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Make it Monday with Eleanor Burns
Do you love ice cream? We certainly do. We love Eleanor Burns ice cream quilt. Download the free patten Ice Cream Quilt Pattern. Eleanor Burn is teaching at Fabric Fest, she is known for her Quilt in a Day TV series on PBS and is still broadcasting nationwide and abroad, even teaching in Japan. RFDTV, the Quilt channel and the Quilt in a Day’s Media Theater are other venues where the shows are viewed. Adding to all of that, she has developed her own “Signature” fabric lines with Benartex.
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Watch Us Wednesdays
We are celebrating National Sewing Month by traveling to Fabric Fest with Riley Blake Designs on September 9-12 in Las Vegas. Four days of quilting, sewing and creating until your heart’s content! Watch Nancy Zieman using her Dresden Plate & Fan Collection Quilt Templates.
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Watch Us Wednesday – Kanzashi Flowers
Now that the kids are heading back to school we all have a little more time on our hands. Check out a quick Kanzashi flower tutorial and a few fun and easy projects you can create with Clover’s Kanzashi Flower Makers. Clover Kanzashi Flower Demonstration Fabric Flower Paper Clips Mixed media fabric and paper kanzashi flowers Kanzashi Flower Candle Coaster
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How to Make Kanzashi in Paper by Diane Gilleland
How to Make Kanzashi in Paper by Diane Gilleland If you’ve been using and loving Clover’s Kanzashi Makers with fabrics, give them a try sometime with heavyweight crepe paper. It makes beautiful flowers for gift toppers and cards, party favors, bridal, costuming, decor and much more. In this tutorial, I’ll show you the ins and outs of how to use this material with Clover’s Kanzashi tools, and how to add some pretty flourishes to your finished flowers.
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Clam Shell Embellishments
The Clam Shell is about creative embellishments and I had a great time cross stitching, embroidering with Clover’s Kantan beading tool and needle punching designs on one with Clover’s Needle Punch tool. I made two using designer fabrics and turned them into evening clutches with a closure and fancy button. We have made one with needlepoint and needle felting using our Needle Felting Pen and our needle felting moulds. With embroidery work whether by hand or using Clover’s Kantan beading tool or the twilling processes you can work holiday related designs…
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California Dreaming—Bag Makeover by Nancy Zieman
I’m delighted to be the guest blogger in this third installment of Clover’s Bag Makeovers Series. Throughout the month of May, we’ve been sharing the latest bag making techniques and notions. Plus I’ve been sharing my favorite tips for quick and easy bag-sewing methods along with the inside scoop on how I give my bags the couture-look. Clover and I introduced the Trace ‘n Create Bag Templates—the California Collection in 2009. With the two templates that are included in the package, there are six style options. The bag featured below…
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Baskets made with Ribbons and Raffia
Organization basket ideas! One great way to use the Basket Frames is for storage. So this week, we will be creating baskets to store our craft supplies and tools to organize our craft table. Let’s use ribbons and raffia with our Basket Frames to create our baskets. A bucketful of ribbons and raffia’s! Beautiful and vibrant colors! We alternate different colors of raffia to give this Large Square Basket interest. Oval Basket (Large): Made with red ribbon with a touch of green ribbon on the rim. Oval Basket (Small) and…
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Quilt Retreat & Tunisian Techniques
My neighbor’s mare dropped a foal about 4 days ago and I have been trying to get a picture of the baby all morning but mama is still very protective and continues to put herself between my camera and the baby. Spring is without a doubt here….on drives down into the valley there are new lambs frolicking in the pastures…new life is everywhere! I was blessed with a 4 day quilt retreat with my quilt group, Laid Back Ladies of the Block, and have returned refreshed and encouraged to spend…
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Baskets Made with Fabric
Quilter’s and Sewers make your fabric stash useful! Do you need to make a dent in your fabric stash? Why not make them useful by making hand-made baskets? It’s easy and they’re a lot of fun to make. We’ll show today how you can transform your stashed fabrics to fabulous hand-made baskets.
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Playful Embellishments
On the market today are a myriad of artful pendants that are just waiting to be added to your French Knitted Necklaces. We have had a wonderful time embellishing our French Knitter creations and are continuing to think of new ideas.