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Sewing

The softest bib in town

November 5, 2011 Sewing

Before last week, it had never occurred to me to make a bib out of polar fleece.  But, with nieces announcing babies coming, I was having fun thinking of gifts.  One book that I found: had patterns for cute little mittens, so I dug out my polar fleece scraps.  Between that and other reading regarding [...]

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Funky Homemade Ballet Flats

September 7, 2011 Barefoot Episodes

I started out to make a dress to wear to the wedding.  Then I found one in my closet that fits much more nicely since I lost about 15 pounds.  Only now, after all this barefoot activity, I was cringing at the thought of my dress shoe choices.  I briefly considered going barefoot, since it [...]

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Engineered Quilt Block Cutting Guides

February 9, 2011 On My Acre

I didn’t want to do it any of the ways I knew about.  I had tried rolling the cutting blade along a straight edge being held in place.  The apparatus slips too much.  Cutting around a shaped form usually resulted in the gradual wearing of corners or inconsistent distances of cutting tool from the edge [...]

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