Understanding and using a sewing machine ruffler attachment Ruffles in fashion, home dec and on little girls’ dresses! Lengths and lengths and lengths of organza, cottons, satins, and silks gathered up to create romantic and feminine looks. Ruffles have been around for many years and so has the attachment to create them. It’s an accessory […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
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[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] There’s no end to Christine Baker’s brilliant imagination as she creates this very charming applique quilt table topper. Use the shapes to make it a runner, or a banner to herald spring! Read more in our Spring 2012 issue. Designed by Christine Baker Fairfield Road Designs [email protected] www.fairfieldroaddesigns.com christinebaker-fairfieldroaddesigns.blogspot.ca
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[columns] [span3] [/span3][span3] [/span3][span3] [/span3][span3] [/span3][/columns] Catherine (Katie) Mae Epler was a diminutive woman, but what she lacked in stature she made up for in spunk and creativity. In 1914, Katie travelled from her home in Pennsylvania with her 16-year-old daughter Frances Iva to the Swan River Valley in Manitoba. There, she took out a […]
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[columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] Studio Profile – Christine Baker Christine has always been a sewer, from the time she was a kid making Barbie clothes with her mom, but it wasn’t until after she was married that she started to quilt. She graduated in 1993 from University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Pharmacy […]
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“How old would you be?” is not just a rhetorical question. It’s a question that urges us to shed the labels that come with age. We really are as old as we feel or think we are. If we didn’t know our age, how old would we feel? Read more in our Spring 2013 issue. […]
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It is well known that rug hooking is a North American art form that began out of necessity. Inspired by something familiar, using old recycled fabrics, beautiful rugs were made to cover cold wood floors. I love anything primitive, and I also love to upcycle, so the idea to create a rug, using old techniques, […]
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This project can be finished in less than a half hour and can be made to match a favourite necklace, top or as a special gift. Change the look or size of the beaded beads by changing the colour, size, and shape of the beads. Add a string of beads to make a dangling beaded […]
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Who doesn’t love fresh strawberries in the summer? Now you can have the look of fresh strawberries all year long with this cute little candle mat. Felted wool is lovely to work with and the addition of beads gives this piece extra appeal. Read more in our Spring 2013 issue. Designed by Christine Baker Fairfield […]
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[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] I grew up in tropical South East Asia and assumed as a child that everyone was creative. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized the women who most influenced my formative years – my maternal grandmother and mother – were extraordinarily talented. My family belonged to an unusual […]
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We’re going Gingham Style! Here’s a brand new needlework feature to ANPTmag – plastic canvas. We’re starting with some easy items to brighten up your kitchen for spring. Let us know what you think! Read more in our Spring 2013 issue. Designed by Laura Gebhardt [email protected]