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		<title>Travel Pockets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a fit of desperation I cleaned my sewing/craft room today.
The trouble with a cluttered sewing room is that I loose inspiration.
The trouble with a clean sewing room is that all I want to do is make something!
To get my make-something-now fix, I made a pocket for a friend of mine preparing for an Amsterdam [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=29</link>
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		<title>Free Crochet Pattern</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for a plan for all those plastic grocery bags?  
If so, check out this cute, quick and useful crochet project.  The designer, Cindy, at My Recycled Bags offers us this pattern free!  Thanks, Cindy!
Thanks to Shirley at the Yarn Lover&#8217;s Room for the link!
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		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=28</link>
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		<title>From Sewing to Crochet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t help myself!  I jump from one crafty medium to another.  One minute I&#8217;m elbow deep in polymer clay when I&#8217;m suddenly blindsided&#8211;sidetracked&#8211;by a lovely piece of cotton batik.  This happens to me at the most inopportune times.
The cotton batik begins a sewing frenzy of sorts.  The cotton batik becomes a skirt.  Still obsessed with fabric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=27</link>
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		<title>Summer Skirt Sewing Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sewing projects call me from time to time.  This week&#8217;s siren call was a skirt for my youngest daughter. 
A while back we made her a black and white batik skirt similar to one she purchased last year.  It was fun and quick to sew.  She wanted another skirt with fabric of a green and purple mix.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=26</link>
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		<title>I Love Lapis Lazuli!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago I saw some carved lapis lazuli beads in a beading book.Â  Iâ€™m sorry I canâ€™t remember which book now.
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Since seeing them Iâ€™ve been obsessed with a burning desire to make my own carved lapis lazuli beads.Â  Perhaps you can relate to this obsession?Â  
So I pulled out a favorite polymer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=25</link>
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		<title>Sewing Project of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My youngest daughter is home from college this week and in the mood to sew a new skirt.Â  First she found the fabric on sale at Hancock Fabrics.Â  Then she decided it would be a fun skirt.Â 
But her favorite skirt is one she purchased last year at Kohl&#8217;s.Â  Our pattern stash held nothing remotely similar.Â  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=24</link>
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		<title>Imitation Jade Necklace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Iâ€™m finally posting the next stage of the polymer clay imitation jade beads.Â  They have been baked but not polished.







After baking, small round flecks are present giving interesting texture that imitates the organic variations in natural jade.Â I hope you can see that in the photo.Â This flecking is due to the Fimo translucent (#00) present [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Imitation Jade Beads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Todayâ€™s clay play revisited two imitation jade clay mixes.Â  The recipe is from Victoria Huges&#8217; book, Polymer: the Chameleon Clay (Â© 2002).Â Â 
From the darker green mix I shaped several lozenge shaped beads.Â  I ran the clay through my pasta machine on the thickest setting, cutting circles with a Â¾ inch cutter.Â  Using three circles for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=22</link>
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		<title>Bead Color Inspiration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bead color inspiration is everywhere!Â  Color combinations in nature are a favorite source for all artists, crafters, and designers.Â Another simple place for color combination ideas is in your closet.Â  Â 
I bought a scarf to wear with a particular skirt and jacket.Â  Liking the color combination as well as I did, I decided to use the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=21</link>
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		<title>Bead Color Palette Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I want to practice a new polymer clay bead technique Iâ€™m sometimes in a quandary about which color combinations to use.Â Â Â 
I have used the color combinations in a scarf I like.Â  Color combinations from magazine ads that catch my eye are good too.Â  And there are times that I just pick up left over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehobbyhopper.com/?p=20</link>
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