Edna at Needling Things shares on her blog how her granddaughter Leah approached her this past summer with an interest in learning to quilt. With Edna’s help Leah created her very first quilt. See left, the quilt in progress, just … Read More...
Cake Theater! New Site for Cake Decorators
Submit your cake and be a star! Check out this new site to showcase creative cakes, Cake Theater. For professionals, for hobbyists, for lurkers, for everyone, Cake Theater was created to offer a place that’s “well-organized, easy to use, … Read More...
Fat Quarterly’s first book with Lark
The Fat Quarterly authors are working with Lark Crafts to create their first book, FQ Shape Workshop for Quilters: 60 Blocks plus a Dozen Quilts and Projects, due out in May 2012. Authors for this collaborative effort span continents … Read More...
CraftGossip at The Martha Stewart Show
In honor of Craft Week, The Martha Stewart Show invited a wonderful group of bloggers to attend the tapings of the show. I was so excited to represent CraftGossip and Tweet and Blog my heart out with all of the … Read More...
Move over womenfolk…Men Quilt Too!
The Men Quilt Too! quilt show is in progress over at Pigtales and Quilts. So far, 21 male quilters have linked up. If you are a male quilter and are thinking of joining the fun, you have until October … Read More...
Excitement for Sunday Morning Quilts
Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts thanked her blog readers today for the positive response she’s received so far after yesterday’s announcement on her blog about she and Cheryl Arkison’s upcoming book release. The title Sunday Morning Quilts conjures up … Read More...
Time to Enter Emerge!!
Bullseye has posted it’s Emerge 2012 application information so it’s time to enter. I know I’m going to and I’m really excited about that. It’s a competition put on by Bullseye every other year for emerging kiln forming artists. There … Read More...
Nauti quilt for last of warm weather
Ashley at Film in the Fridge finished this nautical quilt the last weekend of summer. I dig her photo right on the water. She tried something to make the straight line quilting she used easier. She explains,
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Enter The Art of Fiber
The Workhouse Arts Center of Lorton, Virginia, USA, will present The Art of Fiber, a national juried exhibition, November 23 through December 31, 2011. The announcement notes, “This call is for all fiber mediums including wearable art, sculpture, 2D pieces, … Read More...
Freebie: Blogger’s BOM at Canton Village
Carrie at A Passion for Applique wonders who is going to join the Canton Village Quilt Works Blogger’s BOM (Block of the Month) event besides her.
This is her first block and the first block in the event. Notice she … Read More...
Tips & Tricks | Using Patterned Paper
Elna and Benice from Between Cupcakes and Tea, show how they used one piece of patterned paper on several projects to celebrate the recent World Card Making Day. Click here to see more.
A handy stitching gadget from the housepaint department
Karen of Sew Many Ways shares a tip that is absolute genius. See the little clamp in the photos above? It’s a tool available in the paint department of home improvement stores. You’re supposed to clamp it onto your paint … Read More...
Newsy: Pat Sloan to interview Rachel Griffith
Rachel Griffith from ps i quilt is appearing on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio October 3, 2011 – 4 pm EST. She’s an avid quilter and quilt designer. One of her quilts Summer Sorbet appeared in the book Fresh Fabric … Read More...
Share with Texas stitchers
Shari Jensen dropped us a note to let us know that the Stitchmap Yahoo Group is collecting needlework items to share stash and hope with stitchers of eastern Texas who lost their homes in recent fires. She says,
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Present at Textiles & Politics
Check out this announcement posted on LaceNews blog:
… Read More...The Textile Society of America invites paper proposals for its upcoming symposium, Textiles & Politics, to be held in Washington, D.C. September 19-22, 2012. We seek presentations from all textile-related disciplines and
Join the club!
Janet Perry claims she’s offering the easiest needlepoint club ever, and I believe her. She says,
… Read More...I’m debuting the Stash Busters Needlepoint Club. It’s a one-year club that will begin November 1, 2011 and run for one year. Each month
Chicago’s Design Harvest – Oct 1&2
Chicago’s Design Harvest is coming up this weekend! If you live in the Chicago area this look well worth going to.
… Read More...This one of a kind fest will feature Chicago’s best local furniture and home accessory makers, vintage and antique
Forest Hill Boutique Market – Lockyer Valley
Forest Hill School of Arts Hall on Railway Street Will be hosting the Handmade Expo from 9am-3pm Saturday the 1st of October.
There will be up to 50 stalls of handmade fashion, toys,gifts,bags and food including
Devonshire Teas and stalls … Read More...
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With the new Facebook update, several people who follow us on Facebook have reported that our updates are no longer appearing … Read More...