Amy Butler Soul Blossoms 15% off! Today Only

Day 10 of 12 Days of Deals: Brand new Amy Butler Soul Blossoms cotton and home dec is 15% off today! (That’s $8 and $12.50/yard.) It’s a gorgeous and versatile group!

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Our Favorite Cookie Recipe

I’m not much of a baker. I’m gluten-free for one, but really, I’m more of a savory kind of girl. Still, we bake a bit around here because the kids love it and it keeps them off the streets. Here is our very favorite cookie recipe. The dough is just right for even small children to roll and cut themselves and the icing goes on well and dries firm. And it’s a very forgiving recipe–not fussy like so many other Christmas cookies that require chilling and tempering and all that. We make them for Valentines Day and Easter too. So if you’re trying to keep your kids out of trouble in the next couple of days, try a batch! (Word is that they are delish!)

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Green Grocery Bag Challenge Ideas

I’m keeping this short because I’m putting the handles on the final 15 of my 27 grocery bags/wrapping bags tonight! I just want to remind you to check out the Green Grocery Bag Challenge Flickr page, where people are already posting their inspiring bag-related wrapping!

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Want to be an SMS contributor?

We at Sew,Mama,Sew! think 2011 will be an incredible year in sewing. We know we’ll be seeing lots of gorgeous prints and solids on a wide range of substrates. New and growing pattern companies will be offering a greater variety of sewing patterns. And we’re sure that the sewing community will explore different techniques and trends.

As always, we plan to celebrate sewing all year. We’ll bring you tutorials, contests, sew-alongs and all the other great content you’ve come to expect from us. As you probably know, one of the things that makes the SMS blog stand out among the sewing blogs is the wide variety of contributors that we gather together. We love the sewing community and are proud to be able to collaborate with so many great bloggers, authors, designers, vendors and sewists.

If you’d like to be a contributor in 2011, send us an email! kristin

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Share Your 2010 Reflections + 2011 Predictions

2010 was an exciting year for the sewing industry, with outstanding fabric collections, fun new patterns and the continued growth of a very creative and dynamic blogging community. We asked a few of our favorite quilters, sewists, designers and shop owners to reflect on the sewing industry in 2010 and offer some predictions for 2011. We’re excited to share their answers with you over the next two weeks as we welcome the new year. We’d also love to know your thoughts on the subject!

Answer any or all of our questions on your blog or in this thread in our forum, and share a link to your answers in the comments below. Your participation enters you in a drawing for one of five $15 Sew,Mama,Sew! gift certificates on January 15th.

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2010 Reflections + 2011 Predictions ~ Susanne Woods

We asked some of our favorite quilters, sewists, designers and shop owners to reflect on the sewing industry in 2010 and offer predictions for 2011. We’ll share their interviews as we look ahead to the new year, and we want to hear from you too! Answer any or all of our questions. Your participation enters you in a drawing for one of five $15 Sew,Mama,Sew! gift certificates on January 15th.

Today Susanne Woods tells us a little about her thoughts on the sewing industry in 2010 and 2011. Susanne is an acquisitions editor for C&T Publishing and Stash Books; you might remember her post about publishing your own book here at Sew,Mama,Sew! Read her ideas about the sewing industry from a publishing industry perspective!

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Holiday Harmony – Perfect Wine Pairings

With all the choices available, it’s not always easy to determine which wine might be just right for your holiday festivities. Whether you’re pairing wine to a selection of amazing holiday cheeses or to a table laden with a variety of flavors for the big meal, we’re here to help!

First off, know that the best rule to follow is to buy and drink wines that you like. Despite what you may have heard, wine is all about your own personal taste. Our second bit of advice: You don’t have to spend a lot of money to enjoy really delicious wines. We’ve searched the world to find affordable, easy-going wines and we’ve selected our favorites for our Top Ten holiday wines

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