Check out the rockin giveaway over on Woolen Sails — two free e-patterns of the winner’s choice, one to keep and one to give away. Go to the blog post to enter before December 31. And don’t overlook the buy-one-get-one-free … Read More...
Hey Sue, where are you going?
This one has two feet making her look as if she is walking away. Check out more Sun Bonnet Sue wrecks over at Barbara Brackman’s Material Culture. Hilarious!
Marseille: White Corded Quilting exhibit thru May 2011
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska (USA) is hosting an ongoing exhibit Marseille: White Corded Quilting that according to the announcement is the first major display in the world of all-white quilted and corded French needlework… Read More...
Tip: Keep beads from flopping over
Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs has a great tip for making stitched-on beads stand up right. See her post.
A new guide to starting a needlework business
Here’s a rockin announcement from Carol Leather of Needlework Tips & Techniques:
… Read More...For all you budding cross stitch designers out there, my ebook is now available. If you have ever thought about designing your own patterns for sale as
Read all about it: Monthly bag challenge at JemJam
Jemilia from JemJam will be hosting a monthly bag sewing challenge on her blog next year. Each month in 2011, she’ll have a sew-along challenge for one of the purses featured in Amy Butler’s Style Stitches book. As an incentive … Read More...
Sale: A Muse Holiday Stamps
Winners: Love Kills Slowly Cross-Stitch
The winners of Love Kills Slowly Cross-Stitch are shown above. I’ve contacted you by e-mail, and you’ll have 48 hours to respond with your snail mail address. If I don’t hear from you, we’ll do a second-chance drawing on December … Read More...
Giveaway Info…
Just to let you all know the giveaway goes through the 27th so I’ll be announcing that I have a winner on the 28th. Good luck and thanks for all of your comments…
Clay Community: A Shout Out to CraftyGoat
This week I’ve got a shout out to Angela Mabray, who I know as CraftyGoat. She’s been working on a new polymer clay book and now it’s OUT. Her post about it on her blog includes info about how … Read More...
Giveaway: Embroidered tree topper
Karen of maggie makes is giving away this gorgeous hand-embroidered tree topper. To get in the running, just post your favorite or craziest holiday tradition. Go to Karen’s blog post to enter before before December 23.
City Stops quilt pattern
Jennifer from That Girl That Quilt had her very first Moda Bakeshop project published this week. Good on you. Now this girl is a hexagon lover from way back, so of course her recipe, City Stops quilt, calls for … Read More...
Giveaway: Fa la la la Felt plus felt goodies
The folks at Lark Crafts have a fa la la la fabulous felty giveaway going on right now on their blog.
THREE of their lucky readers will win a package containing:
- –A copy of Fa la la la Felt by
Read all about it: Christmas ornament project to feed 20 families
Adrienne and Mike from Get20Fed have launched a special Christmas project. Their goal is to raise enough money from the sale of their stuffed fabric Christmas ornaments to feed 20 families at the Interval House in Toronto a Christmas meal. … Read More...
Beads of Courage on CBS News Video
I’ve written about Beads of Courage a number of times because it’s such a fantastic organization.It was created by Jean Baruch, a pediatric oncology nurse that felt there was something lacking in the way brave sick children were being “rewarded” … Read More...
Vote on Drops New Designs!
Drops photoshoot for the Spring-Summer 2011 Designs is done. Now, we need to vote on which designs to include in their collection.
The only problem, among all of these gorgeous, fun, flirty, trendy and unique designs, you can only vote … Read More...
OK Deluxe Indie Craft Bazaar
If you are anywhere near driving distance to Oklahoma City, OK today it would be worth the drive there just to see this lovely gingerbread house. Made by Tawnya Corrente of Lollipops Sugar Shop (read her profile) she … Read More...
December Gratitude Sale at The Stitcherhood
Maria of The Stitcherhood announces:
… Read More...I am soooo grateful to you all! I so want to give back, especially at this time of year. So I am going to be offering $1.00 PDF designs…a new one every few days –
Sale at Needleprint
Needleprint is offering a great buy on charts — five designs for the price of three. Get details from the blog post.
Giveaway: Penguin & Fish patterns
Alyssa of Penguin & Fish is giving away copies of her four new patterns to a lucky reader. Go to her blog post to enter before Monday, December 13. And if you don’t win, don’t panic. You can get … Read More...