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June Thread Contest

Hey, everyone! Over at our Buckhead Whipstitch location, we’re ushering in the hot weather with a swell promotion and a chance for you to win a $50 gift card, good for Whipstitch products and classes! We’re filling up a…

Invisible Zipper Tutorial

Over at Clever Nesting, Whipstitch has a new (and pretty solid, I might add) invisible zipper tutorial, complete with numerous photos. Thanks again to Devona and Colleen for allowing me to sponsor for the week!…

Featured this Week on CleverNesting!

This week, we at Whipstitch are proud to sponsor CleverNesting.com, a delightful site dedicated to locating yummy crafty goodness for you and your home. Check out their truly clever Paper Poppies tutorial (pictured above) and one of my favorites,…

SALE ALERT: Anna Maria’s Good Folks 15% off!

If you live anywhere but the South, it may seem totally foreign to you that today marks the beginning of our Summer Vacation.  That’s right: the kids are out of school.  It gets so super hot here come August…

2009 Quilt Market, Pittsburgh: Part II (Mom Weighs In)

Guest posting today: my mom.  Quilt Market is a professional trade show, and as such, does not permit children on the floor of the convention center.  While part of me–the part that spends all day long working in the…

Quilt Market!

I’m back!  An exciting and BUSY four days at the 2009 International Quilt Market in Pittsburgh.  Details in the morning, with wayyy more photos than you could possibly want to see.  Tune in Monday for the slide show!  Highlights…

Whipstitch Hip Fabrics and Sewing Lounge OPENS in the heart of Atlanta!

We’re OPEN FOR BUSINESS! I can’t tell you how overwhelmingly excited this makes me. In my wildest dreams–my driving-down-the-interstate-reading-the-lotto-billboard-and-fantasizing-what-I’d-do-with-that-money dreams–I can only have ever hoped that I’d have a little fabric shop all my own. And here it is!…

Last-Minute Mother’s Day Project Ideas

We’re getting down to the wire, everyone. And all over Blogland I see great ideas for gifts for Mom–assuming, of course, that I’d planned ahead. Considering my sister’s Christmas gift from 2004 is still in my closet, unsent, let’s…

What I MUST make next

Amazing, amazing girls’ dresses from Katie Did.  So, so gorgeous.  Get thee to her blog.  Admire, comment, and return. I mean, that top one??  So simple, such clean lines!  And the second one?  With the teeny button placket and…

8 Great Bias Tape Project Ideas

Now, I adore bias tape, no doubt about it. And the continuous bias tape tutorial has been one of my most popular posts. So here, I am proud to present eight really cool ideas for putting all that yummy…

Made By Rae Spring Top Sew-A-Long

Over at Made by Rae, it’s time for a yummy spring top sew-a-longto get us all motivated to make some spring tops for the warmer weather we know is on its way! I know I have some patterns that…

Heather Ross’ Far Far Away Giveaway WINNER!

Our snails are all painted and ready to go, so yesterday just before supper, we got the little ones together for a Heather Ross Far Far Away Giveaway Snail Race!  Thanks again to kmdegroot for the fantastic suggestion–her fabric…

Tutorial: Underarm Bias Binding

Summer is coming, thank goodness, and that means sleeveless tops–yay! Personally, I have a very picky attitude when it comes to the strappy top: I don’t like the armhole to be too low or too loose. I like good…