Sewing Tips via Whipup

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I am an off again on again seamstress.
So, I love tips to improve my technique and practice.
With this in mind, I am sharing a bunch of links via Whipup for top tips in sewing. Whip up is a great resource for craft based projects, books, and ideas!
Whip up 
Clementine shoes
Amy Karol on CraftyPod
PS also see Jeannie's comment on the Amy Karol piece...I have to agree with Jeannie.. Invest in good tools when you need them.  My life has not been the same since I purchased my Gingher shears. but I have a Brother sewing machine and a Brother serger. Both are fairly basic but are super easy to use.

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Attention Twisted Knitters!

via BerroccoKnitBits

I am a "twisted" knitter and consistently twist my stitches! I love to use knittinghelp.com but this is a really useful video on knitting techniques-continental and English as well as twisting stitches and how to twist stitches on purpose.    

Happy Earth Day!

I know it has been mentioned over and over but my super-duper earth day tip is vinegar. The plain old cheap white vinegar is the best for dishes (put it in the place where the "Jet Dry" would go, I use it to wash windows, stop the annual spring/summer ant invasion, and as a fabric softener in the washing machine. If you live in a cold climate, vinegar is also great to remove the damaging salt from your leather boots and shoes.

Pickle's Granola

Pickles (Heidi and Anna from Norway) is a great place for recipes, sewing, and knitting patterns. I love their site and their ideas! When I get some spare time I would love to make their Puff Daddy chunky knitted poufs! I tripped over  Pickles when I was looking for granola recipes and their Püsli is about the best ever!

Here is my third batch in photos (more or less...)

I made the banana chips myself using a recipe from TipNut. Mine are chewy but will keep trying to get to crunchy although they still taste delicious!

Voila! Totally delicious and nutritious on fruit and yoghurt! My new favorite way to start the day now that it is getting toward spring and summer fruits!

I basically made the recipe adding what I had in the cupboard along with what I love (lots of dried fruit)! I could have used all the honey the recipe called for as it is not super sweet but probably better off as I can add honey or jam or more fruit.

Thank you Pickles for the recipe!

Make some soon!

Commercial for Natural Gas Belgium

This is hands down the coolest commercial I have seen in a long time...

via craft magazine

The Making of the Commercial for Natural Gas Belgium

I think I like this as much as the ad for natural gas! Amazing to see how many people it took to make this advertisement...it is made by Lovo Films...love the stop motion transformation. After doing several workshops with my daughter in Toronto at the NfB ( National Film Board) and being a knitter, I totally see how long this must have taken but with such a lovely result! From their YouTube description, Lovo Films describes the process:
" The story is simple, visualize the warmth of natural gas by wool. A month of preparation, 4 days and night shoot, with a professional crew of over 40 men, shot live and in stopmotion with 4 different cameras. A film of TBWA Brussels, directed by Olivier Babinet produced by Lovo Films."

PS: the link for the commercial in the post above is via Craft magazine...I cannot link in the actual post for some strange reason....)

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