Tamie at Roxycraft has these nifty new how-to videos on amigurumi. This video above shows you amigurumi single crochet. Other lessons include the chain 2 technique, attaching limbs, and more. Tamie will be at Maker Faire as a vendor at Bazaar Bizarre and will be doing a demo at the CRAFT booth on “Making Successful […]
Laura of bugs and fishes by lupin has been working on a great assortment of mini cross stitch sampler brooches that are framed out with scalloped felt. This “Make Do and Mend” is one of my favorites, and reminds me how much fun our Mending Month was. I also adore the “Book Nerd” brooch. Enjoy!
Get those old logo t-shirts in shape with this stylish and shapely t-shirt refashioning tutorial from LindaEve at Team EcoEtsy. Thanks Kate!
My husband’s grandmother was a home ec./crafts teacher for an elementary school in France. Growing up, one of my husband’s favorite memories as a kid was the tepee grandma made (along with a matching Indian costume). I’ve seen some in pricy children’s stores so it’s so great to see a tepee tutorial online at Ali […]
Last week, a few lady bugs were hanging out on the other side of my living room window. This is odd for me since I live on the 4th floor of a building so I thought it must be a sweet sign of Spring. Lady bugs must be in the air as Lauren at Goody […]
My mom is an amazing crafter, and as I raise my own kids I find myself taking more and more of her projects to use as my own, albeit at a more junior level of expertise. My mom, aka Nana, and my youngest son, Arlo, visiting Tombstone, Ariz. When I was about 10 years old, […]
Shannon at luvinthemommyhood refashions the sleeves from a men’s dress shirt into an adorable pair of toddler pants. The tutorial features a PDF and a video and is a part of her “newbie sewing series”. Shannon writes: When repurposing or refashioning an item, there is no such thing as leftovers in my house. After having […]
