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Yesterday I took my 9-year-old daughter to the Passport to Imagination class at Michaels. The Passport to Imagination is a 7-week series of craft classes for kids, with each week focusing on a different continent for inspiration for their… Read more ... After the relentless schedule of a school year, I find the unscheduled days of summer to be a much needed break. (Liv’school starts at 7:45. As in, 7:46 and she’s tardy. Is that nuts or what??) Do you remember running… Read more ... 
The news from Whip Up this morning is heartbreaking. Founder Kathreen Ricketson died unexpectedly in tragic accident while on a year-long adventure with her family. Her partner Rob Shugg is still missing. For more specifics on what happened, I’ll point … Read more ... 
Have you seen the new linens from Anna Maria Horner? Like all of her designs, they’re absolutely swoonworthy. The name of the line is Field Study Linen and you can see it all here. For those not used to… Read more ... 
The winners of the $5 Michaels Craft It Forward gift cards are:
1. Commenter #1, Suzanne from Sew Delightful, who said: “I like to buy silk flowers and make headbands that go with dresses for Dress A Girl Around… Read more ... 
I don’t hardly know where to begin (not to mention I’m still a little worn out from all the travel),… Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmadeis hosting a giveaway for The Intrepid Thread this weekend. They’ll give a bundle of half-yard cuts from Josephine Kimberling’s gorgeous Global Bazaar collection to one of her readers. Giveaway details and entry are at her blog… Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmadehosts her weekly fabric giveaway for Fat Quarter Shop this week. They’ve got a Jelly Roll (precut fabrics) from the Posy line by Aneela Hoey to give to one of her readers. offering a Posy Jelly Roll … Read more ... 
This was the scene at my house Christmas evening… about an hour before the power went out. 40 hours later, we’re still without power. Clearly, I won’t be blogging as much as I usually do until they get us back… Read more ... 
Last year I had the opportunity to review and give away a Singer 160 sewing machine. There were tons of entries because, seriously, is it not one pretty machine? Now Spoonflower has one to giveaway, as part of there 12… Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmade is hosting a giveaway for The Intrepid Thread, with their Sun on Sea fat quarter bundle to give away to one of her readers. It’s a custom bundle of 17 fat quarters by various designer prints… Read more ... 
Anna Maria Horner has a new line of fabric printed on rayon challis. I think I might have screamed out lout a little when I first read the news. Because of its weight and its drape, rayon challis makes beautiful,… Read more ... 
Many of us consider fused plastic bags to be an eco-friendly material for our craft projects. After all, it uses bags normally destined for a landfill to create a waterproof material suitable for wallets and pouches. The folks at Crafting … Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmadehosts a giveaway for The Intrepid Thread this weekend. They’ve got a stack of 10 fat quarters from Art Gallery Fabric’s Floressence line (in the Luminescent colorway) to give to one of her readers. Could it be… Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmadehosts a giveaway this weekend for The Intrepid Thread. They’ll give a bundle of Ruby Star Shining and Essex Linen fabrics to one of her readers. The bundle includes 10 fat quarters from the Ruby Star… Read more ... 
