This little snowflake cross stitch pattern is quick and easy to stitch up and can be used as an ornament, pincushion, or any other way you’d like to display a small cross stitch pattern. Snowflake Supplies I wanted to do this cross stitch snowflake on dark colored fabric and using metallic floss just for fun […]
Easy Yeast Rolls Recipe
This easy yeast roll recipe came about from messing with a recipe I found online, feared lost when the website it was on disappeared, then found in my recipe stash. Handwritten on a big notecard, it’s clearly had some water damage through the years. But now that I’ve figured out an even better version, I […]
Fabric Scrap Gift Tags
These fabric scrap gift tags are a fun way to use up little bits of fabric and play with sewing on paper. I am a big believer in keeping all the little bits and leftovers from projects, which is probably why my craft room/office is overflowing with too much stuff constantly. But it also makes […]
Easy DIY Christmas Cards
These easy DIY Christmas cards (and tags, and garland) came about because I was sent a set of watercolor markers to review. They’re the Hippie Crafter Watercolor Brush Pens (and other than receiving the pens I was in no other way compensated for this post, FYI). I feel like there’s a learning curve on these […]
How to Knit a Flat Panel on a Sentro or Addi
One of the benefits of circular knitting machines is that you can work tubes or flat panels, but it’s not so easy to figure out how to knit a flat panel on a Sentro or Addi as it is to figure out knitting tubes. But once you know how to do it you’ll be able […]
Log Cabin Knitting
Log cabin knitting is a great way to use your yarn scraps to make something beautiful. You start with a tiny square and build around the edges as big as you want to go! Learning Log Cabin Knitting I first learned how to do log cabin knitting from Ann and Kay at Modern Daily Knitting. […]
Sew a Bag with Box Bottom Corners
This bag with box bottom corners came about by special request of my daughter, who had been using a bag she liked as her pencil bag but it wasn’t quite perfect. I hope I’ve gotten closer with this one! The Original Bag I think this bag originally held a set of sheets. It’s made from […]