Free Embroidery Stitching Book

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Today I’d like to introduce you to Helen Dickson from Bustle & Sew, who offers unique and quirky patterns that are just a little different to other patterns you’ll find on-line. And best of all, today, they are offering a free embroidery stitches book, called Simple Stitchery. I just had a look at this free [...]

LINKY PARTY 5 Features

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    Today’s Features These are the top features of the projects that seems to have inspired us the most in last week’s linky party. I love each and every one of them.  What about you? What’s your favorite, now that you are getting a close-up look at them???!!   Studded Wrap Watch Tutorial. Kristina [...]

50 Beautiful Crochet Flower Patterns

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:: Free Crochet Flower Patterns :: Is the sun giving you some happy color in your garden yet? If not, add Spring to your life with our beautiful crochet flowers. Here is the first lot of 50 free crochet flower patterns and tutorials that I’m planning to show you this week. Learn how to crochet [...]

Flipflop Refashion

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We’ve seen our fair share of flip-flop refashions, but this one is a bit different. It uses the embroidered bra section of a summer dress over the super-cheap flip-flop bases, giving them quite a lift of fun and elegance. Pair it with some black nail polish and you’ll love the results.   source: Thethriftinessmiss.blogspot.com Simple [...]

:: Join In!!!! Party 65 :: LINKY OPEN NOW ::

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  Hi all. Welcome back. Before we start partying, some announcements: 1. We have a winner for our Mothers Day Gift giveaway. Go check it out. 2. Please be so kind so as to link back to the party. Ideally from within your post. 3. Do visit others and leave comments. This is what virtual [...]

Mothers Day Gift Winner Is ..?!!

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  Last week we had a lovely mothers day gift giveaway. The raffle for it closed today and we just picked a winner… And the winner of our Mothers Day Gifts Raffle is ….. a lady by the name of Terry!!!! Lucky Terry did not give us her last name, but she did give us [...]

Cupcake Bag : Free Crochet Pattern

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This ever-so-sweet crochet cupcake bag is made in two sections: the cupcake body and the frosting on top. Excluding handles, this crochet bag measures 12 x 11”, i.e. it is just the perfect size to contain a coloring book and a set of color pencils. Or, …. your wallet, cell phone and a make-up bag, [...]

Mothers Day Gifts: Necklace GIVEAWAY

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:: Handmade Mothers Day Gifts :: WIN: one-of-a-kind DESIGNER NECKLACE (this post) + MAKE: Free Jewelry-Making Tutorial (see link) + ADMIRE: an new ‘A Stitch Above’-awarded. (see below) MOTHERS DAY GIFTS from Ineseda Today is a special day at Fine Craft Guild. Lots of gifts, sharing and recognition. Let me begin with saying that both [...]

Decorative Pillows: Cathedral-window Quilting Technique

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Depending on the scale you prefer to use, this free quilting pattern is for a sunburst decorative pillow for the sofa or a tiny pin cushion for your craft room. The original design which shows you the cathedral-window quilting technique is for a small 3.5” square pincushion. But scale it up, if you want! 100% [...]

Apolis Garden Tote Bags :: Free Sewing Pattern

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I noticed the popularity of these tote bags aka garden bags by Apolis + Kinfolk. So, I though you might also like the garden/tote bag pattern we have featured here some time ago. This tote bag by Alissa is a free bag sewing pattern, which is ideal to make your own garden bag similar to [...]