From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Giveaway Week, Day 4: Sew Liberated

December 31, 2009

Update: Congratulations to kkimberly, the winner of this book!

Updated to add: A bunch of early entries seem to have misunderstood today’s question, so I’ve rephrased it. I want to know what you’re letting go of, okay?

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So, your entries in yesterday’s giveaway were really interesting. I was surprised at the number of people whose “what [...]

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Giveaway Week, Day 3: Enchanted Adornments

December 30, 2009

Update: Congratulations to bookscout27, the winner of this book!>

Don’t worry – the massive design-tweaking going on around here will not stop the flow of giveaways this week!

Today’s prize up for grabs is a copy of Enchanted Adornments, by Cynthia Thornton. It’s part mixed-media jewelry book, and part fairy tale.

There are 20 projects, covering a [...]

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CraftyPod has a whole new look! (FINALLY.)

December 30, 2009

I don’t think anybody would deny that the ol’ CraftyPod has needed an overhaul for quite some time. It’s one of my biggest failings: I get involved in so many projects all the time, I always get behind on maintenance things.

Anyway. This new layout is a work in progress, but already orders of magnitude better [...]

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Giveaway Week, Day 2: Cute Dogs and Cute Pups

December 29, 2009

Update: Congrats to Lind-E, the winner of this book!

Wowee, I had fun reading all your entries in yesterday’s giveaway! Let’s continue the theme, shall we?
Today’s entry in our Week of Giveaways is a twofer – both Cute Dogs and Cute Pups, by Chie Hayano. These are Japanese craft books, translated to English by Vertical, [...]

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Giveaway Week, Day 1: Applique Your Way

December 28, 2009

Updated: Congrats to LSS, the winner of this drawing!

So it’s the week between Christmas and New Year’s – a time when traditionally, not much happens. (Unless you work in retail, of course. And if you do, I am sending you good thoughts.)
Anyway. I thought it might be fun to have a week of giveaways [...]

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Happy Holidays, Y’all!

December 24, 2009

It’s Christmas Eve and a nice, puttery day around here. I hope you’re having a fun and relaxing celebration, too.

Thank you so much for reading this blog in 2009. It is always a joy and a privilege to share crafty goodness with such a talented, excellent-brained group of kindred spirits.

Here’s to a 2010 filled with [...]

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Review: Sew Liberated

December 19, 2009

Sew Liberated is a fun collection of mostly applique projects, with a few other embellishment techniques in the mix. (Full disclosure: Interweave Press sent me a review copy.)

Although the cover model is this pretty skirt, the projects in Sew Liberated are primarily home decor and gift items. (There are three wearable projects for adults, and [...]

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Are you knotty or nice? (Sorry…)

December 19, 2009

This gem is from 1978 – which was during the Age of Macrame in crafting.

For a time, macrame was as big as scrapbooking is now. Remember in this podcast, when Mike Hartnett said that the Craft & Hobby Association show was mostly made up of macrame companies?

Interestingly, macrame hasn’t made much of a resurgence [...]

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