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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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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Hand Embroidery Tutorials

I’ve been working on hand embroidery a lot the last few weeks and loving it!  My mother-in-law taught me how to do several different stitches a while back, and since then, I’ve been playing around with different patterns.  I’m currently working on creating my own patterns to sell in my etsy shop.  I will offer […]

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Changing pad cover tutorial

So, here are the details about the changing pad cover.  The changing pad I have measures 16 inches by 33 inches. Materials: 1.5 yards of fabric (either cotton quilting weight or cotton knit) 35 – 40 inches of 1/4 inch elastic (depends on how snug you want it to wrap around) freezer paper (to draw […]

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Camera strap

I’ve been frantically working away in my sewing room trying to finish up Christmas presents, but I managed to squeeze in some time to make this colorful camera strap cover. I’ve been feeling guilty that I have these scraps of fabric just sitting in a box on my sewing shelf, so I figured this would […]

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