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Banging hoop!

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Arp! Beki710 has stitched my favorite Big-Bang-Theory-inspired embroidery to date! Her piece is the Craftster Pick of the Week over on the MrXStitch site. Go to that post.

How socks become art

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When the dryer eats a sock, what happens to its mate? Lucky ones wind up in the hands of Susan Lenz and get stitched into her Looking for a Mate art-quilt community project. Susan says,

LOOKING FOR A MATE was

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Darth Kitten

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I am in love with Fat Cat Crafts — chubby little renditions of our favorite characters in kitteh form. Witness: Darth Vader shown above. (Squeee!) These adorable little art dolls/pincushions are available for quite reasonable prices through the Fat Cat … Read More...

Put your glasses on a leash

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If you wear sunglasses or readers, wouldn’t it be handy to keep them on a little leash around your neck? But we don’t want to end up looking like our fifth-grade teachers, now do we. Bobbypin Bandit to the rescue. … Read More...

See masterpieces of lace

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Tricia of The Embroiderer’s Story encourages us to see the Gems of European Lace exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The exhibit includes 13 masterpieces of handmade lace, including this Flemish bobbin lace from the … Read More...

Do good and win

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Elizabeth of Oh, Fransson! reminds us:

Action Kivu is a nonprofit organization that assists women who are victims of the conflict in Eastern Congo. The organization runs a sewing workshop and also pays for children to go to school. This

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Learn Kogin embroidery

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Carolyn Foley of Caro-Rose-Creations has a special interest in Kogin embroidery — traditional needleweaving of northern Japan. She says,

Since I have started this technique I have found it very hard to find charted patterns.  There are some Japanese books

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Use Memory Thread in paper crafts

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DMC’s Memory Thread is perfect for making vines and tendrils in needlework projects, so why not in papercraft projects, too? This card by Marlene Gomez is a perfect example. See other clever ideas for incorporating Memory Thread into paper projects … Read More...

Marilyn in felt

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I confess: I don’t like Marilyn Manson. Not the music, not the persona. But having seen this amazing likeness in DeriDoll form, I’m rethinking that position a little. I definitely like Deri‘s wee version. Check out that teensy silk … Read More...

Remove a flawed transfer

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Maybe this should be obvious; but since it surprised me, it may surprise you, too. Suppose after you transfer an embroidery pattern, you realize that the image isn’t centered or has some serious flaw. Is there any hope of removing … Read More...

Inspiration: Susan Elliott

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Susan Elliott‘s beach-inspired crazy-quilt block is finished. As always, I am awed by her artistry. Look. At. That. Crab! My eyes keep traveling around and around the image, trying to absorb every detail, making new discoveries at each pass. … Read More...