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Free Live Event Reminder! Join Blair Stocker of Wise Craft Handmade on November 6th at 1pm PT / 4pm ET and learn how to make holiday ornaments with chicken scratch embroidery. Register here: https://t.co/vnehkQs4Zq

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Start our Daily Practice for November: Shape, Pattern, Color: Hand-Stitched Sampler Books w/ Jody Alexander! Paint, dye, print & stitch 4 distinctive sampler book structures made w/ fabric. Shape your own narratives using your unique style and mark making. https://t.co/yhR5Jwxa1B

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🎃 Happy Handmade Halloween! 🎃 ( https://t.co/KwGNXZmBWc in case you need some last-minute DIY inspo!)

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Our editor-in-chief Courtney shares her story of hand-stitching an heirloom stocking for her daughter plus her tips for making your own this holiday season: https://t.co/DIFLPe7C6c

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New Class: Marbling Finished Goods. Surface designer & marbling artist Mercedez Rex shows you how to transfer marbled designs onto a silk scarf, canvas bag, cotton crop top, & terracotta pot. Learn foundational marbling patterns & experiment w/ fun tools. https://t.co/kZ4izV6N8L

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⭐️FREE LIVE EVENT⭐️ November 6th: Embroider holiday ornaments with Blair Stocker. Chicken scratch embroidery is a vintage needlework technique that uses basic embroidery stitches on gingham fabric to create intricate patterns. Register now: https://t.co/vnehkQs4Zq

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New Rebecca Ringquist class! Keep your needles organized with one of Rebecca's unique embroidery samplers and make 2 styles of pincushions: a distinctive pyramid-shaped pincushion and an easy-to-tote needle book. So cute & so useful! https://t.co/i7uCkE5hyM

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Just in time for Halloween! Suzy Ultman teaches you how to upcycle everyday paper grocery bags into a full-fledged, fabulous bird costume, including all the steps from cutting out your paper bags to painting and gluing on paper feathers. https://t.co/BvwQqxlRhk

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Part 5 of our 5-part garment sewing technique series is here! Once you're comfortable with garment sewing basics, explore design details like facings, buttonholes & buttons, skirt vents, swing tacks & more to add to your clothes-making toolkit. https://t.co/nww12SPnpt

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✨It's spooky season! Time to conjure up all things witchy, spooky, & magical w/ our October CbMixtape: Hocus Pocus. Play a mix of crochet, painting, stamp carving, and monoprinting to create witch's hats, frogs, moths, melty candles, & magic starbursts. https://t.co/kFeSYdC6Cs

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🕸️ FREE LIVE EVENT! 🕸️ Wednesday, October 16th, 2024, 1pm PT / 4pm ET. Join artist Robert Mahar & Courtney Cerruti in transforming vintage black and white photographs with haunting embroidery embellishments. Register now: https://t.co/EHkR1lSxgz

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Start Part 4 of our 5-part garment sewing technique series: Introduction to Knits w/ Amanda Todaro from Ditto! While a serger is a knit garment's best friend, you can create most knit garments using only your sewing machine. https://t.co/d8TTnF9SSA

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Start Part 3 of our 5-part garment sewing technique series: Finishings & Hems! Amanda Todaro from Ditto patterns shows you how to finish your seams with a sewing machine or a serger plus four ways to sew hems for neat & tidy projects that last a long time. https://t.co/MnfWapCwlM

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FREE LIVE EVENT: Ditto Patterns sewing educator Amanda Todaro will share her favorite garment sewing techniques & common misconceptions about garment sewing. Perfect for new sewists & longtime garment makers. October 2nd, 1pm PT / 4pm ET. Register now: https://t.co/XFclMFiUB8

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Start Part 2 of our 5-part garment sewing series with Amanda Todaro of Ditto. It's all about zippers! Learn how to install 3 of the most common zippers for garments: https://t.co/yxxfG6xcID

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Book artist Bel Mills of Scrap Paper Circus leads you through the construction of a leather-like Kraft-tex journal designed with pockets for ephemera, spacers for postcards or tickets, & pages for writing, drawing or gluing in to. Start the class now! https://t.co/zf7GSme2k2

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Make fun and spooky Halloween-themed portraits by stitching on canvas! Full tutorial on our blog: https://t.co/3RTtWRyL9I

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We're launching an exciting 5-part series of garment sewing techniques, and Part 1 is now live! Start building your technique toolkit and create garments you're proud to wear: https://t.co/ps8NFjlhwD

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Register now for a live 3-hour workshop in Visible Mending with Arounna Khounnoraj of bookhou on September 25th. Explore weave mending, seed stitch & scotch darning, many ways to patch woven fabrics, and breathe new life into a beloved piece of clothing. https://t.co/aJOwNtqJnp

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🍎This month's CbMixtape is An Apple a Day🍎 Apples are part of the classic still-life and are inspiring for artists of all levels. Learn how Suzy Ultman, Lisa Congdon, Courtney Cerruti, Jon Stich, and Molly Hatch draw, sketch, and paint apples. https://t.co/gReV48A1vj