Ooo, bargain! Use code AD3019 to get an additional 30% off sale fabric at fabric.com http://tinyurl.com/7tvk2n woohoo! # RT @definatalie: Ughhh Burda Style are going to start charging for more of their patterns. – Kinda bummed about this. Your thoughts?? # RT @Artfire: Pancakes you can cuddle with! http://tinyurl.com/78y7cd – eee, food with faces will never not be cute # I know it’s Martha (I’m not a fan) but these boxes look so cute http://tinyurl.com/9bhg3o via @oneprettything # W00t! My [...]

BurdaStyle announced this morning that they will be charging for the “official” patterns on their site, save for the basics and some smaller projects. As part of our plan to grow BurdaStyle and to better serve our members we will need to start charging for some of our patterns. BurdaStyle patterns developed from contest winners will still be free, as will some popular basics and smaller projects. Patterns uploaded by members will still be free, as will all the other [...]

Hoppo Bumpo wrote yesterday about prewasing and the pain of watching half her fabric vanish through shrinkage and fraying. The comments on the post almost became a confessional, so many crafters admitting to the world that they didn’t pre-wash, it was like a sewers anon meeting. So, inspired by this I created some buttons for those that laugh in the face of shrinkage, for those whose quarter seams don’t get unpicked when they become a little more than a quarter [...]