Rachel Biel, founder of the Textile and Fiber Art List, announces,
… Read More...We are finalists for a $1,000 small business grant from Idea Cafe! I applied on behalf of TAFA, hoping that we could use this money to help
The Secret Garden – Limited Edition Puffin Designer Classics – Puffin Books Ltd
This is beyond gorgeous. This is an edition of The Secret Garden published in an edition of 1000, it is already sold out (duh). le sigh
The Secret Garden – Limited Edition Puffin Designer Classics – Puffin Books Ltd.
Get the latest on lace
Check out Lace News: Breaking News for the International Handmade Lace Community. You’ll find alerts about worthy eBay listings, notices about events and competitions, articles about lacemaking, and more. One recent article links to Lace News’ playlist on YouTube, … Read More...
Giveaway: Blog buttons by Crafty Mummy
Inspired by Nuffnang Blogopolis via #NoNNB The Crafty Mummy is making some changes to her blog. As part of the process to declutter her sidebars and footer, she created these small buttons to get visitors to Madeit, About.me, Blogroll, Flickr, … Read More...
100 Quilts for Kids charity event 2011
Kate at Swim, Bike, Quilt invites all quilt bloggers to join the DC Modern Quilt Guild in their 2nd annual charity event – make and donate 100 quilts for kids. The drive will run from September 15-October 14, 2011. There … Read More...
Spark Your Creative Spirit
Here’s another creative conference happening in Utah in October called Spark. The two day event costs 350.00. The schedule isn’t up and they don’t have an About Us page so I’m not sure exactly what the focus of it is … Read More...
‘Bad Men’ and a Hobo Signs Quilt-Along
‘Mad Men’s’ biggest star Don Draper learned his father was “a bad man” from a passing hobo. Not having the series in hand (loaned out to my big sister), I tried to recall what the sign for a bad man … Read More...
August is Digital Scrapbooking Month at Ella Publishing
This month celebrate all things digital with Ella Publishing! They are celebrating with free eZine articles, blog posts, giveaways, and freebies related to digi and hybrid scrapbooking—all leading up to the release of an exciting new eBook authored by … Read More...
Food Fashions
Not sure I’d actually wear any of these, but folks sure are clever. Check out these clothes made from food HERE at Delish, like the spaghetti dress with meatball necklace and Nike burger. Thanks to Sue for sending this … Read More...
Comic-Con Interview with the Queen Of Star Wars, BONNIE BURTON!!
Great interview with Bonnie Burton, author of The Star Wars Craft Book and much more. Check out the article and interview here.
Woodsy’s World of Star Wars: My Comic-Con Interview with the Queen Of Star Wars, BONNIE BURTON!! » … Read More...
Angel Wraps for preemies
Michele from Heart and Hands just made twelve tiny quilts she calls Angel Wraps for the tiniest of babies. Once donated to her local hospital, the personnel will use them to wrap around a baby before handing to the parents. … Read More...
Newsy: Billboard Quilt-Along kick off
The latest Oh, Fransson! Quilt-Along starts today. Read the Introduction to the event. Go to the Kick off.
A huge thank you to Lish Dorset from Craft: for posting about this here.
Short notice: Submit your art for a tribute exhibit
Jennifer Marsh of The Dream Rocket sent us a heads-up that fiber art submitted to the project that also fits the theme 911 Memorial Tribute will be displayed in New York City–exact date and location still to be determined. If … Read More...
Visit a museum with Racaire
Racaire of Racaire’s Embroidery & Needlework shares photos from her recent trip to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in her hometown of Vienna, Austria, where she studied the needlework embellishments of clothing depicted in antique portraits. Beautiful. See her post.
Cricut E2 winner announced
With 922 comments and 850 likes on Facebook, we had to make sure that we had gathered all the valid entries for this great giveaway sponsored by Circut. One lucky CraftGossip reader has indeed won the Cricut Expression 2 Anniversary … Read More...
Didn’t Win The Vogue Knitting Live Tickets? Here’s Another Chance!
Visigoth influences on Spanish embroidery
John Hopper of The Textile Blog looks at how the already rich, primarily Islamic needlework traditions of the Iberian peninsula were further enhanced by the influence of Visigoth culture. Fascinating. See the post.
The Sewing Summit – a modern sewing & blogging & social media conference
The Sewing Summit is happening this October in Salt Lake City. It looks like a lot of fun. If you’re in the area you should check this out. It looks like a great deal at 275.00 for a full weekend … Read More...
The World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods
Do you agree with the final 50? Spotted on the kitchn (photo from the kitchn), CNN has compiled a list of what they deem the World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods, worldwide. Buttered popcorn and potato chips from the US, … Read More...
End of August Quilt Smackdown
Debra from Debra’s Design Studio invites you to join her End of August Quilt Smackdown event. You’ll make simple star blocks – her friend Barbara shows you how at Thinking Out Loud – and sew them up into a quilt … Read More...