Julie Jackson of Subversive Cross Stitch shared this crafty kid flashback photo of herself and her crafty Thanksgiving scene from the 1970’s. She looks so sweet and innocent, right? Julie asked her readers to share photos of themselves crafting as a kid and you can add your own childhood crafty kid photo too. See all […]
Ellen of The Long Thread has a fun tutorial for a cute girl’s skirt. Not really a skort, but a full skirt with shorts underneath for your little tree-climbing, cartwheel-turning girl.
Even though it’s still pretty hot here in Austin, I’m finally feeling like I can see Fall on the horizon. It’s starting to seem like time to get to some cozy crafting, and this cute twirl and tie pixie hat would be a perfect kick-off Fall project. Michelle of Wee Folk Art shares the pattern […]
Dana of MADE shares a pattern and how-to for making pillow cases from your stash fabrics to donate to the ConKerr Cancer organization. ConKerr delivers brightly-colored pillow cases to chroniclly ill children in hospitals to help brighten their hospital rooms. The group has provided more than “240,000 pillowcases made by thousands of volunteers from across […]
I have a couple friends who are obsessed with Pokémon and while I’ve never played the game, I sometimes call my daughter Chloe “Pikachu” because she laughs when I say it. Pokemon and crafting seem to go hand in hand so I’ve rounded up here some fun Pokemon knitting and crochet patterns. First up is […]
Howtoons has a great plush how-to, the first from guest artist Meredith McClaren. As usual, the instructions are clear and simple enough for older kids to try on their own (although I’d frankly want to make one too), and I love the anime-inspired images!
Ken Denmead at Wired writes: Ever since I took on the job of Editor at GeekDad, and would meet people at events like Maker Faire, the question I kept hearing over and over was “but what about GeekMom?!” Sometimes it was spoken with a bit of humor, but more often with a sense of real […]
