Craftastic Monday Link Party

The holiday season is in full swing and it's a great time to share all those festive projects and crafts.  Link up as many as you'd like below and find some inspiring new ideas too.

 Last week I shared my super quick-to-make Knit Fabric Infinity Scarf for Christmas Tutorial:
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Now for the Craftastic Picks features...

Lazy Budget Chef shared the recipe for these peppermint gingerbread ebleskivers (Danish ball cookies):

Haekelfieber created these adorable crochet bon bon candies:

The DIY Dreamer showed how to make this 3-D wood Christmas tree:

And Handmade Weekly created a free SVG file to create this cute candy cane themed Christmas sign:

If you're one of this week's features, be sure to grab my Featured On button over on my Buttons Page to share the good news. 

 Want a Chance to 
Be Featured Next Week?  

Link back to the party somewhere on your blog.
I can't feature your post if you don't share the party.  
  

Featured projects are also shared on both Sew Can Do's Facebook

& Twitter accounts for your creations to have MORE exposure!

Follow me there to see more great projects (and see if yours is one of them)!   

Ready to link up your crafty creations?

 

Party rules are simple: 

• As long as it's crafty, and made by you, it's Craftastic (no links to other people's work or to shops - join my Crafty Business Weekends Link Party instead!).  
• Add the link to your specific post. Product reviews, plagiarized or sponsored posts for random items will be immediately deleted.  
• Grab my party button & put it on your post, party page or blog somewhere.  If you want the chance to be featured, this is key.  The button code can be found HERE.
• Check out some of the other fabulous links and share some crafty comment love.  We all love getting comments!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Knit Fabric Infinity Scarf for Christmas Tutorial

Make a quick & easy Christmas scarf using just a 1/2 yard of fabric!  This beautiful Nativity Knit fabric is ideal for it too - the Christmas script messages and sweet imagery perfectly capture the season.

I got this gorgeous knit fabric to carry in my shop, but also because I wanted to make some special outfits for my younger ones this Christmas.  I loved all the Christmas messages, Nativity figures and the dusting of stars:

I've used it to make a sweet Christmas dress for my little girl:

and these cozy knit overalls for my busy 1 1/2yr old.  Now he can look festive and cute for church, but also still run around and be comfortable.

  

Being 30+ weeks pregnant, I also wanted to be able to make something I could wear now, but for Christmases to come as well.  I love how this scarf adds instant holiday flair over sweaters, jackets, and even plain tees.  Very helpful when your wardrobe is limited by your size like mine is right now! 

And it took next to no time to make, which is also key when you don't have many free hours (also me these days!).

Materials:
 - 1/2 yard Nativity Christmas Knit fabric (at least 58 inches wide)
 - Yard stick, rotary cutter/shears, lots of pins, ball point needle, hand sewing needle

With right sides facing, bring together the long sides and pin all the way across, then stitch with a 3/8 inch seam allowance.

The fabric will now be a long tube.  Reach inside to one short open end and carefully pull it inside to reach the opposite end and match up seam and raw edges.  Pin.

Stitch ends together all the way around, but leave a 2 inch gap for turning.

Pull scarf right side out through the gap and it will now be a large circle.  Pin edges of gap opening together and hand stitch closed.  And done!!

Wrap scarf in a figure eight and add to any outfit for some instant Christmastime apparel!

December's First Craftastic Monday Link Party!

It's the start of both Advent and December, so the Christmastime season is officially here!  That means it's time to link up all those seasonal and holiday projects, crafts, decorations, recipes & DIYs and gift creations.  

 Last week I share my favorite Thanksgiving makes over the years:

It's also Cyber Monday, so I'm sharing my shop's big sale on craft supplies, gifts & more:



I've also got this freebie gift offer - no coupon code needed:



And from

One business from each week's Crafty Business Link Up gets be featured here at Craftastic Monday for bonus exposure.  This week's Crafty Business of the Week is  

Empathetic Elephant is a shop that offers handmade soaps (in every design, color & fragrance you can imagine!), bath and body items, candles, Christmas ribbon, floral decor and novelty dragon eggs. Right now orders over $20 get 20% off too!

If you want your shop or business to get a chance to be featured, come link up to the next Crafty Business Weekends!  It's open Fri-Sun every week so you'll have the whole weekend to join in! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Now for the Craftastic Picks features...

Craft Klatch made this festive Christmas tree button coaster:

Condo Blues created these whimsical outdoor gnome decorations:

Petals, Pies and Otherwise showed how to bake the perfect apple pie.  It looks incredible!

And Love My Little Cottage created this beautiful burlap Christmas door stocking:

If you're one of this week's features, be sure to grab my Featured On button over on my Buttons Page to share the good news. 

 Want a Chance to 
Be Featured Next Week?  

Link back to the party somewhere on your blog.
I can't feature your post if you don't share the party.  
  

Featured projects are also shared on both Sew Can Do's Facebook

& Twitter accounts for your creations to have MORE exposure!

Follow me there to see more great projects (and see if yours is one of them)!   

Ready to link up your crafty creations?

 

Party rules are simple: 

• As long as it's crafty, and made by you, it's Craftastic (no links to other people's work or to shops - join my Crafty Business Weekends Link Party instead!).  
• Add the link to your specific post. Product reviews, plagiarized or sponsored posts for random items will be immediately deleted.  
• Grab my party button & put it on your post, party page or blog somewhere.  If you want the chance to be featured, this is key.  The button code can be found HERE.
• Check out some of the other fabulous links and share some crafty comment love.  We all love getting comments!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Black Friday Share Your Shop Crafty Business Link Party

It's time for the Crafty Business Weekends Link Party!

Any small business that is handmade or sells craft-related supplies (fabric, ribbon, beads, jewelry findings, notions, patterns, digital designs, etc.) is welcome to come link up.  The party is be open Friday - Monday.

FOR BUSINESSES ONLY - please save your crafts, DIYs & recipes for the Craftastic Monday Link Party.

The big Black Friday/Cyber Monday holiday shopping weekend is here so add your shop, special offers, sales and/or giveaways!

The photo link party is here on the blog every Friday as well as a post on the 

Sew Can Do Facebook page where you can link up in the comments there as well.  

Share your shop's main page, a new product, a giveaway, or a special offer.  

Another great reason to link up?  FREE FEATURES!  

Every Monday, I select one shop from this party to feature as the 
Crafty Business of the Week at my well viewed Craftastic Monday Link Party AND at next week's Crafty Business party.  Your logo & a link to your shop will be shared there to give your business some extra exposure.     

   
One business from each week's Crafty Business Link Up gets be featured here at Craftastic Monday for bonus exposure.  This week's Crafty Business of the Week is  

Blessings By Me is a new handmade shop that offers  cute crochet items: hats, cup cozies, scarves, ear warmers, dishcloths and more.  Everything there makes a great gift!

And at my own, Heavenly Fabric Shop, I've got some great Black Friday deals!

Plus

Don't have a business? Share it with someone who does!  And use this handy party as a shopping guide for the special seasonal deals at small shops out there. 

And please spread the word that Crafty Business Weekends is the place to be if you own a crafty business or love to buy crafty things!

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Favorite Thanksgiving Projects

Thanksgiving is nearly here and it's a super hectic week at our house.  I wanted to take a moment to remember past holiday projects that were enjoyable to make and share them again.  They continue to give our Thanksgivings a festive flair and I hope they'll bring a little inspiration for you too.

My Fabric Cornucopia Tutorial is fun project that makes a great table centerpiece that it very durable.

Fill it with decorations or real fruits for the full Thanksgiving effect:

I use these handy Fall Leaf Potholder/Hot Pads every Thanksgiving:

and they've got the bonus of being additional table decor too.

This year's newest addition is my popular Pumpkin Flower Tower:



It's as pretty as a decorated cake so we almost don't need dessert...or make you want some even more!



One of my favorite Thanksgiving projects was this TableTop Turkey Blossom:

This whimsical turkey is made from silk flowers & ribbon and always brings a smile when we pull him out for the season.

And we extend the holiday spirit past the dinner table with these Harvest Greetings Pillows:

They were so quick to sew up and were really inexpensive too (so more money left to spend on food!):

Have a Happy & Blessed Thanksgiving!