We Walk 4Water
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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
Name: Maxine Chan Location: Vancouver, B.C. Title:...
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10 ways to set a fun-packed party picnic table for kids
The perfect party picnic table for kids Summer is ...
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Madeleines for Mother's Day
To celebrate Mother’s Day this year, go beyo...
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The Great Gatsby style inspiration
I’ll admit it, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s T...
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5 keys to clean teeth, plus win an electric toothbrush
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sewing
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Tutorial: A scary one-hour project
Last night I learned a lesson in planning ahead. I wanted to make a trick-or-treat bag for my son (even though he’s too little to actually trick-or-treat – I’m just anxious for Halloween candy), inspired by this Candy-Eating Monster. I had a mental image of how this project was going to come together, but didn’t [...]
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Cute alert: mini stuffed animals to sew
It looks dreary and bleary out the office windows right now, but a little ray of sunshine just crossed my desk. One look at the adorable tiny dachshunds lined up on the cover of How to Make Stuffed Animals (Quarry Books, $24.99) and my day was made. Too cute, right? It only gets better. These [...]
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Fall sewing inspiration: new BurdaStyle patterns
I promise that this is the last complaint about the weather you’ll hear from me for a while – but why, oh why, does summer have to end? We were getting along just fine, when, bam! Jackets became necessary. Speaking of which, there is only one thing that eases my sadness about the approaching cold [...]
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Fall back on quilting
September is one of my favourite months. It’s the perfect time to start over and do something new. When I was a kid, I always found back-to-school time exciting. The first day of each new grade was an opportunity to try on a new attitude, or even attempt a personality overhaul. I remember trading in [...]
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Easy-peasy lavender eye pillow
The lavender in my garden is almost ready to burst into fragrant bloom. I know it’s not everyone’s favourite scent, but it’s one of those old-fashioned perfumes – like lily-of-the-valley – that I adore. Every year, I dry as much lavender as I can. Buying dried lavender in craft or home stores is quite expensive, [...]
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Thinking about summer quilts
One of my favourite things about summer is switching out the big duvet on my bed for my light summer quilt. It’s the first quilt I made – a Canadian Living pattern that I pulled out of the magazine in 1995 and carried around with me for years before actually sitting down at the sewing [...]
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Custom-made softies from children’s drawings
In my travels around the internet the other day, I came across one of the coolest craft ideas I’ve seen in a while. Wendy Tsao in Vancouver runs Child’s Own Studio, a custom shop that creates soft toys from children’s drawings. Parents send in a drawing like this (notice that “Mom” is the name emblazoned on [...]
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Making my own T-shirt
(Hey, don’t forget that you’ve still got a couple days to enter to win one of the books we’re giving away to celebrate our 800th post! Go on and leave a comment over here if you haven’t entered yet!) It took a few late nights (and several dinners of leftovers!), but I’m happy to report [...]
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Where do you buy your fabric?
Yesterday at lunch time I treated myself to a fabric store field trip. It’d been a while since I’d been there, so I was looking forward to seeing the spring/summer fabrics and checking out the sales. (I love buying fabric on sale, don’t you?) The store near our office is a Fabricland “Decor Centre,” which [...]
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Quick pet craft: Catnip ravioli
All the unrest on the home reno front has made my house decidedly craft-UNfriendly of late. I haven’t had time to work on anything substantial in ages. But I did have time to make a couple of new toys for Olive and Nestor. Here’s my recipe for one of the simplest, most effective homemade cat [...]
