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Kate from Two Little Banshees shares a tutorial on Living Creatively showing how to make placemats from linen and fabric scraps. The solid background is a great way to show off tiny bits of your favorite fabrics. Go to the tutorial.
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Kate from Two Little Banshees shares a tutorial on Living Creatively showing how to make placemats from linen and fabric scraps. The solid background is a great way to show off tiny bits of your favorite fabrics. Go to the … Read More...
Cathe from Just Something I Made shows how she organized all of her fabric remnants. She rolled them up and wrapped a label around them, just like the fabric stores do. Except her labels are pretty and don’t have a price…
The maker of this beauty, Mabry Benson, debunks the common practice of pressing seams to one side during piecing saying it does not make the quilt stronger. Pressing seams to one side is a residue of hand piecing. She adds only in instances of…
Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever from Future Craft Collective share a tutorial on Craftzine for making this reversible sun hat. Make a large one for yourself, or a smaller one for your child. Go to the tutorial.
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Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever from Future Craft Collective share a tutorial on Craftzine for making this reversible sun hat. Make a large one for yourself, or a smaller one for your child. Go to the tutorial.
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It’s time to chuck the mousepad emblazoned with advertisements, and replace it with one made from a fabric of your choice. Head over to Craft A Week to find out how.
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It’s time to chuck the mousepad emblazoned with advertisements, and replace it with one made from a fabric of your choice. Head over to Craft A Week to find out how.
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Find the how-tos for creating personalized moon pie favors for a wedding or party HERE at Once Wed.
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Here is a quick and easy clutch purse from our sister site Craftbits.com. Since there has been a question on the number of skeins and I cannot find the Berroco Hip Hop. I might suggest the Knit Picks Shamrock Yarn at…
Since the beginning of school is just around the corner, I thought this would be a good project for you and the children. You can use colorful felts and embellish with needle felting designs using bright colored roving. Instructions are…
Since the beginning of school is just around the corner, I thought this would be a good project for you and the children. You can use colorful felts and embellish with needle felting designs using bright colored roving. Instructions are … Read More...
Join The Great Hexagon Quilt-Along and you too can call yourself a hexie. A hexie definition; it’s someone who loves to piece hexagons for quilts or other craft projects. Go here for details on how to join this group.
Join The Great Hexagon Quilt-Along and you too can call yourself a hexie. A hexie definition; it’s someone who loves to piece hexagons for quilts or other craft projects. Go here for details on how to join this group.
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I love this Mary Mannakee quilt block just completed by Inspired by Antique Quilts. Go here to get her show and tell. The Mary Mannakee quilt pattern is available to purchase from the DAR museum store. 
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As part of the Adornit Blog Hop, Scrap Attack is giving away a kit filled with Adornit papers. Leave a comment on their blog before August 6th for a chance to win. Click here to go to giveaway.
As part of the Adornit Blog Hop, Scrap Attack is giving away a kit filled with Adornit papers. Leave a comment on their blog before August 6th for a chance to win. Click here to go to giveaway.
Sometimes it’s the simplest of sewing techniques that can give us problems. For me, it was sewing on a button. For the first several years that I sewed, all buttonholes were sewn by me on my machine but all buttons…
Sometimes it’s the simplest of sewing techniques that can give us problems. For me, it was sewing on a button. For the first several years that I sewed, all buttonholes were sewn by me on my machine but all buttons … Read More...
Thanks goes to The Quilting Pirate for sharing her favorite eye candy from her trip to Hershey. This quilt is truly inspirational. Go here for more photos.