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We have a winner…

Congratulations to Jenny Barnett Rohrs, whose re-tweet was chosen at random to win the copy of Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts!  Happy Mother’s Day, Jenny!  I’ll contact you via email when I get a chance tomorrow, or if you just want to drop me a line and let me know your mailing [...]

Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts + Giveaway

I’ve been eager to review this book for some time, but I have been overwhelmed by choice.  Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts is a substantial volume, to the tune of 400 pages, and so much of it grabbed me right out of the gate.  The 250-page project section is organized alphabetically, and [...]

Baking and Making

As in, baking a loaf of cranberry bread.  Mmmm.  I’ve also made a pie crust, with the actual pie to follow tomorrow.  I’ve baked gingerbread, which will be crumbled up into a pumpkin trifle tomorrow, and I whipped up some instant pumpkin pudding with a mix Neil found at the grocery store this afternoon.  It [...]

Unique batik

Sarah forwarded a link to me this morning for a Martha Stewart “Easy Batik” project. I’ve always really loved the look of batik, but have never considered trying it myself – entirely too complicated. But Martha’s project looked very very simple. The only thing I found wrong with it was the fact that it didn’t [...]