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10.30.08Election Pennants at Crafty Wonderland[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A message from an adorable little girl at Crafty Wonderland: "Vote!""][/caption] A couple of weekends ago, I ran the DIY table at Crafty Wonderland here in Portland. If you're not familiar with Crafty Wonderland, it's a monthly crafts fair that's held at the Doug Fir Lounge and is organized by gals from PDX Super Crafty. One of the fun things they do each month is host a free craft activity that anyone can try out, and it's loads of fun. It's sort of funny, because--and I think I've said this before here--I don't think of myself as a ...
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09.10.08Crafts We Can Believe InWe hope you'll humor us for a moment while we diverge ever-so-slightly from our regularly scheduled programming... From the "Crafters for Obama" badge that's been on our site since Julie Ree created "Crafters for Obama" back in January, you've probably noticed that we're supporters of Senator Barack Obama's campaign for the Presidency. We believe that his leadership can help our country move in the right direction. We've been personally affected by many of the tough issues that are facing our nation, and many of our friends and family have also been directing impacted by the poor economy, lack of accessible and ...
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07.13.08BlockedWe got the book Lotta Prints by Lotta Jansdotter (who also wrote the very-popular Simple Sewing book) when it first came out. As you know, Josh has gotten really interested in printmaking, especially screen printing, so this book had perfect timing as an impulse buy. We're not going to bother to review the book, since both Average Jane Crafter (aka Rachel) and Diane (of CraftyPod fame) wrote great reviews already, but we thought we'd share the first results from a project in the book. This was Sarah's first attempt in, oh, seventeen years or so, at printing using a linoleum block. ...
recent posts
- Thirteen Random Things
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- Election Pennants at Crafty Wonderland
- Interview: Chika Mori, Co-Author of Zakka Sewing
- Dayton Triangles Redux Hoodie
- We’re Still Here!
- Sewing Heritage: More Stitching Up Old Glory
