It all begins with fabric, doesn’t it? This is the fabric I chose for baby boy #3, whom we shall call Sharky. (My sister also has a fetus named Sharky. We tried to give him another name, but my boys wouldn’t have it.) The fabric is Michael Miller (of course!) It’s an older line, but […]
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Pin It We painted our bathroom and did a little revamping, and I finally decided that having my makeup and hair accessories in little wicker baskets wasn’t the neatest of solutions. A Sterilite drawer organizer isn’t the most beautiful solution, but it is much more organized and clean feeling, so I made the switch. Only […]
I used to make my own bias tape with an actual bias tape maker. Now that I know this method, I will NEVER use one of those things again. Bias tape makers probably have their place, but I found that no matter how precise I tried to be, the finished product was very irregular in […]
Remember that Marine fabric I wrote about before? I tackled the quilting last weekend and I LOVE how it turned out. I tried something different this time – I used the generic minky from JoAnn for the backing (I think it’s officially called Soft & Comfy or something like that, it doesn’t have the dots) […]
I wasn’t really a girly-girl when I was little, but as a mother of girls, I’m all about girly-ing them up. And one of my favorite accessories for my 2 girls are flowers for their long hair. I’ve done some felt flowers and flower clips with artificial silk flowers, but hadn’t tried these satin ones […]
I love paperback children’s books because they’re inexpensive and easy to hold and store, but they don’t always hold up very well. These kinds of books are usually stapled together, and the section in the very center often tears right out of the staples. I finally got around to repairing a handful that had lost […]
We inherited a 20 year old cape that my mom made for my little brother, and with two boys, one cape just doesn’t cut it. For Gus’s birthday, I made new capes for both boys. I started out dreading this project because I wasn’t sure how to get just the right cape shape, but I […]
For Elliot’s second birthday, I made him his very own birthday crown. I missed Gus’s first birthday (he had to wear Elliot’s) but I got around to it this year! I did Elliot’s out of felt and it was a huge pain, so I was really putting it off. But this time I used craft […]
Remember this tumbler quilt? I got it all quilted on my machine, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. I did diagonal straight lines, and with the walking foot it wasn’t too bad at all. But now I need your help! I just can’t decide if something more neutral like the brown looks […]
I’ve been quilting a lot lately. By quilting I mean putting together quilt tops. I’ve only actually finished one quilt, and I paid out my nose to have it professionally done. There had to be a better way. I love how it turned out, but HOLY COW, it cost me a lot. So I did […]
