The latest blog posts by everyone in the Inspiration Room.
- Write crochet pattern from crocheted article
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- 31 Dec 2009
- I just managed to delete instructions for writing a pattern for this doily as a project LOL Thought some notes on how to "interpret" crochet might be handy. This exercise is fantastic for honing your crochet skills. Often, you can see an easier, new or more attractive way to do ...
- WOOHOO!
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- 19 Jul 2011
- Well, i finally did it! Just put in an order for beading wires in different guages AND colours... How cool is that?! I'll let you know more when they get here, but in the mean time, i am UBER excited!
- Winter Wonderland Gala Dinner 2012
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- 18 Apr 2012
- Hi Guys, Black Bird Productions are a team of event students currently studying a diploma of events at West Coast Institute of Training. For our final assesment we have been asked to host a Charity Event. We have chosen to hold a Winter Wonderland themed Gala Dinner to raise money ...
- Wherein I am the slowest sewer ever.
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- 01 Feb 2010
- I'll introduce this blog by saying that one of the things I like to make are custom plushies for people. I love turning people's favourite anime/video game/original characters into plush and bringing them to "life". However, this isn't a speedy process. When I take commissions I usually warn people that ...
- Where quilt police fear to tread
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- 11 Jun 2009
- Seeing the women behind Bathing Belles, the seabreeze Quilters’ delightful, semi-autobiographical work-in-progress, try to stop giggling long enough for a group photograph to be taken is a bit like watching school girls, bursting with stories & secrets, trying to keep quiet during class. Community quilting groups like Seabreeze, which meets ...
- What the heck is a craft challenge?
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- 12 Jul 2009
- Even the most avid crafters, the most enthusiastic quilt club friends or passionate guild members need a little creative shake-up occasionally. Craft challenges, the phenomenon currently sweeping both online and in-the-flesh creative communities, can be a solution. Devised to test everything from creativity to speed, fundraising abilities to personal boundaries, ...
- What a Hoot Owl project
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- 03 Nov 2010
- I have been trying to make the Owl from the What a Hoot project sheet. I am having so much trouble understanding step 5, making the bottom flat. It may be that I am a little slow, but could someone please explain it to me in simple terms. I'm so, ...
- Wedding Craft
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- 01 Jul 2010
- Hey, just thought I'd send a bit of a shout out on here, I'm looking for wedding crafts for my upcoming big day:D I have found pics online of button flowers and boquets (google it - pretty funky). If anyone has any other ideas, or tips for making them I'd ...
- walking foot problems - HELP
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- 10 Dec 2009
- Can anyone help? I am making fully lined curtains with one pass lining, however with my normal brother machine the fabric was slipping, so I bought a walking foot thinking this would solve the problem. NO. even if I set the stitch width to 3 or 4 I still end ...
- Vikki Leigh Martin
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- 23 Jun 2009
- Our guest milliner to 'get craetive' magazine Vikki Leigh Martin, has an impressive background in fashion and teaching. A graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s prestigious fashion design course, Vikki shares her skills in sewing, garment construction, accessory and headwear making from her wonderful studio in Melbourne, plus ...
- upcoming fashion queen!
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- 20 Oct 2010
- IS SO EXCITED! Learning to knit, sew, pattern make, design, sketch, do everything fashiony and crafty and become pro!!!
- Tom's Sweater
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- 10 Oct 2010
- Decima is a very dear friend who started to knit a sweater for her husband Tom a couple of years ago and it became all too hard for her as a novice knitter. It is a mock fisherman's rib vee neck sweater and I have now taken over the project. ...
- Today..
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- 17 May 2012
- Hi all, no projects yet but I did make some great friends, and on my first day! :) thanks to; emily billington and sarah cochrane! xo :D
- Today
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- 14 Feb 2011
- today i got the day off school yah
- To make it to market
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- 22 Jun 2009
- ‘get creative’ intern, 21-year-old Lauren Stein rugged up & headed out to discover what life is like selling her handmade items at a local craft market. A common problem for the avid crafter is that their passion has turned their homes into craft disaster zones. An addiction to a craft ...
- Tighten your belt, not your imagination!
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- 05 Aug 2009
- Whether you craft for fun or profit, decisions about what you purchase and make are undoubtedly affected by the state of your bank balance. For hobbyists in particular, a crafty outlet might feel like an indulgence but, with clever management, it can actually prove to be an asset (not to ...
- this is bock bock
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- 14 Feb 2011
- this is bock bock
- The making of a Knitting Book
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- 19 May 2009
- The company, commonly known as ACS, is situated in Brunswick, Victoria, and it produces around 600 patterns every year for more than 50 knitting books featuring Patons, Cleckheaton, Panda, Rowan and Shepherd yarns. The opening promise, by the way, is genuine. The experienced, enthusiastic and extraordinarily patient designers, administrators, pattern ...
- Thanks Spotlight
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- 04 Apr 2010
- I would like to thank Spotlight for the recent 20% off sale. I now have more fabric to add to my blanket box to sew into great clothing one day!! Wool to try the Beret pattern, and knitting cotton to crochet a bolero for inbetween seasons.
- Thanks for all your support
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- 26 Nov 2009
- Hi, Thank you for all of your support throughout the year. It has been fabulous and we hope that we can continue to serve you well into the New Year. Our Product of the week is our Everyday 4 Pack of shaped coffee mugs. These normally retail for $7.99 but ...
