Bridget Benton’s Blog is fill with beautiful stuff including this cool chandelier made from……bottle caps! Pop on over to her blog The Matchbook to see how she did it. I do have to say I share in her experience in that when I…
Tutorials: Using Maya Mists
Two different tutorials for using Maya Mists from Maya Road. One from the Maya Road Design Team and another from Maggie Holmes from the Studio Calico Design Team. Go to tutorials: Tutorial 1 and Tutorial 2
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…Mandy Rowe from Australia, will be in San Francisco on June 24th
Great News for felter from http://www.indiepublic.com
Australian artist Mandy Rowe will be at the Women?s Building in San Francisco on Wednesday the 24th June 2009 (www.womensbuilding.org). She is inviting local women to come along and help create a felted wrap. This wrap…
Tutorial: Paper piecing with stamps
This is one of my own tutorials: how to use your stamps for paper piecing. Go to tutorial
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Tutorial: Paper piecing with stamps
This is one of my own tutorials: how to use your stamps for paper piecing. Go to tutorial
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Sneak peek: My Happy Garden by Cloud 9
Cloud 9 Fabrics shares a sneak peek of their upcoming fabric line, My Happy Garden. Cloud 9 fabrics are all printed on 100% certified organic cotton and use eco-responsible solvent-free inks and dyes. See a sneak look at My Happy Garden…
Sneak peek: My Happy Garden by Cloud 9
Cloud 9 Fabrics shares a sneak peek of their upcoming fabric line, My Happy Garden. Cloud 9 fabrics are all printed on 100% certified organic cotton and use eco-responsible solvent-free inks and dyes. See a sneak look at My … Read More...
How much fabric do you need to make a skirt?
In a perfect world, we’d wait to buy fabric until we had a specific project in mind, and we could determine the yardage to buy based on the pattern envelope.
I don’t know about you, but rarely do I have a…
Herrschner’s Awesome Yarn Sale!
There are lots of yarns marked down to obscene prices on Herrschner’s site. Click on the link below to see the 2.99 sale on SWS yarn by Patons, and while you’re there, sign up for their newsletter!
Pet beds from upcycled blocks
Image via Quilt Design Shop
Look what I found at Butterick and McCall’s new online Quilt Design Shop. Our pets end up on our quilts anyway so why not make a quilted bed just for them. Upcycle your orphan blocks to get a head start on…
Pet beds from upcycled blocks
Look what I found at Butterick and McCall‘s new online Quilt Design Shop. Our pets end up on our quilts anyway so why not make a quilted bed just for them. Upcycle your orphan blocks to get a … Read More...
Tutorial: Summer Planner
Making Memories shows you how to make this planner to keep track of all your summer activities. Go to tutorial
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Tutorial: Summer Planner
Making Memories shows you how to make this planner to keep track of all your summer activities. Go to tutorial
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“Donkeys are the new owl.”
I agree. Owls were the new unicorn and now long may the donkey reign. I’m pretty sure the KodKod will be next though.
Please to look at this outrageously cute cuckoo clock and donkey fabric panel hand printed in Australia by Kristin…
Tutorial: Butterfly Mobile
Emily Pitts of the Studio Calico Design Team has posted step by step instructions to make this lovely mobile using patterned papers and a butterfly punch. Go to tutorial: Part 1 and Part 2
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…Tutorial Thursday
All day today I will be posting links to various scrapbooking related tutorials found around the web. The first one will be up soon. Keep checking back during the day for all the posts!
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Objects and Elements Reader Challenge
Objects and Elements has put up their first Reader Challenge: Get Closure: Show Us Your Clasps.
Here’s how to participate. You can make your own clasp OR show them how you’ve creatively used an objects and elements closure (as Design Team Member Kristen…
CROCHET QUILTS – no guilt
I used to be a quilter. Occasionally, I still get the ‘itch’ to pull out my fabric, scissors, and needle and whip one up. Last time I did that, I spent the entire day at it and ended up with…
Kicky kimono fabric
Quilts on a milk carton
Image from BBC
The milk carton for quilts is online at Lost Quilt Come Home where anyone who has lost a quilt can upload a photograph of it with a description.
In 2005, the Chester Cathedral lost their Mystery Play Quilt that was on permanent display at the visitor’s entrance. A couple of months…