2009 Green Living Expo & Education Fair and Sewing Pattern Roundup!

Bonnie Holub: Save some money without saving the feed sacks at the 2009 Green Living Expo & Education Fair
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
And I venture to guess that the money-saving practices offered at the Expo beat sewing (or wearing) feed sack undershorts, any day.


Sewing Patterns - Most, if not all of these are free!


Art You Wear and me: Folkwear Patterns, Museum News, Patsy Monk
By Rosalie Cooke
I am sewing more than ever, looking forward to less fear of failure and fear of what others think, and finding new creative heights. I'll still talk about the best patterns and books for wearable art. To write to me via email, ...

Memories are and always will be forever: Current Sewing Project ...
By Mel
Current Sewing Project - Flipsy Skirt ... Toni Coward has a beautiful range of patterns and is a very talented SAHM :) The material featured in the photographs on the flipsy pattern are part of range of fabrics designed by a lady ...

A laying-on of hands Project Linus coordinator, partner develop ...
The Hudson Reporter - Hoboken,NJ,USA
And I started sewing by helping her.” Zawacki and Bogdanowicz said they each sewed throughout their teens and adult lives, but had never thought about ...

Een: Easy Sewing Projects For Beginning Quilters and Anyone Else
By bakeczihs
With this pattern, you will get used to sewing in a straight line and using your walking foot. Once you are confident with wallets, your next project can be a quilted purse. Pillowcases. Pillowcases are all straight lines. ...

Baby Blanket Pattern « Curiositys
By Kate Martinez
Posted in Crafts, Patterns, Printing, Sewing | Tagged baby, Blanket, block printing, Crafts, fabric, free, free pattern, hand printing, hand-made, home decor, pattern, print, Printing, sewing | No Comments. Trackback URI | Comments RSS ...

luvinthemommyhood: make your own heat pack
By luvinthemommyhood
i am a lover of a good heat pack. this sewing pattern for making your own heat pack caught my eye this morning. chez larsson offers a simple and customizable way to whip up your own heat pack. so grab some cozy fabric, sew this puppy up ...

Sewing and Crafting Roundup

Sewing & Stitchery Expo signups filling up
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
The knitting classes are already filling up for the Sewing & Stichery Expo in Puyallup set for Feb. 26, 27, 28 and March 1. This year is the show's 25th ...

90 years: Sew far, sew good
Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque,IA,USA
BY MARY NEVANS-PEDERSON TH STAFF WRITER
As long as she has nimble fingers and good eyesight, Ida Mulert will keep on sewing. After all, why give up her ...

Project Red Dress features up-and-coming local fashion designers ...
Seattle Times - United States
The first-place winner will receive a $3000 scholarship, the second-place winner will get a new sewing machine from Sewing Machine Service Company and the ...

Fremont woman quilts for sick children
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
She didn't do much canning after she and her husband, Howard, moved to Fremont and got teaching jobs in 1960, but she never stopped sewing. ...

On the job: Susan's Sewing Creations
Westerner - Samford,Queensland,Australia
What services does your business offer? Furniture upholstery and refurbishing, car and motorbike seat repairs and upholstery, tonneau covers, ...

Downtown business changing hands
Daily Democrat - Woodland,CA,USA
By ELISABETHSHERWIN/Special to The Democrat Friday, was the 34th birthday of the new owner of the Woodland Sewing and Vacuum Center at 523 Main St. The new ...

Craft to make from recycled materials: Bumper pads
Examiner.com - USA
Use as a fireplace hearth bumper pad (see image for one suggestion) or a window cornice. You can use either 1/4" plywood or foam board which can be purchased at a craft or home ...

Craft Center exhibits student, staff art
Oregon Daily Emerald - Eugene,OR,USA
by Brenna Houck | Freelance Reporter |
The annual Craft Center Staff Art Show began its display in the Adell McMillan Gallery on the second floor of the EMU ...

Craft your own valentines at Sno-Isle library branches
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
W. Families can make cards, crafts or decorations for loved ones or for distribution to senior citizens. Details at 425-778-2148. ...

What's happening Wednesday: Kids' craft project; exhibits
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
by Kalamazoo Gazette "Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids" is being offered at the Antwerp Sunshine Branch Library, 24823 Front Ave., Mattawan. ...

Niagara Falls Hotels Craft Valentine's & March Break Packages with ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Niagara Falls, Ontario (PRWEB) February 10, 2009 -- Niagara Falls hotels have prepared an array of appealing packages - for an extravagant Valentine's and ...

Repair shops thrive as many keep using what they have
Houston Chronicle - United States
At Alief Vacuum and Sewing Center, owner Stuart Miller has taken on repairing battery-operated toys, as vacuum and sewing machine repairs decreased three ...

Daily Planner: February 9
Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA
6: 10 am Sewing. Noon lunch. Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East Ave. SPEAKEASY TOASTMASTERS: Noon-1 pm Casual lunch. Bureau of Reclamation, 1140 W. Wood ...

Lead weight: Small businesses decry law spurred by China toy scare
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
Her bucket of vintage buttons, passed down from her mother's collection, collected dust on the shelf near her sewing table. Designing new clothes for her ...

LDS senior humanitarians serve the world
Mormon Times - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The words are pinned to the bulletin board in sewing room next to the lists of items and number that have been made for the month. ...

Survivor on the Main
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
Barry Shinder, owner of Maple Leaf Hat and Cap Manufacturing, hunches over the same sewing machine his father did 79 years ago when the Mile End company was ...

Show goes on for 'Porkchop'
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Alas, Parker can't sew. "I knew it was a weakness," Parker says now. "I usually have a person sewing for me. So I just tried to make something creative and ...

Monday, February 9 - Get Fiscally Fit at the Library
Examiner.com - USA
For more great classes on everything from knitting to crafts and cooking to fashion, check out the library's extensive Fresh City Life offerings.

Alameda County fire dispatcher's writing career is scorching hot
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
She also keeps a blog called Yarn-a-Go-Go, in which she muses about knitting, writing and life. Herron said she has been knitting since she was 5 years old. ...

Coconut Grove abounds with arts and crafts events
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is gearing up for its 21st Arts and Crafts Show, which coincides with the Grove's annual Arts Fest. ...

CraftBits and Craft Gossip
Baltimore By Hand - Baltimore,MD,USA
Have you heard of Craft Gossip? These are two marvelously crafty web sites that contain a wealth of ideas, projects, articles and just about any other craft ...