I think Bennett might *finally* be getting some hair!
Is it? Could it be?
August 22, 2009 By 13 Comments
How to hem jeans
August 20, 2009 By 12 Comments
Ever wondered how to hem jeans?
I think most people are scared to do it because they have flashbacks to some kid in 5th grade whose mom hemmed his jeans. And they screamed “HIS MOM HEMMED HIS JEANS!”
Don’t be scared.
It’s way easy…just one straight line.
Awesome tutorial with pics here.
See? You can barely tell they’re hemmed.
This particular pair is for a customer at my sister’s store. Go see her if you want your own pair.
Artsy Crafty Babe’s Phoebe Bag
August 16, 2009 By 24 Comments
If you’re not already reading Artsy Crafty Babe, you should be. She makes some amazing stuff. I want to lick these pillows. Plus, she’s got free patterns! There’s a pleated tote and the Phoebe Bag.
If you’re going to make this bag, be sure to get a full yard of interfacing. Half a yard is not enough, unless you know of some fancy place to get 45″ interfacing. Being very non-fancy myself, I only know of places that sell 22″.
And whilst I’m talking about fancy places, does anyone know where to get magnetic snaps for less than $4 or $5 each? I know JoAnn’s Sew Essentials line used to have a 6 pack for $2.99, but I couldn’t find them when I checked this week.
Pattern here.
If you’re my neighbor, this is our next sewing group project. My house. September 3rd. Be there.
***So, sewing group has actually been changed to September 9th. Still at my house. Still at 7:00. Still making treats.***
We interrupt this blog…
August 15, 2009 By 39 Comments
to gross you out!
Seriously. I have a post that I had already scheduled for tonight. But then this happened.
Some neighbors came over and guess what they were greeted with when they came up to the door
Go on, guess.
Seriously.
You will not believe this.
A hot dog on a paper plate…
and…
a pair of pooped-in undies.
What in the heck???
So, if they’re yours, I’m sorry but I threw them out.
Wearing a rubber glove, of course.
What would you do with a magazine rack?
August 14, 2009 By 13 Comments
First day of preschool
August 11, 2009 By 10 Comments
Cue the angels singing!
August 9, 2009 By 10 Comments
Please hold
August 8, 2009 By 7 Comments
Random Product Review: Clover "Quick" Yo-yo Maker
August 7, 2009 By 7 Comments
(They really do put quick in quotation marks)
I bought both the large and extra large sizes, because I couldn’t make up my mind there in the aisle at Hancock’s with someone wiping snot on my pants and rambling on and on and on about punching bad guys in the face whilst simultaneously using his brother and the cart as a battering ram and then demanding I make him pajama pants out of every single fabric we passed, even the pink ones because boys can like pink too, right Mom…RIGHT????
Where was I?
Oh yeah. The yo-yo makers.
I saw this pillow and might make one or two for my new sectional. I have some linen the same color I painted my piano to use as the background. I’ve made yo-yos before, using this method, but I only needed like 3.
You snap the fabric into the yo-yo maker and then trim the excess….probably faster than tracing and cutting every single time. They were very simple to use and they did make the yo-yo making quicker. I also liked that the picture on the package was the exact size the yo-yo ended up.
So, if you’re going to make 40 or 50 yo-yos, get one. If you’re only making a few, you probably don’t need one.
Available here.
And whilst I was over on the Clover site, I saw this. And I think I need one.
An actual dinner conversation
August 6, 2009 By 7 Comments
