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Sweet Nursery Chic

If you’re a doting grandmother, a new mom yourself, or a friend looking to create a wonderful gift for a new baby or toddler, you’ll love Sweet Nursery Chic by Susan Cousineau.
This whimsical book contains 50 projects in ten themed categories. Look for frogs, bunnies, lambs, butterflies, monkeys, alligators, stars and moons, giraffes, lions, princesses [...]

Earth Day Sewing – It’s more than just tote bags!

Just a few years ago, Earth Day meant something different to me than it does now. Maybe it’s the reports of melting glaciers and disappearing rainforests — or maybe it’s just the economy, but Earth Day no longer means to me a day spent making recycled tote bags. (Really, are you as overrun with tote bags [...]

Crafty Superstar book provides tip on how to make money using your sewing or crafting talents

Whether you sell your sewn and crafted items on eBay, at local fairs, or just to friends, there’s money to be made utilizing your talents, but most of us don’t know how to make our skills work for us.
Hands-on crafter and author Grace Dobush tells us how in Crafty Superstar, a 160-page how-to for aspiring [...]

Sewing Clothes Kids Love and even learn how to make a child’s dressform

Admittedly I’m not a mom, except of three canine fur children, but I love looking at children’s clothing and some of the whimsical touches it offers. Nancy Langdon and Sabine Pollehn’s Sewing Clothes Kids Love is a mecca of fun, colorful and innovative ideas–many of which can be incorporated into adult clothing as well. Both are [...]

Ribbon Crafts gives how-to’s on embroidery, crafting, patchwork, bows… even jewelry!

Who can resist a book with more than 700 large color photos? The Complete Photo Guide to Ribbon Crafts, by Elaine Schmidt, is definitely irresistible– all 224 pages of it!
Whether you want to learn to tie more than 20 kinds of bows for gift giving, accessories and crafts, or you want to make a garden [...]