Used Craft Books Giveaway

Good Morning!
In an effort to de-clutter, I’m combing through my book collection to donate to my local library, and thought I would see if any online crafters were interested in the crafting books.
I’m pretty sure I don’t get any regular readers of this little blog, (probably one-time visitors looking for help with [...]

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Addicted to Quilting Arts Magazine: Stitch

While browsing flickr a few weeks ago, I saw these pictures from i heart linen (a very lovely blog). I did some googling to find more information about the magazine, and ordered it.

My stitch arrived yesterday, and I am so happy, I loved it from start to finish. I guess most magazines [...]

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Jeans to Wrap Skirt

My husband gave me some of his old jeans, so I finally got to try out a design from 99 Ways to Cut, Sew & Deck Out Your Denim.

I’m really happy with the finished product. I doubled the width of the top fabric strip from the pattern, because the photo looked wider than a [...]

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Craft Book Review: Denise Schmidt Quilts

I love this book. The projects are beautiful and the instructions are very detailed. I’m sure I will refer back to these instructions for all the quilting basics (applique, binding, log cabin blocks). I’m most excited by the “Scrap Wrap” project- a scarf made from wool suiting and vintage silk kimonos. However, living in Puerto [...]

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Craft Book Review – The Crafter’s Companion

The Crafter’s Companion is a great book for inspiration. Ann Torborg, creator of Twelve22 did an excellent job compiling interviews with some of the best craft bloggers. The book is filled with beautiful photos from each blogger’s crafting space, as well as each blogger’s comments on why she creates and how [...]

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Please Meet My Assistant, the Sewing Bird

This summer, I was reading Sewing Savvy when I came across their small feature on the sewing bird.

I knew right away that I wanted one for my sewing room, because sewing birds remind me of my childhood. When I was little, my mother volunteered at a colonial home and often dragged me along. I think [...]

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Reversible Skirt

I just bought Linen Crafts and made a quick project from the book: Reversible Skirt. (But I didn’t actually use linen for mine since I didn’t have any in my stash.)

If you are famililar with the book, here’s how it worked out for me:
I had a hard time visualizing how this skirt was going to [...]

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Good Invisible Zipper Instructions

I finally found what appears to be a great tutorial for inserting an invisible zipper. AND it doesn’t require you to use those little plastic pieces that are supposed to form an “invisible zipper foot”, which makes me happy because I’m pretty sure there is no possible way to sew with those on my machine [...]

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Japanese Craft Books

I’ve been collecting these Japanese craft books by Kumiko Sudo.   I have all of the rest of her books on my Amazon Wish List.
I already posted about her book Folded Flowers: Fabric Origami with a Twist of Silk Ribbon on Never Yawn here.

I’m compiling a fabric stash just of asian looking fabrics so that I [...]

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I’m Buying Even More Craft Books

I added two more books to my collection. I generally don’t advocate for spending money frivolously, but I always excuse myself when it is money spent on books. My philosophy is that you can never read too much.  Money spent on learning is always money well spent. And I get free shipping as an amazon [...]

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