Virginia Spiegel dropped me a line to remind me that Collage Mania is Monday and Tuesday, in other words May 5 and 6. I think it is going to be 2 days of total crazyness for Virginia as all you have to do is choose an artwork, e-mail Virginia and …
This tutorial on Mackville Raod shows you how to create a small traveling sewing kit bag for toting around sewing supplies. It is a cute wallet made up of three handy pockets to hold things like threads, scissors, needles, etc. For those who carry a visual journal in your hand …
Over on TipNut.com there is a great list of Yarn stash busters but I have been using my yarn by crocheting a lap rug. First I have one of these ball winders which I found at a garage sale a couple of years ago. It was the best $3 I …
Artsy Crafty Babe has written a tutorial on how to make a potholder from a dishtowel. Why would want to do that? No fuss with padding or binding making it supper quick and easy. I think its so easy it would also be suitable for young sewers such as children …
I am still poking about the V&A and discovered a fascinating series of articles on of all things …the history of wallpaper. The section on Design Reform speaks about the influence of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Some have suggested that at this exhibition women where exposed to the asymmetrical …
Over on Mindtracks this morning I have a review Photoshop Express a new free web based image manipulation tool. Many readers here will find it useful as I have full screenshots of what you can do in Photoshop Express. On another note I discovered this list of 26 Free Tutorials …
Fabric Origami is done by using fabric stiffener to create a stiff foldable fabric. It is easily done and mistakes iron out. As a craft it’s ideal as a quilters stash busting activity. As the Fabric Origami workshop points out after you have stiffened fabric you can “cut, fold, laminate, …
