just in time for halloween - a pattern for a skull knitted teacosy [via knitting pattern central] Share and Enjoy:

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Oh. My. Goodness. How flippin’ awesome is this! Link. Share and Enjoy:

I love a good stitch guide - clear instructions, good images, and maybe even a bit of historic background. Here are some of my favourite online guides - do you know of any more - please leave a comment. Primrose design has a stitch guide that can be found in her sidebar - lots of clear images of how to do the stitch as well as some lovely examples. From Creative living media - the ...

A great list. Everything from to-do’s to the ultimate grocery list, recipe cards and more! Link. Share and Enjoy:

Aah-ha! Thanks for making this clear! Link. Share and Enjoy:

EEEk apple! Link and picture, via Mejika! Great find, there’s also a bunch of other patterns. Link. Share and Enjoy:

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September is national sewing month: here are some great links to get you started: Make sure you check out the big list of sewing blogs - if that list is too much for you here is a brief version: dress a day: vintage patterns sew mama sew: lots of tutorials and links six and a half stitches: beautiful design angry chicken: simple and fun ideas soulemama: family and house heather bailey: gorgeous design in a ...

love this tutorial on making these adorable mushrooms from resurrection fern. Share and Enjoy:

bella pepper sent in this fun little snack bag tutorial Share and Enjoy:

Now THIS is a workaround for visualizing your quilts using MS Word! Amy’s put a lot of thinking into this and I love the idea. Link. Share and Enjoy:

Over and Over: A Catalog of Hand-Drawn Patterns by Michael Perry published by Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (August 4, 2008) Book review of Hand Job: A Catalog of Type, Mikes previous book here. This is a delicious book, full of hand drawn patterns by illustrators from around the world: Claire Scully (the quiet revolution) with her meticulous and surreal line drawing of feathers and wood grain. Pietrari Posti (pposti) from Finland with his mixed ...

Great tutorial and I love “tricks of the trade” sharing, makes it feel all special like. Link. Share and Enjoy:

fun pop up from popular kinetics: Choose your candidate and pop him right into the White House! Download and print the pdf file onto card stock and start cutting, folding, and gluing. Then VOTE in November! Share and Enjoy:

Come on! Enough with the awesome prints and now Yasmine gives us matryoshka notepaper AND labels to download and print. ACK!!! Link. Share and Enjoy:

Nicky Hepburn, Cuttlefish, Seed Pods, Galls II, Bark, 2007, cuttlefish, found seed pods, steel, tree bark. From the NETS Victoria touring exhibition, Walk, on show at Burnie Regional Gallery until 14 September. Image courtesy the artist. Photograph by Terence Bogue. “Walk presents the work of eight Australian artists – Peter Corbett, Vicki Couzens, Nicky Hepburn, Brian Laurence, Jan Learmonth, Carmel Wallace, Ilka White and John Wolseley. At the heart of this exhibition is a 250 ...

love this site: boys life. Have been spending quite a bit of time mooching around there and have found so many cool activities. This recent post is how to make a soma puzzle. the post on Weird science has how to make your own lava lamp : how to make a firefly lantern : and a great article on growing plants without dirt. Share and Enjoy:

Sarah at The Small Object shows us how to make a pinch pouch. Link. Share and Enjoy: