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May 21st, 2007

crafting for a cause

I stumbled across this website today and wanted to share it with all of you; “Operation Kid Comfort“.
It’s a volunteer-run program making quilts for small children who’s parents have been posted overseas.   There are some great photos & stories on their website about the children who have been comforted by having a small quilt […]

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May 13th, 2007

new templates for yo-yos

I am so impressed with these little gizmos!  Clover is now making templates for different shaped yo-yos.  There are hearts:

And flowers:

As well as four different templates for makig regular round yo-yos.
Tags: quilting, sewing, templates, yo-yos

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April 22nd, 2007

back to the silk butterflies

I apologize for not posting yesterday - I had a crazy busy day!  I’ve been back at work in the studio and so here’s part two of the origami butterfly tutorial:

The next step is to fold the point up and press.  Place the fabric under a weight to cool for a couple of minutes.  It […]

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April 19th, 2007

more yo-yos

Here’s Noreen’s vest that I mentioned yesterday:
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You can read about it here.
I also have to share a photo that one of my mother-in-laws sent:

Karen got inspired to make a heart yo-yo but didn’t have a button handy for the center.   I think using a regular yo-yo for the middle looks great!
Tags: clothing, quilting, yo-yos

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April 18th, 2007

more ideas with yo-yos

Noreen just posted a fantastic photo of one of her “Cross Currents” crocheted vests over at Hankering for Yarn.  If you look closely at the first photo, you can see that she’s used yo-yos as design elements.  It really is the skies the limit when you use your imagination in the studio!
Tags: Creativity, quilting, yo-yos

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April 13th, 2007

heart shaped yo-yos

I apologize if you couldn’t access my blog last night.  We had some hiccups in the tech end of things!
I came across a really neat blog entry the other day: Cyndi at Layers Upon Layers found a pattern to make heart shaped yo-yo circles!
I love making yo-yos, and in fact I normally make several feet […]

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April 11th, 2007

this isn’t helping the spring cleaning

It’s a quilting rubber ducky!

You can see it here at Celebriducks :-)
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