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Sewing: Christmas Stocking
Can’t find a Christmas stocking to suit your holiday colour scheme? Make one! This year I’m playing with black and white fabrics for my sewing projects in the 12 Days of Christmas celebration. This tutorial is a great way to create a gift for someone, or even to act as a way of wrapping a gift. What You Need 1/4-1/2 of a yard each of 2 coordinating fabrics 20 inches of ribbon matching thread machine First – pick a stocking you already have and make…
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Sewing: Holiday Runner
You might be catching on – all of my sewing projects for this celebration of the 12 Days of Christmas are in black and white. Why? I’m not an overly big fan of green and red together and this year I decided to keep things fresh and clean. Plus, this way I can use the holiday runner all year round! The number one key to making this runner look as professional as possible – ensuring your measuring of the fabric is dead on. If you…
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Sewing: Advent Calendar
Day one in the 12 Days of Christmas Celebration 2014. It’s advent calendar time. What I love about this project (and most of the sewing and DIY projects in this celebration) is that it’s black and white. So fresh. These numbered bags could help you count down to anything…a trip, a birthday, and not just a visit form jolly old St. Nick. All of my fabric came from my scrap box – one of the many reasons it’s so awesome to keep a box of…
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Sewing: Ironing Board Cover
So, I sew a lot, which means I use my iron and ironing board a lot. My old cover hit the trash – full of fray check and discolouration. Let’s sew up this new ironing board cover. Time for chevron! Which one to pick? Small print or large print? I pick small! What You Need ironing board (and foam) 1 yard of fabric matching thread machine spray adhesive ribbon or string This is my old cover…not so nice. Look, it doesn’t even cover the sides…yuck!…
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Sewing: Woodworking Apron
My husband loves woodworking and I found this awesome apron on Pinterest, however, I couldn’t buy it anywhere…so, I made one. It’s waxed cotton with leather straps and pockets. Don’t know how to wax cotton? Check out my next post and I’ll walk you though all the steps. It’s easy…time consuming, but easy. For this project, you can use any colours you wish or even heavy blends instead of leather – it’s all up to you. What You Need 1 yard of heavy cotton about…
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Sewing: Pants to Shorts
About two years ago I need some black pants and it’s always difficult to find good ones that don’t fade for a good price. These Banana Republic ones were only 40$ each. I got two. Over the past year I’ve only worn them once (and one pair not at all). I don’t really wear them much anymore. So, why not turn one of them into shorts…easier and quicker than going shopping for some! Here we go – pants to shorts. What You Need pants scissors…
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Sewing: Racerback Dress
So, about 2 weeks ago I was at a BBQ and this one girl had on this awesome racerback dress. I didn’t know her and she was busy with her two kids, so I didn’t want to intrude. Yes, lululemon. Drats. Why? Because it’s likely sold out! I fell in love with lulu’s in the sun dress. It’s adorable and functional. Could I find it? No. What did I do? I made one (well, kinda). What You Need a racerback tank a skirt you like…
