For the last week, votes have been coming in for my Best Fabric Shop Storefront Contest. Thanks for your many responses and great comments. I planned to name a winner this morning, but cannot, because we have a tie. And, … Read More...
Dirty to Clean Clothes in 10 minutes
Sounds too good to be true, right?
A new product, called Swash (by Whirlpool), promises to remove odors and wrinkles from already worn and dirty clothes so that you can wear them again.
The idea is to work with clothes … Read More...
Winner: Where Women Create Quilters
I have a winner for my book giveaway. Via Random. org, the draw goes to Anne Marie, commentor #24. I adore her procrastination story, her wedding day no less. I will contact Anne Marie privately to let her know she … Read More...
Crochet Myths and Misconceptions
About.com posted three common crochet myths:
* crochet and knitting are the same thing,
* you must be expecting a baby and
* crochet is for old ladies.
While those three myths might be old news to crocheters, the … Read More...
A restaurant menu designed to help you make healthy choices
From the school of design comes an idea to help people make healthy choices at “picking an item of the menu” time!
Do you really believe that the design of a menu can help you make wiser choices or do … Read More...
A gimmick too far? A ring in every candle!
I don’t know how I feel about this one. Companies are allowed to create and do what they want, but enticing people to buy their candles so that when they burn off, they will be left with a guaranteed piece … Read More...
Prisons that offer Crochet programs
We all knew Crochet can help people. The concentration required to crochet helps people focus and when they focus, their mind is taken away from other matters.
And if you learn to crochet, you can create something. Not just for … Read More...
Knit Hair Helps Cancer Patients
A British student’s work knitting fanciful wigs is now helping cancer patients and others suffering from hair loss. Louise Walker of London began knitting hairstyle-inspired projects as part of her final year photography project, but she says chemotherapy patients and … Read More...
Sale: What Delilah Did
I am a long time fan of What Delilah Did. I love her patterns and kits. For a limited time, you can get her patterns and kits for 50% off! You heard me right, 50 PERCENT! How great is that? … Read More...
Miley Cyrus Crafts
Yes she does.
Think of Miley Cyrus from her Hannah Montana days and I think you will be taken to a nicer place than the current version of Miley Cyrus.
And believe it or not, she actually crafts in her … Read More...
CHA Armchair Attendee at Right Side Up
Once again Vivian Masket takes us on an Armchair Attendance for the 2014 CHA Summer Show. she highlights the current trends: bold patterns (like the paper from My Mind’s Eye seen above), diamond motifs like this paper from Gossamer … Read More...
31 ways knitting and crochet make you happy
The LionBrand blog has put together a list of 31 ways knitting and crochet helps you be happy and relaxed. They have collected reports from various organizations, which cite scientific research to validate what most knitters and crocheters already know. … Read More...
10 words crocheters use that you may not know about
Do you know the words frogging, CAL, LYS and Plarn?
Yes? Then you must be a crocheter! Those are some of the harder words that most other people probably don’t know about.
I admit I didn’t know … Read More...
Did you hear about the man who inserted sewing needles into meat?
.. He was denied bail and is currently in jail.
And why is this news. Because it got us thinking about as to what all you can do with sewing needles.
Thankfully, in this case, no one was hurt and … Read More...
Crafty Feast Vendor Call
Today I wanted to let all of you Indie Artists about an Indie Craft Fair that is currently looking for vendors! Crafty Feast is a craft fair in Columbia, S.C. in December, but it’s never to early to start planning … Read More...
20 tattoos to show your love of crafting
After the last post on cross-stitch tattoos, we thought, why restrict ourselves to just cross-stitch? Tattooing is an art form just like knitting, cross-stitch and sewing.
So, we searched and found this post created by a BuzzFeed staffer that … Read More...
10 cross stitch tattoos
So of course, cross-stitch doesn’t have to be really on cloth, right? I came across this wonderful tattoo blog where they have collected 10 examples of cross stitch on.. skin!
Each one of these are beautiful designs and are sure … Read More...
7 sewing supplies to watch for at back-to-school sales
The only thing I like about back-to-school time are the school supply sales. Glue sticks, crayons, paper, all at rock bottom prices. I can’t resist! There are actually quite a few school supplies that are useful for sewing, and back-to-school … Read More...
Week 5: Best Fabric Shop Storefront
I have a special nominee this week for my Best Fabric Shop Storefront contest, namely The Quilt Shop. For starters, it’s located in a historic flat iron building in downtown Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Second, the photograph itself is phenomenal; it’s … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Iowa pride in a plate
Kathy of Kindred Quilts made this patchwork license plate as part of the AMB Blog Tour. She admits taking her idea from paper to piecing was harder than she imagined. Visit her blog post, Welcome to Iowa!!!, to … Read More...