Remember all those blue jeans I’ve been saving and cutting into squares? This weekend, I finally started sewing them together to create the blue jean quilt topper. Since I already had all the blocks cut out, it was a fun project to start sewing them together into strips. Join me as I turn these stacks…
I’ve been collecting old blue jeans for several years so I can create a denim quilt but that is a big project that takes a long time. Recently I decided to do a much smaller project with some of my denim scraps – a scrap denim potholder for my kitchen. I gathered several pieces of…
It’s almost time for summer picnics and barbecues out in the backyard. That means that now is the time to get all the picnic supplies ready. This year I decided that I want to use cloth picnic napkins and I wanted to make them myself. I orderd some gingham cotton fabric, pulled out my sewing…
If you have a Star Wars fan in your family and have access to a sewing machine, then you can make this super easy Star Wars pillow in less than 15 minutes! There’s no measuring required! Making a custom pillow is easy using fabric fat quarters! And since you can purchase fat quarters for only…
We took our Yorkie to the groomers a few weeks ago and we were thrilled with how he smelled and looked. My boys were worried the groomer would send him home with a bow. But instead, he came home with an adorable bandana. We were thrilled with how cute he looked. I decided to see…
Last weekend my daughter decided she needed a new special blanket for her dolls. It was icy and cold outside, so I knew we weren’t going anywhere. We decided it was time she get her first sewing lesson. We pulled out our fabric box, the sewing machine, straight pins and scissors. Our first sewing lesson…