How-To: Braided Handle Canvas Tote Bag
I love how stylish and functional this braided handle tote bag is. Head over to the Purl Bee and check out Molly’s Sketchbook for the full tutorial.
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How-To: E-Reader Case
If you’re planning on toting your e-reader to the beach or other summer travels, you’ll want to make sure it’s well protected. It won’t hurt if it’s a bit stylish too, so check out this tutorial from Thimble for making a customized e-reader cover.
How-To: Continuous Bias Binding
Yahaira of Bitter Purl shows you how to make continuous bias binding for quilts. She has lots of great photos that really help explain the process. Her final result was 7.5 yards of binding!
Sally Cardigan KAL: The Yoke!
I just received yesterday my new Sally Yarn and I’m already almost through the yoke! Admittedly, I’m a fast knitter, but I’m well pleased at how quickly all the slipped stitches help move this along. The colorway I chose (dark brown and purple Sheffield) gives this sweater a very different feel than the retro original, […]
Fabric Scraps To Go
Shim and Sons has been selling fun grab bags and boxes of fabric scraps this spring, so that got me thinking, thanks to our UpCraft month – why not create bags of scraps to swap or share with friends? Might be a fun excuse to get some crafty friends together!
Crocheted Viking Costume
My crafty Michigan pal Veronica Knight crocheted her very own viking costume, complete with epic beard, for Halloween last year and will be using it as her entry into this weekend’s Motor City Beard and Moustache Championships. Enjoy this achievement in crochet work with me, won’t you?
Mythbusters Embroidered Portraits
As my husband and I watched a new episode of Mythbusters last night, I was browsing blogs on my laptop. There couldn’t have been better timing for Mr. X Stitch’s post about these amazing Mythbusters embroidered portraits to pop up in my reader. Craftster user, CraftyOctober, created them. The facial hair and stitched on gears […]