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Baby It’s Cold Outside
The weather here has take a shift to the cold side, especially the mornings. My thermometer outside has been reading 55 at 8am. Brrrrr! It certainly makes me want to sit in front a warm fire with a cup of … Continue reading
Custom Work
I thought I’d share some of my recent custom work…. This little zipper birdy coin purse was for Yasemin. A hot pink extra large wetbag for Aspen… A pair of Soap Saver Socks in brown and white twist cotton. I … Continue reading
XBox Plush
My dear friend Moira is expecting a baby. She and her husband were joking and saying that the baby would end up teething on an XBox controller. So she issued me a challenge….make a plush one for the baby. :) … Continue reading
Pincushion in a Pot
I’m forever sticking pins places they shouldn’t be! An armrest, my shirt, my mouth, among other places. Since having a toddler around, this is generally bad because he sees me do it, but then I tell him not to and … Continue reading
Earth Day Challenge Results
There were 2 entries in my Earth Day Upcycle Challenge. The first entry was Stasi with a t-shirt upcycled into a potholder by making and using t-shirt yarn! Quite ingenious! Here are the before and after. The second entry was … Continue reading
Little things
My sewing time seems to always be in fits and starts. I rarely get to finish a project in one sitting. This leads me to make little things that I can finish fairly quickly. As a result, I’ve been making … Continue reading
Posted in fabric, kitchen, Little Bit, Reclaimed, repurpose, sewing, toddler, up-cycle
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Seek and Find Jar
About a year ago at a friend’s birthday dinner, I saw a really neat seek and find tube. It was a long plastic tube filled with rice and small, mostly plastic, objects….a dinosaur, a button, a fish… etc. After seeing … Continue reading
Posted in craft, Little Bit, Reclaimed, repurpose, reuse, toddler
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Bunnies for the Basket
Here are the results of 2 of the many great bunny tutorials I’ve seen this past week. With Little Bit’s Easter basket to fill I figured these would be perfect. I found The Purl Bee’s finger puppet bunny tutorial through Lil … Continue reading
Cashmere Makes Yummy Hats!
I’ve been Sweatering…. That is… scouring local secondhand shops for usable wool, cashmere, and wool blend sweaters…. Here is a picture of the yummy colors of cashmere sweaters I’ve reclaimed. Last week I set to making baby hats. Here are … Continue reading
Adventures in Reclaiming Yarn
Since the beginning of my journey into recycled wool sweaters, I’ve been looking for the perfect sweater to frog. Finding a nice weight wool sweater, that hasn’t been felted, feels nice, had good frogging seams, and that wasn’t full of … Continue reading
Sew the Day 