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February 2012

Fashion Week Giveaway: Win a Copy of Twinkle Sews

Today marks the first day of Paris Fashion Week and the final stop of the Autumn/Winter 2013 fashion season. To commemorate the beginning of the end, we will be giving away five copies of Twinkle Sews by Wenlan Chia, the creative visionary behind the Twinkle fashion line.

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Celebrate Craft Month with Our Craft-a-Day Challenge

March is National Craft Month, and we can’t wait to celebrate all month long by getting our craft on. We’ve enjoyed the Photo a Day Challenge from Australian blogger, Fat MUM Slim, so we decided that it would be a great to adapt her idea especially for crafts.

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CrafterNews Exclusive: Vote for the Cover of Knitted Farm Animals

Here’s your chance to help design the cover of Sarah Keen’s upcoming book, Knitted Farm Animals, on sale December 11, 2012, from Potter Craft. There are so many adorable options that we can’t decide on just one, so we want to hear your thought about which animal should be the star of the cover!

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Sewing Lesson with Brett Bara

It was my New Year’s resolution to learn how to sew using a sewing machine. I took a class a few weeks ago to learn all its names and parts (bobbin case! presser foot!) and how to thread the machine. At the end of the class, we were given pieces of muslin, and we practiced our stitches. I felt confident that I was ready to make a project!

That’s when the lovely and talented Brett Bara, author of Sewing in a Straight Line heard of my sewing resolutions and graciously offered to give me a personal lesson.

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Share a Sweet Message with the Valentine Hearts Project from Girligami

In the spirit of the holiday, we’re sharing more Valentine’s Day love with an old favorite, the Valentine Hearts project from Girligami by Cindy Ng. These easy and festive hearts can be used as cupcake toppers, gift tags, or little tokens of affection.

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Share Handmade Love on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is the perfect chance to show your loved ones how much you care about them, and a handmade gift is a simple, heartfelt way to express your affection. We’ve collected our favorite Valentine’s Day crafts below that you can make for your sweetie, friends, and family–no red roses or diamonds required!

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Tips to Writing the Perfect Love Note

In this dedicated Valentine’s Day post, Margaret Shepherd, author of Learn World Calligraphy, offers 14 sincere and original ways to express yourself on paper to your valentine.

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Press Release: Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi by Anna Hrachovec

Anna Hrachovec compiled her love for knitted mochimochi—super-cute and slightly strange character designs—in her first book, Knitting Mochimochi, which bewitched and beguiled knitters everywhere. Now in her second book, TEENY-TINY MOCHIMOCHI: More Than 40 Itty-Bitty Minis to Knit, Wear, and Give (Potter Craft; on sale August 16, 2011), Anna brings the “miniature” crafting trend to knitters with more than 40 bite-size projects for small, anthropomorphic knits: tiny objects, animals, people, food, nature, and holiday items.

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Ask the Jewelry Experts: What Inspired you to Begin Designing Jewelry?

Every creative entrepreneur has to start somewhere, and successful jewelry designers and authors Nancy Alden, Stephanie Wells, and Scott David Plumlee are no exception. Before they became known for founding multi-million-dollar jewelry businesses, adorning celebrities, and teaching sold-out workshops, how did some of our favorite jewelry experts learn their skills and start designing? Their answers might surprise you as these experts take us around the world, from Egypt to the Caribbean, and look back on the beginnings of their jewelry-making journeys.

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