Tutorial - How to Make a Earrings from Straws

Fun, stylish earrings perfect for the warmer months

Earring Tutorial at Ohoh Blog

"Summer is here...35°C ( 95°F ) at noon, It makes you just want to jump into a swimming pool and drink a cocktail! Too bad we don't live near the beach! So a little summer tutorial (or to bring summer where is still cold weather) to recycle your cocktail straws into nice earrings".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Macrame Bracelet

Links are provided to learn the basic knots used for this pretty bracelet

Bracelet Tutorial at Knot Just Macrame Blog

"Start with two pieces of cord 150" long each and fold them in half - this is where the loop will be.  Still working there in the middle, use one cord to make a series of larks head knots around the other cord.  Check it periodically by holding the four cords together and attempting to slip your button or bead (whatever you are using for your closure) through the loop.  You don't want to get clear to the other end only to find your loop is too small, trust me.  When you get the right length, pull all four cord together".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Phone Case

Case is adaptable for any rectangular gadget

Phone Case Tutorial at Runcible Days Blog

"I'm much more excited by the case than by the phone inside it. It's taken a lot of experimenting with various gadget cosies and cases, but at last I've happened on a quick and satisfying way to make then whole case (including the lining) in one step, with no seams showing. I'm thinking that there are two groups of people who might want a gadget-cosy: 1 - those who love their gadgets and want to protect them; and 2 -  those who hate their gadgets and want to hide them away"... Read more

Tutorial - How to Recycle a Cassette Tape Case into a Phone Holder

Decorate as ornately as you please

Phone Holder Tutorial at Marustore blog

"I found a whole drawer full of old cassette tapes the other day (yes cassette tapes!) and thought what I can do with them. For sure I am not going to destroy the precious tapes, but the transparent cases can definitely be used for crafting. In just a few minutes, I came up with this washi tape phone holder! The tutorial is really self-explanatory. The most difficult part I guess would only be to find those cassette tape cases".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Harem Pants

Quick and easy pants for your little trendsetter

Harem Pants Tutorial at Suburbia Soup Blog

"Hot off the press, the "You Call It" pants, pocket version PDF pattern with instructions. I had originally planned on doing a tutorial, but it would've been suuuper long so to save everybody from long post syndrome, I decided to create a PDF. Just click it, print it and sew it".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Dream Catcher with Natural Materials

I like the clean simple look of this design

Dream Catcher Tutorial at Did it Myself Craft Tutorials
 

"Todays project will teach you how to make a beautiful dream catcher similar to the one pictured below.  What makes this dream catcher unique is it is made entirely of natural materials.  For this project you will need -A willow ring. You can either buy one from a craft store or make it yourself from fresh weeping willow branches. -Natural cotton string (try looking for this in the cooking section of your local supermarket) -Wooden beads. They need to have a hole large enough to fit at least three layers of your thread. -Feathers. I have chosen natural emu feathers".... Read more

Tutorial Exchange Opportunity

Clothworks is offering fat quarter bundles of their Sophie line to 6 tutorial makers.  The tutorials will  be promoted by Clothworks, and posted here on Totally Tutorials. 

The sign up is on their blog. They will randomly draw 6 people out of a hat to be the tutorial makers, send you all the fabric and then you’ll be on the hook to make some kind of tutorial on your blog or elsewhere.  To find out all the details, click here  but hurry, the drawing ends Thursday, May 30th at midnight.

Tutorial - How to Make a Wind Chime

Here is a fun project to do with children

Wind Chime Tutorial at Crafty Little People Blog

"The kids and I loved the Happy Hooligans rainbow wind chimes we saw the other day. On this blog, the kids painted different sticks and strung them up with screw eyes and string. We collected a big bag of sticks on our recent walk home from school to make our own version of wind chimes.  We painted the sticks with one coat of acrylic paint".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Buttermilk

One use for homemade clabber is in making baked goods

Buttermilk Tutorial at Mooberry Farm Homesteading Journal

"Making and using clabber is a bit old-fashioned, I am told. My grandmother says that her mother made clabber back in the Depression era. And then, great-grandma used it to make her cottage cheese. I would suppose that her cottage cheese had fantastic flavor! Clabber is another name for homemade cultured buttermilk. It is a very simple homemade dairy product that saves money and adds delicious flavor to baked goods. It can be used in cheesemaking and it makes a wonderful free food for our chickens".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Dry Erase Board

Attach a dry erase pen and sponge for wiping clean

Dry Erase Board Tutorial at the Crafeteria Blog

"I'm going to start with an old project, something I made for the kids' kindergarten teachers and assistants almost two years ago (talking about delay...). I made 4 dry earse boards, each is simply a piece of fabric in a frame with glass. When it's ready, just write your notes on the glass. Find yourself a wooden frame (you can get super simple and cheap ones from IKEA or just use old frames".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Koala

Hand sewing project for a koala

Koala Tutorial at Coloured Buttons Blog

"This is Gulla'alla. She's a project I first designed many years ago and has been a favorite with the girls in my holiday workshops ever since. They seem to love the fact that she has a little one in her pouch and they refuse to go home with their mums until they have finished the baby. There can be some pretty frantic sewing going on as the mums arrive. That little bikini thing was my daughter Yiscah's addition when we decided to take them both to the beach where I swim for a photo shoot".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Refinish a Craft Table

Horseshoes and Cowboy Boots

Cowboy Table Tutorial at Speckled Sydney Blog

"...my daughter’s craft table. Appropriately whimsical when she was a toddler, her daily reminders of what a big girl she is, made me soon realize that it was time for a craft table makeover. I refurbished this table about a year ago. As she will be sharing it with a brother within weeks, it manned up in the nick of time! Out with the reindeer and in with the raw hide".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a T-Shirt Dress

99 cent T-Shirt + 1/2 Yard of Fabric

T-shirt Dress Tutorial at Christina Fancy Pants Blog

"The other day, on one of my very frequent trips to the 99 cents store, I spied a bin full of clothing there.  Not being one to turn down a deal, I thought I'd stop and take a look and found a bunch of t-shirts.  One them was the one I used for this craft, a black fitted tee, size small.  I went home and rummaged through my fabric stash to see what kind of craftiness I could apply to this poor, boring shirt".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Custom Card

Paint over a book page leaving the words of your message uncovered

Tutorial at ART+POLITICS+Life Blog

"I think we all need some cards. However, I am so poor right now I really don't have the money to make a card. Oh well, homemade cards are the best anyway".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Ring from Hardware

Add bling with nail polish

Hardware Ring Tutorial at Sneezerville Blog

"I was in my hubby's garage and he was working and I was pestering him. He had this little ring thing sitting on his work bench and joked that it would fit my tiny finger. so he put it on me. and it did! and I loved it. It reminds me of my husband so I kept wearing it. I have gotten comments that my "ring" looks cheap. I decided that I would just bling it up.  Before I explain how I made it look better perhaps I should explain what it is. It is a compression sleeve. You put it around a pipe and squeeze it with pliers to hold things together. They are super cheap. you can buy them at any hardware store".... Read more