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Sunday Snapshots: Women's Work | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshots: Women’s Work

Quilting and books about feminism and domesticity? Seems about right for a very chilly Sunday evening.

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Knitting Necessities: Cast On, Bind Off Book Review | Red-Handled Scissors

Knitting Necessities: Cast On, Bind Off Book Review

When I first started knitting, I made an embarrassingly large number of hats (and mittens and cowls) that I couldn’t even wear when they were finished because the openings didn’t stretch wide enough for me to actually put them on. For a while, I was convinced that I was an utter failure at knitting, because, …

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Sunday Snapshot: Sometimes My Cat Drawings Look Like Cats! | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: Sometimes My Cat Drawings Look Like Cats!

I’m very (very) slowly learning how to draw. And, mostly the results have been pretty disastrous. Or really funny. Or both. But, every once in a while, the planets (or the hefeweizens) align, and one of my cat sketches actually ends up looking like a cat! (Hooray!) And so I carry on.

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Tutorial: Simple Lavender Sachets with the AccuQuilt GO! Baby | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: Simple Lavender Sachets with the AccuQuilt GO! Baby

Protect your closet, fabric totes, and yarn stash from pesky fiber-eating moths—and keep things smelling clean and fresh while you’re at it—with a set of easy-to-make lavender sachets! For this tutorial, I used my new GO! Baby Fabric Cutter [this is an affiliate link], which was provided by the generous folks at AccuQuilt. (You may …

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