How can one think of Thanksgiving without thinking of turkey!!! Here is the crochet pattern to make turkey coasters or hang them up as ornaments and decorations. Crochet turkey theme crafts to celebrate your Thanksgiving with. I was inspired by a flower potholder found on Pinterest to come up with this turkey coasters crochet pattern....
Hey there! Do you have a bunch of broken oil pastels or crayons lying around? Don’t toss them just yet. You can totally give them a second life. How about we melt those little color bits down and reshape them into something super cool? Pick a shape that tickles your fancy, and let's mix up...
What's easy to make, creamy, bursting full of flavor, and can be eaten in a myriad of different ways and occasions? It's none other than this scrumptious and appetizing coconut chicken curry! With tender chicken thighs or chicken breasts chunks soaked in a fragrant coconut curry made out of fresh ingredients easily found in your...
Today, I am very excited and feel honored to have Theresa here to show us how to make this beautiful locker hook trivet. It is such eye candy and perfect for your dining or coffee table. Theresa also included a video of another similar trivet tutorial. So, sit back and enjoy watching it. To see...
Seems like the spiders are bothering my Halloween crafts lately...hmmm... They had got to my pumpkin basket and mummy holder, and now they are irritating my poor candy corn memo holder. See how creepy and eerie my Candy Corn Memo Holder is... oh!!!! This candy corn memo holder is perfect for desk decor during the...
A great addition to any Halloween-themed office or study. Easy-to-follow instructions for making a Halloween mummy holder complete with a pesky spider. Remember the yarn wrapped recycle pencil holder I made? I used the same concept to make this mummy holder. Instead of yarn, this time I wrap the pencil holder with torn white fabric...
Want to frighten off your trick-or-treating guests? Hang these DIY ghost lights onto some bare tree branches in the dark during Halloween to scare them and have fun 🙂 I have been playing with glue and gauze pads for a few days. I did a few experiments to check out which glue makes the best...
It's that time of the year again, and the weather is starting to cool down, making indoor activities more appealing. How about making an adorable pumpkin basket with a sewing pattern and tutorial? It could be a fun project to prepare for the upcoming Halloween. Imagine the joy of seeing children carrying their pumpkin baskets...
Chinese Tea Eggs [茶叶蛋], also known as marble eggs, have been one of my favorite snacks since the '80s. When I was very young, I strolled past a Chinese tea establishment for the first time in my hometown, and the aroma of five spices immediately drew me in. I've been a fan of Chinese tea...
This pear-shaped kiss lock purse or gamaguchi purse is another version of Mic-O-Pear coin purse I published a few days ago. Adapting the frame's vintage mama-look, I created this pear purse in a mod style, thus, named it Mod-O-Pear pear-shaped kisslock coin purse. The sewing method is a little different from Mic-O-Pear but the installation...
After weeks of fine-tuning and sewing to improvise the 3-D pear purse I designed more than 2 years ago, I finally pear-fected it.... here comes..... the "Mic-O-Pear", the pear-shaped gamaguchi purse sewing pattern. Why name it Mic-O-Pear? because it mimics the pear, lol 🙂 This pear-shaped gamaguchi coin purse has been on my to-do list...
Every year, Chinese celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) on the 15th day of the 8th Chinese lunar month. This year it falls on 12 September 2011, which is tomorrow. To know more about Mid Autumn Festival, its story and how Chinese celebrates it in different countries, click this wikipedia link. No-Bake Snow Skin MooncakePhoto courtesy of...
Can't believe that I sewed this Butterfly Sleeve Blouse in less than 2 hours? from paper sketching to the finished blouse. It looks challenging but the truth is it is easy with only a few steps to follow. If you run through my following sewing pattern and tutorial, you will believe me that it is...
Suddenly, I felt like I wanted to make something sweet, but I didn't want the process to be complicated. I went ahead and roamed into my pantry and found some pantry staple ingredients to make some sugar cubes. If you like my creation, let me show you how to make sugar cubes into these colorful...
"It's Back To School time, boys and girls." This Zip-It-Up zipper pencil pouch would be of great help for them to keep their stationery in place. Not only that, but it is also a great topic for a "Show and Tell" session with their new classmates to demonstrate how the magic works with this zipper...
This is an easy tutorial and a great entry-level polymer clay craft for the beginner. Basically, anyone can do it and doesn't have to be skilled to handle clay. Even kids can do it but they will need an adult's help when baking/curing the polymer in an oven. [Update: Recently, I have found out that...
My husband and I usually cook chunky mashed potatoes for breakfast during some lazy weekends. One of our favorite potato recipes for breakfast is this chunky mashed potatoes with baked beans. Potatoes have been one of my favorite ingredients when cooking for kids and family. Though rice is our major carbohydrate intake of every day's...
This bunny holder amigurumi is not quite a usual "amigurumi" that we stuffed with poly-fill. Click to view how it is done.
This is a rather quick and easy tutorial to make mini pom-pom with your own 2 fingers, some yarns and a pair of scissors. If you need some mini pom-pom to make, this is a quick tutorial to refer to. It started when I need some mini pom-pom urgently for a crochet craft and I...
If you have an old sweater that you are no longer wearing, let's repurpose it! Let's learn how to sew your old sweater into a kid's rompers. I sewed another pair of clothes for my daughter, and this time it is a romper with ribbon shoulder straps. What are rompers? Rompers are simply a top...
Today, we’re going to create an adorable "Zip-Itself" zipper coin purse using just a zipper and your favorite ribbon—any kind will work! Whether you want to go for a delicate lace design, a bright and bold pattern, or a fun print, this project is super versatile and perfect for using up leftover ribbon you have...
After making Pom-pom Shaun The Sheep and Shirley Sheep Earmuffs, I knew that Timmy will be my next sheep project. Here he is, presented in the form of a crochet stuffed animal, amigurumi Baby Sheep Amigurumi and I hope you all like it. All you need are some white, black, and yellow yarns and safety eyes...
This is the 4th shorts I sewed for my kids and it will be the last one until I sew this boy shorts pattern again from my old blouse. Though I still have some new ideas for making them a little different with some re-styling from the basic pattern but, I have to make a...
If you've ever been to Malaysia or any other country along the equator you will know that we experience humid hot summers all year long. Ever wonder how we are on such a hot day here? There is no better way to survive the hot summer day or to spice up special occasions than to...
I am so addicted to sewing shorts for my kids with the fabrics I recycled from my old cotton shirts. This time, instead of sewing out of the same pattern repeats, I made some variations on the kid shorts sewing pattern for this girl shorts, by adding a knot or tie to the shorts' hem....
In addition to the shorts patterns, this is the toddler-size shorts sewing pattern, as promised. This pair of toddler knit shorts have the same original design as the kid shorts with graded measurements to fit around the age of 3. If you wish to sew the toddler shorts with the original design, please refer to...
Are you looking for short pants or shorts sewing patterns? Get the free sewing pattern for kid shorts (with pockets) for children aged three to twelve. Learn how to sew it with step-by-step instructions and photos. It is summer again in Northern Hemisphere countries... Be it to fight the heatwave or to get more sunlight...
Banoffee pie is a traditional English dessert invented by Nigel Mackenzie and Ian Dowding in East Sussex, England. The funny thing was, the reason that they invented this dessert was that they wanted to amend what they deemed an unreliable American recipe for "Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie" from the Blum’s Bakery in San Francisco in 1917.
Ever since I started Craft Passion, I have been wanting to do some basic knowledge of sewing. Today I'm honored to have Toyota Home Sewing to guest post in Craft Passion to introduce the basic sewing machine foot. There are vast varieties of sewing machines foot in today's sewing technology that make sewing easy and...
Remember Jenny And Teddy Etsy shop that I mentioned in my How-To Amigurumi tutorial? Jane, the girl behind the shop who sells amigurumi patterns and the finished dolls. She is here to teach us how to crochet a little cutie baby chick amigurumi. Baby Chick Amigurumi Crochet Pattern scroll ⬇️ to get the free crochet...
I need to make some quick fabric covered buttons to embellish my recycle bag, and I am thinking of placing a mini ric-rac on it. Thank goodness, the button maker comes in handy to my crafty possess. Since July 4th is less than a month away, I am swirled in getting my fabric-covered buttons done...
Father's Day is quickly approaching. If you're looking for a quick DIY Father's Day gift to do with the kids, this "We Love Daddy" with handprints freezer paper stencil T-shirt would be a great gift for the daddy. Scroll down for the tutorials on how to make a stencil with freezer paper, how to stencil...
This free sewing pattern and tutorial will show you how to create a practical and stylish zipper pouch in the shape of a triangle. The three-dimensional triangular zipper coin purse is actually a tetrahedron, and its spacious interior makes it an excellent option for stowing spare change. After being inspired by the wrapped glutinous rice...
Unlike normal nylon zipper, you can't cut and sew through the metal zipper to shorten the length. This is the tutorial on how to shorten metal zipper. A metal zipper has to be shortened by removing the excessive metal teeth so that you can cut the extra length before sewing to your project. With the...
Basket weaving hasn't been so easy with this method: weave around a cardboard frame. Originally, I saw this easy basket-weaving method in a Japanese craft magazine; I searched around for the template but couldn't find it anywhere locally or online. So, I built it based on my dimensions. I would say that this is a...
I am honored to have Stacey from Fresh Stitches to be today's guest tutor. She is going to show us how to substitute Amigurumi yarn and also how to choose the correct hook for the yarn. I have touched a little about this topic in my recent amigurumi post of How To Amigurumi, and today,...
This is the last tutorial on how to fully recycle an outgrown denim dress into a 4-piece outfit: make a denim rosette brooch out of a sleeve and its hem. I got this idea from the denim-roll brooch I made from a jean's side seam, which was meant to match my 100% recycled tote bag....
So, you have seen the denim vest and the denim skirt refashioned from an outgrown denim dress in my recent 2 tutorials. Today, the third tutorial in the series is about sewing a reversible double-ring denim belt. The material of this denim belt was originally the bottom hem salvaged from the denim dress. Not only...
This is the denim skirt I refashioned from an outgrown denim dress I mentioned in the earlier post. This is the second part of the refashioning project after I made the top of a denim vest. There are another 2 tutorials, a reversible belt and a denim rosette brooch, all made from a single piece...
This is the first tutorial to start off with the outgrown denim dress recycling series - splitting the denim dress and sew the top part into a denim vest with a ruffled edge; one of the upcycle tutorials among the 4-piece of garments + accessories sewing projects. There were a few options in my mind...
This week, I am going to write a series of tutorials on how to refashion old clothes. I have converted an outgrown jeans dress and sewn it into 4-piece kid's clothing + accessories. Each refashions tutorial on the denim dress will illustrate how I convert the salvaged materials from the denim dress and turn them...
I heard friends and readers asking me how to do amigurumi, including patterns, materials, tools & tips, etc.... you will find all the answers in this post: How To Amigurumi!!! Frankly speaking, just like all other crafts, to make a decent looking amigurumi is not easy but it is not hard as you thought too....
