Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Monday, March 12, 2012

Girly girl

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My daughter is four years old and has a bigger wardrobe than I do. I suppose part of it is because I keep making her dresses. In my defense,...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

In Progress

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It's that time of year when a preschoolers mama turns her thoughts to school auctions. This year I volunteered to make a quilt as a cla...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Petite Piecing

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This year, the Portland Modern Quilt Guild decided that it would be fun if we each made our own name tags. Last night I realized I better ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Swoon

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Yep. I was bit by the Swoon bug. I even joined the Swoon-along over on flickr . But then I had doubts. I couldn't decide on a color pa...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Luggage

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I can't explain what exactly possesses people (like me, and maybe you) to think, "Yeah, I'm gonna sew up my very own luggage!...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Language

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Parts of this post may offend. I do not mean for them to offend, but there you have it. Maybe it will help to know that I started my career ...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Weekend sewing

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A little peek at how I spent part of my weekend. I cannot WAIT to show this quilt once it's completed! It's a Christmas present for ...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

Gratitude

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I am in constant amazement. Really. Every. Single. Day. Here's one of the current reasons: A dry field trip to the farm and pumpkin pat...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Guild Love

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The Portland Modern Quilt Guild and the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild are doing a little swap! Recently, the uber -talented Susan Beal v...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Halloween Snack Mats!

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Unable to attend Sewing Summit last weekend, I consoled myself by making some Halloween snack mats and placemats . Here are the six snack ma...
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Angel swap revealed

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Remember way back when ... I was an angel in the Spicing Up the Kitchen Swap over on flickr. Well, my partner received her package so I ca...
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Monday, October 3, 2011

Stylish sandwiches

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In an effort to be a little more green when it comes to lunches I've been making some stylin ' sandwich wraps! They have the kid sea...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Fall bag

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Over the weekend, I whipped up the 241 Tote from Noodlehead . I used some of my prized Echino and paired it with duck cloth solids. The st...
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

New dress!

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Miss B has a new dress! Okay....three new dresses. I just can't help myself. The pattern ( Ofelia - Patterns by Figgy's ) is wonderf...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Swap Angel

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I just sent off my very first angel package for a swap! It hasn't arrived yet at it's destination so I'll just post this little ...
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Tutorial: Bento Lunch Bag

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Thanks for the interest in a tutorial! Here's how I made the bento lunch bags. First, gather your materials. I used a home dec weight ...
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