Martin Luther King Craft: Dream Quilt
Share Martin Luther King Day coming up again on Monday January 16. To me, Martin Luther King Jr. stands for following your heart, your soul desire, your dream, your conviction and for courage doing so. Therefore, every year, I like to orchestrate a creative project in his honor. This dream quilt pattern featured today is [...]
Sew a Wild Scrappy Pillow
Share : a unique quilting pattern. Quilting may sound kind of tame, however, with Alisa Burke, quilting changes tack and sails the winds of adventure! Look what she did…. Step-by-step Fabric Painting, Sewing & Quilting Instructions 1. Hand stamp & hand print your own fabric. That is: make your own stamps with [...]
Anthropologie’s Kitchen Decor (Santa Monica)
Share Pin It I love wandering through Anthropologie. Do you? The creative input of a visit is like flipping through 17 lifestyle magazines and half a dozen groovy design books, all at the same time. Yes, I was lucky to spend quite a bit of time in the Anthropologie shop in Santa Monica, LA [...]
Amy Butler Quilt Pattern
Share Pin It Know how to make a yo-yo? Good. Let’s go crazy making yo-yo’s and create a fabulously & frivolously fun quilt with them. Here’s your free pattern. Yo-yo Quilt Pattern This Amy Butler quilt pattern uses the happy & cheery Amy Butler fabrics. The Amy Butler Quilt Just looking at [...]
What is a Fat Quarter
Share I just answered an online question, what’s a Fat Quarter, and thought I should respond to it on the blog instead, as you all might be interested also. Fat Quarters are typically used for quilting and patchwork. They are bundles of fabric that are pre-cut to size. ‘What size?’ you might ask? And this [...]
Bedding: Anthro Ruffled & Smocked Quilt Patterns
Share Pin It Lazy romantic, that’s the look I’m after for the bedroom this Summer & Fall. I’m sharing my inspiration file with you today, with finds from all over the world, from Anthropology in the US to Lazybones down under. Anthropologie Bedding Inspiration Click these images, so you can see the wonderful smocking [...]
Italian Bag Fashion in Rome
Share Walking begin December in the late afternoon through the always romantic streets of Rome, as everything is so ancient and so laden with the energy of things that have endured the passage of time. You know how handmade things have that feel about them, of extensive handling and care in the making… How it [...]
Bow Bag : Free Sewing Pattern
Share Bag designer J. Kimberling calls this her ‘Luscious Big Bow’ bag. It’s a bit quilted in that it uses a number of different but compatible fabrics, but not so much that it will put off a non-quilter. The bag was originally designed to promote the lovely fabrics. Then Kimberling offered the design of [...]
How to Make an Embellished Recycled Sweater Blanket
Share Wow. That’s all that I could say. Now I’m excited about going to visit the recycled, vintage & samples clothing shop at the market. For many of you, with partners who have way to many sweaters in that closet, many with worn elbows, here is your challenge! If you can create a more [...]
Quilted Backpack Pattern
Share A beautiful Back to School project! This girl backpack is quilted, has ribbons & buttons, has contrast front cover, is covered with flowers ~ in one word: is cutter than a button. I love this sweet quilted backpack and just know that thousands of young girls would love their mom to make this for [...]
Best DIY & Craft Tutorials
Share I thought to feature my top 10 entries so far in the Fine Craft Guild DIY Craft Tutorial Linky Parties (Craft Party #1, Craft Party #2 and Craft Party #3* 10 Top DIY Craft Tutorials I thought to showcase for you my top 10 favorite DIY & craft tutorials that have been entered [...]
Decorative Handmade Floral Sunburst Pillow Tutorial
Share Looky! These decorative floral throw pillows made with felt at The Purl Bee are unique and contemporary. Good for a bed, good for a couch. The best thing is that I haven’t seen them anywhere else yet. They are … original! I dubbed them as ‘sunburst’ pillows. Don’t you think they are quite [...]
101 Free Green Craft Tutorials
Share One of the reasons I love Chinese New Year, is that I get to dillydally with my New Year resolutions for a month. I try them out before committing. This year’s no different & commit to this New Year … ..Resolution: My new year resolution is to act upon great ideas, and to complete [...]
Craft Calendars 2010
Share It’s January 1. Time for a new calendar. While I’m all for recycling old calendars and creating your own calendar (In fact, I have an article on how to make your own desk calendar, and will soon post some new scrapbooking page layouts for this calendar), I could not help it but just needed [...]
Gorgeous Baby Quilt: ‘Follow-the-Lines’ Free Pattern and Binding Instructions
Share If you are, like me, invited to some baby showers and currently see babies everywhere, it’s a good time to embark on the all-time classic baby craft project: the baby quilt. I found a free pattern for a baby quilt that is easy to make and simply gorgeous (and easily adjustable for a baby [...]
What is Insul Bright?
Share Insul-Bright ? It is something that every serious craft person who works with textile and heat needs to know, as this material instantly transforms a crafty textile-art object into something highly functional and usable. Insul Bright is a needle-punched, insulating material. It is manufactured by The Warm Company solely with home sewers and crafters [...]
Today’s Trends in Toilet Paper Wedding Dress & Coffee Filter Prom Gown Making
Share Now, the cheap chic wedding site has an annual contest for who can make the most beautiful paper wedding dress. The winner of the 2009 paper wedding dress contest made her spectacular wedding gown from just toilet paper, tape and glue! From the pictures below, this dress is as beautiful as one made by [...]
Waterproof Picnic Blanket for the Beach
Share This free summer craft project idea of making a waterproof picnic blanket for the beach is part of a series here at Fine Craft Guild.com , How to Live in a Coastal cottage, many miles inland. This is what I should have made last week, but didn’t. Oh, well… Here is your craft project [...]
Easy Textile Easter Egg Craft Project w Free Pattern & Tutorial
Share Looking for great craft ideas for Easter? Look no further, as I’m going to post a bunch of free Easter craft projects at FineCraftGuild.com this year, including free patterns and tutorials. As a start, here is a hip Easter craft project provided free by Retro Mama: Easter eggs made in lovely patterned fabrics.
