Archive Category: 'Crafts'

• Crafters Medley: 23 Neat-O Projects To Make (June 2009): Fun Ways To Welcome House Guests – DIY Chalkboard Tray: (As seen in picture) Have family and friends coming to visit this summer? For just a few dollars, you can make a sweet chalkboard tray to welcome them with a personalized message. Crochet Hook Roll Tutorial: This project is perfect for any fat quarters you have, [...]
• How To Make A Flower Pot Bird Bath: Here’s a project that will get your creative juices flowing, today’s feature is from Patricia’s Pots with How To Make A Terra Cotta Flower Pot Bird Bath: You’ve seen them in magazines, on television and in books. Many of you have written to me for instructions. Well, hunt no further, here are complete instructions for you [...]
• Kitchen Towel Designs: Tomatoes & Pans {Embroidery}: Here is this week’s vintage pattern freebie from the Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels series. This pattern is for “Tomatoes & Pans” and features fresh plump tomatoes from the garden with a selection of cooking pans. Pattern Download: You can get your copy here: Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels: Tomatoes & Pans. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your [...]
• Paper Mache Party Lights: Crafty Project: Today’s feature is from Reese Dixon with this fun tutorial for Paper Mache Party Lights: I came up with a technique for the big decor balls that worked really great – Mixing the paint right into the glue. It gives a super saturated color and saves another messy step and more drying time. So I had [...]
• No-Sew Garden Bench Cushions: How-To: Today’s feature is from ModHomeEcTeacher at Curbly with How To: Make a No-Sew Fold and Glue Garden Bench Cushion: If you’re planning to entertain this hot summer weekend and the thought of guests sitting on your bare garden bench makes you feel very un-Martha-like, don’t panic. Honestly, you can whip up this NO SEW fold and glue [...]
• 29 Fun Summer Sewing Projects: Today’s feature is from Martha Stewart with 29 Summer Sewing Projects: These cheerful, warm-weather sewing ideas make perfect decorations, accessories, and gifts. Quite the jackpot here! Lots of fun projects to choose from, my favorites: Towel Tote: This homemade satchel does double duty as a tote bag and a beach towel. Plus, it has pockets inside for holding [...]
• How To Make Concrete Leaves: Today’s feature is packed with a handful of tutorials showing you how to make concrete leaves, these turn out amazing and they are simply gorgeous tucked into flower beds and around the yard. Easy to make too! Casting Concrete Leaves: Basic Instructions Click the pictures below to visit the instructions for each project This tutorial is by craftgrrl [...]
• Kitchen Designs For Towels: Cherries & Glass {Embroidery}: Here is this week’s vintage pattern freebie from the Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels series. This pattern is for “Cherries & Glasses” and features a half dozen cherries surrounding a set of drinking glasses. Pattern Download: You can get your copy here: Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels: Cherries & Glasses. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your desktop first [...]
• Free Dishcloth Patterns: Knitting: *Click on pictures to get your copy of the patterns, some may show a price tag but if you scroll down a bit you’ll see the free pattern or pattern link. If you’d like to learn how to knit or brush up on your knitting skills, see my guide here: Learn How To Knit – Free [...]
• Goofy Bags: Sewing Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Thimbleanna with How To Make Goofy Bags: Goofy Bags are nice for controlling the clutter in larger tote bags. I made them for the Cami Peeps to put knitting odds ‘n ends in their knitting bags. The Goofy Bags for the quilty peeps were made to hold crochet items that are [...]
• Sweet Patchwork Button Pouch: Sewing Tute: Today’s feature is from mairuru with How To Make A Patchwork Button Pouch: This pouch measures 15 cm wide, 13 cm tall. To make it, you need the outer fabric, the inner fabric and batting. Each measures 16 cm wide, 37 cm long (with 5 mm allowance). These would make adorable gifts for young girls (and older gals [...]
• Kitchen Designs For Towels: Pears & Dishes {Embroidery}: Here is this week’s vintage pattern freebie from the Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels series. This pattern is for “Pears & Dishes” and features a half dozen pears surrounding a set of patterned dishes. Pattern Download: You can get your copy here: Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels: Pears & Dishes. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your desktop first [...]
• Crockpot Crayons: Crafty How-To: Here’s a clever idea to turn those broken bits of crayons into fun shapes (like hearts) for coloring, today’s feature is from Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County with Crockpot Crayons – Crayon Recycling Activity (pdf): If you have more than one crock pot, you can form an “assembly line” of different colors and make [...]
• Paper Crafts Saturday: Freebie Printables (List 3): FREE Download of Mini File Folder Make A Booklet With A Pocket Kind Over Matter Fortune Cookies Recipe Wrap-Up Project Paper Dolls Downloadable Party Favor Cone Paper Cake Tutorial Tags, Stickers & A Notepad Printable Calling Cards Pretty “Quiet Please” Door Hanger Chick Chic Bookmark Colorful Book Plates Pretty Garden Seed Packets Recipe Cards With A Little Fuji Flair Free Printable Snail Stationery Set DIY: FREE Stamp Inspired Notecards & [...]
• Scented Hanger Pouches: Sewing Tute: Oh I like these! Today’s feature is from White Sewing with this tutorial for Scented Hanger Pouches (pdf): Time for a little spring cleaning? Freshen your closet with scents of lavender and roses by hanging your clothing on these simple-to-sew hanger covers. The handy pocket under the flap holds a sachet pouch or use it to hide [...]
• Margaret Sling Bag: Sewing Tute: Today’s feature is from Oh, Fransson! with this pattern/tute for a Margaret Sling Bag: So, by popular demand, I’ve made a pattern and written a tutorial for this bag that I originally designed for my sister, Margaret, for her birthday. The bag pattern is larger than 8.5″ x 11″, so it needs to be printed and pieced [...]
• Kitchen Designs For Towels: Tomatoes & Pots {Embroidery}: Here is this week’s vintage pattern freebie from the Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels series. This pattern is for “Tomatoes & Pots” and features fresh plump tomatoes from the garden with a selection of cooking pots. Pattern Download: You can get your copy here: Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels: Tomatoes & Pots. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your [...]
• 5 Homemade Fingerpaint Recipes: Homemade Fingerpaint Recipe 1 cup Flour 1 cup Water 1 cup Sunlight dish soap 2 TBS Food Coloring Directions: Mix all items until there are no lumps and paint is smooth. Keep sealed in an airtight container and refrigerate. You can divide the batch up into smaller amounts and use a different color of food coloring for each batch. Cornflour Finger Paint 2 cups [...]
• Window Treatments: Free Patterns & Tutorials: You can easily update and freshen up a room with new curtains, drapes, fabric shades and valances. Buying window treatments can get pretty expensive but you can easily make them to custom fit your windows and save money. Here’s a collection of free patterns and tutorials for assorted styles I’ve found around the net. Window Treatments: Free [...]
• Kitchen Designs For Dish Towels: Vintage Embroidery: Here is the latest set of patterns that I’ve chosen from my collection for this round of vintage embroidery pattern freebies: Kitchen Motif Designs For Kitchen Towels. Each Wednesday I’ll upload one pattern from the set for you to download and add to your collection. This pattern is from the 1940’s and I think they [...]
• Days Of The Week Tags: Free Printables: Today’s feature is from Living Locurto with these clever Days Of The Week Tags: Here is an idea I came up with to keep my son organized and ready for school. We picked out clothes for each day of the week and hung them on a low rack for him to reach. Then I designed some cute [...]
• Nifty Idea: Fabric Remnant Notebooks: Today’s feature is from {scissor variations} with this tutorial for Fabric Remnant Notebooks: Perfect for the obvious: to do lists grocery lists notes on favorite cities (restaurants, theatres, museums + shops) tuck it into your travel bag birthday booklets (format calendar pages to add to the interior + add gift giving information, such as sizes + favorite colors) add fabric swatches [...]
• Crafters Medley: 30 Neat-O Projects To Make (May 2009): Postcard Train Case: Print off some sheets of your favorite graphics, get out the Modge Podge and turn a plain old case into something gorgeous! Reversible Flowerpot Wrap Tutorial: Quite a cute little wrap/cozy for 4″ terracotta pots. There’s a pdf download available for the template. DIY: Chic Fabric Covered Magnetic Board: Here’s how to cover a [...]
• Weekend Quickies: 20 Summer Garden Crafts: Today’s feature is from Martha Stewart with Summer Garden Crafts: Twenty surprising ways to show off the season’s prettiest plants and blooms. Some really lovely projects, most are very simple to make and can easily be done on a weekend afternoon. Here are a few of my favorite ideas: Chalkboard Pots: Organize plants and seedlings, and identify homegrown [...]
• Cowboy Boot Pillow: Cute Vintage Pattern: Cowboy Boot Toss Pillow Pattern This pillow will delight any cowboy fan. Make it from one color with embroidered designs, or make the top plaid or stripe and use plain for the bottom. Make the pattern on paper and cut the top apart from the bottom. Lay the pieces on material. Add 1/4″ for seam allowance. Turn under [...]