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Tutorial Tuesday: Drop Earrings

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Tutorial Tuesday: Drop Earrings

Make some cute and stylish earrings in no time at all!

Tutorial Tuesday: Cupid’s Arrow Heart Pouch

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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Tutorial Tuesday: Cupid’s Arrow Heart Pouch

Make a cute Cupid's Arrow Zipper Pouch!

Tutorial Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Welcome Mat

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Tutorial Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Welcome Mat

I’m readying my apartment for Valentine’s Day. Here’s a project I did this weekend that took me less than an hour! You’ll need: Blank coir welcome mat (I got mine from IKEA, Target and other stores should have them too.) 3 cans spray paint  in various Valentine’s Day shades(I used a combination of both flat [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: No Sew Valentine’s Towels

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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Tutorial Tuesday: No Sew Valentine’s Towels

Make a quick and easy no-sew towel. Perfect for a kitchen or bathroom!

Tutorial Tuesday: No-Sew Star Banner

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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Tutorial Tuesday: No-Sew Star Banner

Make a no sew fabric star banner perfect for your July 4th picnic!

Tutorial Tuesday: Pieced Fabric Necklace

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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At Christmas I visited with my family and my mom made a few of those cute little beaded fabric necklaces.  You know the ones where you make a small tube of fabric, put a wooden bead or marble inside, and knot between each one?  I thought it would be fun to make one with scraps [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: Thanksgiving Name Cards

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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Tutorial Tuesday: Thanksgiving Name Cards

I’ve been having fun with the new limited edition set Autumn Blessings!  Consequently I’ve got a few little projects with this versatile set!  First up are these great and easy to make name cards for your Thanksgiving table.  If you don’t need name cards, try using them to label the dishes on the table instead! [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: Spider Favor Boxes and Spooky Votives

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

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Tutorial Tuesday: Spider Favor Boxes and Spooky Votives

So this weekend I made a little spider box! What?  You don’t see it on my table?  This is what my table looked like while trying to figure out the pattern for that little box!  (I’m not a clean crafter, that’s for sure!) Then I took a nap-and my brain kept working on it.  I [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: Halloween and Thanksgiving Place Settings

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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I’ve been working on some projects for BurdaStyle and teaching some classes at my local sewing shop and boy have I been having fun!  This weekend I taught 5 very talented and stylish ladies how to make my cute little stuffed pumpkin decorations!  (I’ll have pictures of their projects soon!)  One of my upcoming classes [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: Brad Attack!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Tutorial Tuesday: Brad Attack!

Make a Candy Corn Brad card and learn how to make your own brad colors!


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