I got a case of the Crafties and had to make a small fabric-covered cord bowl.
Fabric + Cord = Bowl
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Stitch Club: Lyddon
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Cat mat mini quilt
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TAST bunting
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Milk Glass Pin Cushion
I don't remember where I scored this milk glass dish, which I think is an Indiana pedestal candy dish with a daisy design, but I could not part with it. I don't eat candy, and had no idea what to do with it, so it just sat in a closet for years. One day, a blog I...
Pretty Birds Flamingo
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Pretty Birds Parrot
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Sewing box
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Pretty Dice Bag
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Pretty Birds Cardinal
A while back I was at a discount bookstore and picked up a book by Virginia Lindsay, Pretty Birds. It has very simple patterns to make a range of different little birds and was just the thing I needed to find an idea for the handmade ornament exchange my embroidery...