| How-To: Embroidered Pot Holders Karen from Maggie Makes shares a very nicely done tutorial for creating embroidered pot holders. It's a simple project that can easily be done in a couple of hours, takes very little fabric and would make a nice hostess or housewarming gift.Looks like it could be a great weekend project to use up some scraps of fabric! Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | blog.craftzine.com |
How-To: Circle in Square Quilt Blocks Kristen at the Martha Stewart Crafts Dept. shares how she put together the circle in square quilt blocks in this adorable baby gift for a friend's child. Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Quilting | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Church Briefs Savannah storytelling, Kalahari crafts, Madagascar music, Grassland games and Serengeti science, along with snacks, critters and trading cards, are in the works for the Baobab Blast vacation church school at St. Thomas Lutheran Church on Grosse Ile. thenewsherald.com |
19th Century Chinese Ornament The Textile Blog has an interesting post on Owen Jones' 1867 book on Chinese ornament, Examples of Chinese Ornament.These examples of Chinese decorative work show the real beauty of composition, colour tone and balance that was the result of centuries of constant experimentation and innovation by generations of Chinese artists and designers. Certainly a long way from the overly fussy and often trite European version that was Chinoiserie.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Design | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
How-To: Liquid Latex Scales Perfect for your Mystique or other reptilian costume, Instructables user sincerlydisregard wrote up this how-to for creating scales using liquid latex.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Halloween | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |