Tutorials
Halloween from Your Closet: Scarecrow
Need a last minute Halloween costume? Go as a scarecrow. It’s super easy, gender neutral, and you probably have everything you need in your closet. The Outfit 1 Plaid Button-up Shirt 1 Pair of Denim Jeans or Khakis 1 Pair Brown Boots 1 Straw Hat I totally understand that some people aren’t “country” so you…
Read MoreMulti-Triangle Tutorial
Over the last few weeks, I’ve had several questions about how I made the larger triangles in my Triangle Quilt Along quilt. Since this is our week off for the quilt along, I thought it would be a great time to explain how I determined the size for my larger triangles. To help you visualize…
Read MoreThat Quilt is Worth What?!
Recently there have been several great posts around the blogosphere about the worth of quilts, most notably the No Value Does Not Equal Free post by Molli Sparkles and his follow up post Placing a Value on Your Quilts which appeared on SewMamaSew. Now we all know that handmade quilts have sentimental value. To me,…
Read MoreScaling Pattern Pieces – A Tutorial
Ok, you’ve found the PERFECT bag pattern. You absolutely adore it. BUT it’s not the right size! What do you do? Do you pout about it and spend another 10 hours scouring the internet for the perfect downloadable pattern, or do you adjust it yourself? If you’re like me, you adjust it yourself. And here’s…
Read MoreShiny HSTs Chevrons and an HST Tutorial
Thanks to my attempt to avoid finishing the (not) Purdue quilt top last week, I got myself started on another – much smaller – project, using my fabrics with gold metallic ink. For this project, I’m planning to use several fat quarters of fabric, along with a couple larger pieces of fabric I had in…
Read MoreCrazy Quilt Tutorial
If you’re like me, you keep the scraps from all of your finished projects, hoping that you will find a use for them later. Actually — I take that back — if you’re like me, you’ll collect everyone’s scraps in hopes of using them later. I have a lot of scraps at my house –…
Read MoreCrafty Tutorial – Dry Erase Board
Welcome to the Crafty Dry Erase Board Tutorial! This is a simple project that you can do with things laying around your house. The only thing you may need to purchase is a dry erase marker.
Read MoreFabric Flower Tutorial #1 – Pointy Petals
Today, I am giving you a tutorial on how to make one of the types of fabric flowers I have been making recently. We will start with the pointy petaled flowers, because this is the first kind that I made. They’re easy… I promise!
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