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ldpaulson  |
Oregon USA
Member since, 1/23/05
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| Notion Review | 8/2/11 8:12 PM | Clover - Hera Marker
What is this notion used for? A hera marker is used with fabric in a manner very similar to the manner in which a bone folder is used with paper. It is used to press piecework open. It works extremely well in lieu of finger pressing a seam and eliminates the need to get up and down to the ironing bo...more... |
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| Book Review | 8/13/07 6:27 PM | Adorn
Adorn's target demographic skews younger than most mainstream sewing/crafts mags. This is, after all, "The Crafty Girl's Guide to Embellishing Life." It was refreshing to read the results of their reader survey -- MORE SEWING!
This issue features Tricia Royal (bitsandbobbins on flickr) with a beaut...more... |
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| Book Review | 8/13/07 6:11 PM | Altered Clothing
When I looked the book up on amazon.com to get the author names, I immediately saw why I didn't care for this book. The subhead and parenthetical information say it all: Hip Fixes and Transformations with a Needle and Thread (Domestic Arts for Crafty Girls), And it's really not too hip at that.
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| Book Review | 8/13/07 6:06 PM | Simple Sewing with a French Tw
Simple Sewing with a French Twist: An Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes and Home Accessories with Style is a book filled with home dec ideas.
It's sparse on the clothes, which gets top billing but short shrift. That's why I picked it up. Most of the clothing are means to embellish more than mak...more... |
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| Book Review | 8/13/07 5:56 PM | Sew Stylish
Irony of ironies, there's a new SewStylish on the newsstands. This after Taunton announced relatively recently (July 2007) it would no longer publish the magazine. What's more -- there's a READER SURVEY in the front cover.
The issue is PACKED with great information, including David Page Coffin on b...more... |
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Crafting interests (no particular order): sewing, knitting, beading, and dyeing and playing with fiber. Of course, these interests keep my attention divided such that I'm always working on something, ...more
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