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Mosaic Hearts free quilt pattern

Mosaic Hearts free quilt pattern

Valentine’s Day on the horizon, and hearts are everywhere. Half the display windows of stores downtown look like a teenybopper’s bedroom… which brings us to quilts, doesn’t it? And this quick clever “Mosaic Hearts” quilt, a free pattern…

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Soft Chains

Soft Chains

I have to thank Amanda for this find, in a round-about way. She got it all started by spotting a pretty pale blue chain-link scarf at Entre Nous, and that was intriguing enough to send me off to tap the great Google machine like Ponce de León ransacking Florida for a magical water source… • [...]

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Sew Your Own Tux Linux Penguin

Sew Your Own Tux Linux Penguin

Is there a more adorable mascot anywhere in the computer world than the goofy, cuddley, splay-footed penguin named Tux, who flies the Linux banner? We think not. And a plushie Tux can be yours… Grab the free Tux sewing pattern from Free-Penguin.org, see the creative penguins that others have made, and haul out your sewing [...]

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3 Easy Ways to Chart a Knitting Pattern

3 Easy Ways to Chart a Knitting Pattern

How can a crafter turn an image into a custom pattern for a knitted motif — quickly and easily — without spending a fortune? It’s not as difficult as you might think, and it can be done for little or no cost at all. Suddenly, all sorts of creative possibilities come to mind – custom [...]

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Knit a Neck-Warmer Bainbridge Scarf

Knit a Neck-Warmer Bainbridge Scarf

If you’re like me, and have a positive talent for letting the end of your scarf trail on the ground or get caught in a car door, a neat little knitted neck-warmer might be the answer. The problem with most neck-warmers, of course, is that they tend to be tight-fitting knitted tubes — guaranteed to [...]

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