Archive for August, 2008

Welcome to all the visitors coming from the Create & Celebrate post on SMS today! Feel free to say hello and introduce yourselves! If you want to find out more about the team behind CraftBlog then read our about page. You might be interested in our top posts right now, as usual, they’re all tutorials! Notebook Cover Tutorial Fantabulous Pincushion Tutorial Sewing Machine Cover Tutorial Appliquéd Ribbon Blanket Tutorial Crochet Tea Towel Edging Tutorial And if you like what you [...]

Posted by Fern On Aug - 7 - 2008 1 Comment READ FULL POST

I promise I didn’t just pick this blog because of its amusing title *looks shifty* I have to say, it did give me a good chuckle though. Even more amusing is that I originally typed “Knockers” into the post title by mistake The recent competition has exposed me to so many new blogs that I wouldn’t have otherwise found, just clicking through the links left in the comments has been like opening a whole new world of reading material! Sparkly [...]

Posted by Fern On Aug - 6 - 2008 3 Comments READ FULL POST
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I just sat down to get started on taking the pictures on today’s “Tuesday Tutorial” and then realised that pattern pieces and designs are currently sitting in my husband’s laptop bag, that is currently sitting in an office in North Sydney. Oops. I guess that’s what I get for scribbling down my ideas the moment inspiration strikes… and writing them on the back of his meeting notes! In my defence, I promise they did just look like scraps of paper. [...]

Posted by Fern On Aug - 5 - 2008 17 Comments READ FULL POST

Lots of crafty talk on our blogs this week! Vanessa has been ordering seed beads and then making posts of which I understood about five words of! At least I could stare at the pictures and say “ooohh, pretty”. Sharon has been talking about her tools of the trade, including a superb replacement for those cheap needle threaders that everyone seems to have (and break!) Leah has been buying “Happy Flowers” for her unwell daughter, very cute And Fern has [...]

Posted by Fern On Aug - 3 - 2008 Add Comments READ FULL POST

My first (of hopefully many, but we’ll see!) free needlework pattern is up and ready to be put on anything you fancy! Pictured is my version of the twirly birdy, I wanted to add more colour to the outline so double threaded some pink in with black, and I must say it looks pretty good. I also chain stitched the legs to add a bit more bulk. It wasn’t placed onto anything special, just a piece of cotton, but I [...]

Posted by Fern On Aug - 3 - 2008 3 Comments READ FULL POST

Sorry guys I meant to post this yesterday but ended up distracted! Lincraft is having a sale, 50% off ALL of their fabric and 33% off most of their yarn (it excludes the Lincraft DK and Cosy Wool), I can’t find any date that it’s ending, unless the deal is included in their Winter Clearance which finished on the 10th of August. The deal is also available online, and it doesn’t look like the 1 metre minimum has been applied [...]

Posted by Fern On Aug - 3 - 2008 1 Comment READ FULL POST

Hand-carved stamp swap by Two Cheese Please – Too cute! I also love her stamps, which you can find a tutorial for here, this is on my to do list for this weekend! sewing machine cover by The Bohlins – From our sewing machine cover tutorial, I love the awesome fringe she used and the fabric is beautiful. Notebooks by me – We were running low on submissions this week so I actually made something just to put into the [...]

Posted by Fern On Aug - 1 - 2008 Add Comments READ FULL POST

Ed’s Note: Please welcome Sharon to CraftBlog! I’m very excited about some of her tutorials and information posts that she has planned, including giving us the insider goss on the best craft stores in Melbourne, this post is the first of a series based around my new favourite craft, Sashiko stitching. Sashiko is a Japanese running stitch that was traditionally used to reinforce points of wear or tears with patches. Cotton was expensive so farmers and fisherman used it to [...]

Posted by Sharon On Aug - 1 - 2008 3 Comments READ FULL POST
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Hi, I'm FernHi, I'm Fern and CraftBlog is my online home. I live in NSW with my husband and three sons, and spend every moment of my free time with my head buried in some form of creativity. In fact, I've never met a craft I didn't like, although I think I've tried a fair few that probably weren't too keen on me. Want to know more?

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