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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.

A customer on etsy requested this one. Can I just say that I love Amy Butler's new fabric line, "LOVE!" Can't wait to get some more. This bag tempted me more than any other bag to find a way to reside with me. Guess I'll have to make another one. p.s. I'm stocking up for Christmas in my shop.

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 was a winner from the Amy Butler contest with the quilt I made for Aliza. Look here to see the picture and other entries. I love the four new patterns, a CD with 22 sewing projects on software, and five fat quarters of the Midwest Modern fabric line. All smiles today!

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

Celeste asked me to make this little white slip to go underneath Maddie's dress. I also got to take some photos of her special day. Welcome baby Maddie!

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!

I LOVE little girl dresses! This material caught me and wouldn't let me leave the store until I bought a yard. It is corduroy and perfect for fall. Within a day and a half, I designed a pattern and completed a dress for my baby girl. I'm finishing up the pattern. Add jacket, bracelet, shoes, hair flower, AND cute baby girl.

In thirty minutes, superman and I made him a dinosaur house. Supplies: 1 box finger paint cotton balls twigs rocks construction paper glue scissors knife duct tape Cut one LONG side of box down both sides and across bottom. Duct tape to other LONG piece underneath. Paint backdrop blue. Cut and glue on mountains of orange and brown. Cut and glue on grass and waterhole. Puff cotton balls to clouds, dip in glue, and paste. Cut slits with knife in corners for twigs. Insert twigs then duct tape on bottom to help secure. Duct tape bottom of other trees and plant. Throw rocks in. AND PLAY!! ROAR!! Now that my 2-year-old is entertained with something of his own....I'll be free to SEW!

I was tagged a few months back to create something for the first five people who commented. I created these. I used the bookmark idea from 7 Layer Studio , but wanted to add something personal. The picture was printed from my printer onto "Printed Treasures Inkjet Printable Fabric-Iron on" found at Joann's. Of course, I had to make one for myself.

Halloween is at the top of the list for me. I lay awake at night designing costumes, cooking goodies, and constructing crafts for October 31. I haven't discovered a use for these drawstring bags I made, but will probably be filled with something sweet.

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.