Here’s how Conni (The Scoop, Score and Deal) rose to SharonB’s latest Stitch Explorer Challenge. The assignment: Incorporate something unconventional into an embroidery project. Look closely and you’ll see that Conni has overlain her background with a plastic mesh onion bag! Get…
Jude stitches puffy dots
Jude Hill explains how she created these stuffed dots (hint: needleturn applique) on the what if blog. See the post.
Another Give-away
Perfect for quickie knitting.
Perfect for that one skein that has lost it’s mate.
Perfect for gift giving.
And now it can be yours! One Ball Knits – Purses by Fatema, Khadija, and Hajera Habibur-Rahman. This book features handbags, totes, … Read More...
Another Give-away
Perfect for quickie knitting.
Perfect for that one skein that has lost it’s mate.
Perfect for gift giving.
And now it can be yours! One Ball Knits – Purses by Fatema, Khadija, and Hajera Habibur-Rahman. This book features handbags, totes, clutches, satchels, and…
Stitch Wars – For The Trekkie In All Of Us…
except for me, of course, while I enjoyed Star Trek, it was never an obsesson. Now House, on the other hand…
Never mind.
You know how it goes……
In a galaxy far, far, away……. anyway, there’s nothing I can add to this. Go…
The 7 Gypsies Turn A Tomato Cage Into a Beautiful Bird Display
CHA, the big Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show was last week and I was parousing blogs of people who attended and I saw this great photo from the 7 Gypsies booth. They turned a tomato cage into a pretty … Read More...
The 7 Gypsies Turn A Tomato Cage Into a Beautiful Bird Display
CHA, the big Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show was last week and I was parousing blogs of people who attended and I saw this great photo from the 7 Gypsies booth. They turned a tomato cage into a pretty…
Felting techniques and Felting instructions
I found this excellent article on Felting techniques and Felting instructions on the Houghton Avenue web site. These site offers very clear and tried information for those of us that have already felted our knits and crochets to … Read More...
Felting techniques and Felting instructions
I found this excellent article on Felting techniques and Felting instructions on the Houghton Avenue web site. These site offers very clear and tried information for those of us that have already felted our knits and crochets to those of…
Tutorial: Flower pincushion using a teacup template
Leigh Ann over at The Object Project has done it again. This time she’s using a teacup as a template for her awesome fabric flowers. With a stuffed center, the flower easily becomes a pincushion. Find out how to make … Read More...
Tutorial: Flower pincushion using a teacup template
Leigh Ann over at The Object Project has done it again. This time she’s using a teacup as a template for her awesome fabric flowers. With a stuffed center, the flower easily becomes a pincushion. Find out how to make one…
New Release from MAMBI
Sassy is a new release from MAMBI: Me and My big ideas. The line is available exclusively at Jo-Ann Stores. Click here to locate the Jo-Ann stoe closest to you.
New Release from MAMBI
Sassy is a new release from MAMBI: Me and My big ideas. The line is available exclusively at Jo-Ann Stores. Click here to locate the Jo-Ann stoe closest to you.
Cute Fruits
Visit Family Fun for a slideshow of cute fruit creations HERE, such as these fruit flowers, apple “bites,”and frozen oranges.
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Cute Fruits
Visit Family Fun for a slideshow of cute fruit creations HERE, such as these fruit flowers, apple “bites,”and frozen oranges.
Giveaway: Captain Kirk sock monkey
Captain Kirk is the latest sock monkey to join the crew at The Sock Drawer. To celebrate his arrival, Fina (The Sock Drawer’s lovely proprietor) is giving away a Captain Kirk sock monkey to one lucky blog reader. To … Read More...
Giveaway: Captain Kirk sock monkey
Captain Kirk is the latest sock monkey to join the crew at The Sock Drawer. To celebrate his arrival, Fina (The Sock Drawer’s lovely proprietor) is giving away a Captain Kirk sock monkey to one lucky blog reader. To enter the giveaway,…
Shop: October Pumpkin
October Pumpkin’s shop on Etsy offers the perfect stamps for summer, really wonderful ocean and seaside images available in red rubber with cling mount.
Take a dip!
-Heather
Shop: October Pumpkin

image by October Pumpkin
October Pumpkin’s shop on Etsy offers the perfect stamps for summer, really wonderful ocean and seaside images available in red rubber with cling mount.
Take a dip!
-Heather
Pieced mat: Add selvages and some ugly
Check out this pieced jean floor mat I found at Pat Sloan’s Corner; the how-to is at Instructables. She thinks it would be great to make one with selvages. I agree, and why not throw in some stash fabric you’ve come to dislike; the…