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Bookshelf Tote Bag

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I made a lot of Christmas gifts this year, way more than I normally do. Part of the reason is because I can finish a lot more when I'm sewing than when I'm cross stitching. A made quite a few smaller gifts but this was one of the bigger ones I did and I am so proud of how it turned out. Please note: This post contains affiliate links as indicated by an asterisk*. This project comes from the book Fat Quarters: Small Fabrics, More Than 50 Big Ideas and I modified it a bit. For the bottom of the bag, instead of doing a thin bookshelf and then white again, I ... Read More

A Very Hexie Christmas – Hexie Garland

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It's been very busy and I'm just finally getting around to my next installment of A Very Hexie Christmas. I have a couple more I'm hoping to still get done before Christmas among my growing stack of Christmas gifts I'm making. Mollie from Wild Olive took part and put together an awesome hexie ornament tutorial, so make sure you check that out too! The garland uses a lot of the same basics as the hexie ornaments, so definitely check out that one too. Please note: This post contains affiliate links as indicated by an asterisk.* Supplies: EPP hexagons of any ... Read More

Simple Gift Idea – Mini Composition Books and Crayon Rolls

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I've been busily working on making Christmas gifts and unfortunately I can't show them off until after Christmas. But I did make some gifts that have already been given to their recipients. This is the first year I've sewn so many gifts and I love how fast it is compared to cross stitching! A few weeks ago some friends were in town and stopped by for a visit. I knew they were going to be doing a lot of driving so I wanted to put together some little gifts for them to take along. I used this mini composition book pattern from Angela Bowman and this crayon ... Read More

December TSNEM – Using a Fabric Die Cutter

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I did it. I made it through an entire year of trying something new every month and I'm quite pleased with it. There were some things I had hoped to get to but didn't, but I still challenged myself a lot and did a lot of things I had been nervous to try. Please note: this post contains affiliate links as indicated by an asterisk.* This month's project falls into the "nervous to try" category. Last year for Christmas (yes, I've had this sitting around for almost a year...) my mother-in-law got me a Sizzix 659500 Fabi Cutting Machine*. It's been sitting on a shelf ... Read More

Highland Avenue House Pillow – Radiant Home Studio 2nd Birthday Celebration

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Sara from Radiant Home Studio is celebrating her 2nd birthday with a sale on all her awesome patterns and also a blog tour. I jumped at the chance to participate and immediately knew I wanted to make the Highland Avenue House pillow. I immediately knew that I wanted to add patchwork to it because I am currently obsessed with it. And because I can't follow directions, I made some changes to it. Instead of appliquéing the windows and door, I made them into pockets. I cut out the fabric pieces and a lining fabric and sewed them right sides together, leaving an ... Read More

A Very Hexie Christmas – Hexie Ornaments

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I have a million Christmas gifts I want to make, so naturally I decided the proper thing to do would be to start a series of tutorials leading up to Christmas instead of actually making those gifts... And the best part? They're all going to feature hexagons! I'm a little hexie obsessed lately (ok, for a couple years now) and I've been having fun implementing them into Christmas decorations! So here's the first one, a hexie ornament! Please note: This post contains affiliate links as indicated by an asterisk.* Supplies: EPP hexagons of any size - I used ... Read More

Little Photographer’s Camera – Swoodson Says Blog Tour

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Please note: This post contains affiliate links as indicated by an asterisk* Stephanie from Swoodson Says has super adorable softie toy patterns. When she started organizing a blog tour, it wasn't hard to decide which one I wanted to sew up. I've always loved the camera pattern, it's such a cute idea. Because I love anything rainbow and anything patchwork, I decided I needed to do that for the front. I love doing patchwork with strips of fabric because there are no seams to match up and so it goes really quickly. Because I did the patchwork, the ... Read More

First Time Pattern Testing – Teddies Quilt

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A few months ago Felice from Sew Scatterbrained put out a call for pattern testers on Instagram for this adorable Teddies quilt. I knew I would never be able to finish an entire quilt, especially not before her deadline, but I did offer to do a pillow. I assumed Evie would pick pink but she surprised me by wanting her pillow to be purple. She picked out some fabrics and I did end up nixing one of her fabric choices and urging her to go towards another one that was a similar purple. When I first opened the pattern I felt like I was in over my head and ... Read More