***POST EDIT: We have now updated this tutorial into a free printable that you can read all about HERE. OR...if you google: quarter bullseye quilt You will find dozens of other tutorials, patterns, and videos on how to create blocks and quilts similar to this one. **** Hello! Today I'm sharing a tutorial that I originally posted over at Riley Blake Designs. It's a quilt that I made a few months ago that was really a lot of fun to put together! I made it for family movie nights...and I'm so ... View the Post
A Handmade Christmas: Traveling Sewing Kit
Over the next couple of weeks liZ and I are going to share some handmade (AND EASY) gifts for those on your Christmas lists. Today's project is about a thirty minute project that would be perfect for a sewing friend or anyone else who might need a cute little zipper pouch. And here's how you make it... I did the embroidered picture of the thread first, but you don't necessarily need it. The pattern can be found HERE. (Don't be nervous about the rounded top....if you open the zipper it ... View the Post
Because you can’t have too many tutus.
Liz and I are busily sewing our brains out to share our fall "look book" collections in a week or so. But, in the meantime, we do have a few projects that have been sitting on the back shelves. I am currently three outfits down and three to go, with bits and pieces in between like blind-stitch hemming (I don't know why but I dislike blind-stitch hemming, so I always leave it until the end, even with the nifty foot-- I am weird.) But I am totally stuck at finding a girls' navy blue skinny belt ... View the Post
$5 Friday—Rug Market Bag Tutorial
Over 2 years ago I made my first rug bag.. I was at the dollar store wandering around and I saw a pile of these rugs...and I liked them...and I wanted to do something with them besides throwing them on my floor. So I made this bag... ...and then another... ...and another... ...and even all this time later I still can't stop. (And I can't stop wearing those ugly pants either...my husband keeps trying to slip them into the donation pile but it's not happening!) Anyways, over the summer I made ... View the Post
How to Make Your Own Cabochons
I got obsessed with cabochons a year or two ago and bought a whole bunch off of etsy---and then discovered that you could make your own! I ordered the supplies over a year ago (the story of my life) but every afternoon I have been trying to come up with a project to do with the kids and found this one. Aaron wasn't too interested (and decided to do legos instead) but Hannah and I had fun. If you want to make your own cabochons you will need.... Both the Premo Sculpey and the Sculpey glaze I ... View the Post
Ruth’s Button on Bibs (A How To)
I am so excited for summer! There are lots of reasons for this but not one of the least of them being that summer means showing off little baby arms and chubby baby legs! (Oh my goodness do I ever love my babies in summer rompers!) A few weeks ago I pulled out some patterns I've been hanging onto from the 50's and sewed them on up for baby Ruth. They are plain and simple and I love them. But then I remembered some pictures I had seen with bibs that were buttoned onto these kinds of jumpers ... View the Post