How To Block A Crocheted Doily Tutorial By Pamela Kellogg of Kitty and Me Designs

Have you ever wondered how to block a doily or cross-stitch design.  If you have and want to learn how to do this you'll be pleased to know that Pamela Kellogg has a tutorial on her Kitty & Me Designs blog showing you how.

How To Block A Crocheted Doily Tutorial

Copyright © 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Written by Pamela Kellogg of Kitty & Me Designs.

Here's what Pamela had to say about her tutorial:  Happy Sunday everyone! I've been busy, busy, busy! Yes, too busy and I'm winding down now but I am the way I am! My ADD motor is always going!

I made a big pot of soup, 2 batches of cookies and a loaf of wheat bread. I have all the laundry caught up and added 2 more of my mom's Victorian Tussy Mussy's for Mother's Day to our Etsy shop:

Aren't they pretty? Mom really has a knack for these!

Another thing I did today was to block a couple of crocheted doilies and I thought I would write a tutorial for anyone who doesn't know how to do this. Many crocheted pieces can be ironed into shape but there are some that just won't cooperate unless they are blocked.

Please respect Pamela's TERMS OF USE:  I like to share Craft and Embroidery Tutorials on how I do a variety of projects and techniques and helpful hints. I add to this list regularly. Please feel free to download the directions and if you try them, please let me know if you enjoyed the project!

Pamela's Bio:Designer, Textile Artist and Instructor. Although I love all forms of needlework and embroidery, my true passion is Crazy Quilting. I enjoy a quiet life in our little cottage by a lake in Northern Illinois. I frequent flea markets and antique shops looking for do-dads that I can sew on to my stitching projects. I offer some of my handmade items, along with my mom's and my sister's, in my Etsy shop. I enjoy baking and share many of my recipes here. And did I mention glitter?

Copyright © 2005 - 2012 - All Rights Reserved - Pamela Kellogg of Kitty & Me Designs .

Please visit her Kitty & Me Designs blog at http://kittyandmedesigns.blogspot.com/ and her Kitty & Me Designs Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/kittyandme.

Jack The Jester Cross-Stitch By By Romona King Of Northbrook Designs

I thought you might all like to know that Romona King of Northbrook Designs has created a wonderful free cross-stitch design for a court jester on her Northbrook Stitches blog.  Have fun with her cross-stitch. 

Jack The Jester

© 2012 by Romona King of Northbrook Designs

If you'd like to download Romona's cross-stitch design please click on the picture above or CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Here's what Romona had to say about her cross-stitch design:

Jack the Jester is a doll that I made, and  is the first of a what I hope will be a series of Jester patterns. Included in this design is a picture of the actual Jester face and the completed piece, the stitching chart, the floss colours chart based on DMC colours. The floss chart also includes the floss usage chart which gives you the actual number of stitches made, and the amount of thread you need. I have also added a colour graph for your convenience. 

Please respect Romona's Terms of Use - This design is offered freely, please respect the designers work and give credit where due. You may use the design to create projects to sell but not for mass production. 

Copyright © 2012 - All Rights Reserved — Written By Romona King of Northbrook Designs. Romona is a crafter, doll maker, painter, needlework artist, and mixed media artist. You can visit her Northbrook Designs blog online at http://northbrookdesigns.blogspot.com/ and her Northbrook Stitches blog at http://www.northbrookstitches.blogspot.com/. You can also visit her Northbrook Designs shop at http://www.northbrookdesigns.com/.

A Free Tutorial For Finishing Ornaments By Romona King Of Northbrook Designs

I am always looking for ways to finish my cross-stitch ornaments and creations.  If you are, too then you'll be pleased to know that Romona King of Northbrook Designs has created another wonderful FREE .pdf tutorial on her Northbrook Stitches blog showing you how to finish all her wonderful cross-stitch designs.

A Tutorial for Finishing Ornaments

© 2012 by Romona King of Northbrook Designs

If you'd like to download Romona's tutorial please click on the picture above or CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Here's what Romona had to say about her tutorial:  These instructions are generic for any ornaments made from my free cross stitch designs. All you need to do is change the shape of the ornament to suit your needs. My ornament shapes are usually oval, but whatever shape you prefer, you can easily adapt for yours..

Please respect Romona's Terms of Use - This tutorial is offered freely for  your enjoyment.  Please respect the designers work and give credit where due. Thank you, Romona.

Copyright © 2012 - All Rights Reserved — Written By Romona King of Northbrook Designs. Romona is a crafter, doll maker, painter, needlework artist, and mixed media artist. You can visit her Northbrook Designs blog online at http://northbrookdesigns.blogspot.com/ and her Northbrook Stitches blog at http://www.northbrookstitches.blogspot.com/. You can also visit her Northbrook Designs shop at http://www.northbrookdesigns.com/.

18th Century Scissor Shoe Fobs Cross-Stitch Free Tutorial By Romona King Of Northbrook Designs

I just LOVE cross-stitch and LOVE shoes so you can imagine how delighted I was to see that Romona King of Northbrook Designs had created 3 wonderful free cross-stitch designs on her Northbrook Stitches blog for creating 18th century scissor shoe fobs.  I am definitely going to be creating some of these.

18th Century Scissor Shoe Fobs

© 2012 by Romona King of Northbrook Designs

If you'd like to download Romona's cross-stitch designs and tutorial please click on the picture above or CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Here's what Romona had to say about her cross-stitch designs and tutorial:  Shoe Fobs came about as a result of my friend Colleen asking if I would like to be a guest blogger on her site. Because I had just recently gone back in time a little to return to my needlework days, she wondered if I could come up with something to celebrate her Historical theme for March 2012. I decided these were simple and quick to do and in keeping with my Marie Antoinette obsession. I have tried to use as few colours as possible because I tend to get carried away with details, so I have restrained myself for these fobs.

These are very small, they fit onto a 1 1/4 th  metal button cover. I have written a tutorial below to show you how to put these little charmers together. They make wonderful decoration and identifiers for your scissors and we all know how special our scissors are to us. They are fast to do and you can make them to fit larger or smaller button covers by simply changing your fabric count therefore making them for your different sizes of scissors.

Please respect Romona's Terms of Use - This design is offered freely, please respect the designers work and give credit where due. You may use the design to create projects to sell but not for mass production.

Copyright © 2012 - All Rights Reserved — Written By Romona King of Northbrook Designs. Romona is a crafter, doll maker, painter, needlework artist, and mixed media artist. You can visit her Northbrook Designs blog online at http://northbrookdesigns.blogspot.com/ and her Northbrook Stitches blog at http://www.northbrookstitches.blogspot.com/. You can also visit her Northbrook Designs shop at http://www.northbrookdesigns.com/.

Bethany Cross-Stitch Free Design By Romona King Of Northbrook Designs

If you LOVE cross-stitch like I do you'll be happy to know that Romona King has a wonderful free cross-stitch design on her Northbrook Stitches blog based upon her beautiful Bethany doll.  Enjoy!  I know that I will.

Bethany

© 2012 by Romona King of Northbrook Designs

If you'd like to download Romona's cross-stitch design please click on the picture above or CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Here's what Romona had to say about her cross-stitch design:  These instructions are generic for any ornaments made from my free cross stitch designs. All you need to do is change the shape of the ornament to suit your needs. My ornament shapes are usually oval, but whatever shape you prefer, you can easily adapt for yours.

Please respect Romona's Terms of Use - This design is offered freely, please respect the designers work and give credit where due. You may use the design to create projects to sell but not for mass production.

Copyright © 2012 - All Rights Reserved — Written By Romona King of Northbrook Designs. Romona is a crafter, doll maker, painter, needlework artist, and mixed media artist. You can visit her Northbrook Designs blog online at http://northbrookdesigns.blogspot.com/ and her Northbrook Stitches blog at http://www.northbrookstitches.blogspot.com/. You can also visit her Northbrook Designs shop at http://www.northbrookdesigns.com/.

Handmade With Love - Gift Ideas For The Holidays - Ideas #51, #52, #53, #54 and #55

If you support handmade and love to give gifts from the heart then you're going to love our "Handmade With Love - Gift Ideas For The Holidays" series of posts.

The handmade ideas are taken from all the wonderful free Christmas articles, e-patterns, tutorials, graphics, stitcheries, craft projects and more that The Best Free Craft Articles blog contributors have to offer.

Here's ideas #51, #52, #53, #54 and #55:

Idea #51 - A cross-stitch picture or pillow makes a wonderful gift for someone special.

~*Home Freebie*~

© primitivebettys 2008  - 54 by 54 stitches

Idea #52 - Little girls love dollhouses.

Let's Build A Dollhouse!

Copyright © 2008 - Written By Jennifer Brooks "Jennifer's Free Dollhouse Printables".

Idea #53 - Who can resist an adorable sock elephant?




Sock Elephant Pattern and TutorialCopyright © 2007 - All Rights Reserved - Lisa Bunting Thoms of Q.D. Patooties

Idea #54 - How about a beautiful laptop cover?

Laptop Cover Tutorial

Copyright © 2008- All Rights Reserved - Written By Andrea Millington of Indigo Blue blog.

Idea #55 - A beautiful arm chair sewing caddy makes a wonderful gift for any one who loves crazy quilting and creative embroidery.

Arm Chair Sewing Caddy

Copyright © 2009- All Rights Reserved - Written By Maureen Greeson of Maureen's Vintage Acquisitions.

Please respect each artist or crafters Terms Of Use for their free article.

I hope you are inspired to create handmade gifts of your own for the holidays.

Stay tuned for Ideas  #56, #57, #58, #59 and #60.

It's Getting Spooky In Here - Halloween Crafts Projects From The Best Free Craft Articles Contributors

Ghosts, goblins, and witches - oh, my!

Dracula's, mummies, and Frankensteins, too!

Watch out  - they might just get you!

If you LOVE Halloween fun like I do and love to decorate for Halloween then you'll love all the wonderful free Halloween articles, e-patterns, tutorials, graphics, stitcheries, craft projects and more from The Best Free Craft Articles blog contributors. Here they all are:

Please respect each artist or crafters Terms Of Use for their free article.

I hope you were inspired to create some monsters of your very own!

Ghosts, goblins, and witches - oh, my!