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February Sewing Themes – #1

By on March 31, 2025

February was a bit harder to get things done. I had a hysterectomy later in February, but earlier in the month I also got sick. Then I got sick AGAIN later in March, which I am still struggling getting better. These do not go well together. Coughing with abdominal surgery is no fun. Painful, so, […]

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A little bit of wallpaper

By on November 15, 2021

Oh hey…hi. I know it has been awhile. I have not been really sewing or doing much of anything, really. Just trying to make it through my teens last few years of high school. I have a high school junior and senior now, and how fast did that happen?? So…this is a little project I […]

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Fall comfort style

By on September 9, 2019

I have been sewing with Wardrobe by Me patterns for several years now, along with using them for pattern hacks.  I have to say that they are great base patterns that you can easily modify and use for wardrobe staples. This post today is geared towards using the patterns by Wardrobe by Me for staples […]

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Momentary Ink tattoo

By on April 26, 2019

I saw an ad on Instagram for some different temporary tattoos from a company called Momentary Ink. These are like your normal temporary tattoos that you give the kids, only it has a “de-glossing” liquid you put over the top of them. They also are “sticky” when you put them on your skin, so they […]

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New pillows

By on February 24, 2019

I have a list of things I have wanted to get sewn up over the time I am on hiatus from working (i.e. unemployed).  One thing on the list was some big pillows for the 1.5 chair in the basement by the fire.  It is a deep chair and really needs to have some pillows. […]

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Creating a design repeat

By on December 2, 2018

As I am having so much fun making up my designs into repeat patterns, I thought I would go into a little of how I create them. I start out by drawing a design by hand. Once my design is all done, I take a picture of it and bring it into Photoshop.  I delete […]

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