I’ve got a new tutorial for you today to make these adorable Easter Egg Cutlery Holders! I had a return customer come to me a few weeks ago and ask if I have ever done Easter cutlery holders. I had not! I made a few different versions before settling on the final version. We went with this elegant blue and white floral fabric and it turned out so cute.
Read MoreIt’s the first week of Spring and I’m spending more time outside in the sunshine and less time curled up under a blanket on my couch. I love this time of year and am trying to get our yard looking a little nicer. Last year we removed the rest of the yew bushes around our home and two large pine trees in our front yard. Consequently, our yard is pretty barren now.
Read MoreIt’s Pattern Release Day for my newest pattern, the Allegra Wallet! I absolutely love this new pattern. I’ve been working on this pattern off and on for over a year. After Christmas I got serious about it and worked out the kinks. This wallet is both stylish and practical.
Read MoreMy next pattern is about to go to testers, and will be ready to publish in early March. Like my other patterns that require frames, I thought I would write a blog post on choosing frames for this pattern.
This wallet can also be made with a zipper. I know a lot of people are intimidated by frames, and I wanted to provide an alternate option.
Read MoreEver since the weather got cold, I have been determined that THIS winter will be the winter that I make a new winter coat. I have been wearing my current coat for 14 years since I bought it from Motherhood Maternity while pregnant with my oldest! I have been ready for a change for a long time. A year or so ago, I saw some online fabric that I like, but both the exterior and lining were about $15 a yard, plus shipping. I was not quite ready to spend that much on fabric (the patterns I had been looking at estimated 4 yards for the exterior and 3 for the lining). Then that fabric went out of stock. One option was to use the coating fabric sold at Joanns, which is a wool/poly combination, but I wasn’t thrilled with it.
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