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alterations for a popular purse pattern to make it your own

Creative Twist on Purse

Instructions on how to make easy alterations to the Candy Sweet purse to make it your own. These instructions include two new styles of purse using the Candy Sweet pattern...

Creative Twist on Purse

Instructions on how to make easy alterations to the Candy Sweet purse to make it your own. These instructions include two new styles of purse using the Candy Sweet pattern...

Free snowflake template to download and use for quilting and/or applique

Add a little Applique or Quilting

Download this snowflake design and use it on your next Christmas or Wintery project as a quilt design or an applique design. I'd love to hear where you plan to...

Add a little Applique or Quilting

Download this snowflake design and use it on your next Christmas or Wintery project as a quilt design or an applique design. I'd love to hear where you plan to...

joy pot holders or table runner

Quilting Ideas

Normally I would stipple quilt it but this time I will use an easier technique suitable for beginners for which I have a couple of tricks to speed up the technique.

Quilting Ideas

Normally I would stipple quilt it but this time I will use an easier technique suitable for beginners for which I have a couple of tricks to speed up the technique.

a simple trick for sewing angled seams

Angled Seams - a tip for sewing them

Remember my tutorial about snowball corners? Today I'm joining an angled seam to a straight seam so it is a little more difficult to make them match accurately, but there is a...

Angled Seams - a tip for sewing them

Remember my tutorial about snowball corners? Today I'm joining an angled seam to a straight seam so it is a little more difficult to make them match accurately, but there is a...

applique manuka flower

Manuka Flower Block

Today I love seeing the flower trees as I go for a walk and think of these memories - definitely a block to include in my BOW flower collection. It's dainty...

Manuka Flower Block

Today I love seeing the flower trees as I go for a walk and think of these memories - definitely a block to include in my BOW flower collection. It's dainty...

project bag ideal for knitting, crochet, sewing and patchwork projects

Project Bags - the pattern, kit, and finished p...

I've been doing more sewing than quilting this week - actually my machine has been getting quite a workout as I've been testing out a new design

Project Bags - the pattern, kit, and finished p...

I've been doing more sewing than quilting this week - actually my machine has been getting quite a workout as I've been testing out a new design

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