This summer I visited the Red Pine Quilt shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. If you ever find yourself up North I highly recommend a visit. It is quite wonderful.
All the way back in late June, they had ...
Sep 22, 2015
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I am inspired visually. I still love to look at a magazine and daydream about how I am going to make this area or that area just perfect. So when Pinterest came out I grabbed a hold of it and never le...
Mar 19, 2015
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A friend of mine suggested a field trip to the Makery in Los Altos, CA,
It is the marriage of a high-end craft shop and a high-end fabric store with project areas thrown in to boot. There are finish...
Sep 22, 2014
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I have seen this type of embroidery project before and was intrigued. Then I came across this interview with the artist Richard Saja.
Here is an interview with him in Etsy. I thought is was interesti...
Jul 23, 2014
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A little while back I posted about the jelly roll that I wish I bought last summer. This year it was time once again for the pilgrimage to Minnesota and a visit to the Red Pine Quilt Shop. I was recou...
Jul 21, 2014
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This wall is striking
Photo from Interiorholic
That would be such a neat way to add an accent wall. Or add it in a big room as a divider.
Embroidery hoops are so cool, aren’t they?
If you are n...
May 15, 2013
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Kathy found this interesting opportunity and we started having a discussion about it.
Archival Inn bills itself as a self-lead retreat center in Holland, Michigan. It is a house with a big kitchen tha...
Jan 03, 2013
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I saw these houses, and they sucked my breath away.
These are from Luluto. I haven’t put the the site into google translator yet, but I can promise you I will.
There is a great tutorial with a ...
Nov 28, 2012
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How fun are these holiday pillows from Garnet Hill?
These are hooked like a rug, but I think you could easily get the same whimsical look using felt appliqués. The remind me a lot of the Pop Art Pee...
Nov 14, 2012
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Maps have been so popular an imagery in crafts lately, whether it is wall art, jewelry or even wrapping paper. Thing is we all don’t necessarily have a whole bunch of maps around to cut up.
Nat...
Sep 24, 2012
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