Techie Gift Guide- Charging Basket

Between my husband and I there are far too many little gadgets laying around. This simple basket is the perfect gift for the techie in your life.
They can consolidate their phone, IPOD, camera, wallet etc and charge things up without having cords running all over the place.
In the photo above the overall look [...]

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Gift Guide- Free Easy Skirt Tutorial

I’ve made the Barcelona Skirt and a couple skirts from “Sew What Skirts” with great results but if you want a free and easy skirt tutorial check this one out.
The tutorial is free and is designed to be used with a twin sized flat sheet. You can find great deals on these at any [...]

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For the Love of Owls

Tado Owl Tattoo!, originally uploaded by Owl Movement.

Now I love owls but I don’t love them enough to tattoo one on my own arm. But you have to admit it’s a pretty cute owl and owls seem to be everywhere these days. Here are some of my favorites.

Silly Owl Fell out of Bed, originally uploaded [...]

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Alphabet Magnet Tutorial

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Do you remember those plastic alphabet magnets? They adorned just about every fridge in the neighborhood when I grew up but I don’t see them around anymore.
I could probably find them on Ebay but I decided I’d rather make my own. Made from recycled felt they are technically still plastic but [...]

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Easy Eco-Friendly Drawstring Produce Bags

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I’ve noticed more and more people bringing their own bags to the grocery store which is awesome except those same people can also be found in the produce section using a separate plastic bag for each fruit or vegetable they are purchasing. Tomatoes don’t have cooties I promise! And [...]

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From Plain Jane to Super Wrist Pincushion

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Finally got around to helping Hettie fly! Pincushions are great but they take up valuable space on my sewing and cutting table and either seem to be constantly in my way or nowhere around. The perfect solution is my very own sewing buddy to hang out on wrist and [...]

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The Tale of Two Hedgehog Pincushions (and a free pattern to make your own!)

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I think I’m in love with my pincushions..

I made Hettie using the directions and template you can download here. If you are new to sewing felt I highly recommend Futuregirl’s post on just about everything you need to know about the blanket stitch.

She’s cute but without something to stabilize [...]

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Perfect Box Pouch Tutorial

How insanely fabulous is this pouch? I can’t decide if I love it so much because a) it is made from glittery elephant fabric, b) of it’s small but perfectly proportioned size, c) it holds my on the go quilting supplies or d) all of the above.
If you’d like to make your own see how [...]

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Spring Ruffle Top – Made by Rae’s Pattern

Ever since I saw this tutorial on Sew Mama Sew I’ve been wanting to try it and I bought this fabric a couple weeks ago but never got around to making it until today.
The instructions are clear, concise and come with quite a few pictures. I skipped the arm divots and pockets as unecessary and [...]

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The Complete Undefinitive Guide to Smocking (Or is it Shirring?)

IMG_0213, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.

Shirring, defined as two or more rows of gathers used to decorate parts of garments, usually the sleeves, bodice and yoke.
Smocking, defined as a decorative embroidery or shirring made by gathering cloth in regularly spaced round tucks.
These were from Webster’s Dictionary online other sites add the use of [...]

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