our Lady of Guadalupe is surrounded by 12 crazy quilt patchwork blocks. Read more about it on her blog.
Tutorial: Drawstring Santa gift sack
Susan from Crafterhours shares a tutorial at Skip To My Lou showing how to make a drawstring Christmas gift bag. This would be a perfect way to wrap up a gift from Santa, as it’s made to look just like … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt Christmas baubles
Laura Howard of Bugs and Fishes by Lupin shows us how to make quick and easy felt-applique and embroidery Christmas ornaments. I think these would make excellent gifts for teachers and coworkers. And they would be great twofers–tied on as … Read More...
Stitch some Christmas ornaments
Peggy of NeedlePaint has a rockin tutorial for making personalized needlepoint Christmas ornaments. She follows up with another apt tute about quick stitches for filling the backgrounds when you need to complete a lot of ornaments in a hurry. … Read More...
Technique: Crayon Resist Embossed Holiday Cards
Betsy Veldman shares a cool resist technique at The Simon Says blog, using a crayon and ink on embossed cardstock for a perfect holiday card background. Click here for her directions.
-Heather
Tip: Adding Glitter
Candice from Paper Crafts by Candice shares a quick and easy tip for adding glitter to your cards.
-Heather
Tutorial: Snowman ornament
Troublet of The Trouble with Crafting continues her series of stash-busting handmade Christmas ornaments with this cute snowman. Check out her tute.
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