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The Hand-Made Look is “In”- (but it’s not Hand-Crafted!)

Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Jenny.

As I write this, I am far, far from home and away from my studio. What better way to kill some time than to shop, right? So I head on over to my local Kohl’s Department store here in Grafton, WI, and I start shopping for a new winter coat and scarf. What I see [...]

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Fabric Eggs from One Inch World

Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Jenny.

Jenny shares a great fabric-egg craft originated by One Inch World.

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Cross Stitch for Breast Cancer Awareness

Posted on 06. Oct, 2008 by Jenny.

Well, October is here, and in the middle of planning my holiday crafting, I though I’d share a Breast Cancer Awareness craft. Since you have the whole month of October to craft pink, here’s a cute one to get you going!
Our friends over at CrossStitch.com have supplied FOUR different versions of the pink ribbon to [...]

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Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting…

Posted on 24. Sep, 2008 by Jenny.

….is the name of a new exhibit in the Scottsdale, AZ Museum of Contemporary Art. I may be getting the chance to travel there next month, and I wanted to see what was shaking in S-town. I have no idea what else the exhibit holds, but this piece by Yoshiki Hishinuma (2005) is both beautiful [...]

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Fabric Cones Swaps Received!

Posted on 12. Jun, 2008 by Jenny.

I got my swaps back from the ClothPaperStudio Yahoo Group. (Remember? I posted about mine here.) I am pleased as punch and dancing with joy after opening my box!
Here are some photos of what I received:

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
I loved some of the little “hidden” goodies, like the stamp of the face in the [...]

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Back from the Sewing Expo: Part Two of Three

Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

Friday at the Expo started bright and early, and then went pretty much non-stop all day. This was the agenda:

7:30 AM: Up at the hotel, barely moving. I had gotten up at 4:30 AM and had a wicked time getting back to sleep. Wishing I could blow off my morning class…
8:30 AM: Quick shower and [...]

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Back From the Sewing Expo: Part One of Three

Posted on 30. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

Well, I’m back from the sewing expo and my head is swimming. I took four classes over 2 days this time, and a good time was had by all.
My good friend Nicole made the trip up from Charlottesville, Va, and showed up to celebrate my birthday with some serious girl time. Three days [...]

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St. Patricks Day Free Clip Art and Shamrock Crafts

Posted on 10. Mar, 2008 by admin.

Well, St. Patrick’s Day is rapidly approaching, and it’s time to get crafting! Personally, I won’t be doing kid’s crafts, but I do like to make a little something to wear and/or decorate the house for St. Paddy’s day. And I’ll be drinking Guinness.
But back to crafts! I have just a couple of cute-but-not-too-cute ideas [...]

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Tree Cozies

Posted on 10. Mar, 2008 by admin.

There is a guerilla knitting movement afoot! I read in the Plain Dealer today that there is a group of folks who are covering trees with knitting in Yellow Springs Ohio. Really.
Now, I know because we are Ohioans, we are a little late in the game. I had heard of a guerilla-knitting group who blog [...]

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Yarn Painting from Skull-a-Day

Posted on 19. Feb, 2008 by Jenny.

Ok, so I am often inspired by other crafters, and this site is definitely worth mentioning. Skull-A-Day is the idea that you take a theme – in this case, a skull – and create one everyday, using every technique and medium you can. Since I couldn’t find an “about” page, I got no info [...]

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