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Category Archives: sewing
Handmade Christmas 2011: Color Book, Times Two
Ellie has a cousin, Luke, who was born three and a half months after her. I decided to make them both color books! This was the third year in a row that I have made these books. Two years ago, … Continue reading
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Handmade Christmas 2011: The First Christmas Birdies
This year, I gained three nieces and so I decided to commemorate that fact with matching Christmas presents! I made them little bird ornaments, using this tutorial [slightly modified]. I added each little girl’s first initial to a wing so … Continue reading
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December Sewing: Happy Birthday Tina!
I was really sick last Friday and so didn’t even manage to wish my mother-in-law, Tina, “Happy Birthday!” on our blog, much less in person. So first of all: Happy Birthday Tina! Second, here’s the tote bag I made her … Continue reading
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The Chair is No Longer a Safe Place to Keep My Purse*!
She’s fairly proud of herself for finding it and getting it out of the chair! *Purse description can be found here.
Another Super Secret Sewing Post (for Christmas of course)
I’ve made these before but this year, I’m making a couple of my own design and I’m very excited about them because they involve non-parallel lines and circles. I’m making Nik, the geometry teacher, proud!
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A Flock of Felt Birds: A tutorial just in time for Christmas!
It seems fairly ironic to me that the first tutorial I’ve put on this blog is for a hand-sewn item when I love to machine sew and very rarely do any hand sewing anymore. But regardless, I’ve loved making these … Continue reading
Another Cryptic Sewing Post
Pretty much everything I’m going to sew between now and Christmas is a secret. I love sharing about what I’m sewing though so I’m just going to keep on giving you cryptic sewing posts! I’ll reveal all after December 25th! … Continue reading
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November Sewing: Don’t you wish you knew what these were?
Hi! I’m popping in to say that I’ve been sewing like a maniac and that’s why I’ve been so quiet. I’ve been writing lots of blog posts in my head, taking lots of pictures to show you, and not actually … Continue reading
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Hooray for Baby Maria! (August, September, October, November Sewing)
Baby Maria arrived a couple months ago and Ellie and I decided to welcome her to this world with a diaper bag (surprise, surprise). I’m becoming quite a pro at diaper bags. Maria is my third new niece in 7 … Continue reading
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October Sewing: Superhero Backpack
Alex (as in East Coast, boy Alex) is currently into superheroes. So for his 4th birthday, I sewed him a superhero drawstring backpack. I like how it looks but I need to refine my sewing technique to make it function … Continue reading
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Salmon and Souvlaki 