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Tutorial Tuesday: Christmas Stocking with Ruffle

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Thought I’d share this stocking pattern I made with you.  It’s easy to make, comes together fast, and you learn how to make ruffles!  Download the full instructions and pattern here as a PDF. Picture from CityCraft.  (Where I teach!  They’ve got a great selection of modern fabrics, and they are available to purchase online.) [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: Ruffled Knit Scarf

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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How has everyone been?  I’ve been busy with my sewing classes!  I love teaching people how to make things and the sewing projects we’ve been working on are super fun!  I’ve made a lot of projects recently!  This might be my new favorite simple sewing pattern.  I can’t stop making these, they’re super easy to [...]


1. Master the art of French macaroons
2. Sew a dress
3. Get my scuba diving license
4. Go somewhere warm to use my scuba diving license.
5. Find a perfect Go-To recipe for Pizza Dough
6. Sew a quilt
7. Make a piece of furniture
8. Learn Adobe InDesign
9. Master the recipe for Creme Brulee
10. Publish a sewing project in a magazine
11. Scrapbook/Blurb all our photos from Europe
12. Make some jelly using a pressure cooker
13. Print my own design on fabric & make something
14. Refashion a cardigan
15. Make salt water taffy
16. Find a Go-To recipe for delicious homemade bread
17. Make 5 projects from my sketchbook
18. Embroider something with my sewing machine
19. Self-Publish 10 new sewing patterns
20. Visit the Grand Canyon
21. Expand my french vocabulary
22. Make a stained glass window
23. Swim with dolphins
24. Find the perfect gelato recipe
25. Write one Thank You note a week
26. Learn How to Properly Handle a gun
27. Experience one new type of cheese every week
28. Finish checking off my list of states I've visited
29. Organize a service project
30. Go whitewater rafting