I have a craft fair coming up soon so I put together a little sewing kit-to-go so I would have some projects to work on during any down time. For my kit I used a triple-layer snap apart plastic box, this allows me to keep my basics on one level and project supplies in the
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Jeremiah and I love going to garage sales to find great deals and fun items. Last weekend we went to a few garage sales and I did a little haul video to show what we found. Check out my haul video HERE! Then following that same theme I also wanted to share
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When a friend told me that the nursery theme for their new baby boy was lions I couldn’t help but come up with a DIY! I went to my sewing room and sketched out a little lion and figured out how to turn that design into a plushie. It turned out super cute
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Well…it’s that time of year again. Back-to-School Time. In honor of back-to-school I decided to create an easy pencil bag project. This bag is perfect for keeping all of your pens, pencils, markers, etc. all together and it can even be attached into a three-ring binder. The pencil bag is quick and
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I’ve mentioned many times on my channel that I love shopping at thrift stores! You never know what interesting things you will find and can get some great deals. So after watching some other youTubers do a tag called the Nifty Thrifty Tag I decided to do it too. I hope you’ll check the video
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A while back I did a tote bag series on my channel. The last tutorial included using a paper pieced block as the focal point for one of the totes. Since then I have made a few more of the bags with different designs at the feature. I wanted to share those blocks
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A year or so ago my dad bought me two vintage curtains at a thrift store. They were really cool – printed with different trains and train signs. I was saving them; trying to come up with just the right project. I had been considering them for a feature segment on a corduroy bag, but
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After carrying my Sunburst Tote for a couple of weeks I decided to make another sunburst paper pieced block, but smaller. I hung it on the wall for a couple of days then decided it would make a perfect pieced zipper bag. I combined techniques from my Pieced Tote Tutorial and the Zipper Bag
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A lot of the projects I create involve a template of some sort. I usually just sketch them on paper and use them a time or two. However if it is a project I make several times I like to have a sturdier template. I found a plastic sheet in some junk mail a
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Last year I posted a tutorial for a very basic unlined tote bag tutorial. In that video I asked if anyone wanted a lined tote tutorial as well. I didn’t really think that many people would be interested, but almost everyone said yes. I put the tutorial off for a while because I wasn’t
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