Craftsy Month on Sew Sweetness
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Craftsy Review Month

March is Craftsy Month here on Sew Sweetness! If you are not familiar with Craftsy, it is a series of hundreds of online classes for learning techniques and projects. There are free classes to try out, and any classes that you purchase stay in your account forever so that you can reference them at any time! My love affair...

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Please Take My Sewing Survey!

Hi everyone! I'm just checking in this morning with a little sewing survey that I put together. I'm interested in knowing more about YOU, what you like to sew, what kinds of fabrics you use, etc. Hopefully this will be quick and fun, and I would really appreciate it if you took that time to answer these quick 13...

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Dresden Plate Dress

Today I've got another Quilt Market dress to show you! I showed you one of my other dresses a couple of weeks ago, and here is 2 of 3. For this dress, I had a huge amount of doubt as I worked through it (were the dresden plates too big? Would the cap sleeves work out?), but I am...

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About Book Proposals from My Acquisitions Editor

Since I made the announcement last week about my book, I had a few blog comments from readers that mentioned they liked reading about my book proposal process. I thought it would be interesting to have a little interview for you all, with the acquisitions editor at my publisher, Karen Burns. Karen.is.awesome. She is one of those people that...

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City Sampler Sew Along: Choosing Your Fabric

This post is part of the City Sampler Sew Along.For more information or to see blocks completed so far, click here!Welcome to the pre-sewing post of the sew along for Tula Pink's new book, City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt Blocks. It's already a top pick on Amazon, so hope you've picked up your copy (and if not, there's still plenty of time!).Me...

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Jellybean-athon

If you know Thomas Knauer Sews, you know that his fabric is known for well-thought-out themes and bold colors. His latest line, 'Asbury' contains images of vintage theme park, everything from ice cream cones to bumper cars. Across more than one of his lines, these fabrics have appeared, which are called Jellybeans (pictured above). I know Thomas hates the...

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By Annie’s Soft and Stable

If you haven't heard much from me lately, I've been busy making bags, and some of these bags I've made using By Annie's Soft and Stable. A blog reader first asked me to look out for it at Quilt Market this past Fall; I had never heard of this product. I didn't think anything of it, in fact, until...

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The Fabric Enabler: Black Friday Sales

Popping in real quick to let you know about some Black Friday sales! Who's got some money burning a whole in their pocket?!Sketch Bundles at Pink Castle FabricsPink Castle Fabrics A ton of stuff on sale (sale prices already marked, no coupon needed!):25% off Kokka (including new Stamped and Ruby Star Sparkle!)25% off Liberty25% off Yuwa25% off all Precuts and...

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I’m 30 now, and a Hexy Pillow

Monday was my birthday. I have left my 20's behind, and now I'm 30. I'm not really sure how old I feel. I suppose at a certain point I just stopped thinking about.The best part about this birthday was that my friend, Kim, informed a bunch of people about my birthday, and so I received several birthday cards and fabric-related...

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’12 Days of Christmas’ Block 8: Noel

This post is part of the '12 Days of Christmas' Sampler Quilt Along series. For tutorials on how to make the other blocks, please see the block schedule here! Today we have a really cool text block from Lindsay of Lindsay Sews and also Craft Buds! I have never used text in this way before, but I think she did a really great job of laying...

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Back-to-School: Free Motion and Other Options

This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts!    Megan is over at Canoe Ridge Creations; my favorite thing about her blog is that she has a weekly link-up party for your finished projects, every single Monday! Stop by,...

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Giveaway and a Book Review!

I was given the pleasure to review Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott. I reviewed a previous book by the Lintotts, so I was excited to give this one a look-see.The basic idea of this book is that there are instructions to make 50 different quilt blocks. For example, there are assorted star blocks. At the...

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