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Father’s Day is almost here but you’ve still got time to put together a customized gift for those special guys your life! I designed this No. 1 Dad stencil that I incorporated into a painting that I worked on with my toddler. It could also be used on a baseball cap or a messenger bag with fabric paints. To get the stencil, just click the link to view the PDF. If you have trouble printing it, choose the File menu in the upper left...
Back in April we did an interview on starting a craft business with Sarah of Fabric Seeds, an online fabric store. Well lucky for all you readers, Sarah has generously decided to giveaway a jelly roll of Farmyard by Sentimental Studios for Moda in honor of the start of farmer’s market season! (A jelly roll is a 42 piece bundle of 2.5″ x 44″ strips.) Sarah has also given us the coupon code farmmarket...
You still have a few weeks left before the 4th of July to work on those patriotic projects! Here’s our list of free patterns/tutorials for your stars and stripes inspiration. Autie from ICandy Handmade shares her tutorial for this cute flag pillow over at the Crafting Chicks. This child’s pillowcase dress from White Water Crafting is made from Hobby Lobby bandanas! Since the bandanas come pre-hemmed it’s a fast project. Sugar Bee Crafts used a MADE...
It’s been incredibly hot around here lately so between the heat and planting a garden I needed a way to keep my hair out of my face! To solve the problem I designed these two fun and functional adult-sized headbands. They’re a great way to use up scraps of fabrics that you love and didn’t want to throw away! I did a regular headband style that’s reversible and a 3 strand headband, both with elastic at...
With Father’s Day coming up on June 19 you’ve still got some time left to make a gift for that special guy or guys in your life. Here’s a few patterns for some inspiration! First up, dress up the traditional gift of a tie by making one yourself with this pattern by Puking Pastilles. If that special guy has a Kindle or e-book reader, make a custom cover to keep it safe and scratch...
I love all the details you find in clothes: the little buttons, pleats and seams. I wanted to come up with a way to use those details to give some thrifted shirts new life. So I designed two purse patterns that use those fun details to their advantage. In this tutorial, I’ll be featuring the instructions and pattern for the pink shirt and the tote bag. You can find the instructions and pattern for the brown/green...
It’s can be difficult to figure out gifts for students graduating from high school so here’s a few idea starters for you! I’ve chosen items that can all be customized for girls or guys depending on what fabric you choose. For guys, using pinstripe suit fabric is a fun idea. This card holder by The Crafty Cubpoard is perfect for a gift card. After the gift card is used it’s two interior pockets are just right for business cards....
This is one of the very first tutorials I put together! We posted it back when this blog was started before we had many followers. My totes continue to be something I use often so here’s the tutorial one more time for anyone who missed it the first time around. You can scale the size up or down for whatever purpose you have in mind. I make two sizes generally. One is a small...
This week we’re featuring a few projects to make for babies and toddlers. First up is this “bapron“, the baby apron from Craftiness Is Not Optional. I love the idea of this apron rather than a bib. It offers better front coverage than a regular bib plus it’s harder than a velcro bib for baby to rip off and throw across the room (not that I have any personal experience with that…). Update: This pattern is...
Still looking for a Mother’s Day gift for this Sunday? Here’s an idea for a project you still have time to make! I created this binder with a personalized cover and plastic sheet protectors inside to store all my son’s artwork. He’s still a toddler so for now I filled the binders with a few paintings he’s done over the past few months along with some photos of him making those paintings. Now his grandmas have a...