...von der Gartenmesse in Bissenbrook. Zur Einstimmung in die Gartensaison möchte ich Euch ein paar Impressionen von unserer letzten Gartenmesse zeigen. Bei Traumwetter, hat es wieder soviel Spaß gemacht. Viele liebe nette Menschen und Freunde haben uns an unserem Stand besucht. Viele schöne Stände waren auf der Messe aufgestellt. In Stocksee "Park and Garden"am 06.06.-09.06.2013 sind wir auch wieder dabei. Habt alle ein schönes und sonniges Wochenende und für alle Mutti´s einen wunderschönen Muttertag! Eure Steffi

Part of my ongoing plan this year, and the past couple in fact, has been the process of eliminating and consolidating. In the past I went through much of the house, but of course, the difficult things have been left...

Artist Rosy Hammersley folds the pages of old discarded books and turns them into lovely pieces of art. With careful folds, Hammersley pops hearts,

A new book from Gestalten: “Upgrade: Home Extensions, Alterations and Refurbishments” presents a diverse range of progressive renovation projects from around the world – from...

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A review of my favourite tailoring and alterations book, by J. Francois-Campbell. This is the only title I own on the subject - find out why.

It's up to you to keep the home fires burning, to see that you and your family stay easy-on-the-eyes. Fortunately, you can be patriotic and pretty both. It's...

I've had my trusty Janome 6600P sewing machine for over a decade now, and I used it for countless projects. I thought I knew it inside and out, yet today, a curious glance led me to a startling realization. Right there, on the face of the machine I thought

In this post learn the most common sleeve alterations that I’ve seen in my practice and teaching to help you get a better fit and proportion for your sewn sleeves. You will not only need to know how to reduce fullness and shorten them at times, but when working with a sewing pattern, you might need

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Hi and welcome to a new challenge at Fashionable Stamping, and this time we would love to see your 'alterations', but don't forget, as we are a stamping challenge we still need to see some stamping. We are again sponsored by Flonzcraft who are offering a random winner a $20 gift cert. to spend in their online store. A few weeks ago you might remember I made a book cover following this tutorial, and I have been wanting to try the technique again, decided on a refresher but for some reason the video wouldn't play after about 30 mins. so I improvised! - I missed out the black layer, and did a bit more spraying!! Still love the results. I almost forgot to take a picture of 'before'! I wanted roughly the same colours as before, but this time I also used Perfect Pearls Forever Violet mist, and instead of finishing with a dry brushed layer of white to highlight, I used Adirondack Gold paint, and then Aquamarine Treasure Gold over the top. For the inside, as we are a stamping challenge I made my own papers to line the box. I used Distress inks, Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord, Iced Spruce and Wild Honey, and then spritzed with water, love this effect. The stamps are Tim Holtz, and Inkylicious branches that my butterfly is escaping from, I also used Crafters Workshop masks with Embossing paste for the script and the butterflies on the side panels. My very talented teamies have some wonderful alterations to show you, so please pop over here for some wonderful inspiration. I am entering this at Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes Simply Create Too - Anything Goes Craft Room Challenge - Make your own papers Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes No Matter which challenges - Things with Wings Thank you for all your lovely comments lately, I really do appreciate them, especially as I haven't had much time to return them this week - I have made the Wedding Cake - 4 tiers, plus 1 extra just in case there isn't enough! DD has finally made her mind up on the Invitations, so a start has been made there too. Have a great Sunday whatever you're doing. Avril xx

Your shoulders are like a clothes hanger: Every top, jacket, and dress you put on hangs from them. If you want your clothes to look better on you than on…

Sew a cute cottage design sewing case to carry your sewing supplies.

In our free Occult library, you can find some free old or rare books to read or download about Occult Sciences, Magick, Alchemy, Astrology e.t.c

Standard Easter egg decorating ideas just aren’t cutting it this year. Here are some new DIY ideas to add to your family’s traditional egg decorating.

The tipless glove pattern out of Holiday Knits done in Elann's Baby Cashmere with some minor alterations to fit at cable out of Viking Patterns for Knitting by Elsebeth Lavold

This is about to be a very long post. As promised... a tutorial for the little book. And if you manage to hang on to the very end... a givea...

When you look in Pattern-making books they usually have a table of standard measurements including either the bust dart width, or it's a...

A quick tour on different dart manipulation techniques with examples of each. How to move the darts around and how to turn them into something else.

Okay, I am not quite sure how this happened, but I am two months behind cross-posting my CropChocolate tutorials here at Scrappy Canuck Studios. While you can always find them over on The Crop, I …

If you’ve made pattern alterations near a dart, rotated a dart, or made your own pattern, you’ll need to true up the edges of the pattern at the darts so the dart excess lines up proper…

Ein schönes Nadelkissen darf in keinem Nähzimmer fehlen, meint Ihr nicht? Es ist nicht nur praktisch und erfreut das Auge, es eignet sich außerdem bestens als kleines Geschenk für Freunde, die auch gerne nähen. Heute zeige ich Euch, wie man ein Hexagon Nadelkissen näht. Viel Spaß beim Ausprobieren! A handmade pincushion should not be missing...

Learn all about the types of zipper, how to measure zippers and what types of zipper to use in different sewing projects.

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