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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: buff.ly/4f8VyZI

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. buff.ly/4eQyEq9

🎃 Happy Handmade Halloween! 🎃 ( buff.ly/3ZszYsJ in case you need some last-minute DIY inspo!)

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: buff.ly/40hMrSs

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. buff.ly/3YdIL1i

⭐️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: buff.ly/4f8VyZI

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! buff.ly/4fe4uNq

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. buff.ly/3A0hBTu

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. buff.ly/4eZ8sJX

✨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. buff.ly/47XzVt0

🕸️ 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: buff.ly/4b5VhEz

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. buff.ly/3U4LGrR

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. buff.ly/3N9m1dC

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: buff.ly/3XTeZAc

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: buff.ly/3MYS1Bq

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! buff.ly/3XNDRt3

Make fun and spooky Halloween-themed portraits by stitching on canvas! Full tutorial on our blog: buff.ly/3TypZjH

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: buff.ly/3zdhofn

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. buff.ly/4d2P4KI

🍎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. buff.ly/3MvrwmP