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All About Knitting for Australia’s Animals (and Other Crafts, too)

Since the wildfires in Australia began, it’s been reported that as many as a billion animals may have died, and countless others have been injured in the fires or fleeing the flames.

This tragedy presents an opportunity for crafters to use some of their materials for a good cause. Wildlife rescue organizations use all sorts of handcrafted items in their work, from tiny crocheted birds nests to joey pouches and bat slings.

9 Valentine Wreath Ideas

Love is in the air! I can’t believe I haven’t made a wreath to hang on my door for Valentine’s Day. There are plenty of ideas for Valentine wreaths out there, here’s just a small sampling:

Craft Room Organizational Tips

Are you dealing with a messy, disorganized craft room? Struggling to find effective ideas on how to organize craft room best? Craft rooms can become cluttered quite easily, but that’s ok! Check out these simple craft room organization tips and organize your craft room today! See the full article

Valentine's Day Lips Cards

The Big and Bold line of stamps from Colorado Craft Company include large stamps that will cover most of the front of a card. These large images make for easy card design that make a big statement. Yana Smakula used their lips stamp to create fun cards for Valentine's Day. I love how she used different reds and pinks to …

23 Craft Room Ideas

From clean and simple to whimsical and fun everyone's craft room should reflect their own personal style as well as be functional. If you're looking for inspiration for your crafty space or just love looking at how others organize theirs the Home Stratosphere blog has gathered together photos from 23 different craft room to check out. Click here to see …

Free Quilt Pattern - Valetine's Day Hearts

This tutorial or quilting pattern is called simple hearts, but it's simply beautiful. There is something really awe-inspiring in this "simple" but elegant design. This tutorial comes with a full set of instructions making it suitable for anyone who is just starting out in quilting. You can see the full valentines day quilt tutorial here.

Layered Stencils Card

Lydia made her own stencil using Masking Paper and circle dies to create openings she could fill in with little stamped images. She then covered the circles and inked and stenciled the white space for a multi-layered stencil and stamped background. The result looks like pretty floral pattern paper. Visit the Altenew Blog for a video how to. -Heather

Sewing tutorial: The right way to use a seam ripper

Your seam ripper should be your best sewing friend! Learn to use a seam ripper correctly in three ways: unpicking stitches, ripping out long rows in a few seconds, and opening buttonholes. Head to Cucicucicoo for the tutorial.

Winter Wall Hanging

Traci created a fun way to take her winter scrapbooking off the page and onto her wall. Using scrapbooking supplies from Doodlebug she decorated a wooden base and hung printed acetate snowflakes, snowman embellishments, gems and small photos from invisible thread. What a fun crafty way to share winter memories. Visit the Doodlebug blog for more info. -Heather

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