It Was a Rainy Night
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Last minute Father's Day gifts you can make
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4 great mattresses for a good night's sleep
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Two easy ways to prepare rhubarb
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Editor's pick: The best hair ties
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5 steps to your best bikini body
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books
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Giveaway winner: ISLAND by Jane Richmond
Hi friends, Just popping in with the winner of last week’s giveaway. One lucky reader will soon be the proud owner of a copy of Jane Richmond’s new book, Island. Austen can vouch for how great this book is – she has been happily wearing her Renfrew for almost a week now (she cast off [...]
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Surprise giveaway: Knit Accessories by Kate Atherley
Well, friends, it looks like Christmas has come early, because I’ve got a lovely treat for the knitters among you. The incredibly knowledgeable, talented Kate Atherley – you might know her blog, or maybe her first book, or recognize her name from the Knitty masthead, or maybe you made her fabulous Bigger on the Inside [...]
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Book review: Japanese Quilting Piece by Piece
Japan has some legendary quilters and one of the most renowned quilt shows in the world: the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival. So it’s no wonder needle arts junkies get excited when a new Japanese quilting book hits the shelves. Japanese Quilting Piece by Piece by Yoko Saito (Interweave, 2012, softcover, $26.95) recently hit my [...]
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Dying to dye more yarn
A couple of weeks ago, Austen and I zipped across town after work for a yarn dyeing class at The Workroom. I’d been hoarding some naked fingering weight and a bunch of dye pots at home, waiting till I was ready to face them. And a live tutorial sounded like just the thing to get [...]
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Book giveaway winner: All Sewn Up
It sounds as if most of you haven’t given up on summer just yet – there’s a lot of small crocheting and knitting projects, finger painting, canning, embroidery and even basket weaving going on in backyards, on decks and in lawn chairs across the country. I enjoyed reading your suggestions for things to make with [...]
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Giveaway winner: Paper Made!
We are a paper-craft-loving group, it seems. While I was busy eating my way through the long weekend, many of you were busily entering the giveaway for Paper Made! by Kayte Terry. I plugged the data into the Random Integer Generator, and it tells me that this lucky entry is the winner: This [...]
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Quilting Modern winner
This is one revved-up quilting community! Thanks for all your entries in this week’s giveaway of Quilting Modern by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen. We were even treated to some affectionate back-and-forth commenting from Jacquie’s proud aunt Arlene and Jacquie herself. (Hi, ladies!) I’m so proud we’re supporting some terrific talent with Canadian roots. But you [...]
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Great read: The Paper Garden
Friends, I’m enjoying my new book so much that I had to share it with you here. The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 72, by Molly Peacock, is delightful. Mrs. Delany was born in 1700 and lived through a tumultuous age of English history. Her life is fascinating (trained for a [...]
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Winner: Knits for Nerds
My goodness, I never knew how many of my fellow nerds there were out there. I am humbled and delighted by your passions for all the good things in life: chiefly, knitting and Dr. Who, it seems. (Guess I have to catch up on that show now and see what the love is all about.) [...]
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Pet hair crafts: cool or gross?
As the “mother” of two cats and a dog, I get a lot of pet-themed gifts. Recently, my beloved sister-in-law gave me a copy of Kaori Tsutaya’s book Crafting with Cat Hair. My SIL and I are both teetering on the verge of being crazy cat ladies, so it made us both laugh – after [...]
