Today I took the second of the hexie flowers I made from the kits I bought last summer and made Lexie a BFF. For this one, I changed the curve of the neck slightly so that the head would stay upright without having to sew the back of the turtle’s neck to the shell like I ended up having to…
Last summer, I bought a couple of little hexie kits from Sew Sisters shop in Toronto. And while I discovered that I enjoyed the process of making hexie flowers, I did not like the finished flowers themselves. Here’s one of them: Oh how I wished those pink hexies with the bold prints had been fussie cut. Now I realize that…
I’ve been indulging in a little therapy for the soul lately. First of all some sewing therapy. Joann’s sent me a couple of e-mails last week… one contained a 50% off coupon and the other contained a coupon for 15% off your entire purchase. So I went shopping for fabric and bought 5.5 yards of a beautiful floral Hawaiian style…
When we first decided to spend the winter in Florida, part of the plan was to pick up my portable Singer sewing machine from storage. Well, Dave searched and searched, climbing over and behind boxes and furniture stacked Âľ of the way to the top of the storage unit but he wasn’t able to find it.  He would have had…
I’ve been working off and on embellishing two fabric bird panels since July of last year.  You can follow the progress on these panels by clicking on the embroidery category in my left sidebar. In December, I added beads to the centers of the flowers and to the flower buds. That left only the birds’ eyes, which I had also…
Last summer I made some reversible children’s aprons with adjustable ties for our oldest daughter’s classroom.   I’ve redone the photos and accompanying instructions for this tutorial several times but was never completely satisfied with it. Hopefully this last time I’ve covered each and every step you’ll need to complete an apron for a little one in your life. *Note: This…
I’ve had a few comments and e-mails asking for information about where to buy the sew-in coin purse frames. The half-circle frames I used for most of my coin purses I bought at Quilt-A-Bag in Markham, ON. The last time I was at Red Hen Fabrics in Atlanta, they had several different sizes and styles of purse frames, so if…
Today I’m sharing the pattern and tutorial for the half circle sew in frame coin purses that I posted on Tuesday as part of the UR Priceless Coin Purse Blog Hop. Click here to access and print the free pattern. Be sure to set your printer to print at actual size or no scaling. Â The size and shape of…
The Giveaway is Now Closed I will announce the winners later today. Today is Day #2 of the UR Priceless Coin Purse Blog Hop hosted by Katherine from Sew Me Something Good. And it’s my day (along with 15 other blogs) to share the coin purse made from the pattern provided by Madam Sam of Sew We Quilt. You…
AmandaJean over at crazy mom quilts is hosting “finish it up Friday” today where people can add this week’s finishes to her weekly link party. I have finished a few sewing projects this week that I can’t show you (all will be revealed next Tuesday), but here are two very small finishes that I can show you. The needle books…