GIVEAWAY ENDED! CONGRATULATIONS TO TONI ADKINS FROM INDIANA Good Morning! Today we have another giveaway at Bloom, Bake & Create. But first, let me tell you about this book. The publisher Landauer describes this book as follows: Author, teacher, and quilter Carolyn Forster introduces you to this timeless method of hand quilting – the ideal…
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Another Giveaway: Quilting-on-the-Go
Giveaway Closed! Waiting on hearing from winner. Here’s another giveaway. Read on for deadline and how to enter. In Quilting-on-the-Go, author Carolyn Forster explains how to break large quilt designs down into small, manageable sections that can be easily quilted by machine or hand. With her instructions, quilters can piece a block, quilt another and…
Read MoreStupendous Stitching Class
I gave myself an early Christmas present – Stupendous Stitching, a class on Craftsy taught by Carol Ann Waugh. This wonderful present has possessed me occupied many of my waking hours for the last several days! This is what I’ve been doing. I’ve taken many online classes, but in this one I felt compelled to…
Read MoreQuilting Arts Mag giveaway
Giveaway Closed. Audrey and Denny won! I am so excited to be published in the August/September issue of Quilting Arts magazine. If you look on the cover under Create your own fabric, my ice dyeing is listed. So exciting! Because I wrote for this issue, I was sent several free issues. I subscribe so I…
Read MoreThimbleberries Small Wonders Giveaway
We have a winner! Patty Dudek from North Carolina. Thanks for entering! Today’s review and giveaway is a brand new book from Landauer Publishing called Thimbleberries® Small Wonders by Lynette Jensen. This book by Lynette Jensen, creator of Thimbleberries®, includes 44 projects from table runners and wall quilts to book covers and totes. The book…
Read MoreMy Not Perfect Bags
I’ve had this thing about perfect. If it’s not perfect, it’s not any good or worth doing. I believe I got this from my Dad who was the perfectionist in our family. As a teenager, one of my duties around the house was to cut the grass. My siblings were all gone so it was…
Read MoreWorking with paint cloth
My new friend and wonderful artist Katherine Sands makes lovely art and often works with her paint cloths. I bought a couple of her beauties for Christmas presents last year. Well, one of them I ended up keeping. So I started using a piece of muslin as my paint rag. After I felt it was…
Read MoreReview – In Stitches Vol 2
Since we bought identical cameras for Christmas, I’ve been wanting to make a cover for my camera strap to distinguish my camera from hubby’s. I just had no idea where to start and this might have been one of those projects I put on the back burner until I downloaded this emag. I was excited…
Read MoreSnow Dyeing: Technique #2
Now for the second technique. For this one I used less dye. I love the intense colors I got but wanted to see what they would look like using less dye which equals less cost. If you prepared your fabric as I did in this post, you are ready to move on to this new…
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