Help your kids learn to stitch with this fun book made just for them. Affiliate links included for your convenience. Because I already know how to sew and do embroidery, I haven’t really used any books to teach the girl how to sew, but Kids Learn to Stitch by Lucinda …
How to make a dinosaur softie inspired by the Amazon show Dino Dana. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Inspired by the girl’s Titanoboa softie, I wanted to make my own dinosaur softie inspired by Dino Dana. What is Dino Dana? If you don’t know Dino Dana yet, allow …
The girl is getting older and she’s less likely these days to accept creative prompts that I give her. So it always thrills me when she wants to make something I didn’t suggest. So it was with these kid-directed softie projects. I was thinking about what I was going to …
I guess I should call this faux origmai (fauxgami?), because this felt origami Valentine bag/decoration isn’t really origami. There is folding involved, but also cutting to make the heart shape, which is pretty much frowned on in real origami. Plus it’s felt, not paper. This design was inspired by the …
I am an affiliate of Leisure Arts and was sent a review copy of this book. All opinions are my own. When I was teaching fiber arts to kids at my daughter’s school last month, I wanted to offer them a lot of potential means of entry into different crafts, …
We’re not big popsicle in a tube people here at the White House, but the girl is a big fan of frozen Go-Gurt. (Did you know they have a version without high fructose corn syrup now? I’m not getting paid to tell you this, I was just really excited.) The …
You may remember that the other day I went to the library and binged on checking out books. I hope to gain a lot of inspiration from them in the coming days, and one I have already looked at inspired this project. Bound: Over 20 Artful Handmade Books by Erica …
