Not only are some of them super cute (my daughter is asking for a mushroom one) – most of them don’t look too time consuming either.

So here you go… a list of 60+ Free Pincushion Patterns from Tipnut!

P.S. The winner of the monthly gift certificate and sewing pattern giveaway (September 2010) is Shannon S from British Columbia. Congrats Shannon!

We hope you have a relaxing and food filled 3 days with family and friends .

We have a few friends visiting from California this weekend and are excited to hang out with them again!

At any rate, here’s a coupon code just for Thanksgiving if you decide to fit in some sewing this weekend.

Get an extra 10% off orders $39+ with the code THANKS10 at checkout. This code applies to everything in store (including sale items)!

THANKS10 will expire on Monday October 11, 2010. Coupon code not be applied to previous orders.

Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

Thank you to Kristie over at OCD: Obsessive Crafting Disorder who put together a step by step tutorial for making these fabric necklaces – my job is now much much easier as I don’t have to go hunting for instructions come November (I hope that’s enough time to make about 10 of them – I think it might be!).

Kristie also has a few other tutorials that look like they will end up on my “To Make” list (when the holidays are over – because I like to keep the stress to a minimum around holiday time ).

If you haven’t visited the OCD blog yet, do take some time out this week to drop by.

*HINT: There’s a coupon code, a Pink Panda Fabrics and a pouch giveaway over there! Just sayin’.

Have a great weekend, friends!

Brooke of All Things Thrifty has a tutorial up on her blog about how to make a fabric headboard.

Fabric Headboard Tutorial by All Things Thrifty

Looks somewhat simple enough for one person to do (although I may need a bit of help from someone – hint to the husband!) to mount the pieces oh the backer board.

Have you ever done this sort of thing? Made a non traditional (for example, non metal / non wood headboard)?

The Farmdale Collection by Alexander Henry Fabrics features fun prints in an earthy yet bright colour palette. With birds, blossoms, plates and apples, this collection is perfect for cooler temperatures ahead!

We’ve waited patiently to get this collection into Canada and it’s finally here. Perfect timing too because Fall is just around the corner (some days it feels like it’s already here!).

Bring on the apple picking festivities! Ok, and some sewing too

Not sure about your kids, but ours LOVE arts and crafts. Maybe because they see their moms scrapbooking, card making, taking photos, sewing and constantly in the “craft room” of our homes when we have a bit of down time? Or maybe it’s just the crafty gene we’ve passed onto them?

At any rate, we came across Craft Caravan and thought it was an awesome concept. Monthly delivery of craft kits for kids? Just brilliant!

For a monthly fee, they do the shopping, put together the instructions for parents to supervise or provide some extra guidance and then mail it out to your kids at the end of the month.

Makes us moms (and dads) less stressed out gathering supplies, coming up with an original craft activity and trying to keep the kids away from using our craft supplies (not that stickers, ribbon and fabric can’t be used for their craft projects – just not the really GOOD stuff ).

These kits will definitely come in handy on rainy days, days when they don’t have school or any snow days they have in the upcoming colder months (there’s bound to be some in Canada!).

More fab finds to come. If you have any projects, websites or tutorials you’ve come across that would be useful for fabric lovers (or crafty types in general), please feel free to share them with us!

July 2010: Sophia from Pefferlaw, Ontario – enjoy the gift certificate Sophia!

August 2010: Diana from Stratford, PEI – happy shopping Diana!

No interviews for these two months or any future ones (kinda time consuming with the back and forth emails). We will be posting links to your blogs or photos of what you’ve made if you send them over to us though!

And we’re making it a bit better for the September, October, November and December 2010 monthly contests!

Along with the usual $20 Gift Certificate, the winners will also get to choose a sewing pattern as part of their prize. Free fabric and a sewing pattern? Yes, please!

Our sincerest apologies. Winners have been notified and we will announce them next week. Stay tuned.

In the mean time, we have all organic fabrics on sale to celebrate the beginning of Fall.

Ok, it’s not the beginning of Autumn just yet… but we’re excited for the soon to be cooler temperatures and seeing apple cider at our local farmer’s market!

Here’s Tong’s answers to our questions:

1. What do you love about living in Ontario?
I love that it’s so diverse!  I grew up in Ottawa and then moved to Toronto for university and have now settled here.  I love the natural resources, the beautiful national parks.  I love Toronto and all the different cultures from around the world that thrive in the city.

2. Who’s your favourite fabric designer (don’t feel pressured to name one in store!)?
I LOVE Denyse Schmidt, she is most definitely my favourite.  I also love Heather Bailey and Anna Maria Horner.

3. Do you have a secret stash of fabrics that no one else but you knows about? If so, what are you planning to do with it?
My fabric stash is no secret, my mom knows it best because she has to share a room with them when she comes to visit.  I’m lucky that my boyfriend/common law partner is not only so supportive of my (little) hobby, but encouraging of it too!  No need to hide the stash in our house!  =)  But I am hoarding some Far Far Away unicorns (from Cheryl!) for my future daughter, the boyfriend doesn’t know about that, haha.

Congrats Tong!

It was fun reading about what your plans are for the Summer. Like many of you, we will be spending most of our time in and around the city. Our daughter is 2 and is infatuated with hippos and requests to go visit the zoo every weekend. Thank goodness for the annual pass!

Without further ado, the winner of this giveaway via Random.org is …. #10 Melissa! Congratulations!

We hope you have a fun this Summer in Nova Scotia (we’ve never been but hope to visit that part of the country one day) and Ottawa!

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway. We have another fun one with some other mom run businesses coming up after the long weekend next week! So stay tuned.

Thank you also to Alexandria of Clippopotamus and Lindsay of Grace Announcements too.