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Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:04 AM PST

Tutorial: “Kitchen on the Go” reusable baggie set

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:38 AM PST

Sarah from Create Studio shows how to make her “Kitchen on the Go” reusable baggie set. This project was her submission into Week 3 of So You Think You’re Crafty.  The baggie set includes a sandwich-sized baggie and a snack-sized baggie.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Create Studio]

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It’s New: Maddie Bee apron top for girls

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:27 AM PST

Brassy Apple shows off the newest addition to their pattern line – the Maddie Bee apron top for girls.  It’s an apron-style top made to be worn over a t-shirt or a blouse.  It looks fabulous out of the bright, busy fabrics that kids love so much, but it would also be pretty out of a more traditional palette.  See more…

Free pattern: Dino mittens!

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:16 AM PST

Madame Zsa Zsa participates in Celebrate the Boy month with a tutorial for making these dino mittens.  Look at all those spiky dinosaur teeth! Rarrr!!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Madame Zsa Zsa]

[via Made by Rae]

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New Release: Elizabeth Bell Stamps

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:05 AM PST

image by Suzanne Dean

If you like sweet, darling stamp images than you’ll probably love Elizabeth Bell stamps, they are simply lovely! Click here to see the latest designs and then click here at Suzanne Dean’s blog Scrap Bitz for a blog hop featuring the new Elizabeth Bell designs.

-Heather

Tutorial: Framing needlework

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:03 AM PST

Loreta of Allthebeautifulthings blog shows us how to mount and frame fine needlework. See the tute.

And many thanks to Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint for pointing out this great post.

How to: Tiny felt flowers

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 05:02 AM PST

Conni of The Scoop, Score and Deal shows us how to make tiny flowers from a square of felt, a gathering stitch, and a French knot. See Conni’s post.

Tutorial: Custom PC storage box

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:01 AM PST

As part of her “continuing mission to bring plastic canvas to the people,” Diane Gilleland (CraftyPod) has posted a detailed tutorial on Craftzine.com for creating “a custom-sized, custom-crafted” storage box. Diane gives you the technical info; you supply the imagination and color. See the tute.

Tierra Verde Handmade Soap

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 01:00 AM PST

Having grown up in West Texas & graduated from Texas Tech University, I was happy to discover Lubbock-based Tierra Verde Handmade Soap. Soapmaker Michele Lang is a wife, mom, and self-declared soap nerd with an entrepreneurial spirit. She says her passion is the artistic interpretation that is now very alive in the handmade soap community & she views soap as…

Floating Cupcake Tower

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST

Check out this amazing suspended cupcake tower (photographed by Ali Broach)  HERE featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog.

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Another Tutorial…and the Bead I Made With the Wig Wag Twistie

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 07:49 PM PST

It’s Saturday night and it has been awhile since I did Tutorial Saturday, so here it is. But first I want to share the bead I made last night with the wig wag twistie I made using the tutorial the Sarah Hornik provided on the Torch Bugs web site. Considering it was my first attempt at a wig wag I was quite…

Technique: Cutting large pieces of fabric

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 06:12 PM PST

Have you ever gotten stuck cutting the backing fabric for a large quilt? Liz Johnson from Sew4Home shares the best way to cut large sections of fabric for sewing projects. Her project was curtains for the home, but her technique would work for quilting. Get the details here.  

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Eye Candy: Music Cake

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 05:57 PM PST

Wow. Check out this gorgeous, detailed music book cake (yes, cake) dedicated to Glen Gould HERE at Charmaine’s Pastry Blog.

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Lookie what she made: Handstitched quotation skirt

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 03:35 PM PST

When I saw this skirt by Gina Sekelsky at Lettergirl and Rich Inner Life, I let out a little squeal.  As an entry into a contest for Alabama Chanin-inspired sewing projects, she incorporates Alabama Chanin’s distinctive reverse applique and handstitching.   Instead of a flower or swirly design for the applique, she adds an entire quotation to the skirt.  The letters become a design element while…

Free pattern: Newsboy style cap for boys

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 03:23 PM PST

Antoinette from clevergirl.org joins the Celebrate the Boy fun with a free pattern and tutorial for making a newsboy style cap sized just for boys.  Go to the free pattern and tutorial.

[photo from clevergirl.org]

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Tutorial: Origami drawstring pouch

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 03:14 PM PST

Mairuru from Siesta shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make an origami drawstring bag.  She starts with squares of fabric and folds them before adding the drawstring closure. Find out how to do it at Mairuru’s blog.

[photo from Mairuru]

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Stamping Kit Club

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 01:22 PM PST

image by Creative Stamping

 If you don’t live near a big craft store or have a local stamping or scrapbook store you probably buy alot of your supplies on line. There are alot of companies that offer a “kit of the month” club, you sign up and each month or so they send products right to your door step. Creative Stamping…

Raewyn Penrose felt-maker felting designer

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:04 AM PST

 

What remarkable felt designer.  Raewyn Penrose is a New Zealand based felt-maker. She operate a gallery and teach extensively both in NZ and overseas, particularly Australia. They have launched small group tours to New Zealand, specifically aimed at felt-makers – group size no more than 5, 5 days of high quality workshops plus a variety of interesting travel in their beautiful…

Inspiration: Frame your art!

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 08:27 AM PST

Janie Lee of OhDeeDoh found this neat idea on Decor 8. Take your children’s unrelated artwork, scan it into a computer, re-size to same dimensions, mount on a single mat board and frame.

But why let the kids have all the fun? How about showing off a collection of art quilts or even photos of quilts you’ve made? Collect fabric/quilted postcards? Show them off under one roof.

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Tutorial: Pin weaving

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 08:05 AM PST

The Threads Magazine web site encourages:

Make your own colorful and artistic fabric from yarn and leftover fabric pieces with pin weaving. The technique is surprisingly easy to master and produces lovely yardage for garments, accessories, and even framed art pieces.

The mag’s online tutorial shows how to create a loom, weave a design, and finish the fabric so you can use it in…

Tutorial: Tool apron for sewists and crafters

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 07:10 AM PST

Colleen from The Magic Bean shares a tutorial on her blog for making a crafter’s apron for your sewing gadgets.  Think of it as a tool belt designed just for sewists, with pockets upon pockets for marking pens, straight pins, scissors, etc. so all of your sewing tools and gadgets are always on hand.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from The Magic Bean]

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Knit A Neuron!

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 07:08 AM PST

Ok then. When I started to knit (which I don’t even really remember when that was), I knit out-of-the-box stuff like, um, vests. And sweaters. And maybe a scarf or two. But I’ve got to say that never did a neuron come off of my needles. Maybe several hundred have come out of my head while learning the intricacies of…