Do you make fun, high-quality crafts and enjoy earning American dollars in exchange for your remarkable products? Or do you love someone who does?

Then please consider applying to the 11th Annual CRAFTLAND Show in Providence, RI. Crafters do not need to be present in order to sell their goods. The application is now available online through August 31st, 2012. http://www.craftlandshow.com/application12.html

The 11th Annual Craftland Show is a quirky month-long holiday sale located in downtown Providence, RI featuring an eclectic assortment of fine crafts and cutting-edge handmade items in a retail format (no booths!). The sale will take place from November 23 - December 31, 2012 in the year-round Craftland Shop at 235 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903.

The Craftland Show 2012 application involves just three easy online steps: 1. Submitting your information, 2. Uploading photos of your work, and 3. Paying your application fee. Apply now! Or read the Frequently Asked Questions and then apply. http://craftland.myshopify.com/pages/faq

We're so excited to see what you make!!
http://www.craftlandshow.com/application12.html

Heads up! Last day to apply - TODAY.

http://craftlandshow.com/application10.html

It is with great pleasure that we announce that the 9th Annual Craftland Show application is now available online! Yes!! We cordially invite you and all your crafty friends to apply here:
http://craftlandshow.com/application10.html

    * August 1 - August 31: Application period
    * September 17: All Craftland 2010 applicants notified
    * November 27 - December 31: Craftland Show 2010

Craftland Show is a quirky holiday sale located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island featuring an eclectic assortment of fine crafts and cutting-edge handmade items by 170 artists. Craftland Show will be open seven days a week, from November 27 - December 31, 2010. And since we operate in a retail consignment format, artists do not need to be present to sell their work!

We're switching things up a little bit this year, so be sure to read through our Frequently Asked Questions page here: http://craftland.myshopify.com/pages/faq . And if you're a part of a non-profit, there are specific new and separate instructions for you! We've also got a great link in the FAQ to an article entitled "Wowing A Craft Show Jury" from our friends over at HelloCraft.com. So start gathering up your stellar images because THE JURY IS READY TO BE WOWED!

Apply now! http://craftlandshow.com/application10.html

Cheers,
The Craftland Gang

Hi team,

Just wanted to give you the heads up that fancypants quilter Denyse Schmidt will be coming to the Craftland School of Craft here in Providence, RI this Saturday, March 6th to teach a day-long workshop. Get inspired by one of the most renowned textile artists around! Includes lunchies!

More info and the opportunity to register is here:
http://craftland.myshopify.com/products/cl...ional-patchwork

Cheers,
Deb

Give polyethylene fiber paper a try - Tyvek! It comes in all sorts of weights and is fun to work with. You can usually find some on eBay!

[Craftland]

Now entering its 8th year, Craftland is an annual holiday sale in downtown Providence, RI that celebrates all kinds of sparkly handmade objects and the people who make them. Hosted in a unique retail boutique format, Craftland Show features the work of over 150 artists during this month-long show. You don't even have to be present to sell your work here!
http://www.craftlandshow.com

And each year, Craftland donates 5% of proceeds from the Show to a local non-profit. This year’s Craftland 2009 beneficiary is Girls Rock! Rhode Island. Check it out: The mission of Girls Rock! Rhode Island is to help girls and women empower themselves through the development of musical skills in order to foster self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-efficacy. Through this work, GRR! will build an environment conducive to the active participation and respect of women as creative producers of our culture.

It is with great pleasure that we announce that the 8th Annual Craftland Show application is now available online! Yes!! We cordially invite you and all your crafty friends to apply here: http://www.craftlandshow.com/application09

    * August 1 - August 14: Early bird application fee only $10.
    * August 15 - August 31: Standard application fee $15.
    * September 15: All Craftland 2009 applicants notified.
    * Craftland Show will take place December 4th - 31st this year!
Apply now! http://www.craftlandshow.com/application09

Just a friendly reminder, the Craftland 2008 application deadline is this Sunday!

good luck!!

Thanks Penlowe - I actually respond well to admonishments like that!     All better now! thanks everyone! I did some cleaning and rethreading and examining all the settings and it appears to be fine now.
I still think the top tension control is set up wonkily, but if it makes no difference to the sewing, well then nevermind!

Thanks again!
Deb

Thanks so much Castaways - I'm definitely going to try that cleaning tip!
I have the manual and the diagrams have so little detail to them that it's hard to tell if the tension control is even assembled correctly though.

Ladylefay, that would be great if you could take a couple close-ups of the threading when you get a chance. I'd appreciate it so much! Thanks!

Hi!
I'm hoping one of you pro-sewers can help out an amateur.

I inherited a Kenmore model 1941 sewing machine from a studiomate. Seems in decent condition and I mostly understood the extremely vague threading instructions in the manual.

But the sewing is super tight and seems to get kind of stuck in the top tension control disks and the upper thread sometimes breaks. Upon inspection it's unclear where the thread is supposed to actually go through. And maybe that's because the spring guy is in the wrong spot? because maybe two of the
disks should be tucked together when they are currently separated by the spring loop? Don't know.

Here are pictures below. I know it's hard to diagnose from photos but wondered if there were any obviously misplaced bits... Or if you think this looks right:







Any ideas?
Thanks!!!