Hello Hello! I'm so excited to be sharing some pretty fabric and a free tutorial as part of the Bountiful Blog Tour today. Bountiful is the latest collection from Sharon Holland for Art Gallery Fabrics and the best bit is this range is available in stores right now. Yay! Bountiful celebrates the beauty and natural

The Joanie Top pattern features a camp collar or shawl collar, combining fun, 50s style with the comfort of a modern fit. Choose a classic placket cuff shirt sleeve or breezy short sleeves. With thoughtful details like a fully finished yoke, princess seams in the back, and two hem lengths, Joanie is a timeless closet staple. This is a PDF sewing pattern, available to download immediately after purchase. (What is a PDF pattern?)

Sometimes you just want a new handbag. Sometimes you also know a little bit about macrame. Sometimes you realize you can make your own handbag using macrame and suddenly you’re strolling around looking real cute! With the resurgence of macrame in recent years, there is an exciting range of dyed, cotton rope to be had.…

How to Make Crazy Patch Pot Holders

A quilt along is the best thing invented for quilting! It's all about the community, helping, inspiring and encouraging other quilters. No matter our experience in the quilting journey, there is always room for one more to join us.

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Western Birds features all the birds from the collection, Western Birds. This is an out of print fabric from a past Charley Harper Collection for Birch Organic. These fabrics are the last of their kind and won't be around long, so act fast!

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I have always been interested in English paper piece...especially in the shape of a hexagon.

Designed with the transitional seasons in mind, the Tamarack Jacket is a warm and stylish quilted coat perfect for spring and fall layering. Follow one of the two quilting designs included, or design your own to make your Tamarack totally original to you! You’ll stay toasty thanks to the inner layer of cotton or wool batting, while the roomy welt pockets will keep your belongings safe and your hands warm. Techniques involved include straight seams, basic quilting, inserting a welt pocket, and applying bias binding. Difficulty: Intermediate Kari is wearing a size 6 Tamarack

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MORE... you might want to grab a beverage... it's been a LONG time since I could squeeze in a post... but today is THE day... let's get started... BREAKING NEWS! clicker cutts have entered the building! clicker cutts are die cut from my Clearly For Art material... packaged & all ready for you to play... there are clicker cutts pages, specifically designed to fit the art parts small creative covers... BUT... they are awesome for cards too... or think about using them for covers for a journal/mini book... since CFA is very strong & won't bend or break... they are perfect for a light weight, durable journal for your purse... I've got one in the works... and we have clicker cutts flowers in CFA clear, blackout & whiteout... the package looks like this... there are many ways to alter these clicker cutts flowers... today I'll show you a 5 minute OR LESS... custom flower, created with clicker cutts whiteout... grab your ink applicator with felt... I used cloudy blue & butterscotch alcohol inks... apply a quick squeeze of each color to the felt & tap the applicator over the flowers... I like to twist & turn the applicator, so the inks don't create a pattern... the flowers will look like this... here's a better look... beautiful blending of the inks... next, I stamped this background stamp, using jet black archival... after stamping... use the heat it tool to dry the archival ink... now the flowers look like this... and closer shot... and the largest flower... it sure looks different than the basic whiteout flower that I started with... these clicker cutts flowers are the same shape as my art parts flower... perfect for layering, if you desire... or use just one clicker cutts flower with the art parts flower... there are LOTS of mix & match options... the art parts flower was inked with pine needles distress stain, dried & then stamped with the same background stamp & jet black archival... now, use the heat it tool to warm the clearly for art flowers & shape them... I did this flower a bit different than I usually do... I wanted to create dimension... but not a lot of height... so when the petals were warm, I just pressed my thumbnail into each petal, to shape them... and then glued the 3 layers together... oh...see that cool center? it's a new Blossom Bucket piece... more on that @ the end of the post... I might add a word to the center?? or I might leave it as is... depending where it ends up... and a side shot, so you can see it's fairly flat... but still dimensional & it adds texture... I'm *thinking* I want it for a journal cover... I think this will work... oops...forgot to say that I used the gold paint dabber, randomly along the petal edges... this seriously took less than 5 minutes to create! I like that you can create any custom color flower you need for your art... EASILY! a few other tips... clearly for art is VERY forgiving... if you don't like the alcohol ink colors you chose... a few drops of alcohol blending solution on a paper towel will completely remove the color & you're right back to a plain white flower... and...remember that every time clearly for art is heated, it goes completely flat! don't like the shape? just put it right back on your craft sheet... blast it with the heat tool & start again... I made this flower in less than 5 minutes... but you can play with one flower a MILLION times! seriously...it's so much FUN... next topic... I *think* I may have mentioned before that I am TOTALLY IN LOVE with Ranger's specialty stamping paper... addicted just might be another word... Rick said it's all I talk about... yikes! sorry dear... I want to use it on every project... I had no clue that a piece of plain white paper could WOW me like this stuff has... I was thinking it would be fun to have a square journal/ mini book... the crop a dile works like magic on art parts, to create holes... this is made from the bases of the large square art parts frame... and a page in progress... and here is a really nice size larger journal/book... this time I used the large creative covers... I can't wait to have some spare time to play... what I like about making these is that the pages can be made from anything... you bet... mine are Ranger's specialty stamping paper... but you sure can make it a really MIXED MEDIA journal... just use anything you have... I like that I can have the pages on my table & work on nice flat pages... it really makes it so easy... MORE BREAKING NEWS! Cindy told me this morning that my NEW "embellish your art" trinkets are shipping... starting TODAY!!! CHA orders ship first... So...they should be in stores in just a few days... start watching! and MORE BREAKING NEWS! because the Blossom Bucket pieces are shipping... my #3 kits for art will be shipping very soon too... check your LSS, favorite on line... Ranger, if you are a store owner... or order them right from Stampers Anonymous... this is a fun kit, because in addition to all the art parts, step out photos & instructions... this kit is THE FIRST to include the new Blossom Bucket pieces... here's the finished art... the resin shutters & the clear resin mini bottle are included... this kit also teaches my technique for altering the clear resin bottle to make it very vintage & cracked... also included in the kit is the metal corner from Blossom Bucket... I show you how to use it to make the shutters dimensional... if you look closely, I hope you can see that they aren't glued down flat... I'm thinking this will make a fun Mother's day, new home, or special friend gift... thanks for letting me share my excitement... MORE BREAKING NEWS! Just got this email as I was typing... DESK TOP ORGANIZER...UPDATE! it's HERE & shipping too!! AWESOME!~ I'm waiting for the photos... I'll post it on Twitter & Facebook, just as soon as I get them... that's it for today... let me know your thoughts & I'll have a prize package...(including clicker cutts!) for a random commenter... as always... MAKE ART! wendy

An Interesting collection of Vintage Human Organs Clipart. Including Brains, Lungs and Digestive Organs pictures.

The Disappearing Row Along is a free quilt along! You'll sew up disappearing quilt blocks all year long! 64x80 row quilt Explore this fun technique.

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Hi there lovelies! We're welcoming back our friend Stephanie of The Crafty Kitty. This time she's pulling out the goodies for us adults! A free yoga pants pattern?? Yes please, and thank you! Keep reading for the pattern and full tutorial.

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Polka Dot Cottage's easy sewing tutorials walk you through the steps of drafting your own simple patterns for skirts, home decor, and more!

do you spend your precious scrap time organizing supplies or photos and then getting to the end of the night with no pages done? or even just staring at your photos and paper, wondering what you…

There are a lot of options now for your sewing machines and one of them is the plexi glass sewing machine tables.

I have been a longtime follower of Terhi Koskinen and am excited to see her scrappy career take flight – she’s teaching classes all over the world including one with Heidi Swapp next summer in New Zealand! Be sure to follow along in all of her crafty adventures and keep scrolling to see her beautiful [...]

Whether she's weaving enormous tapestries, tiny four-selvedge tapestries, or linen yardage on a backstrap loom, Sarah Swett is a delight to watch. From our archives, an inventive piece how to weave on a cardboard box.

Cover-title: The American dressmaker

I've been playing with the Cricut Maker lately and thought it might be fun to cut out English paper piecing templates. Today we will be cutting hexagons!

Hi, it's great to be back! Wendy here from Sugarlane Designs. I've had such great feedback after my last contributor tutorial, I must say a HUGE Thank you to you all! I'm so glad you enjoyed my monogram tute.......today we'll go a little bit further and delve into something a little different.

A little capelet to keep the chill away. Worked in short-rows to create a semi-circular shape at the back. Knitting Loom: All-n-One Knitting loom, use …