Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Spring Bento

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:13 AM PDT

Find tips on making this beautiful Spring butterfly bento HERE at bento zen.

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Freebie: Printable Thank You

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Download a free template with this thank you image from My Coin Purse. Great for cards and scrapbook pages! Click here to go to download. (Via my life in lowercase)

Tutorial: Fabric hopscotch mat for indoor playtime

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:59 AM PDT

Lila Jo from Happy to Craft shows how to make this fabric hopscotch mat, great for indoor active play.  Pull it out on a rainy day for happy break.  The mat is pieced, while the numbers are stenciled with fabric paint.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Happy to Craft]

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Tutorial: Make a ruffle bib for baby

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:38 AM PDT

Jessica from bits for baby and Craftiness Is Not Optional  guest blogs over at Sew Lovely Life with a tutorial for making a baby bib striped with ruffles.  Not only is this a stinkin’ cute bib for little girls, but you can make use of little strips of fabric left over from previous projects.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Sew Lovely Life]

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Tutorial: Layered flouncy skirt for little girls

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:32 AM PDT

Brianna from Sew Lovely Life guest blogs over at Craftiness Is Not Optional with a tutorial showing how to make a layered flouncy skirt for a little girl.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Craftiness Is Not Optional]

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Design Team Call: Repeat Impressions Stamps

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:06 AM PDT

image by Repeat Impressions

 Repeat Impressions stamp is looking for members for their new design team, here’s what you need to know:

DESIGN TEAM CALL ~
Repeat Impressions is in search of new Design Team members! We are looking for talented, dependable individuals who love to create cards. In order to participate you must have a blog and maintain it regularly. Does this…

10% off at JBS Mercantile

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Use coupon code STBLAST in your next purchase at JBS Mercantile for a 10% discount. Coupon not valid on Jenni Bowlin Studio Products.  Click here to go to store. (Via Scrapbook Trends Magazine)

Tutorial: Pillowcase-style dress for baby girls

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:58 AM PDT

The pillowcase dress is a perennial favorite style for little girls.  Prudent Baby shows how to make a pillow-case style dress for a baby girl.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Prudent Baby]

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Moda March Madness sale

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:23 AM PDT

The folks at The Quilt Shoppe are having a Moda March Madness sale this week only – sale ends March 21st. Go here for details.

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Album in a Box on Live with Prima

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Join Julie Fei-fanBalzer on Live with Prima on March 22nd to learn how to make this gorgeous album in a box. Click here for more details.

Inspiration du Jour – Love You

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog

DIY: Gentle Facial Exfoliant

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PDT

I received the following recipe in the latest newsletter from Handmade Soap Coach. Subscribe to receive recipes, workshop information, and more.

GENTLE FACIAL EXFOLIANT – Organic Body Care Recipes by Stephanie Tourles

1/2 cup ground oatmeal
1/4 cup powdered milk whole or nonfat
1 teaspoon cornmeal
Purified water

In a small bowl, thoroughly blend all dry ingredients using a spoon or small whisk, or shake them…

Tutorial: Make a pirate’s doo-rag

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:31 PM PDT

Care from Obsessively Stitching shows how to make a pirate’s doo-rag for a boy.  It’s made from knit fabric for easy fit.  The skull-and-crossbones design is appliqued with free motion stitching.  Ayyy, matey!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Obsessively Stitching]

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Tutorial: Quick & easy toddler dress from an adult blouse

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:46 PM PDT

Kirstin & Jordan from kojodesigns share a tutorial on their blog showing how to make a toddler dress out of a loose-fitting adult blouse.  It’s a quick, easy project that can be done in about an hour.  That’s less time than it would take to pack up the kiddo, drive to the store, find and purchase a dress you like, and drive…

How important is the bias in your bias trim, anyway?

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:33 PM PDT

When a pattern calls for bias trim, do you ever find yourself wondering if you could get by with cutting the trim on the straight grain?  Beth from Project: Project experimented with trim cut on the bias and on the straight grain.  She shares the results of her bias experiment on her blog.  Get the low-down.

[photo from Project: Project]

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Tutorial: Ruffle t-shirt refashion

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:17 PM PDT

Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shows how to turn a plain long-sleeved tee into a short-sleeved tee with a ruffled button placket down the front. Okay, so the buttons aren’t functional, but they sure are decorative, no?  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Ruffles and Stuff]

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Free patterns and charts: Easter

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:01 PM PDT

Colorful St. Patrick’s Day Shortbread Cookies

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:12 PM PDT

Find the recipe for these cute St. Patrick’s Dayshortbread  cookies and the how-tos for rolling colors into the shortbread HERE at Cheeky Kitchen.

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Free pattern and tute: Easter eggs

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 04:48 PM PDT

Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs has posted a pattern and instructions for stitching up Easter eggs in lustrous silk. Use them (as Janet did) to border a tablecloth, or create some special holiday napkins, or…you’ll think of something! Get the design.

Temporarily free: Phrenology design

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 04:36 PM PDT

Karline of Urban Threads alerts us:

Urban Threads has released a fun new freebie to explain your crafty disposition once and for all! This embroidery design utilizes the 19th-century science of phrenology to map the crafty brain, correlating the skull’s unique lumps and bumps to an obsession with knitting or a soft spot for sewing. It’s available for download in two sizes in…

Essential Safety Tools from glasscommunity.com

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:48 PM PDT

Glass is fun to work with but requires a conscious effort to be aware of your safety. A lot of us are dealing with fire and compressed gasses as well as the sharp edges of the glass we use. glasscommunity.com has a great resource page of some of the things that all glass workers should have on hand in their studios.…

Egg Family

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:10 PM PDT

Every time I post on Eye Candy’s work I marvel at the consistency of creativity. So I marvel again. Find the how-tos for making this hardboiled egg chicken family HERE.

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Tutorial: Mounting embroidery in a hoop

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:43 PM PDT

MrXStitch, Connie G. Barwick of About.com, and Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com have whooped about the tutorial by Maximum Rabbit Designs for mounting completed embroidery. I think that makes it a must-see post! See the tute.

Freebie: Bird Digital Stamp

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:09 PM PDT

image by GTC"s Crafty Corner

Visit GTC’s Crafty Corner to download this “tweet” digital bird stamp for free!

-Heather

Shamrock Pinwheel

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:27 PM PDT

Every kid loves a pinwheel, and to have it be a Shamrock Pinwheel is even better! The Mother Huddle shows you how easy this craft is to make with your children.