… Read More ...Imagine being unable to go to school when you have your period. This is a reality for many young women in developing countries. A lack of sanitary pads can be a big barrier to a girl’s education.
Free pattern: Pieced garden pillow
From FreePatterns.com: “Coordinated narrow strips frame two sides of a novelty print in this pretty garden pillow.” Get the pattern.… Read More ...
News from quilt market
Joyce and Phoebe of Quilting Adventures Blog are at fall quilt market right now, and they’re sharing their experiences. See Phoebe’s photo-filled post about their “schoolhouse” day. The designers they met included Jay McCarroll of Project Runway, whose new fabric … Read More ...
Tips from Janet on adapting patterns
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog is sharing pointers for adapting free embroidery patterns to needlepoint. She points to some great sources for free patterns, too. See the post.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Christmas stocking quilt block
Janet Wickell, editor of About.com’s quilting blog, is sharing a pattern for a jolly Christmas stocking quilt block. Get the pattern.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy… Read More ...
Tutorial: Flannel rag quilt
Jen Yu of Big Pine, Eastern Sierra blog is sharing an awesome tutorial for making a flannel rag quilt. See the lesson.
Many thanks to Mishka of Quilting Gallery for pointing out this find.… Read More ...
Pink, pinker, pinkest
Enjoy a gallery of pink crafts at Crafty Crafty in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. See the post.… Read More ...
Vintage embroidery patterns from Workbasket
Claudia of stitchado blog is sharing a couple of charming vintage pattern collections for hand embroidery. See the patterns.… Read More ...
Free chart: Simple joys
Tanya (aka The Sampler Girl) of At the Honeysuckle Tree blog is sharing this sweet seasonal design. Get the chart.… Read More ...
Tardy but tasty
Here are a few more posts that are tardy but still tempting. In early October…
(1) karinrebekah of stitch spectacular blog showed us the phenomenal stitchery of Scott Ellegood.
(2) Terri Stegmiller of StegArt tuted us on creating handpainted … Read More ...
And more catch-up
Goodness! I hate it that so many giveaways and other juicy bits slipped by while my blog reader had amnesia. But there are some posts with info that doesn’t go out of style in a month. Like these:
(1) CC… Read More ...
Still catching up
Here’s some more cool stuff that got posted in September, in case (like me) you missed it the first time around.
(1) Lauren Brandy of Pimp Stitch made a point about needles.
Needlework Inspiration
Remember my complaint about dozens of blog feeds inexplicably disappearing from my reader? They suddenly reappeared this morning! And I have so much to catch up on. Here are some of the groovy posts that I’m just now discovering.
Looking … Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple rosette
See Myam‘s tutette (ha) for this sweet rosette on Cut Out + Keep.… Read More ...
Quilters: Join up!
Are you stumped about how to join the ends of your quilt binding invisibly? Donna of Sew Happy Quilting has the answer, and she’s sharing. See her spiffy tute on joining binding.… Read More ...
