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Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Tutorial: Super cool altered flip flops

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:21 AM PDT

Alisa Burke, author of Canvas Remix, shows how to create these super cool altered flip flops.  Can you believe that these were once your standard brightly colored solid plastic flip flops.  Raw-edged strips of pieced fabric give them a much more sophisticated look.  Go to the tutorial to find out how to do it. 

[photo from Alisa Burke]

[via One Pretty Thing]

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Project: Gift Card Holder

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:13 AM PDT

image by Outlines

Visit the Outlines stamps website for instructions on how to make this pretty stamped gift card holder. Click here to learn how.

-Heather

Tutorial: Make an easy headband from scraps of t-shirt knit

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:06 AM PDT

Louise from Maekellen shows how to make these headbands from a couple of rectangles of t-shirt knit.  All it takes to make these cute hair accessories are a couple of rectangles of knit fabric and some elastic.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Maekellen]

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Free charts: Cross-stitch

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:02 AM PDT

Giveaway: Five Mini Albums

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Celine Navarro is giving away five mini albums on her blog, The Green Frog Studio. Enter before Sunday! Click here to go to giveaway.

Tutorial: Ice Cream Social sundress for little girls

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:56 AM PDT

Jess from Craftiness is Not Optional made this pretty sundress for her daughter’s upcoming 2nd birthday, and shares a tutorial showing how she did it.  It’s name the Ice  Cream Social dress, after the theme of her daughter’s party.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Craftiness is Not Optional]

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Tutorial: Easy fabric postcards

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:47 AM PDT

Elizabeth from Twelve Crafts Till Christmas shows how to make these fun fabric postcards.  Fusible interfacing gives them body.  What a fun project for using up your scraps! Get the how-to.

[photo from Twelve Crafts Till Christmas]

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Free charts: Cross-stitch

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:01 AM PDT

Sweetie Pies lunch and quilt

Posted: 22 May 2010 04:10 AM PDT

While vacationing in Orange Beach Alabama USA this week my sister, daughter and I lunched at Sweetie Pies. We munched while admiring this pretty pie painting.

Can you see their famous pies at the counter? If you look just past them on the wall above hangs a quilt. Tammy who was behind the counter graciously allowed us to photograph it. She said it was made by…

Free Online Class: Where Scrapbook Ideas Come From

Posted: 22 May 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Debbie Hodge will be holding a free 12-lesson class called Where Scrapbooking Ideas Come From. The class includes 1 intro lesson, 6 lessons on design, and 5 lessons on page parts, which will all be sent to you via e-mail. Click here for more information and to sign up

DIY: Hair Care Products

Posted: 22 May 2010 02:00 AM PDT

The Natural Beauty Workshop recently posted links to some hair care products that had been submitted to their Flickr photo pool. This in turn lead me to their collection of hair care recipes, including ones for Rosemary Walnut Shampoo and a Ayurvedic Hair Cream.

Tutorial: Make a summer halter with built-in bra

Posted: 21 May 2010 07:02 PM PDT

Just in time for the hot, muggy days of summer, The Sewing Dork shows how to make a halter top with a built-in bra.  Brilliant!!  Get the tutorial at her blog, Confessions of a Sewing Dork.

[photo from Confessions of a Sewing Dork]

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Tutorial: Make a little girl’s tie-waist skirt from two t-shirts

Posted: 21 May 2010 06:45 PM PDT

Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to turn two t-shirts into one awesome tie-waist skirt for a little girl.  The   Get the tute!

[photo from Make It and Love It]

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Tutorial: Shirred summer top from a man’s shirt

Posted: 21 May 2010 06:19 PM PDT

Jo from Just Jo shows how she made this cool shirred summer top for her daughter out of her husband’s old shirt.  This would be a great project for all those lightweight rayon tropical print shirts.  I love how to bias binding gives the shirt a more finished look.  Find out how to make one at Just Jo.

[photo from Just Jo]

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Tutorial: Ruffled flower corsage from wired ribbon

Posted: 21 May 2010 06:12 PM PDT

Calli from Make It Do guest blogs over at V and Co. with a tutorial showing how to make this ruffled flower corsage from wired ribbon.  It takes 2-4 yards of ribbon to create this flower, but the effect of all those layers of ruffles is totally worth it.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Make It Do]

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DIY: Cupcake Wrappers and Cakepop Carriers

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:21 PM PDT

I love these two projects from the Naughty Secretary Club for dressing up sweets: make your own cupcake wrappers and a DIY cakepop carrier. Find the how-tos for making cupcake wrappers HERE and the tutorial for crafting this cake pop tray HERE.

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Technique: Stamping with a Glue Pad

Posted: 21 May 2010 01:14 PM PDT

image by Spotted Canary

Using a glue pad to stamp with can add alot of new dimension to your stamped images, check out this informative tip and technique article on Spotted Canary to find out what you can do with glue pads.

-Heather

Fall Already? I Don’t Think So…

Posted: 21 May 2010 11:35 AM PDT

But even though we just got summer up here, the new fall fashions are out. It’s a bit of a slap in the face, enduring 8 months of winter, finally getting summer and then the fashion industry starts talking about the new autumn inspirations.

Nothing to be done about it, but enjoy the views! At Vogue, their new Early Fall selections…

Tutorial: Quilted iPad sleeve three ways

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:55 AM PDT

John Adams, AKA Quilt Dad, shares a tutorial over at the Moda Bake Shop for a trio of iPad sleeves.  Each of the patchwork designs makes use of a jelly roll of precut fabric.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Moda Bake Shop]

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Pink Popcorn Pomaders

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Learn how to make these unique popcorn pomanders HERE at Not Quite Nigella. {spotted on Austin Wedding Blog via weddinggawker}

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Giveaway from HEN and Stitch ON Grrl

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:27 AM PDT

It’s time for another great giveaway from the Hand Embroidery Network: two tasty vintage books and several skeins of vintage floss. See Shanti’s blog post for the details.

Pac-Man Fever!

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:27 AM PDT

by Elisa Di Fiore

In honor of the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, Google’s logo is a playable version of the game!

If you’d like to celebrate the little yellow guy’s 30 years, how about making these Pac-man themed earrings?

Click here to get the tutorial

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Oshiwa Designs textile stamps are now available in the US

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:19 AM PDT

Rachel Biel of Rayela Art is now marketing hand-carved, unique textile stamps on behalf of Oshiwa Designs of Namibia, Africa. Learn more about this remarkable fair-trade company, Rachel’s relationship with them, and the extraordinary products that are now available in the US. See Rachel’s blog post.

Placemat = placecard

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:11 AM PDT

Feed Dog just keeps racking up the publishing credits! The current issue of Quilting Arts Stitch magazine includes his pattern for these clever nametag placemats. Piecing, applique, quilting, and embroidery — all in one project! Bravo! See Feed Dog’s post.

Stitch yourself

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:03 AM PDT

MrXStitch turns us on to an opportunity to capture ourselves in stitch for posterity. He says,

Stitch London has teamed up with London's Science Museum to create a Stitch Yourself exhibit for the re-opening of their Who Am I? gallery in June 2010. You are invited to contribute a tiny Stitched Self and take part in scientific stitching history. You can send in your contributions from anywhere in the world.

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