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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Many of you all know that I LOVE reading! When I was in elementary and middle school I would come home from school, curl up on the loveseat, and read a book every afternoon. I still love reading, so I wanted to use some of my pretty fabric scraps to make a cute bookmark. It
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Almost a year ago I posted THIS vlog showing a DIY purse I had made on a whim for myself. After that I got a TON of requests for a tutorial. I kept putting it off because purses take a lot longer to sew then most of the projects I do…and because they make such
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I love making pillow shams. They are a great way to quickly and cheaply change your decor. One of the easiest ways to make a pillow sham is to use a button up shirt as the material. The buttons provide the closure for the back and the shirt back then becomes the sham front.
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A few years ago I made button flower art using an embroidery hoop, white cotton, buttons, and embroidery floss. I got a lot of compliments on it, so I decided to make another project inspired by it and show you all how it’s done! For this version I used a wooden photo frame from
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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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Several years ago I was introduced to an amazing website full of incredible, scrappy, pieces that are so inspiring to look at. Since then I have been wanting to make a skirt inspired by the ones on the site. For this year’s medieval faire I finally got the perfect inspiration…I started the skirt late
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Now that I have a part-time job at a thrift store I sometimes acquire random things…like 41 pant legs cut off ‘mom jeans’ (have no idea where the mate for the last pair ended up). I am now on a mission to come up with lots of projects I can use the recycled denim
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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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