Independent craft blog since 2007
Seams Inspired announces her Thrifty Christmas Challenge. This year, her family has decided to give only thrifted gifts. This includes hadmade items made from fabric stash or thrifted fabrics!
From now until Christmas, she’ll host weekly link parties and posting … Read More...
Look what Orna Willis made! Want it? Orna is giving it away! She says,
… Read More...For this Giveaway, I designed a beautiful “Paper Bag” with two contrasting shades of Ultrasuede® to highlight the simple familiar lines of a classic
Abigail Doan gives the heads-up that the Textile Arts Center (Brooklyn, NY, USA) is starting a new program that will offer studio residencies to six textile artists. The program begins January 2011; applications are due December 5, 2010. Get more … Read More...
Vintage Street Market is a newly opened online store specialising in vintage paper items for scrapbooking and paper crafting. To celebrate the opening they are holding a giveaway for a treat bag of vintage goodies. Click here to visit … Read More...
Heather Johnston of The Tarnished Tatter has developed three-hole ceramic tatting shuttles, and she’s selling them on Artfire. Go to Heather’s blog post for the details and links.
Ed. note: Heather didn’t request or compensate this post. I just … Read More...
Needleprint blog is giving away…
… Read More...…the seminal book Samplers by Donald King of the V&A in London. And it is the First Edition of 1960. It includes 89 good b&w images of samplers in the V&A collection and every sampler
You have a few more days to order pink fabric at The Twiddletails Store where $1 for every yard sold will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. All their pink fabric is 10% off. Go to Pink.
If you’re in the Santa Fe, NM area head on over to Bullseye. They have some new curious and special color glass in stock as well as some very interesting classes and special events lined up. Is Santa … Read More...
This week begins the Alliance for American Quilts largest annual fundraiser – an eBay auction of 118 16″ x 16″ art quilts. Get the auction schedule here.
Here’s one of the quilts being auctioned. 
The most desirable fiber content for quilting fabric is 100% cotton. Traditionally, cotton fabric is less expensive than sewing and decorating fabrics. But when I read quilt historian Barbara Brackman’s Material Culture’s blog post Uh-Oh! I wonder if this might … Read More...
Did you hear? Wine and beer may be coming to Starbucks. The company is going to test out the notion at one of their Seattle stores. Check out this artistic rendition/prediction of such an unfolding from Lunchbreath. {via … Read More...
For those of you located in the Bay Area, Hambly Studios will be holding a special Open Studio for Halloween today October 21st 2010 from 5-8 pm. There will be Makes and Takes for the kids and shopping fun … Read More...
Kim at True Up introduced a German fabric line from Farbenmix today and this particular one is my favorite; it’s called Florafox. Thusly smitten, I followed her link straight to Volksfaden and bought a meter of it. The product description … Read More...
Jennifer from That Girl…That Quilt has added a Pattern Shop to her blog. She is offering her very first quilt pattern there – Serendipity. I’m a huge fan of hers – see That Girl’s Signature Blocks and A hexie lover … Read More...
Marilyn from Stash Manicure has some fresh ideas for what to do with ugly fabric. She uses some here in her garden to combat weeds. Go to the post for a good laugh. Next if you are feeling industrious this … Read More...
Every so often we are forced, yes forced, to go through our supplies and clear out items we know we won’t be using (to make room for new ones of course!). Elle from Elle’s Studio has a great suggestion for … Read More...
Mary from Sewing Saves Sanity is a talented sewer and quilter who talks about her experience showing some of her creations at the New Hope Arts Center. She even gives us a glimpse of her sewing table – it’s all … Read More...
Meaghan of ohmeaghan blog reminds us of a swiftly approaching deadline. She says,
… Read More...We’re issuing a call for one-of-a-kind holiday ornaments created by artists, crafters and creative people across the land to benefit The Fiercegrrl Fund!…The task: design an
As my daughter has not only been obsessed with the Wizard of Oz of late, but also Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original film, thank you very much). So the news that Roald Dahl’s brainchild for Willy … Read More...
Check out this incredible Bake a Cake stop motion video, HERE at Pretty Parade. The video was proposed by Alexandre Dubosc, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the international festival of animation film. {spotted on Tasteologie}
