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By Connie G. Barwick, About.com Guide to Cross-Stitch since 2006

Crafty Bloggers Update

Saturday May 16, 2009
Here's the latest from some of my favorite crafty bloggers:
  • About.com Family Crafts - Discover how you can create your own fancy, garden stepping stones.
  • Aileen's Musings - Aileen has a new tutorial perfect for teen birthday parties.
  • Alexa Westerfield - Swelldesigner shares with you why you need a mini idea book.
  • Blisstree Arts - Digital art calls for a creative framing method.
  • Cathie Filian - Cathie whips up a "no calorie cake" with a few items from the dollar store.
  • Craftside - Inside peeks into the new books: Mosaics: The Art of Reuse and shotgun and sea shell stepping stones, a few of sketchbook sketches and their end result, Re-Bound and the story behind this month's San Metao Maker Faire (30th and 31st) , and a Sweater Surgery Hello Kitty Sunglass case how-to.
  • Crafty Princess Diaries - Are you cutting coupons these days? Then make this simple little crochet coupon holder to keep them organized.
  • Craftypod - Sister Diane shows you how to make a quilted fabric pendant.
  • Naughty Secretary Club - Love the look of the groovy spaghetti string lamps from the 60’s? Make your own with Jen, some yarn, a balloon and a little fabric stiffener.
  • Sweater Surgery - Sweater Surgery in the Pratt Institute Magazine and Bookmarks You can make at Maker Faire with Stephanie.
  • The Impatient Crafter - Style Guru Brini Maxwell and The Impatient Crafter Margot Potter want you to join them on their Crafty Cabaret Caribbean Cruise in Fall of 2010. Get the 411.
  • Vickie Howell - Need a home decor, quick-fix? Vickie shows you how to use fabric scraps to over those otherwise drab, light switch plates.
To find out when new patterns are added to About.com Cross Stitch (and much, much more), follow Connie, aka @crossstitcher on Twitter.

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May 16, 2009 at 7:40 pm
(1) Wendydydydy says:

On the Craftypod site there is a tutorial showing how to make a fabric pendant. This would look great using a small cross stitch picture, and pendants like this would make great gifts.

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