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Be sure to enter this month’s giveaway at RibbonSmyth blog. Vickie Adams Brown (the RibbonSmyth, herself) says,
Each month, I put together a gift bag of RibbonSmyth items and we send three gift-bags to lucky winners, as a way to express our gratitude.…
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has started a new series of posts, Classic Needlepoint Recharted. Each Monday for the next few weeks she’s posting recharted designs by Anne Orr from a 1938 magazine. Lovely! Get this week’s chart.
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has started a new series of posts, Classic Needlepoint Recharted. Each Monday for the next few weeks she’s posting recharted designs by Anne Orr from a 1938 magazine. Lovely! Get this week’s chart.
Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint! blog has posted tips from Jane of Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure for capturing great scans of needlepoint projects. This rocks! Go see.
Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint! blog has posted tips from Jane of Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure for capturing great scans of needlepoint projects. This rocks! Go see.
Linda S. Davies (Tattyhead) has developed a pattern for rose leaves to accompany her 3D tatted flowers, and she’s sharing it on her blog! Get the pattern.
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff made this sleeping bag for her daughter, and wrote up a tutorial explaining how she did it. Because it was made for her daughter, the dimensions she gives are for a small sleeping bag. You could…
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff made this sleeping bag for her daughter, and wrote up a tutorial explaining how she did it. Because it was made for her daughter, the dimensions she gives are for a small sleeping bag. You … Read More...
Don’t miss Mary Corbet’s article on Society Silk Embroidery. The photos will make you want to rub your cheek gently against your computer screen. She points out an outstanding resource that is new to me and is definitely getting saved in…
Kimara of Wee Folk Art follows up her tutorial for a rolled calico flower with one for a similar felt version. She says, “Although they are both put together in the same general way, there are a few differences to account for the different…
Run over to Pepperberry & Co. blog and enjoy an excellent interview — replete with photographs — of one of our favorite stitchers, Eva of Apple & Eve. See the post.
As part of their Stylish Baby Nursery series, Sew4Home tells how to make your own twin bed duvet cover. Many parents now include an adult-sized bed in their nursery decorating. This allows parents a place to sleep in the room with…
As part of their Stylish Baby Nursery series, Sew4Home tells how to make your own twin bed duvet cover. Many parents now include an adult-sized bed in their nursery decorating. This allows parents a place to sleep in the room … Read More...
This is what happens when Nicki Lee (goddess of hand-dyed lace) gets her hands on your crazy-quilt round-robin block. Nicki says,
When I received [Ellen's] block I fell in love with it as it was BLUE! I immediately cut up some small…
The Color Palette Generator from DeGraeve.com allows you to choose the perfect colors to coordinate with your image as seen above. To use it the image needs to be uploaded to a site such as Photobucket where it will have a…
Look what Melissa Crowe (Checkout Girl) is up to now! I love the close-up shot of this felt applique because it clearly shows how a few well-placed stitches can create the texture of bricks or add dimension to a leaf. Admit…
I got my Mixtape in the mail last week! Yippeee! I love zines, and btw, am so sad that I didn’t make it over to the SF Zine Fest this weekend.
Mixtape is a fun craft/diy magazine / zine produced by a…
I got my Mixtape in the mail last week! Yippeee! I love zines, and btw, am so sad that I didn’t make it over to the SF Zine Fest this weekend.
Mixtape is a fun craft/diy magazine / zine produced … Read More...
image by Rimna and The Greeting Tree
I recently came across a delightful stamp company I wasn’t familiar with called the Greeting Farm. They have wonderfully adorable stamps in traditional rubber and also some digital stamps as well. Take a peek at…
I recently came across a delightful stamp company I wasn’t familiar with called the Greeting Farm. They have wonderfully adorable stamps in traditional rubber and also some digital stamps as well. In the gallery you’ll find tons of inspiration, … Read More...