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Maureen Cracknell Handmade is hosting a giveaway for one of their sponsors, Moona Fabrics.  One of her readers will win a 7 fat quarter bundle from the Taali collection by Monaluna!  The fabric is made from 100% organic cotton …

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If you’ve been avoiding ironing your laminated cottons because you think you’ll destroy your pretty shiny fabric, you’ll be happy to know that it can be done.  Kelly from Oilcloth Addict posts on her blog telling how to do it.  …

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Have you seen the new Remix line by Ann Kelle for Kaufman fabrics?  I love the bright colors and the fun, graphic prints!  The swatches at the  Kaufman site are pretty enough, but if you head over to Ann Kelle’s

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Helen Klebesadel shares a tutorial over at Fiber Focus showing how to use Spoonflower software to create a custom fabric print from your artwork.  In addition to giving information on how to create a basic tiled design, she shows how …

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Pat Bravo from Art Gallery Fabrics gives a little sneaky peekie at her newest line, Dreaming in French.  Look for this new line in stores this September. Go to the sneak peeks.

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Alyson Clair guest blogs over at Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing with tips and tricks for cutting pattern pieces out of slippery like-t0-crawl-all-over-the-place fabrics.  She explains how it’s done commercially, and then gives some tips that you can use on a smaller scale when …

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When choosing fabrics for a sewing project, we often think of the visual considerations (large print vs. small print, floral vs. geometric) but issues of weight and drape also come into play.  While it’s easy to imagine the visual aspects …

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Pat Bravo’s soon-t0-be-released line is called Paradise, and she’s offering a bag of scraps from this lovely line to one lucky reader at her blog.  Get the details and enter at her blog.  She’ll announce the winner on …

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Donna Babylon, author of Decorating Sewlutions, shares some tips at Sew4Home for finding and working with repeats in the designs printed on fabrics.  Go to the article.

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Head over to Sew4Home for some tips and tricks for selecting and sewing outdoor-safe fabrics.  Go to the article.

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Contemporary Cloth announces a storewide sale.  From now until May 21st, all fabrics are 25-70% off and their fibert artist items are 10-20% off.  Go there now

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Using the right fabric can make all the difference in a sewing project.  Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs gives us the low-down on the different types of fabrics she sews with – what they’re like, when to use them, and …

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When I saw this post over at Patty Young’s blog, my heart just about skipped a beat.  Her prints are fabulous in quilting cottons, but they’ll soon also be available in stretch knits!  Oh my!!  Read more about this exciting …

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Do your fabric scraps multiply like bunnies?  Can’t throw away even the smallest shard of fabric?  Amy from Craft Chi shares some ideas on her blog for using up all the tiny little scraps generated by your sewing projects.  Read

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Lemoncadet from Project: Project kicks off her new interview series with a series of questions for Lizzy House.  Check out what Ms. House has to say about where she finds inspiration for her fabric lines, her electronic book How to

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