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by SewMagical



Sometimes when we make something, we need to fasten it shut. There are
many ways to do that. Let's look at some of the options we have available
to us.

*Buttons
The use of buttons for closures

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by Jody



Here is a baby quilt I made using your designs.
I make and sell them on eBay for extra income.
My daughters love to go through my designs and then my fabrics and match up the ones that go together.
My 11yr old Jasmine came up with this combination.
I used your Bluework

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by Rob

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by Bonnie
What a perfect way to bring Christmas in July to a close!
Bonnie has created a Christmas Gift box - in three styles!

You can leisurely begin to stitch these out so you will have plenty to set about for Santa to fill on Christmas eve, to hang on the tree, or give out as

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by Judy
Judy tells us, "I love wild animals so I was excited when I saw the patterns
Here is the quilt I made for my grandson who is due in November around the 29th.
Thank you for these darling designs."

Judy used the animals from the Baby Animal Blocks set- which you can see by

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by Pat

I have found the BEST thing for cleaning lint from my machine is the chenille pipe cleaners you buy in a package at the Arts & Crafts stores. It had a magnetic attraction to lint and can pull it from far down into the machine.

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by Helen


Helen realizes how important it is to be thrifty. And, while the big embroidery machines are wonderful for stitching out those large designs, they can be somewhat of a stabilizer "piggy." See what she has developed to tame her stabilizer piggy!

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by Ellen

Here are the coasters I made using the designs from the Flower Pot set. I sewed the design on felt, then before sewing the outline/frame I put craft foam (called "foamies" in the store) on the back side. The only stitching you see on the back is the frame outline. By

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by Maggie

Everyone has seen those stands you buy that have coffee cups hanging from them ( you can stand them on your kitchen bench for decoration ).
Well I have got three in my sewing room with scissors hang from them , or tape measures that have a ribbon attached to hang them up

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by Gerry Murphy Mack

The beginning of the school year is the best time to shop for craft supplies for our hobbies.
Various office supply stores have USB Flash Drives priced from $9.00 up, depending on the GB size. There are some very colorful USB Flash Drives available, adding to the

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by Marlene Stewart

To kick off our Christmas in July celebration, Marlene has created a beautiful Advent Calendar. Stop by your local store and pick up a dowel and you are ready to create a wonderful gift which you can give on the first day of December! Don't say we didn't

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by SewMagical

I have 3 pairs of glasses, one or the other of which I am always wearing. Because they are each for a different purpose, I need to switch between them frequently. I got tired of grabbing one of my eyeglass cases, only to find it was the wrong one. I decided to make a

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by Linda in Winnipeg
Sticky hoops are a real pain during embroidery.
In my past I was a florist for many years. At Christmas time we would get extremely sticky handling the pine from the floral arrangements.
The very first shop I worked for used a pound of lard at every workstation

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by Denise

I thought I would share this baby quilt I made using your Halloween Circles and Halloween Blocks designs by Rhonda. The baby's parents like scary movies and I thought they would appreciate this rag quilt for their newborn son, Quinten. I love the designs on this

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by Bonnie
Bonnie has created a beautiful bowl for you this week! It will brighten any table! You can choose to stitch out all sides the same, choose 2 designs and alternate them, or make each side a different color!
You can choose to have the designs on the inside or the outside of

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by Kathy

With the cost of Patterns and the tissue paper the older ones are made of I save my plastic bags the newspaper comes in.
Most patterns slide in perfect and for protection I use my old Seal-a-Meal® and seal them airtight, the bigger designer patterns I fold cleaner bags

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by Queenfluff2

I made these towels as gifts for one of my grandson's baby shower. They stitched out great! The designs were a big hit at the party. As you can probably guess the theme was "farm animals".

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by Lyn

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by SewMagical
There is a little bit of a story behind this project.

We have a friend living in another state, who is a rifle instructor. Recently he was planning to come down to teach at a match, and mentioned he wanted to bring his new medieval style crossbow to show us. Now, our

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by LVBC

My new favorite tool by my embroidery machine is my grandmothers metal crochet hook. It is a Susan Bates #12 . The head is rounded and the hook is VERY tiny and just great for getting under and hooking/lifting jump threads for snipping, especially the short ones! I also

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