Giveaway: Growing Up Sew Liberated

GIVEAWAY WINNER – #4 – Eileen of New York! Well, it’s time for another craft book giveaway! This one is the brand new release from Interweave: “Growing Up Sew Liberated – making handmade clothes and projects for your creative child.” This book, written by Meg McElwee, is organized in chapters that follow the activities in…

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Giveaway: The Printed Pattern

Giveaway Winner – #7 Debi Ziemer of Louisville, KY Today’s book review and giveaway is for The Printed Pattern – Techniques and Projects for Inspiring Printmaking and Surface Design by mother and daughter team, Rebecca and Yvonne Drury whose line of wallpapers, printed fabrics, lampshades, and furniture have been featured in publications around the globe…

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Giveaway: The Artful Bird

Winner is #3 – Kathy Sands from Illinois – Congrats! Thanks to all who entered. Stay tuned for more giveaways! What a delightful book I received to review recently. I will be giving The Artful Bird: Feathered Friends to Make and Sew away next week. Check out the details below. If you are interested in…

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The Beaded Edge Giveaway

CONGRATULATIONS TO BRENDA #1 – GIVEAWAY CLOSED I was recently sent this just-released book by Interweave to review. I’m giving it away to one lucky reader. Read on about the giveaway. The subtitle for this book “Inspired Designs for Crocheted Edgings and Trims” accurately describes this book. The Beaded Edge by Midori Nishida and the…

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Giveaway: World’s Best Origami book

GIVEAWAY CLOSED – CONGRATULATIONS ADRIAN! Another Giveaway! Read on. Have you ever made paper airplanes? If you have, then you’ve created origami, an ancient Japanese art form. The first chapter covers the basics including papers, tips on proper folding, the different folds, making shapes, and other beginner information. The author, Nick Robinson, cautions the beginner…

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Square-agonals Giveaway

Giveaway Closed – Congrats to Halle Gustafson from Chanhassen, MN! Square-agonals: A New Angle on Quilting, a new book published by Landauer Publishing is written by Sandi Blackwell, quilter, teacher, and business owner. In this book, Sandi shows a new technique for creating diagonal-set quilts without the complications of adding setting and corner triangles. Square-agonals…

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Metalwork DVD Giveaway

CLOSED – Congratulations to Susan Chong from Windsor, California! Metalwork, a new Beading Daily Workshop with Ronna Sarvas Weltman is a great DVD for those just beginning to create wire jewelry. Ronna is a great teacher who takes you through the basics, all the while giving tips on how to make the process easier. Her…

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Knitting Daily TV Series 500 Giveaway

CLOSED! Congrats to Deanna of mrsblackfield.blogspot.com It’s time for another giveaway. Yeah! Knitting Daily TV set contains four dvds, 13 episodes of Series 500 which is currently airing on public television stations. This show is hosted by Eunny Jang, a knitter since age 3 and editor of the internationally successful Interweave Knits magazine. New this…

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Winning and Giveaways

It’s so much fun to give away stuff, but it’s also fun to win. Here are a couple items I won recently. This book is from Craftside blog. If you love crafts and craft books, check out this blog. It is one of my daily reads, and they often have giveaways. This is a great…

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