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Last Saturday, Stampin' Up! hosted a super fun online event for demonstrators called Creativity Now. This annual event just keeps getting better. It included four hours of crafting, presentations previewing new products, and behind the scenes videos from the home office. It was such a nice change of pace to just sit back, relax, and

Hi everyone! Just popping in to share a quick and easy grid layout I made to showcase a photo of my Grandma with her Dad and their catch of the day. To soften up the squares I rounded the corners,...

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Last Saturday, Stampin' Up! hosted a super fun online event for demonstrators called Creativity Now. This annual event just keeps getting better. It included four hours of crafting, presentations previewing new products, and behind the scenes videos from the home office. It was such a nice change of pace to just sit back, relax, and

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Hej! I am Martina, aka Frau Pony from Switzerland. I love my family, coffee, crafting and everything color. Creativity has always been a big part of my life and I cannot imagine my life without bei…

Hi! This is Wendi, and I am the project manager for our Q2 community outreach quilt. Once again we've agreed to make a quilt for Fisher House of the Emerald Coast supporting their silent auction and gala, a major fundraising event which benefits military and military families during times of medical need. The vision for 2017's quilt is a bed of roses - literally! The blocks are improvisationally pieced roses inspired by Corey Yoder's Newtown Auction Pillow. Corey used a Quilt As You Go (QAYG) method, but our roses are going to remain unquilted until the top is put together. Using the method below, you may create roses any size between 6" and 18". As you can see, these blocks are not square, so you will have estimate their size. They can be any color that you might see actual roses growing in a garden, although you might wish to stay away from white, since our background is going to be low volume on white. The blocks are super scrappy, but try to stay within one general color family - reds, oranges, pinks, yellows, etc. It's ok if your fabrics have other colors in them, but the fabrics should "read" your primary color. So get out your scrap bag and let's get started. Choose a small scrap of yellow or orange for your center. Since my block is going to be orange, I chose yellow. If your block is square, cut some of the corners off so that it is NOT square. I like to start out with 5 sides. Choose the fabric for your first strip. It should be between 1" and 2-1/2" wide and slightly longer than the side of the center you intend to attach it to. You may use solids mixed in with your prints, but please do not use all solids. I generally start with narrower pieces and gradually add wider strips. Remember that you will be trimming the width frequently, so try not to begin with extremely narrow pieces. Tip 1: Since the pieces in my scrap box tend to be very wrinkled, I find it helpful to press each piece before I sew them together. You may use starch, but I find that a light sprinkling of water or steam works well. Tip 2: Since some of your edges will be on the bias, be careful not to stretch too much when you stitch and press. Tip 3: Be sure to use a 1/4" seam. Seams that are too narrow tend to fray and pull apart, and we want our quilts to have quality construction. Sew the two fabrics together. Press the seam away from the center. Trim off the excess. Trim the other side. Try to avoid 90-degree angles. Repeat the process on another center edge. Stitch. Press. Trim. Trim the other side. Repeat, building your rose "log-cabin style", adding a new strip to the next side in order, although it doesn't matter if you build to the left or to the right each time. Stitch. Press. Trim. Here, I trimmed off the 2nd strip so that it was at an angle. Be sure to leave more than 1/4" all along your strip for your seam allowance. Trim the other side and cut your strips at different angles each time to give interest to your "rose." Repeat the entire process - Stitch. Press. Trim.... working your way around and around your "rose." Trim off odd corners and try to avoid 90-degree angles and straight strips. If you notice that you have a "corner" approaching 90-degrees, cut it off. As your "rose" grows, this will create a number of new "sides" to your flower. Keep adding rows... Pressing... Trimming... Avoiding straight strips and 90-degree corners... And "grow" or "build" your flower... Around and around until you are satisfied with its size... Give it one last trim.... Until it makes you happy. I try to balance the colors to avoid all the darker fabrics being on one side, but honestly, no matter how you put them together, these "roses" are pretty. If you have any questions, give me a shout!

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Last Saturday, Stampin' Up! hosted a super fun online event for demonstrators called Creativity Now. This annual event just keeps getting better. It included four hours of crafting, presentations previewing new products, and behind the scenes videos from the home office. It was such a nice change of pace to just sit back, relax, and

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Create an affordable and eco-friendly hinged cardboard heart frame using 4 clothespins and leftover cardboard. Get the easy tutorial for this crafty project! #cardboardheartframe

You know that feeling you get when you finish a novel by your favorite author and you go searching for more books she wrote and can’t wait until her next book comes out? Well, you can actually create the same kind of raving fans who become collectors of your craft. Whether you’re new to selling […]

Don't let them get to you. Bullied? Picked on? Know someone who has? This is an important reminder to keep your head up in the face of adversity. This is the LATIN version of the english pattern here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/255453635/dont-let-the-bastards-get-you-down Modern cross stitch pattern is designed on 14 count Aida. It will run just shy of 8x10. If you want to change the colours, I can help you, or just choose from what you want when you stitch to match your decor. This pattern will come with 2 different sized full colour patterns, for printing or viewing convenience, and a handy little tips and tricks printout to help you in your quest for cross stitching awesomeness. I can make this for you if you are intimidated, short of time or just lazy. Send me a message and I can quote you a price and time frame. THIS IS NOT A PHYSICAL PATTERN. THIS LISTING IS FOR A PDF FILE. It includes a computer rendering of the finished pattern, a full color pattern, and a key in DMC thread colors. It will be automatically available for download after purchase. The link to download is sent to the email Etsy has on file for you. If you ask me nicely, I can make changes to this pattern for you and crate a custom listing, but really, you can just mess around with the colours when you are stitching, it would work just as well. Please don’t resell my patterns or stitch them for profit, I worked really hard on them. Well actually, I used my laptop on my couch while drinking wine and watching Game of Thrones, but you know what I mean.

And just when you thought you were too old to enjoy the outdoors, Stick-lets comes along. Sure, they’re meant to help kids get back outside and build forts with sticks, but who says you can…

After coming back from the Stampin’ Up convention, I had a TON of swap cards… ok, more like 120, but still, that feels like a ton! I spent time over the last few days photographing the cards …

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Christmas is coming, and this is the time of year where a lot of people get crafty (or, like me, attempt crafts and then give up because they’re not patient enough). Either way, it’s a time of year when a lot of people are thinking about handmade things. If you’re one of those people, today’s ... Read more

UK Artisan, Emma Goddard, joins me, Mikaela Titheridge, for a fun Facebook Live to get createive with new, up coming products. Check out the video here.

For my Craft Hoarders Challenge #13 post, please click HERE . Good morning! This is my first post as part of the Crafty Secrets Desi...

I visited one of my favorite sites the other day called Little Green Notebook, and she had these AMAZING charts with how much fabric you need for upholstering certain types of furniture. I get a

Last Saturday, Stampin' Up! hosted a super fun online event for demonstrators called Creativity Now. This annual event just keeps getting better. It included four hours of crafting, presentations previewing new products, and behind the scenes videos from the home office. It was such a nice change of pace to just sit back, relax, and

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oh my word! We are late rounding up the month of July. I did spend a few seconds wondering if I should perhaps give this one a miss. But honestly, what was I thinking? After such a great month of DIY’s how could I not share my favourites with you. But before you peruse these gems […]

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We have come to the last 6 pages in the book. Now I know why I have been posting the Lincoln book little at a time. Well I do not think this whole book will ever get colored by me, guess I will do…