Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Tutorial: Teepee tent from a twin flat sheet

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 07:02 AM PST

Tent Week continues at Obsessively Stitching with this tutorial for making a teepee.  When it’s not being used as a clubhouse or camping tent or secret headquarters, it can be folded up for easy storage.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Obsessively Stitching]

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Podcast: The Process of Scrapbooking

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 07:00 AM PST

Nancy Nally, Angie Lucas, Stacy Julian and Noell Hyman discuss their scrapbooking processes in this roundtable from Paperclipping. Click here to go to podcast.

Piggy Pancakes

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:49 AM PST

Dang. Can’t believe I missed pancake day this year! I’m glad Chasing Fireflies didn’t. Find tips on making piggy pancakes (as in, If You Give a Pig a Pancake) HERE.

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Freebie: Spring Bingo Cards Digital Stamps

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:03 AM PST

image by The Frugal Crafter

Visit the Frugal Crafter website to download these fun Spring themed bingo cards for free! You can even choose from different colors for your download too.

-Heather

New Baby Themed Collection from Making Memories

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:00 AM PST

Making Memories will be releasing a new baby collection in March called Pitter Patter.  Click here for more information.

New Scrapbooking iPhone App

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 05:00 AM PST

TapnScrap is a new scrapbooking application for the iPhone that is now available in the Apple Store.

Use the photos on your iPhone or iPod Touch along with a variety of effects, frame, backgrounds, and embellishments to create beautiful scrapbooks page by page. Arrange, resize and rotate photos and embellishments clearly with the swipe of a finger.

Click here for more information

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Book: City Quilts by Cherri House due in May 2010

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:45 AM PST

The merry month of May is going to be even more merry for modern minded quilters because that’s when Cherri House’s new book City Quilts hits the stores. Danielle Dews over at C&T Publishing blog has posted a sneak peek all about it, including photos from inside the cover. Go here to find out more.

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Exclusive MME Minibook Kit

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:00 AM PST

An exclusive offer from Scrapbook Trends Magazine: This My Mind’s Eye Minibook kit for $24.95. The kit includes instructions to create a six page mini-album. Click here for more information. Offer valid until February 21st only.

GET SQUARED

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 03:59 AM PST

If you’ve been reading this blog for any time, you know that I’m not a fan of joining a lot of motifs. However, every now and then, I run across squares (or other motifs) that make it worth the effort to weave in all those loose ends. Lately, I’ve discovered a number of squares that really ’speak’ to me. Here…

Inspiration du Jour – JJ Turns 5

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 03:00 AM PST

This page is based on a sketch from Valerie Salmon’s Got Sketch blog

Get more inspiration from Cari’s gallery and blog

Soap Addict

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:00 AM PST

Texas-based Soap Addict creates handmade soaps that are created in small batches using the cold process method, with all vegetarian ingredients, essential oils and natural additives like herbs, spices and clays. All soaps are completely free of parabens, phthalates, artificial colors, fragrances and preservatives. In other words, free of all the gunk! Visit Soap Addict in person at the upcoming 2nd Annual…

Tutorial: Banana Republic Inspired Necklace

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:46 PM PST

Here is another great tutorial from Disney over at Ruffle sand Stuff.  I love that she has taken an idea and translated the materials into something that you might have laying around the house.

All this project requires is a length of chain, a bit of lace, some spray paint and a thread and needle.  Nice work!

Tutorial: Sew a hanging trash bag for your car

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:07 PM PST

Keep the inside of your car trash-free with this hanging trash bag by Adrienne of Some of a Kind.  She shares a tutorial showing how to make one.  Hang it over the back of your seat and you’ll have no excuse for tossing your candy wrappers or gas receipts on the floor.   Get the tutorial.

[photo from Some of a Kind]

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Tutorial: T-shirt refashion with Anthroplogie-inspired asymmetrical neckline

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:59 PM PST

Suzannah from {adventures in dressmaking} shows us how to refashion a long-sleeved t-shirt into this Anthropologie-inspired tee with an asymmetrical neckline.  The ruffles are so soft and feminine! Go to the tutorial.

[photo from {adventures in dressmaking}]

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Tutorial: Make dolly jammies from outgrown baby pajamas

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:50 PM PST

Jacinda from Prudent Baby shows how to repurpose an outgrown pair of your child’s baby jammies into a pair of dolly pajamas.  If you don’t have a pair of baby jammies that you’re willing to part with, you can usually pick them up for a song at thrift stores and garage sales.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Prudent Baby]

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Tutorial: J Crew Inspired Necklace

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:37 PM PST

You can find a tutorial for this J Crew inspired necklace over at Ruffles and Stuff – it is a nice simple project with lots of instructional photos.

If you are interested in this project but don’t want to have to buy all the bits and pieces to make it, you can buy a really inexpensive kit, only $1.99, from the Etsy…

Tutorial: Little boy skinny jeans with knee patches

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:33 PM PST

Susan from Freshly Picked participates in Celebrate the Boy month with a tutorial showing how to turn a pair of little boy jeans into skinny jeans.  Look at those knee patches!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Freshly Picked]

[via MADE]

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Chocolate Space Invaders

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:29 PM PST

Learn how to make chocolate Space Invaders HERE at instructables. {spotted on Cool Craft Sites}

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Trinket keepers tutorial by Amazing Mae

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST

This is a cute tutorial for making kid friendly bags. My kid is now getting to the stage where he wants to bring stuff with him or collect things. The big eyelets and carabeener are a great idea.

I woud construct it differently though, I’ve never been able to make a bag and a lining match up, not sure what my…

The sweetest way to transfer an image

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:53 PM PST

Moonsilk Stitches gives us the lowdown on using sugar syrup to transfer embroidery designs to delicate fabric. She hasn’t actually tried it, and neither have I. But this may be a technique you need to bookmark “just in case.” See the instructions.

Share your stitchy love with Haiti

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:47 PM PST

Abundant Ground invites you to make “a better world one dolly at a time.” The charity’s site says,

Sarah Hanson and her Dolly Donations program has teamed with the Abundant Ground Foundation in an attempt to bring some stability and comfort to the children of Haiti. Abundant Ground is helping to provide food and shelter for 181 orphans in Haiti, and Dolly Donations is…

The creative process: JO in NZ

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:28 PM PST

If you love the crazy-quilted postcards created by JO in NZ (and you know you do!), you will surely groove on the quilt she’s undertaking. Her notes about design and composition are as delicious as her photos. Get an eyeful of Jo’s beginning quilt blocks now, and be sure to bookmark her blog so you can follow the whole series.

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Stitch straight lines to create curves

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:56 PM PST

Prick and Stitch is my Craft is featuring a simple stitching project that moms of home-schooled kids (or bored-on-a-rainy-day kids) are going to love. The project is shown as the base for a calendar, but the pattern could easily work as a greeting card or even wall art. DJ, the blog’s author, says,

The simple pattern is marked up with a pencil…

Free design: Winter Rose

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:47 PM PST

This Winter Rose for machine embroidery is a free download from Loralie Designs. Sweet! Get the design.

And many thanks to sewforless.com for pointing out this excellent freebie!

Hug Mimi’s fish!

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:38 PM PST

Continuing the fishy theme…

Look what Mimi Kirchner is making when she’s not busy with her precious dolls: huggable fish! Get her pattern to try one for yourself; or buy one already completed by Mimi. Both the pattern and some finished fish are available from her Etsy shop.