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Free pattern: Strappy top for a Groovy Girl

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 07:11 AM PST

Last week I showed how to make an A-line skirt for a Groovy Girl.  Now let’s make the strappy top to match. 

This little top is a quick sew and can be made out of smallish scraps of fabric.  Dig through your scrap bin and find the material for a new top for your Groovy Girl.

What you need:

  • –scrap of fabric 4″ x 10″
  • –approx.…

Freebie: Sketch Bundle from Get It Scrapped

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 07:00 AM PST

Download this free sketch bundle from the Get It Scrapped forum. The bundle is available in PDF or as layered PSD templates. Click here to go to download

Tutorial: No-sew fabric covered magnetic noteboard

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:58 AM PST

Miia from e miia shows how to use your favorite fabric to create a fabric-covered magnetic noteboard.  This is a quick project, with no sewing required.  If you have some fabric left over from a decor project, you could make a noteboard to match the room.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from e miia]

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Tutorial: Turn your boot cut jeans into skinny jeans

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:42 AM PST

Larissa from mmmcrafts shows how to turn last year’s boot cut jeans into this year’s skinny jeans.  It’s as simple as sewing two seams.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo by Larissa Holland at mmmcrafts]

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Tutorial: Throw pillow with oversized lace flower

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:24 AM PST

Brooke shows how to make this throw pillow with oversized ruffled flower at her blog, All Things Thrifty.  It looks like it would be difficult, but she shows an easy way to make that large fluffy flower.  I love the vintage-y feel!  Get the how-to.

[photo from All Things Thrifty]

[via kojodesigns]

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Tutorial: Stacked fabric flower brooch

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:13 AM PST

Blue Cricket Design shows how to make this stacked fabric flower brooch.  Guess what she uses as her template?  Cookie cutters!!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Blue Cricket Design]

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Project: Notepad Made from Coasters

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:04 AM PST

image by In Style Stamps and Joy Stagg

Join Joy Stagg on the In Style Stamps Blog to learn how she made this really pretty notepad out of coasters. Click here for her project tutorial.

-Heather

Product: Easter Flashcards

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:00 AM PST

I love this set of 10 vintage inspired Easter flashcards from the Etsy store Pretty Little Studio. Cost: $2.99. Click here to go to store.

Freebie: Commercial Use Photo Overlay

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 05:00 AM PST

Delicious Scraps is offering up this free overlay which is available for commercial use! Click here to go to download

MARCH GIVEAWAY – WEEK #2

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 04:06 AM PST

To win two skeins of Allegro Madil yarn in color #241 (pictured above), answer the question below.  Complete rules for the contest are at the bottom of this post.  Here’s the question for this week:

What’s your favorite boucle yarn?  Give us the brand and maybe a link to a picture of it.

Allegro Madil is a bulky boucle yarn composed of…

All About Flowers on Unkit Live!

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 04:00 AM PST

Tonight’s show on unKit Live!, is all about the hot flower trend in scrapbooking. Click here for more information

Inspiration du Jour – Week 9

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 03:00 AM PST

Get more inspiration from her gallery.

Review: That Girl’s Bath and Body

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 01:00 AM PST

I recently had the pleasure of using several products from That Girl’s Bath and Body, a small family-owned business featuring natural homemade bath and body products. That Girl’s products are a unique bath and body care line combining natural ingredients and the finest essential oils and extract nature has to offer. Their creams and balms are designed to quickly permeate…

Look at the wee Beastlies!

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:21 PM PST




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Originally uploaded by Leslie Levings

I’ve been a fan of Leslie Levings for a while now, and her most recent uploads to her Flickr photostream are no exception, Her wee little Beastlies pack a punch even with their small size, with expressions that are full of personality and just waiting to tell a story.

Check out her website here.

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Anti-Theft Lunch Bags

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:13 PM PST

Anti-Theft Lunch Bags from Perpetual Kid (via) Design Milk.

$9.99 for 25 bags.

Even if the green mold is fake, I am not sure I could eat my own sandwich after taking it out of this bag.

Tutorial: Fabric napkins with ric-rac trim

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 07:18 PM PST

Click over to The Purl Bee to find out how to make these lovely fabric napkins for spring.  The ric-rac peeking out of from the edges adds just the right touch. Go to the tutorial.

[photo from The Purl Bee]

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Tutorial: Baby-in-a-Pouch small soft dolls

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 05:49 PM PST

Trixi from Coloured Buttons shows how to make this Baby-in-a-Pouch.  It’s a soft doll with a right-sized fabric pouch.  Little hands can take the doll out and put the doll back in over and over to their delight.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Coloured Buttons]

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Tutorial: Fabric Car Basket organizer

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 05:08 PM PST

Katie from Hippos & Dinosaurs shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this fabric Car Basket organizer.  It has pockets for all the things that kids can’t live without, and all the things moms need as well.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Hippos & Dinosaurs blog]

[via One Pretty Thing]

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Tutorial: Make a Funny Bunny plush doll

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 04:50 PM PST

Elsie Flannigan from A Beautiful Mess shows how to make your very own Funny Bunny plush doll.  Cute,cute!!  I’m lovin’ the big heart on his tummy! Go to the tutorial.

[photo from A Beautiful Mess]

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New Book by Tim Holtz

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 01:43 PM PST

image by Tim Holtz

Tim Holtz has a brand new book “A Compendium of Curiosities” and it’s filled with all his cool techniques, projects, tips and ideas that capture his unique style of stamping and art work but Tim says this about his new book “I wanted this book to be different though … not your ordinary "how to make" book, but rather "how…

Pieces Of Me Pendants Launches New Rings

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 01:15 PM PST

Lisa from Pieces Of Me Pendants is launching her new range of adjustable rings $5.95

and to launch her new range she is giving away 3 rings to CraftGossip readers.

For your chance to win simply visit her etsy store and select a ring design you would like

to win.

Enter by leaving a comment on this post with details about which ring you would…

Eating Your Words Challenge

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:06 AM PST

It’s back! The Eating Your Words Challenge hosted by the blogs, Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle. The challenge is to use food or drink to write, spell or draw, blog about it and link to Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle to submit. Find all of the details HERE or HERE. You can also see examples from last year on either site, for inspiration if needed.…

Whit’s Knits: Fuzzy Easter Chicks and Mini Easter Eggs

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:06 AM PST

The little chicks and eggs that are pictured are beyond precious.  The instructions for these adorable creatures are on the Purl Bee and all the necessary yarns for this project can be purchased at purlsoho.com.  There’re complete instructions for creating these little cuties and which yarns and needles to use. The creator of this project, Whitney relates:" It’s been a very…

Tutorial: Tiny boullion birds

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 08:05 AM PST

Janet of I’m going crazy; you come, too shows us step by step how to create two tiny birds using primarily boullion stitch. So gorgeous — and perfect for crazy quilting. See the photo tutorial.

Make an embroidered felt ring

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 07:04 AM PST

Mollie Johanson (Wild Olive) got the itch to try making a ring from felt. And — you know Mollie — once the ring was complete, she had to embroider it! Isn’t the result adorable? We need drawersful of these…one to match every outfit. Luckily, Mollie shows us how. See the tute.