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Quilting on a Budget blog and This-n-That Fabrics have gotten together to celebrate This n That Fabrics’ one year anniversary with three great prizes you can win.
Prize 1: 12 1/2 yard cuts of fabric
Prize 2: Singer Featherweight
Prize 3: Trunk o’ Quilter’s Fun
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Make this fun stars and stripes soap from Make It Soap! This is a great project to do with kids for a 4th of July project.
The Snail’s Tail shows you how to make an ABC game from square paint chips and scrapbooking alphabet letters that she bought at Walmart. Once you make your game, she even gives you ways to use your cards to play with…
Gabi lives in monterrey, mexico where she created her stunning 100 dolls series which is her final thesis for her major in art. I discovered Gabi on Flickr CarftGossip.com Crafty Reviews. I instantly fell in love with all her fascinating…
Gabi lives in monterrey, mexico where she created her stunning 100 dolls series which is her final thesis for her major in art. I discovered Gabi on Flickr CarftGossip.com Crafty Reviews. I instantly fell in love with all her fascinating … Read More...
Alex Anderson’s new 4-in-1 Essential Sewing Tool combines a seam ripper, stiletto, presser, and turner into one convenient tool. C & T Publishing blog shares a video of Alex Anderson demonstrating how to use her new tool. Go to the video.
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Alex Anderson’s new 4-in-1 Essential Sewing Tool combines a seam ripper, stiletto, presser, and turner into one convenient tool. C & T Publishing blog shares a video of Alex Anderson demonstrating how to use her new tool. Go to … Read More...
image by Sherry Cheever
Day 5 of the Spellbinders Shapeabilities new die sneak peek takes us to Sherry Cheever’s blog where she has instructions for this lovely card using the new Lattice Pendants and Borderablities dies. And of course another chance to win on…
Day 5 of the Spellbinders Shapeabilities new die sneak peek takes us to Sherry Cheever’s blog where she has instructions for this lovely card using the new Lattice Pendants and Borderablities dies. And of course another chance to win on … Read More...
Tracey of giggleface studios has embarked on a quest to embroider “postcards” from all 50 US states. So far, she’s completed Colorado and Washington. She says, “Anyone have a suggestion for the next state to tint?” Go to her blog to reply.
Enjoy Allie Aller’s deep review of Terrie Mangat’s 1993 work, Labor Day Fireworks. She says, in part,
Terrie was one of the first to totally abandon any conventional aesthetic of embellishment on quilts. I doubt she considers her work crazy quilting…
Bargello Needlepoint blog advises:
…For a smooth and even finish to your Bargello needlepoint, consider using brass thumb tacks to mount your needlepoint canvas on stretcher bars to frame it for stitching.
Bargello Needlepoint blog advises:
For a smooth and even finish to your Bargello needlepoint, consider using brass thumb tacks to mount your needlepoint canvas on stretcher bars to frame it for stitching.
You’ll love this project by Connie G. Barwick, cross-stitch editor for About.com. Her friendship-saying bookmark would make an ideal tuck-in gift for a birthday card — or for nearly any occasion! Get the chart.
Wee Folk Art shows how to make this sweet handkerchief bandana. They start with a plain square of fabric and do the embroidery, but you could skp this step if you had a piece of vintage table linen or handkerchief. Get…
Alyssa of Penguin & Fish is more than halfway through her darling alphabet embroidery-pattern series. She finished these three patterns last week. You know you want them! Great news: You can now get 5 patterns for US $20 in her Etsy store…
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread is walking us through Aquatic Sampler — a work by her reader Nita — detail by exquisite detail. Start with Part I. But don’t miss Part II.
Thanks so much, Nita and Mary, for sharing this inspiring work in…
Shelley Detton of 7 Layer Studio shows how to make this adorabel sundress/romper for a little girl. Get the tute.
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Shelley Detton of 7 Layer Studio shows how to make this adorabel sundress/romper for a little girl. Get the tute.
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Looking for more sewing patterns for Girls summer dresses? Check these lovely sewing … Read More...
I’d go with Black Hollyhock, but I already have a cat with that name, so it’s all you!
Go here, to KnitIdeas.com to their blog and help them Name Their Alpaca!! There’s a 25$$ Gift Certificate in it for you if…