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Sewing: Baby Girl Shower Gifts
Baby Girl Shower Gifts In purple – the perfect way to celebrate. At work two of the girls who I supervise are having babies and both are girls. We held a surprise baby shower for them a few weeks ago and I wanted to share what I made. Taking old tutorials and giving them some fresh new colour. For this project I used my burp cloth tutorial and my cotton bag tutorial. The whole project took about 2 hours, which includes stopping to take some…
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Sewing: Hot Oven Mitts
Hot oven mitts – they go with this delightful apron that I made back in March. The perfect baking pair. This project is inspired by some photos shared by Fab DIY – yet the post has no words and it was a bit of a challenge to follow. Some trial and error for sure. So, here, I’ve included a full step-by-step (ooo, baby…) for you to follow along. What you need an egg shaped tempalte 2 pieces of fabric in the full egg shape 4…
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Tutorial: Big Zip Bag
Big zip bag tutorial. This bag has it all. Great fabric. Large for all the items you love. It stands up on its own. Oh, and a little pocket for your cellphone so you don’t lose it at the bottom of you purse and start to panic that it’s gone forever. Has that ever happened to you? Man, the panic that sets in after 20 seconds of searching through your bag…this bag solves that problem. Okay, let us get started! What you need One Fabric:…
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Sewing: Over the Shoulder Bucket Bag
Over the shoulder bucket bag tutorial – so awesome. This bag will leave your hands free while you shop, walk your dog, or hold your kiddo’s hand. It’s functional and trendy. My favourite is the pop of yellow. Okay, let us get sewing! What You Need 8 pieces of fabric 8 inches x 8 inches 2 pieces of fabric 5 inches x 16 inches 2 pieces of fabric 21 inches x 16 inches 1 14 inch zipper extra fabric for pocket and for zipper ends…
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Sewing: 20 minute Cotton Bag
20 minute cotton bag? Yes, you read that correctly…you can make this adorable and functional cotton bag in 20 minutes! What You Need 1/2 a yard of heavy cotton fabric pins matching thread machine 56 inches of cotton webbing or 56 inches x 3 inches of coordinating fabric Gather all of your supplies. Here I’m going to make two bags, one with the cotton webbing handle and one with a handle made out of matching fabric – you pick which one you want to use.…
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Tutorial: Pee Pee TeePee
Pee Pee TeePee – what?! So…it’s a little tent that goes over the baby boy when you’re changing him, that way he doesn’t pee all over you or the room. Genius, right? Well, yes, but buying them is silly, especially when you can make them out of scraps or fun Batman fabric. These tee pees are a part of a gift set along with some burp cloths and a Batman blanket made out of the same materials. So fun. What You Need bowl that measures…
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Sewing: Paddington Bear Baby Set
Paddington Bear baby set! Why? …because my sweet cousin is having a baby boy! Time to sew up, again. Paddington Bear Baby Set For this gift set I made 3 pieces of 3 different things: burp cloths diaper covers baby bibs Get some cute fabric! You’ll need about 1/2 a yard of each fabric. Cut out the diaper covers. I did one in each size. For the bib, I made a template by tracing a bib from a friend (but be sure to add a…
