Over the weekend our friends at Prairie Point Junction, home of Wool Felt Central, did a guest blog on adorable Fall and Winter Treat Bags. You can find the tutorial HERE. Although the bags are adorable, I was thrilled that they offered our readers a whopping 20% off all non-sale items until November 1. Just …
There is something so soothing about doodling… those small, unplanned, undesigned drawings where your pen meanders across the surface of a page taking leaps and turns like an Olympic figure skater on the ice. Since there is no fore thought, you never get it wrong. There’s just freedom, design, color with no particular place to …
This weekend we are happy to share a guest post from our sponsor Prairie Point Junction, home of Wool Felt Central. Our friends at Prairie Point Junction are sharing a tutorial on making felt treat bags and have included appliqué patterns for either a fall or winter theme. Stock up on your crafting supplies now …
Working with the Florentine Frieze Pattern The Florentine Frieze pattern creates a fair-isle style pattern. This is another one of those patterns that would look great worked up in more than two colors. You can alternate the either the background or the foreground color every ten rows for more variation between repeats. Actually, my suggestion for alternating …
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a pig E-I-E-I-O With an oink oink here And an oink oink there Here an oink, there an oink Everywhere an oink oink Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O This coloring page is based on our Barnyard Pig Applique The Barnyard Pig Coloring …
What’s one of the very best things about autumn? Nature walks, of course. Whether your saunter through your backyard with a cup of coffee or take the family on a meander through a woods, you are sure to see, smell and feel autumn all around you. While you are taking in the majestic fall colors, …
Here’s a super easy, super adorable, and super fun craft for the whole family. Begins with a walk in the woods. Already a winner, right? Collect up some nicely shaped pinecones. Shake them out to get rid of any wee beasties and bring them home. If pinecones are wet they tend to close up. If …
We are pleased to announced that our Advent Activities 2nd Edition is now available in print and tablet ready format from MagCloud. In this version we have added additional crafts, books, music, and poetry. We have also included a resource appendix. Advent Activities is a 4 week long, literature based, hands-on curriculum that has been …
Working with the Scale Quilting Pattern The Scale Quilting block creates a beautifully patterned fabric. When the fabric is aligned vertically, it does in fact appear like scales. It has great potential for costuming as dragon scales, bird feathers, etc. When the fabric is turned horizontally, it reminds me a fish tessellation pattern. Have fun with this …
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a cow E-I-E-I-O With a moo moo here And a moo moo there Here a moo, there a moo Everywhere a moo moo Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O This coloring page is based on our Barnyard Cow Applique The Barnyard Cow …
Ever since I first happened upon DROPS Design Free Patterns, our collection of Free Knit Boot Slippers and Free Crochet Boot Slippers have been a favorite of our readers. Recently, I’ve gotten several requests for similar children’s slippers. I guess with Christmas and cold weather just around the corner that makes sense 🙂 I went back to …
Several years ago my brother Kipp and his family left their suburban home in Michigan and moved to a small Vermont homestead complete with time worn outbuildings and a babbling brook meandering through their property. While dreaming about this lifestyle change, my sister-in-law, Jennifer, always ended each discussion with… “And I want chickens.” One of …
