You’re getting an early-all Halloween crafting around the web this week… how come?  Well, Halloween is on Saturday, when I normally post it – so let’s have some spooky fun, while there is still time to make Halloween crafts!

Instructables show you how to weave your own spider web.  You can make any size from teensy-tiny to gigantic – and how amazing would this look made from glow-in-the-dark yarn or thread?
I love to make my own pom-poms and this Jack-0-Lantern from Craft Passion is a particularly cute way to use them.  There are lots of different pom-pom makers on the market …read more

Are you looking for a Halloween craft to make that’s fun, easy and charming?  How about Halloween crafts that use fabric and ribbon to make?
The folks at Martha Stewart have obviously been having a lot of fun with Halloween ideas this year, because they’ve come up with some great ideas.  These crafts provide more “thrills” than “chills” if you prefer Halloween to be fun… not bone-chilling!

This ribbon snake is easy enough for kids to make along with you.  Use wired ribbon, masking tape and a pen to create this creepy-crawler… and see if it will protect the Halloween goodies …read more

13 Tips for Quilting Inspiration & Design
Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork provides some ideas to give you inspiration for your quilting and fabric art.
Boo-tacular Halloween crafts
Tangled Thread has put together a list of her favorite free patterns for Halloween crafts – for all ages.
Layers Upon Layers
Making art with recycled bottles and jars…that’s Alyice Edrich’s thing!
More Spring Ideas
Some great spring activities.
Service with a Smile
Eileen responds to a customer’s question about one of her most popular original patterns: a panadiere or fabric bread basket. These bread baskets make lovely …read more

 Halloween is just around the corner, so I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite free patterns for Halloween crafts with you all!
Take a scary stroll through the Tangled Thread archives with me…

Venetian-style mask
 Mini painted pumpkin bag
Kids Halloween crafts
Inspiration for plus-size costumes
Free Halloween cross-stitch charts
Cute costumes for your child & your dog!
Even more embroidery patterns for cross-stitch

image: Stock.xchg

Sublime Stitching (purveyors of all that is weird and wonderful in the world of embroidery) are having a sale, just in time for Halloween!
Which means you can get your patterns for embroidered zombies:

Body parts:

Or the perfect-for-Halloween – “Gothic Grandeur“:

How do you get in on the sale?  Just sign up to become a registered customer – it’s that easy.
Happy stitching!
all images: Sublime Stitching

I think everyone here knows my unreasonable fondness for yo-yos by now – but did you know that there are other people who work with them too?
Tracy Chapman has designed an adorable Hallowe’en spider using a yo-yo as the body.  Click here to visit her blog & check it out

Okay, so we’ve gotten as far as embroidering the picture – it’s time to sew the bag!
Before you sew up the sides of the bag, cut your lining out, using the outside as a pattern.

Now you can go ahead and sew up the sides, right sides together.  I’m using a 1/2″ seam allowance here.

In order to make a flat bottom on the bag, we need to sew a straight line 1″ from the edge of the side seam.  Open up the bag and flatten out the bottom edges, like I’m demonstrating here.

This is how the seam looks after it’s sewn.

And …read more