Author Archive

Lifelong sewing enthusiast prefers a 1930 hand-cranked Singer.

Click to continue reading “Hand Cranked Singer Sewing Machine”

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

Revolutionary new diet gets easier as you progress.

Click to continue reading “Stitches Revolutionary Diet Plan”

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

Have you ever wished there was an Internet search engine dedicated to craft information? The Craft Directory – Arts and Crafts Search Directory is better than a search engine because the various web sites are placed in categories to make life easy.

What categories? Here’s the list:

Angel Crafts
Antiques

Apparel
Applique
Art
Basket Weaving
Baskets
Beadwork
Body and Bath
Books
Bridal and Wedding Crafts
Calligraphy
Candle Making
Card Making
Ceramics
Children’s Crafts
Clock Making
Collectibles
Craft Charities
Craft Malls
Craft Projects
Craft Shows
Craft Supplies
Crocheting
Cross Stitch
Decorative Painting
Decoupage
Digital Scrapbooking
Doll Making

Drawing & Sketching
Egg Art
Embroidery
Fabric
Floral Crafts
Food/Recipes
Free Stuff
Furniture
General Crafts
Gifts
Glass Art
Gourd Art
Graphics
Home Decor
Jewelry
Knitting
Lace Making
Leather
Macrame
Magazines
Metal Crafts
Miniatures
Nautical Crafts
Needle Felting
Needlework
Online Craft Instructions
Origami
Paper Crafts
Patterns

Pets
Photography
Plastic Canvas
Polymer Clay
Pottery
Quilting
Resources
Rubber Stamping
Rugs and Rug Making
Scale Models
Scrapbooking
Sculptures
Seasonal Crafts
Sewing
Soap Making
Software and Computer Crafts
Spinning
Stenciling
Stitchery
Stone
Tapestry
Tatting
Teddy Bears
Tole Painting
Weaving
Wholesale Crafts
Woodworking
Yard and Garden

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

Top ten reasons to learn how to sew emphasize creativity, resourcefulness, and self-sufficiency.

Click to continue reading “Top Ten Reasons To Learn To Sew”

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

Virtual cat keeps an eye on your mouse pointer when it is nearby.

Click to continue reading “Virtual Cat”

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

If you’re looking for some quilting tips and tricks, take a look at the videos available at Kaye Wood TV. Lots of topics are available:

  • Four PatchHearts
  • Squares Galore
  • Spinning Diamonds
  • Twirling Stars
  • Trees With Ease
  • Other Side of the Fence
  • Blazing Stars
  • Stitch Knit Hems
  • ABC Quilts
  • Dalco Dimensions
  • Mariner’s Compass
  • Everyone Can Quilt Promo
  • Fussy-cut Diamonds
  • Kaleidoscope
  • Pointed Fans
  • Perfect Y Seams
  • Mitered Bindings
  • Hexagon Cut and Sew
  • Flying Geese

Kaye Wood’s Primary Website has a schedule of appearances, a blog, a page of freebies, and information on her TV show "Kaye’s Quilting Friends".

Disclaimer: Not affiliated with Kaye Wood Inc., an independent company.

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

If you’re looking for a ready-to-go sewing or embroidery project, take a look at the designs available from Serendipity Studio.

Sewers will find designs for dresses and tunics, skirts, bags and jackets. Embroiderers will find seven categories including the four seasons, hearts, Americana, and the Lone Star collection.

Felting enthusiasts will be delighted to discover five punchneedle embellishment projects.

Designer Kay Whitt released her first design in 2001 and continues to add to her collection. Available projects are online at Serendipity Studio.

Disclaimer: Not affiliated with Serendipity Studio, an independent company.

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

Sewing machine powered by a bicycle to make custom headgear.

Click to continue reading “Bicycle-powered Sewing Machine”

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

Customize off-the-shelf patterns to fit body contours.

Click to continue reading “Pattern Fitting: Sure-Fit Designs”

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

Sewing articles on many topics such as essential notions, teaching kids to sew, what it takes to run a sewing business.

Click to continue reading “Info Website: The Sewing Partner”

SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon