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Sewing for tsunami victims: 'She's got a servant's heart'
KVAL
"I love sewing," said 8-year-old Abby Hoggard. And that love of sewing has turned into a labor of love for victims of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. "My dad was watching the news and I saw all the video clips and I wanted to help and ...

Apartment residents sewing diapers for babies in Haiti
Stow Sentry
Residents at Stow Kent Gardens in Stow cut and sew cloth diapers that will be taken to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. by Mike Lesko | Associate Editor Stow -- Mary Ann Jones used to sew clothing for her family, but she never figured she'd be sewing diapers ...


Quilters get sewing for tsunami victims
Westmorland Gazette
By Steven Bell » As community groups and businesses continue to hold collections and fundraising events, local quilters are sewing 'comfort quilts' to send to the thousands of people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami. The Mere Quilters, made up ...


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Review: Crafty Chica's Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing
BlogHer (blog)
I can't sew very well and I'm not particularly crafty, but those themes are a hook for me. Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing by Kathy Cano-Murillo, aka Crafty Chica, has both and when I was offered the chance to read it I jumped. ...

Hundreds of quilts donated to local charities
Wink News
The group took their love for sewing and turned it into a major charitable organization by donating thousands of quilts over the years. "I still have my health and family and so on. I just like to give to people who are not as fortunate," said Jackie ...

A sewing fix in Bloorcourt Village
Metro Canada - Toronto
She's the proprietor of a magical place called The Make Den, where the city's Scottys, aspiring artists and future fashionistas alike come to get their sewing fix. A 30-year old entrepreneur with a degree from Ryerson and a previous life as a ...

Quilt show brings patchwork of friends together
Herald & Review
“I quilt every day,” said Stine, who prefers hand-sewing and has done it for 30 years. “I always tell my family it gives me my sanity. I just kind of put my mind in neutral.” For 15 years, Stine has joined friends in a sewing group on Wednesday ...

Free Sewing & Knitting Pattern resources; Charity Knitting

Thursday 13 - Free Pattern Resources from around the web ...
By Grandmother Wren
1. Lion Brand Yarn – 100’s of free knit and crochet patterns. You do have to register on the site, but it only takes a minute, it’s free and it’s So.


Grandmother's Pattern Book
Crocheters answer the call
Explore Howard County - Ellicott City,MD,USA
It was Fan who founded the church's knitting group two years ago to produce prayer shawls, and who helped organize the free class. ...

More good news for Crafters in the Recession | FaveCraftsBlog
The CHA reports the the 4 categories getting the most push during these times are: Scrapbooking, Green Crafting, Kid’s Crafts, and Sewing - saying “sewing is the new knitting.” To read the whole story, click here. Share and Enjoy: ...

Phyllis can't stop knitting!
Dunmow Broadcast - Stevenage,England,UK
EVER heard the one about the granny who cannot stop knitting? Neither had we, until we met 70-year-old pensioner Phyllis Smith from Redbond Lodge in Great ...

Shamrock Bread Basket Liner - Free Knitting Pattern for a Shamrock ...
By knitting
This versatile and easy knitting pattern that includes a shamrock works as a bread basket liner or a small placemat. Because the shamrock is subtle you can use this piece around St. Patrick's Day or throughout the year.

Neighbors: Wardrobe refashioning saves money
Red Bluff Daily News - Red Bluff,CA,USA
Refashioning is a great way to learn to sew. Most ideas take some sewing skill and require the use of a sewing machine but some do not. ...

Baby Dresses:
By admin
Place the free baby clothes sewing pattern that results on a piece of fabric and cut around the pattern leaving enough room on the edge of each piece for a seam. Remove the paper, place the material pieces together as they will be sewn ...

Jo-Ann Stores Reports Sew-Sew Results
Mediapost.com - New York,NY,USA
"Our core sewing and crafts businesses continued to exhibit growth throughout the year, despite the deterioration in economic conditions," the company says. ...

FREE Pattern - Easter Placemat #2 « Quiltingcindy’s Weblog
By quiltingcindy
Didn’t the The Heart of Sewing make an adorable placemat? She claims it is for kids but I could see myself eating off this placemat. :D If you liked that placemat just look how cute this one is also by The Heart of Sewing. Happy sewing! ...

Prayer Shawls, American Girl Dolls, Knitting for Hope

Prayer shawls give comfort for cancer patients
Branson Daily News - MO, United States
“We have patterns for knitting or crocheting for anyone looking to get started.” Proceeds from a recent auxiliary book sale bought yarn for knitters to use, ...

Costly American Girl duds inspire homespun alternatives for dolls
Chicago Tribune - United States
They're knitting because it's relaxing." Craft sites such as kathleen-dakotadreams.blogspot.com have helped the hobby spread by offering patterns, ...

Hand-made hope
Brattleboro Reformer - VT, United States
It's basically two "sides" that are knitted in a circular pattern and then stuffed with a soft material like what goes into a teddy bear. ...

Three ways women band together to banish the winter blahs
Appleton Post Crescent - WI, USA
For Angie Dunn, 44, of Neenah, nothing fends off winter's literal and figurative chill like knitting with a group of women. When she gathers with the ...

Technique: Use paper to figure out pattern problems « Sewing
By anneweaver
When the going gets tough, the tough get... out the paper? That's what Jennifer Stern at CraftStylish suggests doing when trying to get the kinks out of a pattern, whether it's a pattern that you're designing or a commercial pattern ...

Nordic knitting patterns are not your basic cable
Seattle Times - United States
Lavold's work is showing in the "Knitting Along the Viking Trail" exhibit at the Nordic Heritage Museum through April 5. The Nordic Heritage Museum offers ...

Pattern review: stay-on baby booties
Examiner.com - USA
This is the pattern I knit whenever I have a baby shower to attend or a new child to welcome. It is a joy to knit for anyone who is comfortable with ...

Knit-in event draws about 100 participants, raises money for Held4Kids
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
Bernie Remillard, a Help4Kids volunteer, also left with six bags of knitted wares such as hats, scarves and blankets for distribution to needy families. ...