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MessyJesse (Jessie Fincham) runs a practical sew-and-quilt site full of step-by-step tutorials, downloadable patterns and EPP-focused guidance for patchwork and home-sewing projects. Highlights include detailed English Paper Piecing tips and matching acrylic templates for the Fiesta Gitana and the free Jane Austen meda...

Fitz's Stitches is a personal cross‑stitch blog by SueFitz documenting WIPs, finishes and seasonal ornament projects with an emphasis on smalls and stitch‑alongs; regular community activities include a monthly Smalls SAL check‑in, a Halloween Ornie SAL and the light‑hearted Totally Useless SAL that tracks orts in a jar...

Capitol Romance is a DC-area wedding resource and maker-led planner founded by Bree Ryback that blends practical wedding coordination with hands-on DIY craft guidance and a small online shop. The site documents real Washington, Virginia, and Maryland celebrations, offers step-by-step tutorials—most famously paper roses...

Whimsical Creations is a papercraft project journal showcasing handmade cards, tags, ornaments and 3D gifts like treat boxes, suitcases and mug+tea-towel sets, with clear step-by-step posts and photos; signature techniques include layered die-cut scenes, paper piecing, fun folds, shaker elements, stenciling with textur...

Escape and Create is Yvonne’s hands-on craft blog documenting cross-stitch, paper crafting and sewing projects with clear photos, step descriptions and community Q&A; she shares needlework on linen (32ct), finish ideas for ornaments and Blackbird Designs pieces, stash and dye-lot discussions, plus Project Life–style sc...

Smudgy Antics is the SMEARED INK design-team challenge blog celebrating wickedly alternative, dark and macabre papercraft and mixed-media: entrants must feature a SMEARED INK digi image or real rubber stamp to join monthly anything-goes challenges and themed hops like 31 Days of Hallowe’en, Creepmas and Metal Madness....

Bliss in the 'Burbs is the project journal of Cheryl (Kayly) from Brisbane, documenting a busy maker life focused on patchwork and quilting, applique and redwork embroidery, dressmaking and everyday sewing, plus crochet and beaded embellishments. Posts showcase finished baby and lap quilts (Twister, churn-dash and X-bl...

Bears Mum is Suze’s personal patchwork and stitching journal focused on English paper piecing with 1½" hexies, needle‑turn and raw‑edge applique, and a mix of hand and machine stitching; she documents projects from Lynette Anderson Christmas fabrics to Hatched & Patched zipper pouches, shares techniques like using iron...

Golden Age Beads is a US-based bead and jewelry-supply shop and resource hub offering wide selections of natural gemstone beads (rose quartz, amethyst, lapis, jade, tiger eye, jasper), Czech glass and crystal, Miyuki and Toho seed beads, polymer, wood, shell and silicone beads, plus findings, cord, wires and tools. The...

Guðrún is a personal maker’s space centered on quilting and sewing, showcasing patchwork quilt tops, flimsies and a long-term UFO project (12 of 41 blocks pictured), plus baby quilts, handmade bags and gift sewing using fabrics sourced from Fibre Junction and patterns/books by Anne-Pia Godske Rasmussen. Posts document...

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts is a personal quilting site documenting a maker's projects, tutorials and finishes with a strong focus on traditional and modern patchwork: quilts, wall-hangings and baby quilts featuring pinwheels, nine-patch, Farmer's Wife blocks, Nested Churn Dash, Wonky Stars and Picnic Quilt-style layouts...

My Craft Works by Shami Immanuel is a hands-on embroidery resource and maker’s journal showcasing traditional Indian techniques—Kasuti yokes, Butta motifs and borders, Kutch mirror work and Kamal kadai—alongside Kantha, Bargello and needlepoint stitch tutorials. The site pairs step-by-step photo and downloadable graph-...

Lawn Fawnatics is a community challenge blog focused on Lawn Fawn cardmaking and papercraft projects using Lawn Fawn stamps, Lawn Cuts dies, stencils and patterned papers; it showcases design team tutorials and gallery link-ups for cards, scrapbook layouts, planner pages, interactive designs like reveal wheel, sliders,...

A community stitchers' blog celebrating Carriage House Samplings, Barrick Samplers and The Goode Huswife designs, featuring member-submitted photos of finished reproduction samplers, small/mini motifs, pincushions, hornbook shapes, Quaker pockets, Hawk Run Hollow blocks, pillows, ornaments and stitched collages. Posts...

Brown Sugar Challenge is a papercraft and cardmaking challenge blog that runs monthly themes (posted the first Friday) inviting stamped, diecut and digi-image projects using sponsor-provided images; entries join an InLinkz link party with up to two distinct new creations per challenge, judged by a random winner plus a...

The Spotted Hare is Lori Ann Corelis’s one-woman studio creating vintage-inspired soft-sculpture collectibles—fully jointed rabbits, bears, mice and woodland companions—made from German Schulte mohair, viscose, scruffy mohair, hand-dyed wools and velvets, raw silk and antique trims. Pieces feature glass eyes, wire arma...

Gamma's Creative Corner, run by Yvette, is a papercraft and cardmaking blog focused on handmade banners, gift sets, cards and paper rosettes using tools like Cricut Explore, Cuttlebug embossing folders and scoreboards; projects highlight techniques such as paper scoring, inking/distressing (Tim Holtz Distress Ink), lay...

Lasting Memories is a scrapbook-layout focused challenge site that runs four weekly themed layout prompts (challenges start Sundays at 8am EST with the whole month to enter) centered on sketches, photo counts (1–4 photo sketches), journaling and word-based themes—quotes, word stickers, emojis or 50+ word journaling—plu...