HI Braiders!!! Did you finish your practice starter braids yet? Are you ready to braid in some new colors? I sure hope so! Already we’ve had some questions about how to change colors so the timing is really perfect to show you how. The first thing I want you to remember is that the WRONG… Continue reading Braid-A-Long 2012 Day 3 – Attaching A New Color
Braid-A-Long 2012 Day 2 – Starting A Braid
Hi Braid-A-Longers and Freinds, It’s day 2 on our Braid-A-Long and I bet you are all getting super antsy to start braiding that t-shirt yarn you’ve cut up aren’t you? So today’s lesson is all how to START the braid, and here’s what I want you to do. We are going to practice. Yes, practice. We… Continue reading Braid-A-Long 2012 Day 2 – Starting A Braid
Braid-A-Long 2012 Day 1 – Prepare Your T-Shirt Yarn
Hi all you crafters and up-cyclers out there! Today is Day 1 of Braid-A-Long 2012 and I hope you are ready to take on this really fun little project! If you haven’t gathered your supplies just yet don’t worry, you can do that as we go along. For a full list of what you’ll need… Continue reading Braid-A-Long 2012 Day 1 – Prepare Your T-Shirt Yarn
The Basic Pattern Set – Front and Back No. 2
Hey Everyone! Yesterday I spent some good quality time staring at my voluptuousness in the mirror working on my second muslin for this basic pattern set I’m after. From version 1, I had made the mods to the flat pattern and with complete confidence sewed up this second version. Really, I had complete confidence that… Continue reading The Basic Pattern Set – Front and Back No. 2
The Basic Pattern Set – Just follow the instructions!
OH! If it were only that easy right? Famous last words? Just follow the instructions, that is what the pattern tells me to do right? Step 1. Take measurements. That is easy enough, though I gaze long and hard at the numbers coming off the tape measure. Can those be accurate? I do it again… Continue reading The Basic Pattern Set – Just follow the instructions!
Who Wants To Do a Braid-A-Long?
Friends, I have been getting a lot of traffic lately and questions about that t-shirt braided rug I did last year (see the sidebar) and thought now might be a good time to do a fun sew-a-long (Braid-A-Long) with a braided rug as our feature! So who’s in? And what better timing to get rid… Continue reading Who Wants To Do a Braid-A-Long?
The Basic Pattern Set – The Alter to Fit Method
Happy Thursday Everyone! Remember I told you I broke out something fashion sewers either love or hate? Did you guess what it was? Yes, it is the dreaded Basic Pattern! Can you believe this thing causes so much consternation with fashion sewers that most sewers just give up and swear off sewing all together? There… Continue reading The Basic Pattern Set – The Alter to Fit Method
A Fabric and Quilting Estate Sale – A Sewer’s Treat!
Happy Saturday! (or Sunday for that matter, as I’m writing this Sunday morning…hee, hee!) Guess what I did yesterday? No, I didn’t do the West Suburban 7 store Valentine’s Shop Hop that I was thinking about but instead, my dear hubby sent me a link to an estate sale for fabric lovers, and I changed… Continue reading A Fabric and Quilting Estate Sale – A Sewer’s Treat!
Scenes From the Dashboard – The Emerald Ash Borer Consequence
Hi Friends and Readers, There has been some activity in my neighborhood regarding our parkway trees. I couldn’t figure out why the village was out cutting down trees on our block so early in the year. It seamed rather odd to me until I figured out that the trees they were cutting down were ASH… Continue reading Scenes From the Dashboard – The Emerald Ash Borer Consequence
The JamCat Fleece Project Reveal!
Wow, can you believe this fleece project has been the subject of this blog for over a month? This is definitely one of the longest blogging adventures I’ve been on but friends, it is time to wrap this one up and get right on with the big reveal! So the last thing I had to… Continue reading The JamCat Fleece Project Reveal!
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