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Mesh Transfer Canvas
What is it? – Fashion, fashion accessories, heirloom sewing, quilting or home decor. At one time or another all of these project genres present us with a blank canvas to which we can apply our own creative brilliance. Or maybe we can just plagiarize someone else’s brilliance just a little. In any case, we’ve found a really cool design that would be perfect on our project. Take it to the next level. Unfortunately that design is often in a magazine, part of an individual picture, on another sewn project, in an old coloring book…
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Checkmate Placemat – Crochet Pattern
Fast and simple pattern using intarsia crochet. This design includes a fun edging technique that looks like a crab stitch edging but is much easier and faster to create. I hope you enjoy making this placemat set!
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Freedom Pillows – Crochet Pattern
Hey friends! Rachel from Cozy Nooks Designs here. I am a crochet designer, blogger, and YouTuber. Today I am going to share with you two new intarsia crochet patterns – the 1776 Pillow & the USA Stars Pillow!
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Wonder Pins with Dori Troutman
I have been waiting with excitement to share with you a new Clover product that will be available in July. This is such a simple product; but yet so incredibly useful. It’s called a Wonder Pin!
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Porte Face Scrubbies – Knit Pattern
Hello Makers! It’s Elise, the maker and designer behind Frosia Knits. I’m so excited to be back on the blog and share with you a new face scrubbie pattern!
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Tips for Teaching Kids to Sew
Hi. My name is Trixi Symonds. I’m an Aussie and a softie designer and I’ve been teaching kids to sew for close on thirty years.
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Happy Birthday Banner – Crochet Pattern
Hi makers! This is Katlyn, crochet home decor designer and owner of Oak + Willow LLC. I’m so excited to share my newest design with you, the Happy Birthday Banner!
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Scandinavian Fabric Stars
Following along with our posts, you will have noticed that we love taking existing tools and finding unique ways to use them. Most everyone reading this will have heard of bias tape, having purchased it or made it themselves for garment trims and quilt binding.
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Straight Pins
What are they? – The devil is in the details. Isn’t that what they say? How can that possibly apply to us? Just think about what we do when we sew. We spend hours selecting a delicious design or the perfect pattern. The same amount of time is spent finding the most fabulous fabric (and no, it’s not in your stash) and some awesome thread. And then after all of that it’s the details of measuring, marking and cutting our fabric to create those fabulous fashion, elegant heirloom, quintessential quilt or curiously clever craft projects. And we go…
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Scissor Sheath
Tell the truth, how many of you have a pair of scissors sitting in your craft drawer/junk drawer/tool drawer that is totally naked? You know, just laying there waiting for the right moment for someone to reach in for a screwdriver and pull out a cut finger… OUCH!