Archive Category: 'Crafts'

• Crafters Medley: 23 Neat-O Projects To Make (March 2010): Deck of Cards-Vintage Wall Decor: Free Digital Downloads: (as seen in picture) Create very cool faux antique wall decor (includes graphic downloads). Ruffled Apron Tutorial: This is tutorial is for a lined apron….so you may cut the same pattern fabric for both sides OR have a different pattern for each side. Tutorial: A Super-Simple Way To Cover [...]
• Pleated Apron With Built In Hot Pads: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from The Mother Huddle with this Tutorial ~ Pleated Apron With Built In Hot Pads: One of my pet peeves while cooking is not being able to find a hot pad. My other pet peeve is only being able to find one when I need two. So I got to thinking….what if I [...]
• Happy St. Patrick’s Day {Irish Medley}: {Updated For 2010} Here are a few crafty projects, printables & ideas for St. Patrick’s Day along with some recipes and fun tidbits celebrating the luck o’ the Irish. How To Make Green Beer: Leprechaun Style Homemade Irish Cream Recipe Minty Ice Cream Shamrocks St. Patrick’s Lucky Charm Card & Envelope Printable St Patrick’s Day Bag Topper Printable Lucky Penny [...]
• Shamrock Pincushion: {Free Pattern}: This pin cushion can be made in a short time from a few small pieces of felt. The model is red and black with a green shamrock; however, other combinations can be used. Cut 2 circles from black felt for top and bottom, the shamrock and the side piece from green. Applique the shamrock to top section. Sew [...]
• Casual & Fun Foldover Bag: {Sewing Tutorial}: Today’s feature is from Bloom with this lovely Foldover Bag Tutorial: Ready for a casual and fun spring bag?! Here it is: the Fold-Over Bag! This can be a really fun and functional bag. I used a home dec weight fabric from ikea for the exterior of this bag, but you could also use a regular quilting [...]
• Star Fruit Cushion Tutorial: {Sewing}: Here’s a fun, creative cushion idea from Matching Pegs for today’s feature: Star Fruit Cushion Tutorial: This cushion is really a large version of a Lotus Biscornu, and used May Britt’s Pincushion Tutorial as a starting point (with her permission). I thought it ended up looking like a cut piece of Star Fruit, hence the [...]
• Peasant Gal Series Complete Pattern Set: {Embroidery}: For easy reference here are all the patterns from the Peasant Gal series: Monday – Laundry (includes pattern instructions) Tuesday – Ironing Wednesday – Needlework Thursday – Dishes Friday – Baking Saturday – Cleaning Sunday – Day of Rest More Vintage Embroidery Pattern Sets Tableware Series: Complete Set Bonnet Gal Kitchen Towel Patterns: Complete Set Garden Harvest Kitchen Towel Designs Kitchen Designs For Towels Bluebird Days Of The [...]
• Peasant Girl Dish Towels: {Sunday Pattern}: Here’s the seventh free embroidery pattern from the vintage Peasant Girl days-of-the-week series, it’s a day of rest for Peasant Gal and she is carefree with a scarf around her head. Pattern Download: You can download this week’s pattern here: Peasant Girl – Sunday. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your desktop first (right click, save as…), open the [...]
• Free Potholder Patterns: {Sewing ~ Crochet ~ Knitting}: Here’s a big list of free potholder patterns I’ve been collecting from around the net, I’ve organized them into their own categories (sewing, crochet & knitting). The links to the patterns are underneath the pictures (just click the corresponding number), on the right side I’ve included potholder patterns that have been featured on Tipnut in [...]
• Tab-Top Panel Curtains Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Sew4Home with this tutorial for making Tab-Top Panel Curtains with Button Accents: In true Sew4Home fashion, our tab-top curtains are easy to make. Clever seaming gives you fully lined, finished panels with no visible stitching on the sides. Open or closed, these curtains are lovely to look at and enhance the room. [...]
• Reusable Sandwich & Snack Bags: {Crafty How-To}: Today’s feature is from So You Think You’re Crafty with this Kitchen On The Go tutorial: In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make two different types of reusable bags: the sandwich bag and the snack bag. You’ll need: 2 gallon size freezer-safe (because the plastic is thicker) plastic bags 2 coordinating cotton fabrics (washed, pre-shrunk, and pressed), [...]
• Peasant Girl Dish Towels: {Saturday Pattern}: Here’s the sixth free embroidery pattern from the vintage Peasant Girl days-of-the-week series, Peasant Girl is doing some cleaning and has a mop and bucket ready to wash the floors. Pattern Download: You can download this week’s pattern here: Peasant Girl – Saturday. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your desktop first (right click, save as…), open the file, [...]
• Lovely School Bag Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Running With Scissors with this great School Bag Tutorial: My friend is a 5th grade school teacher. I was thinking of a gift, and I thought of a large tote-ish bag to carry all her necessary school gear. Big enough to carry a bunch of stuff, cute enough she’d actually [...]
• Paper Crafts Saturday: Freebie Printables (List 4): Wow, I haven’t organized a freebie printables list in almost a year! Here’s a fun mix of goodies I’ve bookmarked just waiting to be shared, enjoy! Printable Hot Cocoa Envelopes: Perfect for gift baskets or with some nice mug sets. Fill the envelopes with your favorite Cocoa Mix. 25 Holiday Quotes for Your Pages: When you find [...]
• Raw Edge Circle Quilt Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Cluck Cluck Sew with this Raw Edge Circle Quilt Tutorial: This is an easy quilt but a little more time consuming than some of my others. This finished quilt measured about 42″x 56″ give or take a couple inches. Its easy to make this whatever size you want…just cut more or less [...]
• Peasant Girl Dish Towels: {Friday Pattern}: Here’s the fifth free embroidery pattern from the vintage Peasant Girl days-of-the-week series, Peasant Girl is getting ready to do some baking and has a rolling pin in one hand and a big batter bowl in the the other. Pattern Download: You can download this week’s pattern here: Peasant Girl – Friday. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your [...]
• Sweater Mittens Tutorial & Patterns: {Sewing}: Waiting for inspiration to bring out those lovely old sweaters you’ve been dying to use in crafting? Today’s feature fits the bill with this project from Five Green Acres Sweater Mitten Tutorial: The patterns were given to me by a kind and generous woman in Northern Wisconsin who whips out dozens of them each year, both [...]
• Crafters Medley: 27 Neat-O Projects To Make (February 2010): Tutorial: Puffy Pouch: (As seen in picture above) What a lovely, unique little pouch to sew! Circular Needle Clutch: Nice fabric organizer to make for circular knitting needles. Cosmetic Bag Tutorial: Nice boxy shaped pouch to whip up for your cosmetics (or anything else you like). Also see this list of makeup bag patterns for more inspiration. The [...]
• Grain Sack Kitchen Towels: {DIY Design}: Today’s feature is from The Graphics Fairy with this Crafty Project – Grain Sack Kitchen Towels – DIY: This weeks project was inspired by antique European grain sacks! These are so all the rage right now, but quite pricey for the real deal, I thought it would be fun to create a project that simulated the [...]
• Peasant Girl Dish Towels: {Thursday Pattern}: Here’s the fourth free embroidery pattern from the vintage Peasant Girl days-of-the-week series, Peasant Girl is carrying a tray with a teapot and dishes (that are falling). Pattern Download: You can download this week’s pattern here: Peasant Girl – Thursday. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your desktop first (right click, save as…), open the file, select “Print”, uncheck [...]
• Rosy Tea Cosy Pattern: {Crochet}: Today’s feature is from megan.cc with this lovely Rosy Cosy: I’ve been busy making a tea cosy based on the A Blanket of Roses Afghan design. I was part way through making a motif for the afghan at a cafe and I popped it on top of my teapot while I gathered my thoughts. Someone said [...]
• Easy Pocket Organizer With Vintage Graphics: Today’s feature is from Just Something I Made with this lovely Easy Organizer Project: Cabinet Cards and Napkins: I bought 6 cards, scanned them into digital images and came up with an easy and inexpensive project for using their graphics. Use the pocket organizer as a bed caddy or sofa/armchair caddy to keep things handy and organized. [...]
• Insulated Shopping Tote Pattern: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Sew4Home with this clever Insulated Shopping Tote: I live a ways out of town, so transporting home frozen food before it thaws can be a challenge. Canvas grocery totes are a great alternative to the standard store plastic bags, but they don’t help with my frozen food dilemma. This insulated shopping bag with [...]
• Peasant Girl Dish Towels: {Wednesday Pattern}: Here’s the third free embroidery pattern from the vintage Peasant Girl days-of-the-week series, Peasant Girl is sitting doing embroidery and has a hoop with needlework in one hand and a thread and needle in the other. Pattern Download: You can download this week’s pattern here: Peasant Girl – Wednesday. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your desktop first (right [...]
• Hanging Mail Sorter Tutorial: {Sewing}: Today’s feature is from Bright and Blithe with this clever Mail Sorter: A Tutorial: I always feel better greeting the new year with a clean house. At least, as clean as our house gets. It seems I’m in a losing battle with our mail. It ends up heaped in the office where things are buried, lost, [...]