Tag: Around the Net

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Around the Net: Free Applique Tutorial (entry 64)

Today for my “Around the Net” posting I’m highlighting: Sentimental Stitches as they have an excellent tutorial on hand-applique, we all talk about different methods and this one I’m adding to my website. It’s excellent and the pictures are great! Very similar to the Gina Kimball method.

(Kim E you should try this one instead of your paper one…)

(photos courtesy of Sentimental Stitches website)

When you spend some time on her site there are so many other things available like free patterns and 

since I’m so into embroidery, here’s a sneak peak at one of her free embroidery patterns…Dianne P you will love this 🙂

Until next time, have a happy and creative day…

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Around the Net: Clare’s Craftroom (entry 54)

Hi everyone, hope Santa was good to you…He was super good to me, so I’m thinking I was a good girl in 2009!!

I’m sitting in my studio, it’s snowing again outside, we definitely had a white Christmas this year – it was awesome!!

I’m in the process of making the cutest Birthday present for my Mum I can’t disclose as of yet but my DH saw it and said “make one for Colleen as well” my SIL so I spent the day creating and it felt wonderful.

I also tested some new silk flosses and fell in LOVE with them. They glide through the fabrics and shimmer like jewels the BEST to work with. So I’m going to finish the pattern I’ve just created, get the tutorial on here for all of you and kit these little beauties up and include some of these fab flosses…just look at the way they glisten.

I found this cute site: Clare’s Craftroom, she has winsome patterns and is a delight to read.

this is the header on her blog, don’t you just love how cheery it is?

This frog is what made me read more into her adorable site…

This one is called John Bear 🙂

{All photos courtesy of Clare’s Blog}

Until next time, come join our Block of the Month Club: Journey of a Quilter 

AND if you can think of the reason why you LOVE your iron, I need to know. I’m desperate to find the best iron out there and why, so if you love yours please pass the info on & if there is an iron on your wish list, please let me know that also, thanks.

Have a happy, creative and warm snuggly day…

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Around the Net: Selvages…. (entry 52)

Hi All, around the net I go and I stumble upon this excellent site with all sorts of uses for selvages. Did you know you can make amazing things with selvages?

Just look at these:

Parasol, can you say beautiful?

  

Garden Hat

Hmmm, let’s see make a whale out of these selvages, what a good idea? 

Couldn’t you just see a Bride sitting on it…speechless.

{photos curtesy of Selvage Blog}

I’m sure I got your creative juices flowing and you are now trying to figure out how to save your selvages like me 🙂

Until next time have a super creative and festive day…