Craft Ideas from CraftGossip for Friday, 27th Mar

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What's new at CraftGossip Contents: Organizing Ideas for Your Spring Cleaning Sugar Free Peanut Butter Easter Eggs Free Pattern – Granny Square Fashion Tote For the Love of Bunting Project: Paper Easter Bag How to Build a Simple Electromagnetic Train How to make coffee filter Easter baskets and carrots 7 DIY Centerpiece Ideas Tutorial: Infinity travel scarf that's also a lightweight blanket Free pattern: Little kid bunny slippers DIY Kate Spade Inspired Gold Eggs Video | Frugal Scrapbook Storage Ideas Tutorial: Belgian Waffle improv pleating Project: Altered Notepad Holder Tutorial: Presser foot organizer with labeled pockets Felt Flower Wreath for Summer 52 Unique Easter Egg Fillers Wisdom and a Jelly Roll throw Tutorial: Boxy cardigan refashioned from a pullover sweater Tutorial: Oversized scrappy quilted monogram Organizing Ideas for Your Spring Cleaning By Larissa Coleman on Mar 27, 2015 10:30 am It’s that time of year when the temperatures are warming outside and if you are not already starting into some of your Spring cleaning projects, I’m sure you soon will.  Before you get too much into your decluttering and organizing … Read More... Continue Reading » Sugar Free Peanut Butter Easter Eggs By Carolyn Bickford on Mar 27, 2015 10:30 am It’s hard to believe Easter is a week from Sunday. If you still want to make homemade treats for your kid’s Easter basket, here is a chocolate egg for you to try. It is sugar-free and dairy-free. If there are … Read More... Continue Reading » Free Pattern – Granny Square Fashion Tote By Shellie Wilson on Mar 27, 2015 10:00 am Don’t let the name of the blog put you off: “Slugs On The Refrigerator”. This tote is colorful and hits all the trend setting fashion marks right now. Be uber cool as you stroll up the high street with … Read More... Continue Reading » For the Love of Bunting By Sarah White on Mar 27, 2015 09:54 am I’m a little obsessed with bunting, whether its made out of paper, fabric or knitting. It makes every day a little bit more of a celebration, don’t you think? I made a simple red, white and blue knit bunting that’s … Read More... Continue Reading » Project: Paper Easter Bag By Heather Holbrook on Mar 27, 2015 09:10 am You don’t have to use a wicker basket for Easter you can make up your own cute Easter bags out of pattern paper. Using a 12×12 piece of scrapbooking paper the Fancy Pants blog has step by step directions for … Read More... Continue Reading » How to Build a Simple Electromagnetic Train By Sherri Osborn on Mar 27, 2015 09:00 am Okay, so this might not look like a train, but it is a cool science project that the kids will love to make and do.  The train car is actually a battery with magnets attached to both ends and the … Read More... Continue Reading » How to make coffee filter Easter baskets and carrots By Stefanie Girard on Mar 27, 2015 08:39 am Blooming flowers are the ultimate sign of spring and these tiny flower shaped Easter baskets are the perfect project to celebrate both spring and Easter. The tiny carrots are so darn cute too! Pop on over to the blog Urban … Read More... Continue Reading » 7 DIY Centerpiece Ideas By Larissa Coleman on Mar 27, 2015 10:55 am When you hear the word “centerpiece”, you most likely automatically think of weddings.  But, centerpieces go so much farther than that.  From birthday parties, to anniversaries, to work parties, to simple home décor, a centerpiece is just that much needed extra touch.  … Read More... Continue Reading » Tutorial: Infinity travel scarf that's also a lightweight blanket By Anne Weaver on Mar 27, 2015 10:34 am This infinity scarf is one of Melissa’s (from Polka Dot Chair) go to travel items.  At first glance, this looks just like a simple infinity scarf, but this has an extra feature.  It unsnaps to make a travel blanket.  … Read More... Continue Reading » Free pattern: Little kid bunny slippers By Anne Weaver on Mar 27, 2015 09:21 am Free pattern: Little kid bunny slippers Kate from See Kate Sew shares a free pattern for making a pair of bunny slippers in little kid sizes.  How awesome would it be for a child to find these waiting for them … Read More... Continue Reading » DIY Kate Spade Inspired Gold Eggs By Katie Smith on Mar 27, 2015 05:44 am Ashley from Ash and Crafts shared this link showing how she decorated her Easter eggs in a gold Kate-Spade-inspired style. Since Easter is in just a few days I definitely had to share these! This is something everyone can do, … Read More... Continue Reading » Video | Frugal Scrapbook Storage Ideas By Francine Clouden on Mar 27, 2015 07:00 am Lindsay Weirich, The Frugal Crafter, takes us on a tour of her craft room to show all the frugal options she came up with for storing her scrapbook supplies. Her craft space is in a small corner of her basement, … Read More... Continue Reading » Tutorial: Belgian Waffle improv pleating By Anne Weaver on Mar 26, 2015 08:32 pm Tutorial: Belgian Waffle improv pleating An from Straight Grain shows how you can use an improv pleating technique to create a criss cross surface design.  She calls it The Belgian Waffle, and it’s beautiful on the bodice of a little … Read More... Continue Reading » Project: Altered Notepad Holder By Heather Holbrook on Mar 26, 2015 05:04 pm Marie Browning has a fun project for spring, she covered  a plain wooden note pad holder with pattern papers and added some pretty stamped flowers for a great addition to anyone’s desk. Visit her blog for directions. -Heather… Read More... Continue Reading » Tutorial: Presser foot organizer with labeled pockets By Anne Weaver on Mar 26, 2015 07:33 pm Tutorial: Presser foot organizer with labeled pockets A collection of specialty presser feet makes your machine more versatile and easier to use.  Your sewing machine probably has a little box where you can store them, but they’ll all get jumbled together … Read More... Continue Reading » Felt Flower Wreath for Summer By Linda Lanese on Mar 26, 2015 07:19 pm Paula of “Sweet Pea” has some very attractive project tutorials for us to make.  She crafted yellow and white flowers from scraps of felt leftover from crafting a wreath for a friend who cracked her favorite tennis racket.  Paula was … Read More... Continue Reading » 52 Unique Easter Egg Fillers By Dana Hinders on Mar 26, 2015 02:48 pm My son absolutely loves Easter egg hunts! And, since we live close to his extended family on both sides, he normally gets to hunt for eggs five or six times per year. To keep him from being totally overloaded on … Read More... Continue Reading » Wisdom and a Jelly Roll throw By Scarlett Burroughs on Mar 26, 2015 01:48 pm Deby of So Sew Easy is on a roll. She took her new serger for a spin, and ended up with a bunch of strips sewn together lengthwise. Ever so clever, she decided this would make a fabulous base for … Read More... Continue Reading » Tutorial: Boxy cardigan refashioned from a pullover sweater By Anne Weaver on Mar 26, 2015 04:38 pm Tutorial: Boxy cardigan refashioned from a pullover sweater Hanna from Pearls & Scissors shows how she refashioned a pullover sweater into a cropped boxy cardigan.  The refashion involves turning the sweater 90 degrees, with the hem of the original sweater ending up … Read More... Continue Reading » Tutorial: Oversized scrappy quilted monogram By Anne Weaver on Mar 26, 2015 12:33 pm Tutorial: Oversized scrappy quilted monogram You can make this oversized scrappy monogram using a quilt as you go technique.  Kimbo from A Girl and a Glue Gun guest blogs at Flamingo Toes with a tutorial showing how to make it.  … Read More... Continue Reading » More to read: 8 Thing to Make With a Fat Quarter Tutorial: Simple floor cushion 50+ DIY Projects Using Old Maps Master Grafting with this Great Blog Series Facts About Why Your Baby Wants To Be Held  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2015 CraftGossip.com, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to our newsletter. Our mailing address is: CraftGossip.com CraftGossip.com PO Box 4496 Springfield, QLD 4300 Australia Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences