11 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Thursday, 20th of February

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DIY Mermaid Sequin Bulletin Board

Do you love Mermaids and sequins? Are you looking to add a little interactive sparkle to your room? Then you’re going to love this easy DIY Mermaid Sequin Bulletin Board—a fun project for the whole family! You can see the full tutorial on how to make your own memory board here.

Free pattern: Baby doll bassinet

Sew a sweet bassinet for a baby doll! Little kids love taking care of their baby dolls, and that includes tucking them in bed for night night or nap time. Chelsea at Sew Simple Home has a free pattern you can use to sew a Moses style bassinet for a baby doll. Get the tutorial and free pattern over at Sew …

Cute clothespin puppets and pompoms

This project combines two of my favorite things-clothespins and pompoms. Drawing cute faces is one of my New Year's Resolutions and here is a fun motivation to make some and then play with them. Pop on over to the blog Moms and Crafters for the tutorial on how to make clothespin and pompom puppets with a free face download.

A Tiny Easter Basket to Stitch

This little Easter basket with rainbow-colored eggs from Alita Designs is super cute and easy to stitch. The bright colors are fun for spring but if you prefer pastels of course you can use those, too. Change up the color of the ribbon on the basket to match your other Easter decor. The pattern is 39 by 42 stitches and …

Gingham Goes Huge in this Simple Blanket Knitting Pattern

This bulky knit Ammara Throw designed by the Blue Elephants was originally made on a knitting machine, but of course you can knit it by hand, too. She worked it in one long piece, intarsia style, where you knit across one color, drop that yarn and pick up the next, twisting the two yarns together so the pieces join together. …

Book Review - Glam Wedding Favors

Glam Wedding Favors Price From: $5.99 SKU# 6590C To help wedding guests remember the elegance of your special day, present them with little gifts that sparkle and shine. The DIY projects in Glam Wedding Favors are all thrifty ideas that will make rich impressions. These glitzy projects are easy and inexpensive ways to present delicious candies, cookies, candles, cake pops, miniature …

Free Crochet Pattern - Flirty Shawl Crochet Pattern

When you slip this crochet shawl over your shoulders, you’re saying “I’m ready for anything.” Really, though, because this crochet pattern gets you a shawl that you’re going to want to wear everywhere. You can grab the full free crochet pattern over at Simply Collectible Crochet.

Focus on Background Stamps

Pink Fresh Studio has just released a bunch of beautiful new large background stamps. These cling mounted rubber stamps give you the freedom to create your own custom pattern papers for your card backgrounds. Laura used two to design for these lovely cards and she's sharing how over on her blog. Visit Laura Fedora to check it out. -Heather

DIY sewing tutorial: Replace a jeans zipper

A broken zipper doesn't mean you have to say goodbye to your favorite pair of jeans! You can replace that broken zipper and keep on wearing those awesome jeans. Heather at Heather Handmade has a tutorial showing how. For the cost of a zipper and the time to replace it, you can save yourself the money of a new pair …

Hexagon Dog Scrapbook Page

Hexagons are a trendy, modern shape and make perfect backgrounds for layouts. Jung Ahsang die cut a bunch of hexagon shapes from different pattern papers and sewed around or down the center of each one to create an amazing quilt like design. The simplicity of the photos is perfect so they don't compete with the busy background. Visit her blog …

Stitched Strips Layout

Terhi added loads of color and texture to the background of this layout by tearing and stitching down strips of pattern papers. This is a wonderful way to use up scraps! She also fussy cut flowers and leaves from coordinating papers to cluster around her photo. The horseshoe embellishment is the perfect finishing touch to go with the photo. Visit …

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