Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Tutorial: Earflap beanie for toddler girls and boys

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Kristin from Lu Bird Baby shares a tutorial on her blog for making these sweet little earflap beanies.  You can easily adapt the pattern to be appropriate for either a little girl or a little boy.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Lu Bird Baby]

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Tutorial: Shirred sundress with pom pom fringe straps

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:40 AM PDT

In my studio I have a box full of vintage pom pom (dingleberry) fringe just waiting for a project.  So I was excited when I saw this tutorial at Prudent Baby for a shirred sundress with – get this – pom pom fringe for the straps.  Be still my heart!!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Prudent Baby]

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Peeps Sushi

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:09 AM PDT

Just trying to get in all my Peeps stuff while I can. There will be more. Oh yes. There will be more. Learn how to make Peeps sushi HERE at Serious Eats.  {spotted on the kitchn}

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Tutorial: Stamped Book Spine

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:03 AM PDT

image by The Lavender Daisy

Visit The Lavender Daisy blog for instructions on how to add a pretty stamped border to your book spines.

-Heather

Winner!! Peachy Cheap Gift Certificate

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:00 AM PDT

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Meet my new blogging partner

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:14 AM PDT

Meet my new blogging partner, the Cheshire cat of Alice and Wonderland. Starting today this grinning cat will have a say in the direction of all my posts here at Craft Gossip.

Here’s his first suggestion: HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY! Go here to see the Top 100 April Fool’s Day hoaxes of all time. Go here to see a video of highlights from past April Fool’s pranks from the Martha…

Giveaway: Cosmo Cricket Collection Packs

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Jill at A Matter of Memories is giving away these 8×8 collection packs from Cosmo Cricket. Click here to go to giveaway.

Tutorial: EASTER Ribbon Hanger

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Learn how to make this Easter door hanging from the Smashed Peas and Carrots blog. Click here to go to tutorial

Inspiration du Jour – Eggs to Dye For

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 03:00 AM PDT

Get more inspiration from her gallery.

Guest Post and Giveaway – Mark Montano’s top ten fav blogs for inspiration

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:00 AM PDT

Editors Note: We at CraftGossip are honored to have Mark Montano present his list of top ten blogs for inspiration. In celebration of this post, we have a copy of Mark’s latest book to giveaway. How to enter the giveaway is presented at the end of this post, so read on!

Mark Montano is a designer, do-it-yourself guru, and the well-known…

Kiss My Style Giveaway

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:00 AM PDT

Kiss My Style is a wonderful online boutique featuring a unique collection of hand knits, funky accessories, bags & purses, bath + body items, and more! Whether your looking for items to pamper yourself or treat a friend, Kiss My Style has something for everyone. I’d love to treat myself to a Green Tea & Melon Organic Beeswax and Pure Soy Candle to…

Aprils, April Fools Day Giveaway

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 12:01 AM PDT

Regretsy.com is a website filled with unusual and bazaar crafts found on the Etsy.com website.  You often find yourself saying “Are you Serious” , “Is this a joke”?  and guess what? now it is a book too . It is a collection of the oddest and most weird things people have crafted or handmade.

This book was written by April Winchell and is…

Turn a stuffed animal into an Easter Basket

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 11:00 PM PDT

OK the photos in this tutorial may be bit dramatic  for kids but if you have a stuffed animal that would like to be turned into a cute Easter basket, there is a great tutorial on how to do it at the blog CraziBeatiful Women.

Mosaic Robot?

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 09:28 PM PDT

In todays posting of The Glass Quarterly blog they talk about a guy in Herzalia, Israel that has a mosaic robot. Huh? Will it replace humans for creating mosaics? His company is Mosaic4u and his machine can lay out one square meter of tile from a computer file in 9 hours. Now if you’ve done mosaics before you know that’s pretty…

Sewing tutorial links for the mommy-to-be

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 07:43 PM PDT

If you’ve been shopping for maternity clothes lately, you know that they tend to be expensive and not made well.  Luckily, you can make most of your maternity wear yourself.  Luvinthemommyhood shares a tutorial roundup just for the mommies-to-be.  Go to the maternity tutorial roundup at luvinthemommyhood.

[photo from luvinthemommyood]

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Tutorial: Longish cut-off jean shorts with rolled cuffs

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 07:13 PM PDT

I bet you’re wondering why one would need a tutorial to make cut-off jean shorts. After all, you just cut ‘em and roll the edges up, right?  Wrong.  The tapered legs of jeans would make the cuff smaller around than the denim it’s rolled up and over, which would make the jean shorts tend to bubble right above the cuffs. …

Tutorial: Make an adult-sized bean bag chair

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 06:25 PM PDT

Joanna from Stardust Shoes shares a tutorial at Making It Fun for this bean bag chair.  It’s sized for adults, so it’s not just the kids having all of the lounge-y fun.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Making It Fun]

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Tutorial: Cutting Cookies reversible kids’ apron

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 06:06 PM PDT

Rachel Measham-Pywell from Four Wise Monkeys shares a tutorial over at Quilt Fabric Delights Creative for making her Cutting Cookies reversible apron.  It’s sized for a child and uses cookie cutters for the template for the shapes appliqued on the pockets.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from QFD Creative]

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DIY Cookie Cutters

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 04:37 PM PDT

Find a great tutorial on making your own copper cookie cutters HERE at Roots and Wings Co. I love this. At the store, we had hundreds of cutters, but we used to make our own whenever we started getting the same unique requests over and over, like logos or cartoon characters. No matter how many hundreds of shapes exist, this knowledge is…

See these stitching videos on the web

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:49 PM PDT

Hanna Andersson of iHanna’s Blog shares an outstanding collection of links to textile-art-related videos that we can view on the web. You’ll want to see all of these shows! Go to the list.

Follow Stitch Fest via Twitter feed

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:36 PM PDT

Here’s a most excellent heads-up from The Crafts Dept. at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia:

Can’t make it to NYC for Stitch Fest? You can still join in the fun by following our live Twitter feed direct from the event on Thursday, April 1! MSLO Crafts director Hannah Milman and other attendees will be live-tweeting and posting photos throughout the event from @CraftsDept.

We’ll…

Pansy and Mint Ice Cubes

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:36 PM PDT

This idea is so simple, yet so beautiful. Make flower and mint leaf ice cubes HERE at Dog N’ Bird Artful Wedding.

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Photo and video tutes: Shaded buttonhole stitch

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:26 PM PDT

Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas shows us how to complete shaded buttonhole stitch. She explains, “In this variation, most of the thread comes to the surface of the fabric.” See the photo tutorial. Or see the stitch in motion (and enjoy Lakshmi’s voice and the ambient sounds of her neighborhood) on the video tutorial. Thank you, Lakshmi!

Tutorial: Getting started with embroidery

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Aimee Ray, author of Doodle Stitching, offers encouragement and a simple lesson to beginners on her blog, little dear tracks. She says,

I’m going to start posting more embroidery tutorials [Ed. note: YEA!], and I thought it would be helpful to have a really easy ‘get started’ one, if you’ve never tried it before. Here is a step by step guide to…

Free desktop calendar from SharonB

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 01:54 PM PDT

SharonB’s free desktop calendar for April is available now at Pin Tangle blog. Just look at that luscious crazy-quilting! Go grab it.