Organize Your Ribbons!
Jessica Wilson, aka Jekbot, has a lovely idea for keeping her ribbon organized in a flurry of beautiful colors. Fill a suitcase or another box with your spools of ribbons and trims facing upwards, and you'll never have to hunt around for just the right one again!
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Just in Time for Halloween: Yarn that Glows!
4 commentsBernat "Glow in the Dark" yarn does what the name implies—and it's perfect for treat bags and costume accents this Halloween.
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Dare to Make It Holiday Challenge
Announcing the CraftStylish Holiday Challenge: Dare to Make It. Brave through the holiday season with crafty might and make everything. Deck your house with festive home décor projects and make merry with fantastic gift how-tos from CraftStylish. We challenge you to ‘make it’ through the holidays—do you dare?
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Calling all Crafters! Make it Pink and Craft for the Cure!
CraftStylish just launched our new Challenge gallery making it easier than ever for you to post your projects and take a look at all of the beautiful creations posted so far. The Make it Pink Challenge runs through October and for every project posted CraftStylish is donating one dollar to Susan G.Komen for the Cure. Make a pink prayer shawl and Taunton books will donate ten dollars!
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How to Use Piping (Part 2)
1 commentHow do you put in piping that is thicker than your finger? Try these tips to not only sew in large piping but also to keep it from rolling away!
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Fabric-Covered Buttons from the Flower Power Challenge
7 commentsA field of pretty handmade blooms lets this member pick the perfect embellishment for any project.
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Knit (and Crochet) Spooky with a Host of Halloween Projects
1 commentCheck out Lion Brand's library of free patterns for Halloween ideas.
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This Week On CraftStylish
1 commentWhen times are tough, it's time to get crafting! This week the Craftstylish team rallies around fantastic gifts-to-make projects, superb tutorials that'll swing your learning curve up, and beautiful recycle-restyle inspiration for you to make the most of what you already have.
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Crafte's Inferno: Scary Crafty Excesses or How to Terrify the Opposite Sex
13 commentsCrafting for Halloween can be a very slippery slope. The trick is to create a costume that treats your audience to a thrilling shiver, not send them screaming in abject fear. My first handmade costume landed me smack in the middle of the fifth circle of craft hell where creative impressions can leave scars.
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Quilt the Vote!
3 commentsAmerican quilt artist Denyse Schmidt is raffling off one of her amazing creations to help raise funds for the Obama campaign. CraftStylish wants to know what you're crafting for this year's election.
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Pink Inspired Projects at the Expo
I had a few minutes to zip around and meet other vendors at the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo this past weekend. I was looking for way to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month...I hope you're inspired.
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Taking Thread to a Whole New Level
3 commentsArtist Devorah Sperber creates masterful artworks without even taking thread off of the spool.
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Crafting in the Current Economy
14 commentsHow do you see crafting as a necessary activity in this economy?
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Flower Power Challenge Winners!!!
7 commentsThe four CraftStylish challenge winners are hardly garden-variety crafters. These winning blooms are representative of the amazing talent, superb technique, and jaw-dropping inspiration that contribute to our craft community—and for this we are very proud!
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How to Use Piping (Part 1)
2 commentsPiping, cording, welt, double welt? Let's talk about them all and how to use them to add fantastic interest to your projects' edges.
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Sweet P & Sage Swing Seattle Fashion Forward with Pulp Lab
3 commentsRain City fashionistas got a sneak peek of Project Runway designer Sweet P's elegant and ethereal new collection: Ghosts in the Garden, a collaboration with her husband, visual artist Sage Vaughn, presented by the uber-cool experience-marketplace, Pulp Lab.
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How to Make a Bridal Barrette
As a costume element or for the real deal, this bridal barrette is simple, sassy, and satisfying to make for yourself or as a gift.
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This Week on CraftStylish
1 commentDive into the fall crafting extravaganza with toasty-warm projects, fabulous holiday gifts to make, and super-cool October challenge inspiration for you to Make It Pink!
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The Make It Pink Challenge
13 commentsIn honor and support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, CraftStylish challenges you to make something—pink! And for every posted entry CraftStylish will donate one dollar to Susan G. Komen for the Cure!
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Reuse and Recycle Note Cards
2 commentsNote cards are part of life...you use them to say thank you, congratulations, I LOVE YOU, or just to say HI. But what do you do after reading them? Try reusing them.
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