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Kitchen Towel Makeover

May 22, 2012 by 5 Comments

I made these kitchen towels to go in my newly updated kitchen. They are so much fun to make. I love quick sewing projects like this because I get a “fabric fix” without a lot of mess!

I made these towels using “bar mop” towels from Target – they are $4 for a set of 4. I recommend washing them – they turn all different kinds of shapes in the dryer!

I sewed a band of fabric with Ric Rac edges to the bottom. I folded the raw edge in at the sides of the towel and top stitched the whole thing. The top loop I made with ribbon and Velcro – that way I can get them on and off the handle of the oven. I sewed an accent square out of a charm square (5″) in the corner to hide the ribbon ends. Easy Peasy!!

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Lined, Draw-String Fish Bag

May 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment

My daughter is going to Hawaii and she wanted a little bag to keep her mask in so it wouldn’t get scratched by all the sand in her beach bag. I found this tutorial on In Color Order blog. It is the best tutorial & and the bags come out darling! I love that they are fully lined. My daughter choose the tropical fish fabric. I would have sewn the ties out of fabric – but I ran out of time so we just used ribbon. Now I must make a dozen of these for me!!

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5 Minute Fix-Up

May 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I literally had five minutes to pull this outfit together. I had bought a stack of solid shirts for Sally hoping to embellish or “fix up”. I have tons of ideas pinned on Pinterest – ruffels, gathers, buttons, etc. Not today – but the shirt still came out cute! I drew a crazy daisy on some Heat Bond. Ironed it to the yellow fabric, cut it out, ironed it to the T-shirt & stitched it in hot pink thread with the Free Motion foot. Added a center to the flower & stitched that as well.

For the headband – I cut 2″ WOF of the yellow fabric. I didn’t even hem the edge. I ran a gathering stitch along the length. Gathered & hot glued it to a circle of felt. Made a quick fabric button & hot glued that into the center. Done!!

Don’t you love the dangly clip-on earrings! I got them at an estate sale for $1!

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Travel Sewing Kit

May 8, 2012 by 2 Comments

Clover and Violet are hosting a Summertime Adventures tutorial blog hop. This week is on travel sewing kits. This is my favorite travel sewing kit. The outside is made from pieces of fabric woven together. Inside there is a large zipper pocket, two large velcro pockets, a small velcro pocket and a little pin cushion. It is perfect for holding scissors, needles, thread, and misc. notions.

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Sleeping Beauty Dress

April 30, 2012 by 1 Comment

Sally got to wear her Sleeping Beauty Peasant dress today – she looked very Princess-y! I can’t wait to get started on more princess-inspired dresses!!

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Sleeping Beauty Peasant Dress

April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I finished the Sleeping Beauty Peasant Dress. I love how it turned out. I used the Simplicity pattern and added a skirt puff, a little collar and a little lace on the bottom.

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Girl’s Camp T-Shirts

April 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The First Year Girls going to camp got together and we made these shirts. The theme is Arise & Shine. We are using sunshine to represent the 1st year girls. The girls drew the shapes on Heat Bond, then ironed it to the fabric, cut it out, and ironed it on their shirts. I sewed around all the shapes with grey thread. Then we stenciled the word Shine in grey paint! Cute!

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Snow White Peasant Dress

April 12, 2012 by 1 Comment

I saw this idea on Pinterest – Disney Princess inspired peasant dresses. I almost could not sleep until I tried one. We put on the Snow White movie and my little princess and I watched it and sewed this Snow White Peasant Dress. It turned out cute – usually I like to make a test dress, but I just went for it on this one. I used the Simplicity 5695 pattern. I made the size 5 – next time I think I will make the size 6.

She has been wearing these red glasses all day – we even went to a restaurant with them on!

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Retro Cupcake Apron

April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Judy, from Sprizzie, and I shared some cupcake making ideas last night at our Relief Society meeting. Of course we NEEDED matching cupcake aprons for the presentation! This is what I came up with. It is the Simplicity 3949 pattern.