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The Bacon Tie version 2 The Bacon tie...  V2! If you havn't seen my first bacon tie, you probably shouldn't.  It kind of looked like bacon, but this one is better.  I was trying to think of an idea for the bacon contest (Because I love bacon and ipads) and then someone told me to make a bacon tie.  I was thinking, and... read more »

Breakfast TowelI wanted a beach towel that folds away nicely in its own bag. Inspired by neat natural packaging, I turned to an egg shape for the bag. And as I had the shape, I decided to go with a breakfast theme for the entire project. An eggshell bag reveals a fried egg beach towel when cracked. Materials ... read more »

Musical Cat QuiltI was looking for a keepsake gift idea for my daughter who was preparing for her grad recital in music and is a crazy cat lover!  I fell in love with the design of this quilt pattern (Kool Kat Kwilt by Patty Carey, Northcott) and after looking through my stash, I gathered several music-themed fabric... read more »

How I prepare pointe shoesI searched on Instructable but I didn't find any tutorial about pointe shoes. I'm trying to do it myself, but I have to warn you: I'm not a professional dancer, I just dance and I like to dance. This is how I prepare my pointe shoes. Note that I do not cut the inner sole as Natalie Portman does in ... read more »

Schnibble Quilt - quick, easy & two-sided I grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch country. My mom spoke "Dutch" to her brothers and sisters and lots of Dutch words and phases were used when they spoke English to us kids. ( In case you don't know about Pennsylvania Dutch - it is really a German dialect and not Dutch at all!) Schnibble (pronounced ... read more »

Quilted Family Picnic BlanketJazz up your idea of a picnic blanket and make it interactive for you, your family, or your friends!   Choose games you like and create the 'board' on the blanket.  Then create some playing chips or use ones you have from the real game.  This is a simple idea to make any outing, picnic, or parade wa... read more »

Fiery Phoenix QuiltThis is the first quilt that I have ever made. A few years ago I saw a pattern for a similar quilt, and really liked it. When this contest came along I decided that it would be a good excuse to make this quilt. I made the design using excel. I represented my design as a matrix with integer values o... read more »

Applique Quilting a Map I love maps and decided I wanted a fabric version so I used applique quilting techniques to make a globe bag for myself. The following is my technique for applique quilting! Click here for higher quality pictures Supplies & Equipment Supplies: Decorative Fabric - I found 3 fat quarter bundles ... read more »