Fabric.com is celebrating 10 years and have a super sweepstakes on offer (US citizens only), including a trip to Italy! Link.
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April 2009
After a very relaxing weekend at the beach, camping in a beautiful spot with tall gum trees and lots of great snorkeling and fireside cooking, I am back home and straight back to work. This weekend promises to be lovely weather and we have a massive backyard cleanup planned. The kids have been reading and riding their bikes in this, the first week of the school holidays, and today I did a big cook-up of sausage rolls and apple tarts, ready to freeze and eat later.
The past couple of weeks at whipup I have been putting together a series of craft blog tips – if you missed out here is what we have so far … better craft blogging : craft blog etiquette : better craft blog writing : how to build an audience for your craft blog and photography tips for your craft blog – coming up more advanced photography techniques, book reviews, blog design and more… dying to know something – email me whipup[AT]gmail.com and I will try to cover it in this series in the coming weeks.
We featured a few recycling craft tutorials this past week – reuse sewing pattern tissue paper I loved this one – some really fun and innovative ideas : recycle junk mail into paper beads – I do love making paper beads – this is a slightly different method though than I have used in the past : fused plastic backpack - a great idea on how to use up those colourful plastic bags : I was in love with the kitty egg crayons – a time intensive project but worth it : dishtowel to baby pants – a really cute and super simple idea :
Some great patchwork and quilting ideas this week too – I loved the easter carrot tablerunner - great for anytime of year : curved seams 101 – a neat tutorial on doing those curves in patchwork : modern, minimal, masculine quilt has really got my ideas going …
We featured some really interesting books this past week – Switch craft for the sewing / technology nerds out there : knitting art – a lovely showcase of just a few wonderful artists who use knitting as their primary medium : make good crafts life series - the first two books in this new English translation of Japanese craft books series : Knitting on top of the world - an eclectic knitting book by Nicky Epstein : Material Obsession - a quilting book that takes a modern look at traditional designs : And next week we will have Betz White on her blog tour stopping at whipup.
Also more sewing - cute pouch tutorial : love the little girls madras plaid skirt : and the tulle skirt : the flowerpot cosy is too cute : french seam drawstring bag is too cute as is the bedtime duvet : but my fave project this week would have to be the doll pattern and tutorial by mimi kirchner – thank you mimi.
Thanks for reading and happy crafting weekend!
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I may be late to the party on this one…but oilcloth is seriously on my radar at the moment. Go figure. AND did you see there’s CHALK cloth. Yep, you can write on it with chalk!!!! (Don’t know if you can sew with it). Oilcloth Addict has 5 pantry projects including the one shown below. Link.
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love this project for kids – recycling t-shirts into woven fabric. [via the long thread] Project tutorial here.
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I’ve been a fan of Syko’s work for ages and she now shares a lined pouch tutorial. Link.
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Lil Fish Studios points us to this great group of tutorials. I also love her envelopes made from the packaging that the patterns come in. Link.
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