Thanks to each and every one of you who entered the Blog Tour Giveaway for a copy of Quilts Made Modern by by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr. There were 121 comments. Commenter 98, Jennifer is the winner. Here’s her … Read More...
Blog tour: Fruitful Hands book
Jacquelynne from The Noble Wife launches a blog tour Aug 1st to celebrate the release of her new book, Fruitful Hands, by Kansas City Star. There will be giveaways (books, fabric, patterns) throughout the 5-day tour. Here’s the lineup … Read More...
Win a Trip for Two to The Creative Connection Event!
Be still my creativity-loving heart! The Creative Connection Event is giving away TWO FREE PASSES + HOTEL FOR TWO for their amazing conference in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 15-17, 2011! 3 days jam-packed with workshops, seminars, amazing speakers, and … Read More...
These Women Are Wearing Clothes Made of Real Milk
okay, this is super neat. dehydrating milk to form the remaining proteins into fiber you can sew with. It doesn’t sound particularly sustainable though. its not like milk production is easy on the environment. I suppose if you could somehow … Read More...
Win a Cricut or an iPad2!
Ana Cabrera has a big announcement today on her blog Craftication: she has her own TV show called Craft Tech! Congratulations Ana! In honor of her new gig, Ana is giving a way a Cricut and an iPad2! … Read More...
What is this stitch?
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread is asking for readers’ help identifying the stitch used to create the flower at the center of this image. She suspects it’s a type of bullion stitch, and she issues this challenge:
… Read More...I’m going
Buy beautiful things; help children
Tricia of The Embroiderer’s Story clues us in to an opportunity to do “double good”: Let your purchases support both craftspeople and needy children. She says in part,
… Read More...Several years ago, Wendy [Summer] was changing careers and wanted to get
Threadless notebooks
Event: Stay at Home Robin
Sunny from Quilting Dreams invites you to play along as she kicks off a Round Robin variation she calls Stay at Home Robin. Each person will make their own quilt starting with a 12″ – 16″ center block. You’ll … Read More...
Baking Up a Cure! An Online Bake Sale
Buying baked goods to help cure breast cancer sounds like a mighty fine idea to me. Baking Up a Cure! is a 3-day online bake sale, and all proceeds are donated to the Susan B. Komen 3-Day for the Cure. … Read More...
Free Photo-editing Sessions at Photoshop & You Pop-up in San Francisco with Linda Sattgast
Digital scrapbooker extraordinaire Linda Sattgast is hosting 2 FREE sessions on getting photos into tip-top shape with Photoshop Elements. Linda will be a featured guest speaker at the Photoshop & You pop-up location in San Francisco. The Photoshop & You … Read More...
Newsy: Summer Fair “link up” event
AnneMarie from Gen X Quilters is hosting a fun sounding event called Summer Fair: A Quilt and Recipe Show. Starting Wednesday July 27th link up your favorite summer quilt and/or recipe. She adds there are sponsored prizes. Get further … Read More...
Martha Pullen sewing contest includes quilts
I learned about this event at All Things Vintage Sheets. Go here for a summary. There is a quilting category: Bed Quilts, Baby Quilts, Lap Quilts and Wall Hangings. Find out more, go to the 2011 Martha Pullen Sewing … Read More...
Blogging Basics retreat in Queensland
Nova from a cuppa and a catch up is going to host a workshop, The Basics of Blogging at The Circle Quilt Retreat in Buderim, Queensland on September 3, 2011. The photos of this place make me wish we had … Read More...
Let that be a lesson to me!
My sincere thanks to each of you who took the time to comment on my post, How subversive are you? I’ve learned several things from this exercise:
- Glenda mentioned that it would be helpful if I labeled links as
The Polymer Arts
The latest magazine to do with our obsession is… The Polymer Arts. I’m reprinting the press release I received here:
The Polymer Arts Magazine Provides Instruction, Insight, and Inspiration for the Professional and Aspiring Polymer Clay Artist
AURORA, Colorado. … Read More...
Circles made easy
Debra Rutledge has posted tips on the Bernina blog about using The Sewing Revolution circle tool with sewing and embroidery. Find out more.
AMBASSADORS TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF CROCHET
The U.S. Department of Crochet is seeking Ambassadors from all over the World to Represent their Countries in Diplomatic Relations with this Department. Should you wish to be considered for such a position, you must submit a coupla things:
Your … Read More...
How subversive are you?
I don’t want to say I have craft-ADD, but I do tend to point to anything in the needlework blogosphere that might be of interest to a segment of our readers—from appliqué to tatting, from antique reproductions to kawaii. I … Read More...
A conference to die for
Check out this announcement from Threads e-zine:
… Read More...Embroidery… in the New World. A conference on embroidery including a fashion show, is being held November 3, 2011, at the Battery Park Gardens in New York City. It will be hosted by