news and more news…

Upcycle contest: CRAFT blog CONTEST: one lucky person will win a Singer “Curvy” sewing machine—plus their project will be featured in a Singer ad appearing in CRAFT: 10. The three runners-up will get a Singer rolling sewing machine case and a 1-year subscription to CRAFT! All entrants have to do is snap some pix of party decorations that they have made from “upcycled” materials (or things that they already have in the house) to the Flickr group called ‘The Upcyclist Party Contest’. Details here.

Free holiday patterns from Amy Butler while you are there check in on Amy’s other free patterns – including quilts and bags. [thanks Ina]

The latest issue of down under quilts in online – don’t forget they have a free 6 month online subscription available for a short time only. And the new issue of Selvedge Mag is online – they have a free trial issue to preview if you are interested in this great magazine.

Magazine submissions

Do you want to have your work featured in the inaugural issue of Art Quilt Studio – a new quarterly magazine which will hit newsstands June 1, 2009? Stampington challenge all art quilt enthusiasts to create an art quilt inspired by the excerpt above from the famous book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Deadline for submissions: January 4, 2009 Questions regarding submission guidelines please mail to jjackson(a)stampington.com. [Thanks Hanne for the info]

Stampington also have other new magazines coming out soon and are looking for submissions for Apron.ology, Green Craft and Stuffed.

Whip up in Artful Blogging

whipup in artful bloggingWhip up in artful blogging

A sweet little interview with our fearless leader Kathreen in the latest issue of Artful Blogging. It has a nice photo spread with some artists whose work has been featured on Whipup and links to their blogs and portfolios.

advertising