March 11th, 2008
Karen from Thrifty Mommy, challenged the Lifestyles channel to come up with a post of their “Top 50″ for our blogs - it’s amazing to see all the different ideas people had!
Eliza, the new writer for Babylune, gives us 50 Things I Wish I Knew About Breastfeeding. Some people can tell you what breastfeeding is [...]
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March 10th, 2008
I had planned on having a fresh, new tutorial all ready to go for Monday… but I spent the weekend helping with this. Not to mention cleaning up my studio from this! So I’m a little behind at the moment, but luckily there are some fantastic contests going on in the Lifestyles channel!
Jennifer, from Tree [...]
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March 8th, 2008
The Artful Crafter
My latest discoveries in arts and crafts.
Put Some “WOW” into Your Quilting & Fabric Art
Mary Emma Allen, at Quilting & Patchwork mentions some ways you can make your art stand out from the crowd.
Layers Upon Layers
Learn how to fake the look of infrared photography using some digital tricks!
Journal [...]
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March 7th, 2008
I got home yesterday from running errands, went into my studio to turn my computer on and noticed that one of the trestle legs on my sewing table looked a little funny.
I got down on my hands and knees and looked underneath…
One of the supports had popped out and was slooooowly bending.
Eek!
This is the table [...]
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March 5th, 2008
I recently bought a new style (at least, a new style to me) of seam ripper. It’s the best one I’ve come across - and believe me, I’ve used a few seam rippers! I’ve broken seam rippers, inserted seam rippers into my fingers and cursed at seam rippers :-)
The “Pro Seam-Ripper” kit from Lee Valley [...]
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March 5th, 2008
I’ve got a new poll over on the right sidebar—-> just over that way :-)
The reason I’m asking is because I tend to go through stages of doing a ton of sewing for myself (clothing) or for my family if they’re lucky. But I don’t consistently sew clothing all the time. I do however always [...]
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March 4th, 2008
If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have an excuse to buy more fabric.
Because fabric is pretty!
I like to wear unique things.
Off the rack clothing can be a challenge to fit sometimes (I’ve got a long waist).
I can make sure that my blouses & shirts are long enough.
And my pants & skirts don’t gap at the back [...]
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