Knitting Help From a Flip Book

I’ve loved flip books ever since grade school when I used to draw stick figure animations in the margins of my text books. Lately I’ve seen a lot of different ways to make them yourself, or have them made for you from your videos or illustrations. They’re definitely a fun little thing to have around, [...]

Fabric brooch tutorial

How to make a fabric brooch

You will need:

Fabric
A pen
Circular shape
Pinking shears/scissors
Ribbon
Buttons
Brooch back/safety pin
Needle and thread

1. Assemble all your things. I find it easier to select my fabric and ribbon first and then match the buttons to them later.

2. Use your circle shape – I used a sticky tape roll [...]

Cabling

Cable without a Cable Needle
This link leads to a tutorial by the famous Grumperina and shows how to cable faster and more efficiently.   If you are tired of always trying to locate tha tiny cable needle, or find it frustrating to deal with an extra needle, then this is the method for you.
When I [...]

Bias tape tutorial

please visit dqb-dqb.blogspot.com and watch a very humble tutorial on how to make your favorite fabric bias tape.
hugs, Dominique

Anybody up for a challenge?

Hi there!
Wow this blog has been busy lately, so many awesome posts! Anyway I was wondering if anybody was up for a challenge.
I would like to have a new design for the banner + a button for Craft Tutorials Blog. The size is 770 x 140 pixels and the winner will have his/her design as [...]

Pin Cushion Roundup

This eyeball pincushion tutorial from Jen made the rounds a few months ago but I didn’t see it listed here on CT so I wanted to make sure everyone knew about it. (Great idea to use Flickr to generate the tutorial!) Jen makes all sorts of beautiful pincushions and thankfully now has an Etsy store [...]

Cool Photoshop Effects

Hey all!
I have found a couple of Photoshop effects that I plan to use in my digital scrapbooking over and over again, because they are just so cool. The first is a way to give your photos an old fashioned film look. Thanks to Ebin at http://ebin.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/how-to-turn-your-photo-into-movie-like-effect-using-photoshop/
Here are my before and after shots:

Here [...]

hi, from Buenos Aires

Before posting I wanted to introduce myself. My name’s Dominique and I’m an art director from Argentina, I love sewing and knitting among other crafts, as I told Eve if anyone considers that my post should be in spanish or french, I would be pleased to translate them. ok? well I hope you’ll like my [...]

Oelliet Headband Pattern

 A while ago I got my hands on an old stitch book at my local campus library and decided to experiment with designing.For those who are interested in getting their feet wet by creating patterns of your own, a headband is a great way to start.My first foray resulted in the Oelliet Headband. 
I’ll briefly go [...]

Reusable Shopping Bag Challenge at Craftster

There’s a new challenge up at Craftster and it combines creation of a reusable shopping bag with stenciling. Leah was inspired by a project called Morsbags Sociable Guerilla Bagging wherein people get together to make reusable cloth shopping bags for themselves and to give to others. From the post:
“So your challenge is to create a [...]

Introductions Abound

Hello fellow CT addicts! My name is Donna and I’m another new co-writer, feeling lucky to be joining an impressive roster of talented crafters. I live in Los Angeles, CA and work as a graphic designer/illustrator by day and a crafter/printmaker by night. My sister and I have an online art and accessories business together [...]

Dpn’s Protectors

I will be receiving my first DPN’s in a few days and I’m really excited cos I can’t find them in my country…. So, obviously I need to take extra care of them, cos it won’t be easy for me to get more anytime soon… And as I was going through my usual blog check [...]

Felted Camera Cases

How to Make a Felted Camera Case.Last Christmas, I created two camera cases, through trial and error, for myself and mother. I had some lovely malabrigo yarn that I had dyed with kool-aid, but only one skein.We knitters are always running a battle with using up our stash or that single skein we bought [...]