Congratulations goes to Michele T who had the winning comment, #36, generated using Random.org.
Michele T on August 17, 2012 wrote,
The book looks neat!! Thanks for the chance!
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Free Doc McStuffins Activity Sheets
It’s finally here on DVD! If you haven’t already been exposed to Doc Mc Stuffins then make sure you get a chance to take a look. Watch a clip.
This cute little girl (Doc McStuffins) helps repairs broken toys … Read More...
Win a tatty prize
Jon of Tat-a-Renda celebrates six years of blogging with a surprise giveaway!! Run over to her blog right now to enter. The contest ends August 23.
Tips for teaching embroidery
Liz Aneloski of C&T Publishing tells a bit about C&T’s “summer camp” for beginning embroiderers. If you teach embroidery classes — or just want to teach one or two special students — you’re going to want to steal some of … Read More...
For the birds
Salley Mavor‘s Birds of Beebe Woods is finished after 4-1/2 months of continuous stitching. So gorgeous. Watch her blog for more detailed images.
Giveaway: Brave Aviator Mouse kit | Bustle and Sew
Helen of Bustle and Sew is giving away a Brave Aviator Mouse kit on her blog after receiving such positive response from her readers about these softie toys. They are precious! Go HERE to get entry details.
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Tutorial: Long towel poncho cover-up
Susan from Just Crafty Enough shows how to make her Apres Surf Poncho. It’s a long towel poncho made from terry cloth yardage, plus some bias tae to finish the neck. She designed it as a cover-up for a friend … Read More...
Free pattern: Kogin sampler
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint offers readers an introduction to Kogin embroidery on canvas with a bit of background and a free pattern and instructions for a lovely sampler project. See her post.
Free pattern: Country Village Tea Cozy
Helen of Bustle and Sew shares a free pattern on her blog for this sweet tea cozy. She describes the technique as freestyle machine embroidery. Go to her free patterns page to download her Country Village Tea Cozy.
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Inspiration: Takiyaje
Takiyaje just posted a whole new series of fabulous dolls. The expressions. The hair. The outfits. The pets. Go see.
Free pattern: Dolman sleeve knit top
Cation Designs shares a free pattern for a dolman sleeve knit top. I’m loving the proportions of this top! It’s not quite fitted, but not saggy baggy, either. The simple knit top is made from just one pattern piece, plus … Read More...
Put a poodle on it
In a guest post on Feeling Stitchy, Cassie Stephens shows us how she took a too-short, too-ordinary thrift-store dress to a pretty, trendy, and well-fitted outfit with the addition of some applique and embroidery. See how she did it. … Read More...
Free Pattern: 4th Doctor Handbag
If you’re at all a fan of knitting geekery, I’m sure you’ve seen patterns for the scarf made famous by the fourth Doctor from the BBC series Doctor Who. I’d love to knit one someday, but I don’t know if … Read More...
Tutorial: Shrink Plastic 101
If you’ve been curious about how to use shrink plastic you will want to check out this great beginners video from La Blanche stamps on how to use your stamps and shrink plastic for wonderful little charms and embellishments. Note: … Read More...
Tutorial: Diane’s hexagon placemats for large-scale motifs
Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod did a guest post at Spoonflower showing how to make a set of placemats to successfully showcase large-scale graphical motifs. Starting with fabrics from a popular Spoonflower designer Holli Zollinger, she created three traditional hexagon shapes, … Read More...
Free Pattern: Park Avenue Cardgian
I love knitting patterns that are simple but also have really nice details that make it worth the time and effort you put into them. We all want to knit things that we’re actually going to wear and use, right?… Read More...
Kayak to Stitch
Ready for a kayaking trip? Stitch up a journey down the river with this freebie from Frimousse. It will be a lovely journey! Check out the free chart.
Free Pattern: Rolley Polie Cowl
This is a super-simple pattern from This Girl Loves to Craft that I’m sharing with you because the story behind it is kind of funny. Knitter Darcie lives in Argentina, where they sell yarn by weight rather than yardage, so … Read More...
Rainbow Pound Cake
So my daughter just turned five. But her celebration is almost a whole entire, for real, week after the real birthday. This is agonizing to a five-year old. So yesterday we whipped up some super easy pound cake. Rainbow, of … Read More...
Colorful Marshmallow Pops and Rings
Another post after my own heart as I’m crazy over decorating marshmallows with anything I can (see HERE). Find tons of ideas for turning marshmallows into colorful pops and my favorite, the marshmallow ring, HERE at Marshmallow Madness… Read More...