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Today’s feature is from Attic24 with this lovely Crochet Bag Pattern: It’s my own design, made on a whim and I was/am absurdly proud of it. It has received much admiration when I jaunt about with it on my shoulder, and it has proven to be a very practical bag for stashing yarn in. Very Crochety [...] Also See These Tips: Crochet a Recycled Clothes Pin Bag – Free Pattern How to Crochet a Basket Rose Petal Sachet: {Crochet Pattern}

Here is a new batch of vintage valentines from my collection of ephemera for this year’s Valentine’s Day (2010), I believe these are from the 1940s and 1950s. You’re free to download them and print them off to use in scrapbooking, as gift tags or whatever else you like. These are so charmingly retro and [...] Also See These Tips: Vintage Valentines: Free Printables Download (2009) Free 2010 Calendar Printables {Lovely} Adorable Bookplate Printables: Free Download

{Updated for 2010} Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be commercialized, making homemade treats for loved ones is fun to do and they’re also appreciated . Here are twenty different projects and ideas perfect for Valentine’s Day gift giving and entertaining…plus more bonus ideas listed at the bottom! 20 Homemade Valentine Gifts, Projects & Decor Ideas Valentine [...] Also See These Tips: Vintage Valentines: Free Printables Download (2009) Homemade Baby Gift Ideas: 15 Projects & Tutorials Baking Gifts: Creative Container & Filler Ideas

Hola, this is something! Today’s feature is from Sunset with Make Your Own Living Succulent Art: We’ve all gone wild for those dramatic “living walls” of succulents. Here, grower Robin Stockwell shows you how you can make your own. Instead of framing a picture, why not a whole garden? Here, cuttings of assorted succulents knit together to [...] Also See These Tips: Gorgeous: How To Make A Succulent Ball Creative Game Board Storage Art: {DIY} Mosaic Garden Art: How To

If you’d like to get your kiddos interested in gardening, growing strawberries is just the plant to do it! They bear juicy, red berries that everyone loves and are pretty easy to grow. If you don’t have space for a garden, no worries–strawberries can be planted on a balcony, in flower beds, and even hanging [...] Also See These Tips: Growing Tomatoes: {Tip Sheet} Growing Garlic: {Tip Sheet} Growing Lavender: Tips

Time to prepare your party menu and pick up food supplies for Sunday’s big game! Here are recipes galore to help make your Superbowl party a big success, some are even healthy (!) while others are definite diet-busters. If you’re not into football, these are great party foods for any occasion and I’m sure there’ll [...] Also See These Tips: Superbowl Dip Recipes & Snack Ideas 50 Appetizer Recipes & Party Pleasers Easy Honey Garlic Wings

Here’s a handy kitchen chart outlining how long to cook roast beef. Oven temperature and cooking times can fluctuate depending on the cut and size of the beef so it’s nice to have a quick guide to refer to. Don’t miss the tips underneath the chart! Roast Beef Cooking Chart These cooking times are based on roasts [...] Also See These Tips: Cooking Meatloaf: Kitchen Q&A 15 Mouth-Watering Roast Beef Recipes How To Roast Potatoes: Recipes & Tips

Today’s feature is this quick & easy quilt by Floating On Cloud9 – Quilt-in-a-Day Tutorial: If I can do it, pretty much anyone with basic sewing skills can! I’ve made 2 of these now, and both took about 2 hours. The sample in the tutorial is for a baby quilt but you can make it larger for an [...] Also See These Tips: Tied Quilt Tutorial: Sewing Scatter Sunshine Scrappy Quilt Tutorial: {Sewing} How to Make a Vintage Sheet Quilt

Here’s the second free embroidery pattern from the vintage Peasant Girl days-of-the-week series, Peasant Girl is carrying a bundle of laundry to iron (with an iron in one hand). Pattern Download: You can download this week’s pattern here: Peasant Girl – Tuesday. Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your desktop first (right click, save as…), open the file, select [...] Also See These Tips: Peasant Girl Dish Towels: Vintage Embroidery Pattern Bonnet Gal Days Of The Week Towels: Tuesday Bluebird Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern: Tuesday

Today’s feature is from Chra with this knit pattern for a lovely Potholder: These take only one afternoon to make and are lovely all year gifts but especially for people who just moved into a new home. They are also cheap and useful. The pattern is worked in double strands of cotton yarn using the seed stitch [...] Also See These Tips: Dishtowel Potholder Tutorial How To Make A Denim Pocket Potholder More Vintage Crochet Potholder Patterns – Free Download