Michelle sent in the link to a pattern worksheet she has devised: I have a free measurement worksheet available for download on my blog. There is a lot of info on the internet for taking your measurements, but I couldn’t find a worksheet you could fill in with the info, so I made one.
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To help get in the World Cup spirit, Karen has made a fabric soccer ball: It not only shows the good results, but also the problems of making one, such as sequence/pattern issues and stuffing lumpiness. All in all, it’s a quick project, about 2 hours; it doesn’t take much fabric; and if each shape is made with 5 cm sides, it can make a nice throw pillow size.
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cute zippered purse tutorial - love the addition of the screenprinted stuffie on the zip.
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the fabulous quilter Sherri Lynn Wood has finally started a blog – Dainty time. Sherri Lynn Wood is one of the contributors to my mini quilts book and the creator of Passage Quilts. Sherri describes her plans for the blog thus: www.daintytime.NET is a new wave feminist, craft art blog devoted to exploring craft as a life practice. Inspiration, techniques, DIY, craft-a-longs, modern quilts, improvisational process. (This is not your grandmother’s craft blog!)
Sherri currently has two tutorials underway. One is on mending, and the other is a Modern Mood Quilt craft-along (explore and manifest your summertime emotions).
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Thanks Jasmin for sending in this zipper bracelet tutorial from designer Tara St. James.
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Laura Burch sent me in an email to tell me about the fun hats she has recently been making and selling in her Israel shop. [love the teacup hat and the crazy flower hats]
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Yesterday the haystack needle hosted me on the second to last stop on the blog tour – find out how to hang and look after your mini quilts. + win a copy of my book.
[Image: this is Sarah Steedman's Warbler quilt]
The blog tour continues: [with lots of chances to win a copy]
June 1 - Craftzine – essential quilting tools
June 2 - Crafty Pod – book review + giveaway
June 3 - Chronicle Books – Behind the making of the book
June 4 – Indie Fixx – Designing your own mini-quilts
June 7 – Craft Sanity – Piped binding tutorial
June 8 – Hand Made by Alissa chatting about mini quilts
June 9 – My Love for You Background on Mini Quilts
June 10 - Film in the Fridge review and chat about minis
June 11 - The Haystack Needle Hanging and looking after mini quilts
June 12 – West Coast Crafty
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[Thanks ina for sending in] Make your own roller blinds – diy how to at design*sponge.
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