It’s week three of 12 weeks of roundups including free gift ideas for the handmade holidays! Today’s roundup is all about handmade gift ideas for the home, including pillows, blankets, baskets and organizers, trivets and kitchen decoration, ornaments, wall hangings, and more! I’ve searched the web to bring you 24 free crochet patterns, 9 free … Read more
It’s week two of 12 weeks of roundups including free gift ideas for the handmade holidays! Today’s roundup is all about hats and scarves. I’ve searched the web to bring you 18 free crochet patterns, 15 free knitting patterns, and 3 free fabric craft tutorials (including no-sew and low-sew projects) for hats, scarves, and cowls … Read more
The Holiday Stashdown Crochet Along is the fifth annual year-end crochet along hosted in the CAL Central Facebook and Ravelry groups. We’ve brought together a record-breaking twenty-one of the top crochet designers out there to bring you free crochet patterns for winter holiday gifts and decorations. Fourteen of our favorite companies are providing prizes for … Read more
It’s officially autumn and you know what that means — it’s time for the handmade holiday season! For the third year in a row, I’ll be sharing 12 weeks of roundups including free gift ideas for the handmade holidays! I’m kicking off this series with 34 free tutorials sharing how to make a blanket (or … Read more
September is National Sewing Month and one of my favorite materials to sew with is upcycled denim. Everyone (or, almost everyone) has a pile of old jeans in the closet. Working with old jeans has its challenges so I reached out to several of my favorite sewing bloggers and I’ve put together 11 tips for … Read more