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Love the fabric. Love the pattern . LOVE how it welcomes spring in my living room. I added an extra row on the side and bottom with two extra long strips on the end of my quilt to make it bigger.

my baby girl is almost one. we'll be celebrating in PINK . back to the machine for more.

Found this 'special day' chair cover on nannygoat and knew I had to have one for our special days. It was a fun project for an evening without my hubby.

Look what I received in the mail a few weeks ago from the most talented person I know. She taught me everything I know about thread, fabric, Ms. Bernina, etc, etc. You guessed it...my Mom made these amazing pillows made from wool sweaters purchased at the D.I. (Goodwill). Thanks Mom! It looks perfect in my living room.

I never knew curtains were so easy until my Mom taught me over the phone in less than 1 minute. Want new curtains? Seriously, it's EASY...anyone can do it. Supplies: Measure how much long you want your curtains to hang. I bought 5 yards total. The only cut you have to make is the cut between the two separate curtains. Use the width of the fabric for the width of your curtains. 1. Lay out your material. 2. Measure the length of the first curtain. 3. Cut 4. Begin these next steps with sewing. ...and hang. Don't forget to take a picture to share your new curtain project.

The toy/sewing/exercise/office room is where the majority of our time is spent throughout the day, and I hated looking at that ugly dresser (see below). After long hours of sanding, priming, painting, sanding, and staining...it is now my favorite part of the room. This dresser has earned it's way to be here and I'll tell you why. My sweet husband wasn't very anxious for me to get started on this because I think he thought that HE would end up sanding, priming, and painting, but I'm happy to say that I did it all, minus the hardware placement! And...I bought a lighter paint than this and once it was time to paint, I knew it wouldn't work so I had to return it and go darker. My husband was rolling his eyes. Then...after cleaning the brushes in our upstairs laundry sink, I left the tube hanging out of the sink that drains the washer. I started a load of laundry and headed downstairs. Thirty minutes later, we noticed water dripping from the dining room light fixt...

I finally found the right fabric to cover my plain lamp shade. Easy project finished in less than 30 minutes.

Someday....I will have a sewing room that is JUST for sewing. It will be filled with fabric, ribbon, thread, buttons, and more. I dream of a white sewing table, white cupboards for storage from wall to wall, cute boxes for organizing my unlimited supplies, painted walls of Robin egg blue with accents of lime green, and hard wood floors (to save my vacuum ). Someday.... For now...I love my new white sewing table (card table), storage underneath, my unlimited supply of thread, and accents of lime green (other accents include a treadmill, the computer desk, millions of toys, baby gear, etc). This is ' my place ' to create!

Took me almost a year to complete Aliza's room. I started when I was six months pregnant and now she is six-months-old, but I think I'm done. fabric covered canvas from extra quilt blocks Aliza's blessing dress made by my Mom cute hook board found at HL (Hobby Lobby) with green paper placed in center with Modge Podge the crib bedding made in Amy Butler's Midwest Modern fabric and the quilt is a pattern from Denyse Schmidt there is also a green and white polka dot cork board on the wall covered lamp shade, and my favorite thing in her room is the green vase with pink gerber's pillow made with another extra quilt block fabric tote from pattern of Amy Butler's CD case in her "In Stitches" book. And to think I doubted using pink.