One of the (twenty) projects I’ve got going right now is the Luka Hoodie from Sewing for Boys by Shelly Figueroa and Karen LePage. It’s gonna be great, but for now it’s deep in to to-do pile. Buuuuut… I found this awesome, fantastic, marvelously clever fabric that was done (by Tangerine Samurai) in tandem with […]
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If you know me at all, you know I have a deep love for the orphans that my kids and I worked with in Vietnam. I always wish to do more. Always. For work I follow Doohikey Designs (Shari designs the absolute cutest fabrics!) and she made note of this new organization of creators and
Alina over at Adventures in Home Making has rounded up what she deems the world’s best sewing tutorials and has so kindly displayed them for the world to see. She even categorized them for us! Don’t forget to bookmark this baby. And if you aren’t a regular reader with her, you really should be. She’s
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I wish these ladies had been around about 17 years ago when my son was young and I could sew for him. Okay, well, I still do sew for him sometimes, but not the cute little clothes that they have in Sewing for Boys. The book just slid across my desk at work a few
Okay, so both kids are a little old for trick-or-treating (though that won’t stop the daughter this year) and it’s too small for the candy haul they usually end up with anyway, BUT this fabric was just too cute to not put to use. Love it, but who’ll use it?
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It all keeps happening, despite the headaches and the sick daughter. I’ve been working on the little boy’s quilt, heading out to a nephew nowhere near me quite soon. I was originally going to make it for another nephew, but my daughter pointed at that he really loves super heroes and crime fighters, not cute
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Finishing the quilting on this new boy’s quilt made with Ann Kelle’s Urban Zoologie fabrics. This one already has a home it will be going to, but the design will be available on Etsy for custom orders.
I had the chance to go to the Hello Etsy conference in Portland last Saturday. It was a super inspirational day that left me with a notebook full of great ideas and quotes and fun tips. When I will actually have the time to implement them, I’m not sure, but I really, really want to!
So I recently wrote an article about Riley Blake Designs and as a little thank-you, Cindy offered to send me some fat quarters. Super nice of her. Now I have to figure out what exactly to do with them. I’ve looked through a few books specifically for using fat quarters and havent’ fallen in love
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This morning I got up a bit early, yet again, to work for a few minutes on my last Quilts for Quake Survivors quilt. I’ve worked on five different quilts–making patchwork squares, quilting the sandwiches and hand-stiching the binding on others. I haven’t been able to do as much as I would like, but it’s
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