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A Cure for Spring Fever

I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend, a long weekend in some places! With the end of winter taking a good long time to arrive in the Northern hemisphere, I can’t help yearning for more color, especially the green of the leaves that  will cover … Read More

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Fabric Butterfly Brooch in 5 Easy Steps

Here’s a tutorial to help you create a brooch (or a few!) to give this holiday season, or any time.  It’s easy, quick (5 basic steps), and fun! So, get out your bag of fabric scraps, mix, match, choose and get started. If you didn’t … Read More

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Business Card Holder Tutorial

Here we are for another merry-go-round post: eleven women blog about one topic, each from her own point of view. This month, a tutorial.   Here’s a quick and easy tutorial to make a business card holder from faux leather scraps. It looks like an … Read More

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How To Make Egyptian Paste

Perhaps I should have called this post something else, like My Egyptian Paste Results, My Egyptain Paste Experiment, because this is me trying out Mitsy’s tutorial from back in April, entitled How to Make Egyptian Paste? By the way, Mitsy, of ArtMind, posts a wealth … Read More

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How To Make A Tote Bag

We all have lots of supplies, and it’s not always easy to organize them, even with shelves, boxes, or whatever storage method you use. I have piles of fabric falling out of my closets, so I thought I’d make a few storage bags from fabric … Read More