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A few weeks ago Karen, one of our testers who has also become a friend, contacted me to see if we would be willing to host a Flat Stanley-based version of her daughter, Bethany, for a school project. Everyone in …

Here’s another easy idea for a hair ornament, and you can use your leftover bias strips to make them! I took some plain headbands and covered them with tubes sewn from bias strips. It took a couple of tries to …

Here’s a fun and free tutorial that will allow you to make cute felt bows.

In case you missed it yesterday, we did a special little Roller Skate Dress + Tunic blog tour, in honor of the impending release of the spring patterns. We started out the morning with a visit to Skirt as Top, …

Raw-edge applique is about as fast and easy as applique gets. If you haven’t tried it before I think you’re going to like it because it’s a lot of fun and because you can do some seriously cute things with …

Interested in making your own bias binding? Here’s how to do it using a bias tape maker.

Liesl shows you the traditional method for cutting bias in this tutorial.

Want to learn how to make continuous bias strips? You’ve come to the right place. This tutorial will show you how.

Today I’m introducing our second new pattern for Spring-Summer 2013. The Pinwheel Tunic + Slip Dress will be available on our website by March 5 and at retailers around the globe shortly thereafter. Here’s an funny little story for you. …

Today I start introducing our new Spring-Summer 2013 patterns. These new styles should be available on our website by March 5 and at your local retailers around the world shortly thereafter. So without further ado, let me introduce you to …

Over the weekend, I taught S to cross-stitch with waste canvas. We had so much fun stitching together that we decided to share some of our patterns with you today. My mom was doing lots of cross-stitch back in the …

Here’s a fun tutorial to show you how to add cross stitching as an embellishment using waste canvas.