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With the arrival of spring and Mother’s Day just around the corner, we want to help you celebrate with a big crafty giveaway. Enter the Spring Into May Giveaway for your chance to win one of six HUGE prize packs. The total of all prizes is valued at more than $2,200! Janome Magnolia 7325 Sewing Machine • Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores Fat Quarter Shop • Sew Sweetness • Aurifil • Pellon Coats +...
Did you know that Craftsy offers free video courses? By registering for a free mini course, you can check out the Craftsy learning platform including video lessons that you can watch anytime, anywhere. I thought it would be fun to share about some of the recent free Craftsy classes I took myself. Here’s my quick review of each one: 1. Creative Quilt Backs: I’ve only started to experiment with making pieced quilt backs. My...
Some of you might remember last summer, when we told you about Sara Lawson (a.k.a. Sew Sweetness) and her Kickstarter campaign to help launch her sewing patterns business. Many of you supported her by pre-ordering sewing patterns, and others may have seen her bag sewing patterns popping up everywhere in 2013! I’ve halfway lost track, but I know that she’s put out a new pattern every week for about 9 weeks or so. Amazing!...
Have you heard of Pinterest community boards? These are inspiration boards that allow any member of the group to add pins, so you can share a great quilt or sewing tutorial that you’ve run across! This is also a great way to promote your latest and greatest blog posts, tutorials, and patterns. You may add up to 3 pins per day when you join one of the groups below! We’re just getting our feet...
If you heard the big announcement, you know that we’ve been working to launch the new Video Chats at Craft Buds series! We are excited to kick off the series today with a chat on How to Write Sewing Patterns with our fun and informative panel of experts. Jessica Abbott, SewSet and Me Sew Crazy Andrea Pannell, Go To Patterns and The Train to Crazy Heather Valentine, The Sewing Loft In this Craft Buds...
Looking for an e-reader sleeve to protect your iPad, Kindle, tablet or other device? This easy zippered iPad sleeve is lined and quilted to keep your device protected and dust-free! The e-reader cover can be made with our easy and free sewing pattern, which will teach you how to install a simple zipper in a fully-lined pouch. It also works great as a simple, lined pouch for your journal, pen or crafting supplies. The...
Have no fear of the zipper! This lined zipper pouch tutorial will show you just how easy it is to create a zip-bag to store your goodies. When you don’t need to carry everything with you, replace your purse with a simple zipper clutch and store your keys, cards and cash! When you are done, you can use this same method to create a zipper pouch in various sizes based on your needs. Materials...
In honor of the upcoming the Scrappy Stash Quilt Along at Ellison Lane Quilts, I decided to organize my fabric scraps by color. Sorting fabric into piles may seem simple enough, but if your current fabric scrap bins look like this, you may be a bit overwhelmed! Although I love this vintage box, it sometimes runs over with fabric scraps, to the point that I no longer want to use them. But once sorted, scraps...
Can I tell you how excited I am that Craft Buds gets to be a part of this in just two short weekends? Jessica at Me Sew Crazy has done a fabulous job organizing this event, as a tag along to Sewing Summit! But wait! There’s more… you can win great prizes, too! Stay tuned for pics and updates from Sewing Summit! Until then, head over to Me Sew Crazy and enter to win!
It’s time to announce the Craft Book Month winners! All winners were randomly selected from the 127 entries received. Winners, please e-mail Lindsay@craftbuds.com to claim your prize! 4 winners! $25 Gift Certificate from Fat Quarter Shop: 89 Heidi @ Fabric Mutt, 86 Rachel , 67 Carrie P., 37 Vera 3 winners! Dual Duty XP Thread Set and Anniversary Tin from Coats & Clark: 60 Terry @ Toohey’s This and That, 48 Kristan @ Doodle Do Designs, 44 Sarah Norman 1 Winner! Anna Maria Pearl Cotton gift...