Tag Archives: Fabric

Pretty Fabric Necklace Organizer

I love necklaces.  I could live without earrings, I usually forget to wear the rings I own, and I have yet to find a bracelet that sits nicely on my small wrists, but an outfit seems incomplete without a necklace. … Continue reading

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A Fabric Book (and an unconventional business plan)

This weekend I had the opportunity to stretch my sewing muscles, while at the same time doing some very necessary planning for my business. The past seven weeks I have been involved in the Right Brain Business Plan Course and … Continue reading

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Let’s Go Fly A Kite….

I’ve made it through another week of the sewing challenge!   And I was the winner this week, too!  This was one of the hardest weeks yet as other commitments kept me out of the sewing room, but I still managed … Continue reading

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Fabric Challenge Week Two

I’ve always been a little competitive (some might say more than a little) and that side of me is certainly in full bloom right now as I work through this fabric challenge.  With the theme of “Extra Ordinary” I set … Continue reading

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Loving Ottobre and Voile

Thank you all so much for your encouraging comments about my shop.  I feel blessed to know you all, even if it is only through the words we type on our screens.  Yesterday I even made my first sale!!   … Continue reading

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Looking back, Looking ahead

Sew, Mama, Sew is encouraging people to reflect on this past sewing year and to make some predictions for 2011.  I thought it would be fun to participate, and who knows, maybe a few of my predictions will prove to … Continue reading

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Quick and Easy Fabric Magnets

I like to keep a magnetic pad of paper on the fridge for recording grocery items we need to buy.  This makes it easy to write down what we need, as we run out of it.  Otherwise I am bound to … Continue reading

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Treasures from my Granny’s House

My mother’s house is full of boxes of things that were removed from my grandmother’s house after she passed away.  It has been a slow and sad process to go through them all and decide what to keep and what … Continue reading

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More Secret Sewing

More secret quilting going on here.  I’m actually working on two pattern tests this week – yikes!  Good thing I like to be busy!  Because it’s secret sewing I can’t show it to you yet (and I can’t wait to show … Continue reading

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My Grandmother’s Fabric

When my grandmother passed away, she left me all of her fabric.  She actually started giving it to me several years ago, boxes of it, every time I came for a visit.  And each time I left with a box … Continue reading

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