Wool felt letters

Desmond is turning ONE! We are having a little party this weekend to celebrate, and I needed some “Happy Birthday” garland.  I looked around on etsy and found a lot of cute birthday banners, but then I realized: Wait. I can do this myself!  I used Evy’s AlphaBlocks designs to stitch the outline of the […]

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Vintage Kindle case

So, I’ve had this awesome floral print sitting in my sewing room for the last three or four years.  I love it.  It’s a vintage upholstery weight fabric that belonged to a sweet lady who was a fantastic seamstress.  It was almost thrown out when we were cleaning, but I couldn’t let it go.  I […]

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Lumberjack shirt

Eeek! I made a lumberjack shirt for Des! I’ve been wanting to make some sort of button down shirt, but it always seemed too intimidating.  Well… thanks to lots of help from my mother-in-law, it wasn’t so intimidating after all!  It was so much fun, and I can’t wait to make another one.  I see […]

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Mug warmer tutorial

  So, fall is in full swing and like everyone else out there, I’m making my hot coffee and chai tea lattes (okay, buying them) as much as possible.  I found some wool scraps in my sewing room and decided to make a mug warmer to go with all my highly caffeinated drinks.  Here’s a […]

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Tote bags

A few weeks ago, I had some fun machine hopping and ended up creating three different tote bags! It all started with a bag for cute little Ava to carry her toys and books in on the road.  It was the first time I ever monogrammed anything, and it turned out to be a lot […]

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