Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Tutorial: J. Crew-inspired jersey tank with ruffles

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:47 AM PST

Christina from 3 Sweet P’s shows how to make this J. Crew-inspired jersey tank with an asymmetrical line of ruffles at the neck.  So pretty!  She made hers from an inexpensive jersey sheet, but of course you could use jersey yardage as well if you have that on hand.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from 3 Sweet P's]

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New Release: CC Design Stamps

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:03 AM PST

image by All That Scraps and Amy Y

 CC Designs has some new adorable stamps just out, available in cling mounted or digital too. I particularly love the new fairies!

-Heather

Review and Giveaway: A Year in the Life e-Book

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:00 AM PST

Jill at A Matter of Memories has posted a review of this e-book by Ella publishing, and is giving away a copy. Entries close Friday February 5th. Click here to go to review and giveaway

Tutorial: Friends Mini Album

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:43 AM PST

Little Light Studio shows you how to make a mini album to celebrate your friends or other people in your life. Click here to go to tutorial

Tutorial: No-sew reversible XOXO tablerunner

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:39 AM PST

I’ve got a fun project for you today, but you won’t find it here at Craft Gossip. I’m guest blogging over at U Create today with a tutorial showing how to make XOXO table runner for Valentine’s Day.  It’s no-sew AND it’s reversible.  Both pictures in this post are of the same table runner – two looks in one!  Head over to U Create to…

Love Letter Cake

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:44 AM PST

How utterly clever…write your love letter on your cake. Find the inspiration for the love letter cake–made from wafer paper, food coloring and a calligraphy pen–HERE at Giver’s Log. {spotted on tastespotting}

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Podcast: Hidden Gems from CHA

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:00 AM PST

Join Derrick Story of The Digital Story on this podcast discussing favourite items discovered at CHA Winter 2010. Click here to go to article and podcast

Freebie: Valentine Paper Piecing Patterns

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:00 AM PST

Download free Valentine themed paper piecing patterns from Scrapbooks etc. Click here to go to download.

Inspiration du Jour – lisaday

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:00 AM PST

Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.

Felted Soap on a Rope

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 01:00 AM PST

This Valentine’s Day, treat a loved one to a unique gift. So Fino offers a felted soap on a rope that appears to be a wine-colored heart with cameo. The heart with birds will also make a lovely gift.

eBook: Textile design by Lizzy House

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 08:57 PM PST

Yeah! Lizzy House has written an eBook for aspiring fabric designers. Called How to Enter the World of Textile Design: for the Quilting Industry! ‘it’s available to purchase here for $25 USD. I cannot wait to download a copy, just to satisfy my curiosity of how these things work. And knowing Lizzy, every page will delight the eye.

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Tutorial: Stacked fabric and button flower

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 08:03 PM PST

Make a stacked fabric flower with this tutorial from Debbie at Squiggly Twigs Designs.  She was inspired by similar flowers made from paper and brads as scrapbooking embellishments.  Use the fabric flower as an embellishment for hair accessories or purses, or add a pin back to it and make it a brooch.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Squiggly Twigs Designs]

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Brassy Apple pattern winners!

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:39 PM PST

I’m happy to announce that we’ve got our three winners of the Brassy Apple giveaway!  The free patterns go to… (imagine a drumroll here)

This means our winners are

  • Cheryl,  who loves the Lucy apron
  • Katie, who digs the Kitschy apron
  • Holly H.,who loves the Lucy apron as well

I’ll send emails out to each of the three winners so that you can get your free patterns. …

Tutorial: Western-style flap pockets for little boys’ shirts

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:23 PM PST

Rae from Made by Rae shows how to make cool Western-style flap pockets for a shirt.  How absolutely PERFECT for little boys’ shirts!  She provides the patterns for sizes 1-2T and 3-4T, but you can easily adjust the pattern to make one for a larger sized shirt.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Made by Rae]

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Tutorial: All Aflutter layered circle skirt for little girls

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:13 PM PST

Melissa Ann from Lilac Lane guest blogs over at UCreate with a tutorial for making this All Aflutter circle skirt for little girls.  The two layers allow for fun combinations of fabric prints.  The layers are also perfect for twirling!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from UCreate]

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Free pattern: Love Notes

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 06:04 PM PST

This charming quilt features the Love Notes fabric collection created by Faye Burgos for Marcus Fabrics. The companion quilt was designed by Nancy Rink. Go here to download the free pattern.

Here’s a closer look at some of the fabric in Love Notes. Go here to see more.

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Whoopie Pie Pan

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:13 PM PST

Williams Sonoma makes easy work of taking up the whoopie pie trend (at least, I think the whoopie pie is and has been making a big come back). Find the pan HERE.

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Free Felted tote bag pattern

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST

I love this bag!  The pattern is on the Martha Stewart website and it is a wonderful project that looks quick and easy. They have it in gray but you could whip this up in a bright red and put a white hard on it for a Valentine day gift. It would be great for shopping or as a stylish…

Bead or embroider your own postage stamps

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:01 PM PST

Holy mackeroly! I can’t believe I never noticed this before! You can create and/or buy custom U.S. postage stamps at Zazzle.com! It looks as if the minimum order is a sheet of 20 44-cent stamps for about US $20 (depending on the design). So the cost is more than double that of standard post-office-issue stamps; but for a special occasion…

Shop: Note Trunk

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:27 PM PST

image by Note Trunk

 If you’re looking for a lovely elegant personalized address stamp you might wan to check out Note Trunk on Etsy. They carry wooden handled and self inking custom stamps with simple, beautiful designs.

-Heather

Tutorial: How to display your lovelies

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:14 PM PST

Design*Sponge ran a tutorial today on how to make this lovely silhouette bust for displaying your favorite pieces at home.

I really liked this tutorial and it was fun to see a novel way to display/store your jewelry.  I know it is similar to busts you see in shop cabinet display, but it is a cool look for home.

It got me…

Get your free calendar from SharonB

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:47 PM PST

SharonB of Pin Tangle blog is giving us 12 special gifts this year. At the first of each month, she posts a free calendar image that you can use as desktop wallpaper on your computer. And the calendar pages feature her gorgeous stitchery! The February 2010 page is available now. Go get it.

The best thread for tatting

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:41 PM PST

Teri Dusenbury of TATBit Tats clues us in to her favorite tatting cord and gives us the lowdown on several other threads, as well. Go to her post to see her assessment.

Andrea reviews Transfer Eze

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:35 PM PST

Andrea Zuill of Badbird’s blog reviews a new embroidery product, Transfer Eze, walking us through her own test and evaluation. This looks like it could be a great way to get designs from your computer onto your stitching surface. Go to Andrea’s post and see what you think.

Tip: Handy way to control beads

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:29 PM PST

Arlee Barr of Albedo Design Journal has invented a method for keeping beads at her fingertips, so to speak, so she can embroider them onto her work quickly and with a minimum of spills. When you see what she’s doing, you’re not going to believe you didn’t think of it yourself. See Arlee’s blog post.