About FreshStitches

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The idea for FreshStitches began in 2008 when crochet designer, Stacey Trock, noticed a distinct lack of patterns for big and cuddly stuffed animals. A handful of adorable designs later- FreshStitches was born! Since then, FreshStitches patterns have become legendary for their cuteness, detailed instructions and step-by-step photos. Using the abundance of help and information in the patterns, numerous crocheters have crocheted a FreshStitches animal as their first crochet project! ...more

Craft School Saturday

Adventures in Food-Making

I absolutely love making stuff. Sure, most of the time, I talk about knitting or crocheting... but the truth is, I love making ...

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Look! I sewed a dress!

You may recall that one of my 2013 goals was to make 50% of my newly-acquired clothing. So far this year, I've bought ...

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My adventures with primitive pursuits…

I very rarely put a disclaimer at the start of my blog post... but I'm going to, today. I'm going to talk about ...

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My visit to the Culinary Institute of America

Guess where I had dinner last Saturday night? The Culinary Institute of America! (Drat! Did the title spoil the surprise?) Why did I go? And ...

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I’m really good… unless something goes wrong!

Is this you? Let me tell you... it's me when it comes to sewing! I'm pretty good at the basics: threading my sewing machine, ...

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A little experimentation with polymer clay canes!

Yay! It's Saturday... time for me to share another crafty adventure with you! This week, I tried my hand at making polymer clay canes. What's ...

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Making a glass flower!

I'm so excited to tell you about what I learned this week... I took a glass working class! We took a little family ...

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Polymer clay tutorials I HAVE to try!

Two weeks ago, I wrote about making buttons from polymer clay. Now, this was just a simple project... I hardly followed any instructions ...

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Making and canning tomato sauce… with a food mill!

What do you do with a Saturday in the middle of tomato season? Can some tomato sauce! For today's Craft School Saturday, I'll show ...

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Making polymer clay buttons!

I had been knitting an awesome orange and aqua striped sweater... and I just couldn't find the right buttons to suit it! So ...

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