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Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Video tutorial: Easter-themed egg cozies

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 06:20 AM PDT

Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood from Craft Sanity shares a tutorial showing how to make these super cute egg cozies.  Make them now for an Easter-themed table setting, and then use them year round cause they’re just so adorable.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Craft Sanity]

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Macaron Day! And a How-To Roundup…

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 06:11 AM PDT

When I first posted about macarons HERE a year and a half ago, I had a bit of trouble coming up with a solid recipe online to share. I no longer have that problem. The roundup of recipes below is a tiny sampling of the macaron info online now, as the macaron craze (that I predicted way back when, thank you very…

Tutorial: Make a maternity skirt

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Georgeina shows how to make a maternity skirt out of a regular skirt that was headed to the thrift store.  The original was too tight, but when she was refashioning it to maternity she was also able to adjust to a more modest fit.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Georgeina]

[via Wardrobe Refashion]

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Technique: Use Copic Markers Directly on Your Rubber Stamps

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 06:07 AM PDT

image by Gina K and Splitcoast

Join Gina K at Splitcoast Stampers for a wonderful technique about how to use Copic markers directly on your stamps, it gives a wonderful watercolor look, very cool! Click here for step by step instructions plus an informative video.

-Heather

Free cross-stitch charts

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:01 AM PDT

DIY: Homemade Shampoo

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PDT

If you are interested in mixing up your own shampoo, check out the homemade shampoo recipes posted by Idea Queen.

dumpling-dynasty-bunny-kit

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:30 AM PDT

dumpling-dynasty-bunny-kit. $32.00

This popular kit from Dumpling Dynasty contains everything needed to make a 30cm high soft toy, including felt, wool, plastic needle and clear instructions. It also contains a special journal and a pencil to record your thoughts or write a story about your new toy. This is the idea kit for beginner sewing and is suitable for younger girls…

Scrap Pile Clean-up mystery quilt

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 12:18 AM PDT

Making a scrap quilt is the perfect spring activity. Erik Homemade® at Coffee Break eZine thinks so and is hosting a mystery quilt event to prove it. It officially begins May 3, 2010, but he’s just posted a prologue so you can get started sorting, cutting, and sewing 2 1/2″ squares into light/dark units. Get on over to Erik’s announcement so you don’t miss out…

Free Stained Glass Patterns!!

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 08:11 PM PDT

I found a site for stained glass folks where all of the patterns are free! Free Stained Glass Patterns. How cool is that? Now you might be saying, but nothing’s free…and this is kind of true here too. If you’re using the patterns for your personal crafting and not mass producing the pieces help yourself. If you have a question…

Free project: Perfect for beginners

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:43 PM PDT

Leigh Ann from The Object Project wants to help you celebrate National Quilting Day with a free download of A Simple Little Quilt. She also includes detailed instructions so if you have been intimidated by starting to quilt, don’t delay. Go here to get the pattern and get started.

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Tutorial: Fabric covered storage bins

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:43 PM PDT

Annelise from Quarterlife Lifestyle transformed some less-than-attractive plastic bins from the dollar store into high-end fabric storage containers.  All it takes is making a new cover.  She shows you how in a step-by-step tutorial here.

[photo from Quarterstyle Lifestyle]

[via Dollar Store Crafts]

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Tutorial: Easter egg felt shape book

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:33 PM PDT

Holly from Beeper Bebe shares a tutorial on her blog, Chez Beeper Bebe, for making this fun Easter-themed felt book.  Each page is has an egg applique, and a pocket on the back page holds little felt shapes that can be used to customize the egg appliques.  How cute!!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Chez Beeper Bebe]

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Tutorial: Lengthen girls’ jeans with a patchwork stripe

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:14 PM PDT

Melinda from Trotter Sweet Peas shows how you can lengthen a pair of girls’ jeans by adding a strip of patchwork.  Instead of having the patchwork at the bottom, she adds it a few inches above, which allows you to keep the original hem on the jeans.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Trotter Sweet Peas]

[via One Pretty Thing]

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It’s new: Plush bunny Easter basket PDF pattern

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:02 PM PDT

Amy from The Idea Room introduces her newest PDF sewing pattern – a plush bunny Easter basket!  The PDF is just $3.00.  Read more and order from The Idea Room.

[photo from The Idea Room]

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Giveaway to celebrate National Quilting Day

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 06:29 PM PDT

The talented designers at Abbey Lane are hosting a giveaway and some lucky winner will get an Abbey bag, others will get one of their quilt patterns. Get entry details here. Drawing is March 29, 2010.

Via Cindy from Quilting all Day

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Spring sheep quilted wall hanging

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 05:44 PM PDT

Nothing says spring like pastels and babies. And what bliss it is when it’s naptime and you have time to sew. This original design is by Marcy at Sunflower Designs. Go here for further details.

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Easter Egg Decorating Roundup

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 03:04 PM PDT

A collection of Easter Egg ideas from the biggie online mags:

  • Find a collection from Better Homes and Gardens HERE, including these scrapbook inspired eggs.
  • Martha of course has a huge collection HERE (including the lacey ones shown above)
  • Reader’s Digest has a fantastic, incredible, mindblowing collection HERE, like this birdie (perhaps I overdramatize with all the adjectives…as you’ll note I made this collection…

New Release: Papertrey Stamps

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 01:08 PM PDT

image by Debbie Olson and Papertrey Ink

Papertrey Ink has just released 9 new clear stamp sets for March, including themes like houses, frames, flowers, tabs, stripes, a new alphabet, backgrounds and more. Click here to see all their new stamp sets.

-Heather

Inspiration: Little stitcheries

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 11:07 AM PDT

Just for fun: Bargello crossword

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:06 AM PDT

Have you tried your hand yet at Bargello Needlepoint’s online stitch-related crossword puzzle? No? Well, hop to it!

Video tutorial: French-knot loop flower

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:05 AM PDT

Melissa of Honey Bee’s Bliss says the French-knot loop flower is the perfect filler for silk-ribbon sprays. (See the tiny blue flowers in the upper-right motif of the CQ block at left.) She shows us exactly how it’s done in a short, clear video. See the tute.

Design and stitch your lampshade

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 08:04 AM PDT

I can’t wait for these lamps to become available in the United States! core77 blog showed us the Stitch Lamp from Swedish company LampGustaf. The blog notes,

It comes with a darning needle and yarn in eight colors, so you can add your own pattern to the mesh shade. It even sort of comes in portrait or landscape modes. The creatively meek need not…

Tutorial: Paper Flower

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:30 AM PDT

Tiffany of Scrap Tiffany has posted a tutorial showing how to make these flowers. Click here to go to tutorial.

Tutorial: Transform a 70’s shirt dress into retro chic

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:21 AM PDT

The How-To Gal shows how she transformed an outdated, shapeless thrift store dress into a sophisticated dress with up-to-the-minute style.  If I didn’t know better, I’d think she got this dress from an exclusive indie boutique.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from The How-To Gal]

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