one yard wonder

Do you know this new book, One Yard Wonder? It’s a fabulous book full of projects that only needs one yard of fabric. Now, depending on where you buy your fabric, that would cost you at most $10. That’s great, right? What’s even better, it’s got my a project of mine! It’s this little girl’s [...]

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giveaways to do

Go and check out these two giveaways!

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quiet

Things have been quiet around here because I broke the last machine needle that I have on hand. I blame some thick fleece that I was sewing to make this. Crap! I am waiting until Sunday to go to JoAnn’s to pick up some fresh needle just because they’re having sales on other boring supplies [...]

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the winner is…

… my neighbour in Columbus, twopeasinapoddesigns! She said,
I am oh so very very far away from you…by like 30 minutes. I’m from Columbus : ).
My grandfather always gave my Dad elephants for gifts and said it was because an elephant never forgets. Sweet.
My favorite project at the moment is clothing for me and my kids. [...]

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every day in may – 1

Do you know about this? I plan to be committed to it, and this is day 1! Since I’m writing this at a late hour, there’ll be no pics. Let me just tell you what I did today. I knitted a jumper for Olive. Hillary had a misfit toys giveaway the other day and I [...]

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today

:: Went to the OB. Baby is 13 weeks and 14 days old, or maybe I should say fetus? And it’s 7.5 cm long.
:: Went to fabric shop. Got some Kona Cotton for my SewConnected month. Also got some Katie Jump Rope fabrics because they’re on sale.
:: Sewed a baby wrap dress for a birthday [...]

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a little break

I’ll be taking a bloggy break until next month which would coincide with this! I’ve been a big big fan of her bags and she’s coming to Target. What could be more awesome than that?
See you next month!

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quilt month 5: another first and some more

This is the first quilt I owned, Abby’s baby quilt. It’s one of my first Etsy purchases from Kelly. I spent a lot of time browsing to find the perfect quilt, not too boyish and not too girlish. This is just perfect. And how can you not love the combination of pinwheels and Denyse Schmidt? [...]

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quilt month 3: vintage find

I just got this vintage quilt for cheap from browsing Craigslist. It’s in a pretty bad condition, a lot of frayed squares and almost gone binding. The lady that sold it said that it was made by her grandmother. I wonder how long does it take her to do handquilting on a quilt that size! [...]

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