Free Quilt Book
Saturday, February 21st, 2009Click on the Berries and Cream button to participate in their celebration and giveaway. I’m donating a Better Homes and Gardens 501 Quilt Blocks book. Maybe you’ll be the lucky winner.
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17 for 17: Making St Patrick’s Day
Saturday, February 14th, 2009We have St. Patrick’s Day coming up in a little over a month, so there’s plenty time to create gifts, cards and decorations for this fun holiday. Whatever your passion, use it to brighten someone’s St. Pat’s Day this year. Printable cards and decorations here Crocheted Shamrock Shamrock banner for crochet or cross stitch […]
Sewing Stash Update
Saturday, January 31st, 2009I wrote about my sewing goals in Sewing Stash Reduction, and now have an update for you. I have not purchased anything new, but need to get some aqua thread, red piping and navy bias tape next week. Since all these are to complete works in progress, they don’t count against my goal of not […]
Full Moon Madness
Saturday, January 10th, 2009Hurry! Run and hide! Not that direction. Your sewing room. That’s the perfect place. Hide out for the weekend and on Monday we’ll revisit Sewing Stash Subtraction. There have been some interesting developments.
Sewing Stash Subtraction
Saturday, December 27th, 2008It’s the time of year that I work on my goals for the upcoming year. I do not make resolutions. They are usually too general and broken too easily. I try to focus on a few goals for the various facets of my life. Goals are measurable. Today I am sharing my 2009 goals for […]
Making Gifts for the Adult
Saturday, December 6th, 2008There are many things you can make as gifts for adults of either gender. Some of these are a bath wrap, shoe bags which make a very good gift for the frequent flier, cookies, brownies or bread, cosmetic bags for the ladies or pj’s or robes. There are many more thoughtful gifts you can create using […]
Christmas Gifts for the Crafty
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Today, let’s think about creative gifts to give our talented, creative family members and friends. We can play to their many talents, whether they are artists, create music, do various forms of needlework, crafts, scrapbooks, stamp art or any other form of creativity. Nearly every one has innate creativity and unleash it in many ways. […]
Let’s Make Children’s Gifts
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008Working through our Christmas gift lists, let’s start with the children. Have you decided what to make for the children in your life? I’m starting with a couple fleece quillow’s. You can go here to find links for patterns and instructions for constructing and folding. You can find a pattern for a fleece quillow here. Quillows do […]
Handcrafted Gifts for Christmas Giving
Saturday, November 1st, 2008This is the year when the economy has slapped us all in the face. Right in time for Christmas. Maybe this is the time to get our attention centered on the birth of the Messiah instead of the cavorting of the crowds. Do we really need Santa Claus? Maybe we need to center our gifts […]
Preparing for the Holidays
Saturday, October 25th, 2008Take a break from your sewing and spend a couple days baking. Get the baked goods out of the way early. You can freeze cookies and pies prior to baking. You can also freeze them after they’re baked and then when Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around, you’re ahead of the game. Here’s a few recipes […]