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Sweet Little Fairy

Another little miss had her birthday last week.  This young lady loves fairies, so when I saw a tutorial for fairy bendy dolls, I knew what to do! Isn’t she cute? The birthday girl aslo enjoys making things, so I … Continue reading

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Crochet Hook Roll

Have you discovered Sew Can She yet?   Caroline posts a brand new sewing tutorial every day.  It’s awesome! A few weeks ago she was looking for some volunteers to test some of the tutorials before she posted them.  And … Continue reading

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How to Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Envelopes

With Christmas on its way, and inspired by Joy to the Earth, I thought it might be a good time to share a tutorial for making earth-friendly envelopes. I have created my own envelopes out of old calendar pages since … Continue reading

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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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Tutorial: How to Recover your Ironing board

Everyone deserves a stylish ironing board.  Until two weeks ago I was still using the same cover my ironing board came with 6 years ago and it was in desperate need of a makeover.  I grabbed some of my most favourite fabric … Continue reading

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Patch Pocket Tutorials

Welcome to all of you who have taken on the Summer of No Pants challenge!  I am really excited to share some patch pocket tutorials with you today.  I love patch pockets because they are easy to make, adaptable to … Continue reading

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Pillow Cube Tutorial

I designed this pillow cube months ago when I was looking for something that would act as a design element, but also be functional for extra seating or to put up your feet at the end of a long day.  … 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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Mens Shirt Transformation

After my sewing experiment yesterday turned out so well, I was really excited about trying to transform another of Hubby’s old shirts.   He can’t wear them anymore because the collars have started to fray, but some of them are just … Continue reading

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Menu Planner Tutorial

I would be lost without a menu plan.  I have become so used to making one that the few times I have gone to the grocery store without one I wandered around having no idea what to buy!    So every week … Continue reading

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