http://crafting101.today.com Helping you learn all sorts of crafts! Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:56:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So for a few moments, I stopped sewing (I seemed to be doing a lot of that lately) and picked up my crochet hook. Our music minister's wife is having a baby soon and her shower was today and my goal was to make her a blanket for their baby-to-be! If ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/09/19/crocheted-baby-blanket/ My apologies for neglecting my blog! Life has been absolutely crazy during August and the first part of September. We are going through another deployment so we are trying to get into a routine and all that and of course, school has started! I have been busy busy and have ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/09/15/hello-there-fellow-crafters/ I found this bag online today over at Happy Together and had to share! She has a tutorial to make this really cool purse made out fabric scraps and a purse from the thrift store. Check out her blog to see how to make this! I plan on making ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/08/10/470/ My girls had a birthday party a few weeks ago to go to and I decided to try a new pattern that I got from Oh Sew Easy Life Style: 20 Projects to Make Your Home Your Own which I got from the library. It's for a backpack and it ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/08/03/neat-backpack/ So we checked the mail today, I realized we hadn't checked it in a few days and it was a good thing we did! Deanna had an invitation to a birthday party! So what did I do this afternoon? I made another purse! I asked Deanna what her friend would ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/07/19/cute-blue-jean-purse/ I'm sure that each of us knows someone who is going through cancer treatments right now or we know of a local hospital that treats cancer patients that need some sort of support. If you are a crocheter or knitter, take a weekend or a week to make a hat ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/07/17/hats-for-charity-cancer-patients/ Everyone loves a no-sew project, right? I do! This one is easy and it's fun! I made a no-sew photo/memory board a few weeks ago for one of my girls. I have more materials to make more that I plan on selling. I also plan on making one for my ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/07/13/no-sew-photomemory-board/ Yep, It's a cute little Dora bag for little girls! I made this quickly this afternoon with some scrap fabric and leftover straps. I have some more that I plan on posting later this week. I just need to post them and get them online. I hope that you're having a ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/07/08/cute-dora-bag-for-sale/ I love stumbling on new ideas! On of the many jobs I do online is answer questions for people online. One question I got was someone wanting to know of a craft to do under $5. I did a search and found one! This craft is awesome, it takes some ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/06/28/really-cute-coaster-idea/ It's always hard to figure out what to get or make for your child's teacher especially when they've been teaching a long time and even when they've just started teaching. It hit me a few days before school was out that I needed to figure out what to make them! ... http://crafting101.today.com/2009/06/27/neat-teacher-gift/