A few months ago I found an old book from the Stitch by Stitch series at a thrift store from the early 80’s. I bought it not because I wanted to make anything from…
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What is crewel work or crewel embroidery? Most simply, it is embroidery on fabric that is done with a wool thread– a two-ply variety known as crewel– which gives the embroidery its name. I’ve…
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While society has come a long way in breaking down gender barriers, stereotypes about the sexes and what activities are appropriate to each are still widely prevalent in society. Oddly enough, people are often…
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One of the bad things about having pets is that sometimes the little angels enjoy chewing up your belongings. One of my cats decided to chew a hole through a nice sweater– one that…
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Most sewing projects involve trimming off fabric that you don’t need, and very often that fabric goes to waste but it doesn’t have to. There are loads of ways that you can make something…
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Today is a rainy, gray day making it perfect for drinking a bit of tea and getting crafty. I needed to send out some thank you notes for early birthday gifts and opted to…
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When you say the word quilt many things come to mind: grandmothers, olden days, heck, even toilet paper. Yet modern and cool aren’t usually two things that are generally correlated with quilts or quilting,…
