Sewing

I must be the world’s worst blogger! I imagine I’ve lost any of the readers I had at one point…at least the ones I’m not related to. Anyway, I’ve got a couple things to share. First, I finally finished stitching up my little Spike-the-cat needlebook that I started on craft night last month.
 
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Last night I did the unthinkable…I finished 2 small projects. I picked out a couple tutorials from the list I posted yesterday and whipped them up; one little padded pouch for my phone, and one little lined drawstring bag for my camera.

The drawstring bag went together super easily; the only part that was the slightest […]

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So I finally finished my mini checkerboard quilt I was making for our bedroom, but when I went to take some pictures of it to share on here today, I realized that I haven’t posted about our new bed! We bought a new (to us) king size bed off of Craigslist for $100 (4 years […]

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I just finished and hung a fresh linen towel on the oven! I’m proud of how it turned out - a little embroidery, a little fabric print, and I have a new pre-spring towel to look at every day. It matches our kitchen perfectly.

It was really a super simple project. The linen towel is a […]

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Lots of recent happenings I have to show off! First of all, I have to make you jealous by linking to my photoset of pictures from the Country Living Fair in Columbus, Ohio. It was absolutely fantastic - my second year to go, the weather was 20 times better and the vendors were great. A […]

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I came home from work today feeling really inspired, and desperately wanted to work on a project with instant satisfaction. I started digging around in my stash for something quick and dirty to whip up — and now have a set of fun cafe curtains over my computer desk in the craft room:

I’m happy with […]

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I’m excited to show you guys my new pillows - I finished sewing them up Sunday night, but just got around to uploading them today…

Yeah - fresh pillows! It makes a huge difference in the living room, I think - even Nathan thinks so, haha. The red flowered fabric is Amy Butler’s “August Fields” in […]

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…and so proud! As evidenced by the wrinkly edges, where I had folded it up to take with me to my mother-in-law’s today…

Next up: finishing new pillows to go on the living room couch. One down, three to go.

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So, the (simple and error-ridden) quilting is finished!

I didn’t do much - just across it diagonally and and across the whole quilt, then stitched-in-the-ditch around the border, mirrored in 2″-block-increments in toward the center (like nested squares). I made lots of mistakes, but who gives a flip?! It’s done, and I didn’t even bleed on […]

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I finally managed to get some free time tonight to put everything else aside, get out the sewing machine and try it out at my new craft desk. I love, love, love it. I decided to work on the mini quilt I started a few months ago - progress on which was completely derailed by […]

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