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Sewing

Tips, tricks, and tutorials, everything from hand-sewing to that dang-blasted Wal-mart rip-off curse of my existence serger, can be found below:

Fat Quarter Cloth Napkins

Superhero Cape Pattern

Using an Eyelet Setter

Camera Strap Cover

Oliver + S Puppet Show Shorts



 Waldorf Pocket Dolls

Dinosaur Log Cabin T-Shirt Quilt

How to Repair Adjustable Elastic-Waist Pants

Log Cabin Courthouse Steps Quilt Block

Jersey Knit Bias Tape

Jersey Knit Sheet Skirt

Patch Applique

Reverse Applique Handprint Turkey Shirt

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Crafty Blogs

  • In Color Order
    Shop News: Thank You Pattern Sale - Happy Friday! I'm popping in quickly to let you know that I'm having a sale in my online shop this weekend! Save 20% off all PDF Patterns now through Mond...
  • Slice of Pi Quilts
    Matchbox Mouse Quilt - I want to share with you a quilty gift I made for my niece! [image: Tilda fat eighth fabric bundle] Read more »
  • FanningSparks
    A Beacon Guiding Us Home - [image: View of Georges Island from Tidal Beacon Tower in Halifax Nova Scotia @FanningSparks]As our time in Downtown Halifax draws to a close, I’d like to ...
  • FanningSparks
    A Beacon Guiding Us Home - [image: View of Georges Island from Tidal Beacon Tower in Halifax Nova Scotia @FanningSparks]As our time in Downtown Halifax draws to a close, I’d like to ...
  • smitten kitchen
    pumpkin basque cheesecake - It’s been 17 months since I first questioned whether anyone even needed another recipe for a basque cheesecake — the burnished, custardy and uncluttered ...
  • apple franca
    Vogue 9237 in a large scale floral - A very unseasonal make from me today! I picked this Minerva fabric at the end of the summer, when I was all inspired by the warm weather, but then the pr...
  • The Polkadot Chair
    How to Make a Beaded Bag Charm; Trendy, Easy & Perfect for Gifting! - [image: beaded bag charms on pink tote bag] Bag charms have become a trendy way to personalize your purses and tote bags. There are so many cute charms on ...
  • Art Teacherin' 101
    Creating a Give Thanks Painting! - Hey, friends! If you are looking for a fun painting project that encourages artists to consider the idea of giving thanks, then have I got one for you! I ...
  • Brown Eyed Baker
    Friday Things #586 - Friday Things #586 1. Hello and welcome to a long-overdue Friday Things! I’ll start with a quick update on Dominic… he returned to school following the co...
  • Papercrafts and other fun things
    A Thanksgiving Pumpkin Lantern - A Thanksgiving Pumpkin Lantern The hexagonal vase from this project, https://papercraftetc.blogspot.com/2025/06/flowers-in-hexagonal-vase.html, was the b...
  • Jenny's Crayon Collection
    36 Posca Oil Based Colored Pencils - These are 36 uni Posca Pencils. They are oil based pencils, 4.0mm thick lead. On the Posca website it says these have a creamy glide with vivid colors. T...
  • Project Run and Play
    A New Chapter for Project Run and Play - With the new year comes new changes to Project Run and Play.First, all new blog posts going forward will be shared on the shop website, projectrunandplay....
  • Bear, Dolly and Moi
    Christmas crafting: it was a busy month! - This December was very busy with a lotof crafting, sewing, quilting, baking.I found it easier to share on Instagram(not something I thought I would say) So ...
  • CLONEHENGE
    Happy Solstice! Clonehenge Says Good Bye :’-( - Happy solstice and happy/merry other end of the year holidays to all! May 2024 surprise us by being wonderful. Friends, when I started Clonehenge the inter...
  • EPBOT
    Epbot Is Changing: It's Time To PIVOT - Hi, friends! Happy Friday! You probably noticed I've been doing more video content lately, mostly to stay afloat on social media. It's been a hard adjust...
  • flax & twine | craft + diy
    Knit a Pair! The Amazing Pauly Flax Potholders - The happiest kitchen table starts with little handmade touches… and ends with sips and sweets! Introducing the Pauly Flax Potholder Kit, the perfect comp...
  • Serving Pink Lemonade
    Snow Globe Ornament (Gifts Kids Can Make) - I ran into these laminated snow globe ornaments on Crafty Morning last year and thought they were so cute and clever. My kids helped me to make some to ...
  • Quilt Art by Lena Pugachova
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My Special Interests

  • A year of reading the world
    Book of the month: Alla Gorbunova - Books come to me from many directions these days. Emails from publishers. Messages from readers of this blog. Suggestions from other writers. Reviews. Soci...
    1 day ago
  • Sewhooked
    Tree Skirt Finish! (TTMT #858 Quilting & Sewing Show and Tell) - This week, I’m excited to share that I finished our tree skirt! The final quilted and bound skirt is a hair over 51″, made using 4″ (4.5″ cut) squares. I L...
    4 days ago
  • MathHappens
    Math Room #18 Terre Haute Children’s Museum - What a great place to install our last math room of 2025! We have a great team in Terre Haute including Coordinator Nicki, Perla, Abigail and Xoey. We st...
    1 week ago
  • The Pioneer Girl Project
    Mistaken Assumptions - Over lunch in early May, I was talking to Dedra Birzer, the director of the South Dakota Historical Society Press, about the article I had just completed o...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Geometry Code
    Iridescent Platonic Solids: a quick AI generation experiment - I just tried a quick experiment with ChatGPT to see what it would generate with the prompts below. When we visited Oaxaca, Mexico, a decade or two ago, w...
    3 weeks ago
  • Use Resources Wisely
    Finding requirements for retired badges and interest projects - I've heard from more and more leaders who want their girls to find badges that meet their interests. They're not content to a few dozen options, or the vag...
    1 year ago
  • Bloggy Come Lately
    BAD DOG – RAFIL KROLL-ZAIDI - Bad Dog by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi My rating: 4/5 cats WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT! this explanation/intro will be posted before each day’s short story. scroll...
    2 years ago
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Popular Posts

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    January 2025: A reader, Elena, made the coolest Excel spreadsheet for the Junior Ranger badges that can be earned by mail , and was kind eno...
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    We've got a medium-sized stash of random, mixed-up, unsorted beads, and one day I dream that we shall instead have a stash--of any size-...
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    Nobody, and I mean nobody, matches socks around here. A giant hamper of clean socks lives in the closet. When my partner and I need clean ...
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    I know I told you over and over that the Cadette Book Artist badge is my favorite, but y'all--that's before the kids wanted to earn...

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