I am so excited. I've barely (3 minutes ago) finished another PDF Print At Home Sewing Pattern to sell. It's an idea I had last summer, but the season came and went so it's been in the works for a year in different stages. The pattern is for summer sewing, easy, unique, and the best part... IT'S A BOY PATTERN! We all know...

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Here's all my projects from So You Think You're Crafty The competition ends this Friday, and it looks like I'll most likely be taking 2nd place again, just like Project Run and Play earlier this year.  As much fun as these competitions have been, I'm glad they're over and I'm pretty sure I won't be participating in any more any time soon.  Two...

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This week's theme was a challenge for me from the beginning:  PEACOCK I couldn't think of anything with the actual bird I loved and would actually use. So I ended up deciding not to use a a literal interpretation of an actual peacock bird, but instead designed a dress that's thoughtfully been inspired by peacocks in color palate, form, and texture. The dress is...

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  Original post of all three thread sketches here. This tutorial shows how to make the Eiffel tower wall hanging. 1. Cut canvas   Depending on the final size of your wall hanging, cut your fabric your set dimensions, allowing an extra 2" on each side for the gallery wrap look. 2. Reinforce Back I ironed freezer paper on the back to prevent the fabric...

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These side tables used the legs and table top from a nesting table, but you could always make those from scratch too.  The tutorial is focused on the green table. The little yellow table uses the same techniques for the "X"detail, and you can find more tips for the blue herringbone table HERE.   For these tables I used:  TOOLS: table saw, miter...

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Ink was one of the harder themes for me in this competition.  Searching on Pinterest for inspiration only brought up tattoos.  I finally decided to do something with decor, and decided to make pen and ink art, but use free motion sewing rather than actually drawing or sketching. What seems to be ink, is actually thread. We have a lot of Italian influence in our...

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