Doctor Who - A Crafty Roundup

For The Whovians Out There

While we are excitedly awaiting the new season of Doctor Who starting this Saturday night on BBC America, we thought we'd pay tribute by sharing some crafty Doctor Who goodies to make and bake and just simply marvel at.  There are some quite creative fans out there, beginning with the maker of this awesome quilt...

Doctor Who Quilt via Crafster

Tardis Cross-Stitch Valentine via The Zen of Making

Dalek Art Car at Burning Man via Craftzine

Tardis Knit Blanket via Craftzine

Knit Dalek Dog Sweater via Craftzine

Tardis Cross-Stitch iPhone Case via The Zen of Making

Dalek Cake via Dabbled

Hand Stitched Felt Tardis via Slair's Lair

My personal favorite....

Dalek Dress via Craftzine

Travel Sewing Kit via Crafster

Whovian fabrics via Spoonflower

Needlepoint Tardis Tissue Box Cover via Viva La Knitolution

Gingerbread Tardis via Craftzine

Tardis Phone Charging Station via Craftzine

And lastly...

Doctor Who Tiny Lego Diorama via Etsy

Hopefully you now have some ideas as to how to creatively pass the time until Saturday evening!

Renaissance Ribbon + Favorite Designers

Embellishing with Ribbon

We were excited to discover that a few of our favorite fabric designers are working with Renaissance Ribbon and producing some quite lovely ribbon.  We now have four spools of these wonderful ribbon available at Picking Daisies.

 Image from Renaissance Ribbon Blog

Style and color seen above and available at Picking Daisies...

7/8" Blue and Pink Zig Zag by Anna Maria Horner

Image from Anna Maria Horner's Blog

Style seen above (left bag) and available at Picking Daisies...

7/8" Turquoise on Green Early Risers by Anna Maria Horner

Image from Anna Maria Horner's Blog

Style seen above and available at Picking Daisies...

1 1/2" Blue Flourish Paisley by Anna Maria Horner

Image from Renaissance Ribbon's Blog

Style and color seen above and available at Picking Daisies...

1 1/2" Paperweight in Orange by Kaffe Fassett

These price of these ribbons run from $4.00 to $6.50 per yard, but you are welcome to purchase them in any sort of smaller lengths you wish.

Click to view all on website

For more ideas and inspiration for using ribbon, visit Renaissance Ribbon's Blog

It's A Shore Thing Beach Party

Ignoring Back-To-School 

The weather is glorious, so let's have a beach party to show off Dear Stella's "It's A Shore Thing" fabric line.

We'll include the expected and unexpected beach-party food....

including salt water taffy and refreshing, locally-made Pithy Little Soda.

Our fabric beach balls were made using The Purl Bee's easy-to-follow tutorial.

We let our napkins drape off the table like mini beach banners.

Use a different one at each place setting.

Fabric manufacturer Dear Stella has wowed us again with their "It's A Shore Thing" fabric line.  We have the following four prints available in yardage and napkins:

It's A Shore Thing prints (clockwise):

Sand

Beach Balls

Sling Chairs

Beach Umbrellas