Gift Giving Ideas Part I - Totes and Purses

This week I'm on the prowl for gift giving ideas for our readers. Totes and Purses were the first patterns to catch my eye. You'll find lots more of these patterns at www.PatternMart.com.



Liz Tote Bag E-Pattern PM
Price: US$5.00






Patchwork Ruffles Tote E-Pattern PM
Price: US$3.00






Embellished Rag Quilted Recycled Jeans Purse PM
Price: US$6.50

Reindeer Patterns

Below are a few adorable Reindeer patterns I found this morning while browsing www.PatternMart.com. You can find more deer patterns at the following link: http://www.patternmart.com/patterns/search/section/All/All/deer.



Primitive Christmas Hobby Horse Reindeer Ornies
Price: US$7.50






Primitive Christmas Reindeer and Rudolph Tucks Ornies OKDO
Price: US$5.99






Rednose Reindeer Ornies ITC161
Price: US$6.50

Happy Thanksgiving!

All of us at www.PatternMart.com want to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving and that your blessings are too many to count.

Hang Tag Printables

Below is a sampling of some of the Hang Tag Printables available on www.PatternMart.com. I wanted to share these with you since the gift-giving season is right around the corner now.



Christmas Delivery Tag Set
Price: US$3.00






Grungy Primitive Christmas Stitchery Tags
Price: US$2.00






New revised 2009 Hang Tags and Making Them Unique!
Price: US$5.50

Gourd Patterns

I found these cute gourd patterns during my visit to www.PatternMart.com this morning. These are different from most patterns so wanted to share.



Chocolate Lovers Snowman Gourd
Price: US$6.50






Father Christmas Gourd Pattern POJ
Price: US$6.00






Sadie the Snowman Gourd Pattern with Bonus
Price: US$6.50

November/December 2009 Issue of Creative Times Magazine

Be sure to download the latest issue of Creative Times Magazine at the following link: http://www.creativetimesmagazine.com/current_issue.php. It's loaded with craft tutorials, patterns, tips, and great places to shop. Best of all it's free! Visit the Archive Page to read the past issues of Creative Times Magazine.

Colonial Patterns

This time of the year, as we think about Thanksgiving, I also think about the Colonial days when the nation's first settlers were trying to make a new life for themselves and the barriers they had to overcome. So today I want to honor the season with Colonial patterns from www.PatternMart.com.



Colonial Home
Price: US$7.50






ADULT NIGHTCAP PRAIRIE BONNET
Price: US$9.00






Colonial Pocket E-Pattern PM
Price: US$5.50

Turkey Patterns

Thanksgiving is creeping up quickly now. So I thought I'd feature a few of the turkey patterns available on www.PatternMart.com this morning.




Elouise & Giblet the Turkey
Price: US$6.00






Gobble Gobble Turkey Pattern
Price: US$5.00






Thanksgiving Autumn Turkey Gobble Gobble Gobble Pillow LMC
Price: US$3.99

Harvest Time Patterns

Fun for Thanksgiving, I thought I'd find a few harvest patterns for you to enjoy from www.PatternMart.com.



Harvest Time
Price: US$6.00






Primitve Gourd Ornies
Price: US$5.00






TRP Primitive Grungy Fall Harvest Apples E-pattern
Price: US$8.00

Thanksgiving Blessings

Enjoy this pattern selection from www.PatternMart.com reminding us of our blessings as we quickly approach Thanksgiving.



Autumn Blessings Primitive Stitched Pumpkin PM
Price: US$4.95






Blessings Angel or Pilgrim Lady Doll EPattern EBP
Price: US$7.00






Golden Harvest Sampler
Price: US$7.00

Embellishing with Appliques: Part 2

Create your own appliques by cutting out patterns from fabric. Patterns can be those that you've drawn yourself or applique patterns that you've downloaded from others, or you can use coloring book pages, stitchery patterns or paint patterns to create appliques from. There are also a few different ways to use these as I've listed below.

• The top picture below is a reverse applique in which the heart was cut from the top square and placed over the bottom square, then zigzagged to hold.
• The middle picture is a rag quilted applique. Place applique on top of fabric and sew away from the edges 1/2" to 1" using a normal stitch. Then clip to rag.
• The last picture shows a traditional applique. With this approach, the applique is cut from one fabric and zigzagged to the top of another piece of fabric.

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