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Do you love craft books? During the month of September, we are happy to host our 2nd Annual Craft Book Month featuring expert Q&As, a crafty contest, free patterns and lots of prizes! This is going to be a *huge celebration* all things craft books. In fact, just look at the awesome guest bloggers who will be sharing their craft book projects in an inspirational blog hop all month long! Blog Hop Week One Sunday...
At Craft Buds, we believe in coming alongside crafters who want to start their own handmade business, and today I’d like to introduce you to Sara of Sew Sweetness! Yes, she made all of these amazing outfits. And she wants to write sewing patterns and teach you how to do the same with step-by-step, easy-to-follow patterns. Sara has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help her raise the funds to start drafting sewing patterns for...
Thank you to all of the participants in the Pleated Boxes Pillow Sew Along! I had so much fun seeing your lovely pillows, and I hope you had fun making them. Of the 16 completed pillows entered here, the random winning numbers are 5, 13, 12, 11 and 9! Flea Market Fancy fat quarters winner: #5 Janelle @ Emmaline Bags & Sewing Patterns Make It Sew Modern book winner: #13 Tabitha – Klucking Bear...
Craft Buds is excited to announce our very first sew along! Introducing the Pleated Boxes Pillow, which comes with a free downloadable PDF pattern. The sew along lasts just over three weeks. With an estimated 2.5 to 3 hours of total sewing time, you can whip up a cheery throw pillow to brighten up your living room, guest bed or any place that needs a little sunshine! Supplies Very few supplies are needed to...
The fabric for the polka dot charm swap has all been mailed! If you participated in the swap, keep an eye out for these beautiful charms to arrive in the mail! We owe a huge thanks to Peg and Becca at Sew Fresh Fabrics for cutting and sorting this rainbow of charms. As always, feel free to post photos of your charms or projects you make with them in the Craft Buds Flickr group....
Modern Fabric Studio is giving one lucky Craft Buds reader a $25 credit to go shopping for fabric! That goes a long way, considering shop owner Amanda Norton has a WINTER SALE going on right now, with 20% to 35% all fabric collections. If you spend $50…you receive 1 FREE YARD of Your Choice! If you spend $100…you receive 2 FREE YARDS of Your Choice! Hurry now…before the sale ends!! Will you pick ....
Welcome to Craft Buds, where we share sewing tutorials, crafty inspiration and tips for running your creative business! Did you know that you can publicize your craft supplies or handmade giveaway for free any time at our Weekly List of Giveaways? It’s updated each Monday with giveaways up to three weeks in advance. Join us any time, and have fun entering some giveaways, too. Today, you have the chance to win one of four...
Lifestyle Craft’s Epic is an extremely versatile crafting tool. It functions as a die cutter, embosser and a letterpress. For whatever purpose you use the Epic, there’s a wide variety of shapes and styles for holidays, occasion or every day use. Right now in the Lifestyle shop there are over 500 different items to use with the Epic! Some of my favorite dies are the ones that fold up into boxes and treat bags...
Hello, and welcome to visitors of the 12 Gifts of Christmas blog hop! Twelve sewing and quilting bloggers have joined together to share handmade holiday gift tutorials to get you ready for the season of giving. I’m very honored to be one of them! And in case you’ve been following along, you probably know that there’s a fabric giveaway at the end of this post. It’s sponsored by Mountain of the Dragon, one of...
Chosen by Random.org, the winners of the Craft Book Month linky party are: Doodle Stitching book + Japanese fabric from Craft Buds 3: Libby Jones Autographed CosmoGIRL Cool Room book + Kona Charm Pack from Craft Buds 24: B.Yazoo Cloth Paper Scissors book (from Interweave), Paper + Craft book and Fiskars decorative-edged scissors from Craft Buds 11: amorette Girl’s World book by Jennifer Paganelli, courtesy of Sis Boom. 20: Jess @BeeSewSweet The Practical Guide...