10 Reasons to Photograph Your Quilts
Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork lists ten reasons for preserving your quilts with photographs…this can apply to other crafts, too.

Doll Festival for Girl’s Day
March 3 was Girl’s Day in Japan. It’s time for little girls to be celebrated and wished good health, and all good things. Traditionally a gorgeous display of heirloom dolls is arranged for the Doll Festival that accompanies Girls Day. Noreen has her own way of celebrating Doll Festival….

Help for left handed crafters
Are you a lefty who has problems with embroidery patterns? Check out this tutorial of basic embroidery stitches – made specifically for left handed embroiderers.

How to Rescue Family Heritage Photos
Eileen just completed a photo restoration class and made an exciting discovery in the process.

Layers Upon Layers
All this month, Cyndi will be featuring book artists and book making projects!

Providing Bird Nesting Materials
The best materials to provide, plus a creative way to house them.

(image source: Noreen Crone-Findlay. Copyright, not to be used without permission)

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Ah well, today, May 5, is still cause for celebration. It’s Children’s  Day in Japan.  (Used to be Boy’s Hero Day, but now it’s more family oriented)

So, even though I missed the Doll Day festivities  (note to self: March 3! March 3! March 3!), I figured that Children’s Day is still cause for  Celebration on Hankering for Yarn!

There are a million ways of having fun with yarn and kids on Children’s Day:

click  on “potholder Loom Weaving’ in the categories at the right hand side of the page, and all kinds of great fun will unfold for you!

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