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New Backyard Bird Pattern

& Free Craft Idea!!

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Meet Benson The Bluebird

On Sale Now!!

Benson the Bluebird is the 5th pattern in our Backyard Bird Collection. Benson is fashioned after the eastern bluebird, which as their name implies, live in the eastern half of North America. They look quite similar to the western bluebird, but western bluebirds often have more orange rust color on their back and wings and more blue on their throat. Other than that though, it is tricky to distinguish between the two. We hope you like how Benson turned out!

To celebrate this new pattern's release, we are offering a discount of $1 off this pattern from now until Friday, Feb. 27th. (regularly priced at $4.50)

Use the Code: BLUE2015BIRD

IMPORTANT! How To Use Coupon Code:

At checkout, look for the BLUE TEXT that says "Apply Shop Coupon Code" off to the right, under the "How You'll Pay" section. Click this blue text and the box will appear for you to put the code in. Please do NOT enter the code in the note to seller box, because the code won't be applied there.

Get Your Pattern Now!

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Learn How To Batik 

Fabric With Glue

We've recently created a page all about how to batik fabric with glue! Traditional batik is a wax-resist dyeing technique. It uses wax to prevent the dye from penetrating into the fabric where the wax is applied in order to create a design. But this process can be a little complicated with wax, and you can replicate the look by using glue instead! We made many different items with different designs to give you some ideas! 

Click here to learn how to batik with glue!

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Benson the Bluebird

Remember to go buy the pattern now to receive $1 off! Offer ends Friday, Feb. 27th.

Use Code: BLUE2015BIRD

Check it out now!!

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Prairie Point Junction

A great place to buy felt and floss! We highly recommend them! 

Use this code to receive 20% off your entire purchase: SQUISHYCUTE20 

Expires on Dec. 31, 2015. Please note: this code cannot be combined with other discounts or offers.

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Take a look at some of the cute plushies our customers have recently made with our patterns! Thanks so much for sending these in ladies!!

We would love to see your "Squishy-Cute" creations!! If you have a photo you'd like to send in, please feel free! You can send in your photos, and/or view more of our Customer Gallery on our website's Gallery Page.

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Several Ideas in the Works!

We've got many ideas we're working on right now! Since the Backyard Bird series is quite popular, we definitely want to keep working on that among other things. The next bird in line is the goldfinch! We've received many suggestions, and have a list of about 20 birds we want to do, haha! So that alone could keep us busy for a long time!

But, we also would very much like to return to the dog breed series. As we've mentioned in past newsletters, a poodle is the next breed in line, and we've been working on some ideas! And after the poodle, we plan on either a French bulldog, or a Boston terrier. 

And we also have another series in the works right now. It will be a second sewing machine series! While we plan to expand the Pudgie Plushie series (Rudy the Reindeer is our only one so far), we wanted to try another style of sewing machine plushie. So that may be coming out soon too!

And aside from all that, we still have many projects that have been put on the back burner, but we have not forgotten about! We just need more hours in a day :P

We hope that this spring will bring many new patterns here at Squishy Cute Designs!!

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FREE Owl Pattern!!

If you experienced any kind of glitch when signing up, and can't find your free "Squishy the Cute Owl" pattern, here is the link again for you to download it:

Download "Squishy" Here!

And don't forget that you can check out past newsletters that you may have missed by clicking the " View Archived Newsletters" link at the bottom of every newsletter. 

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Thanks so much,

and until next time, happy sewing!

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