The Week in Pictures

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I’ve been busy sewing for Quilt Market, which takes place at the end of October, so I don’t have too much to show you now. But here are a few photos that I posted on Instagram in the last week. Above you can see a big stack of my Garden collection and a peek at what I’m sewing for my booth.

I also worked with my third grader’s Brownie troop on their scarecrow to display at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, which was such a fun project. The girls used Mod Podge to paste photos of themselves to a plastic pumpkin head, then I added (many) layers of polyurethane to make it waterproof. The girls made fake badges, which we laminated and sewed onto a vest. The girls wrapped dowel rods in yarn to create colorful arms, then we added flowers growing out of the concrete base and “planted” the scarecrow in a terracotta pot. I hope it will survive a month outdoors!

Quick Crafty Round-Up & Links

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Pocket Wall Caddy on MAKE (excerpt from Quilting Happiness).

Denim Pinwheel Quilt from The Purl Bee.

iPad Mini Cover from One Shabby Chick for the Liberty Craft Blog.

English Paper Piecing Travel Kit from Zen of Making.

Animal Pom-poms from Mr. Printables.

Autumn Stitching Club from Wild Olive.

 

Today I’m also adding links to some other things that I found interesting.

On Comparison by Lisa Congdon.

Why Etsy’s Brave New Economy is Crumbling from The Daily Dot.

The Great Unplug of 2013 from Carrie Bloomston.

Rejected by Mary Fons.

Back to School: 16 Projects for Decorating your Dorm from Design Sponge.