I recently ready the book Silverlicious by Victoria Kann to my four-year-old daughter. The book goes through the main character’s adventure of losing her sweet tooth and discovering another meaning of sweetness beyond treats, candies, and goodies. Prior to beginning the book, I had failed to realize that my daughter didn’t know anything about losing her baby teeth and eventually getting her adult teeth. Oops. It had never come up prior to that. She was a little horrified by the {Read More}
Appliqueing is a fun and easy way to embellish cloth items like onesies, t-shirts, totes, bibs… The possibilities are endless! Drawing your own applique patterns is a great way to personalize cloth items, but the web is also filled with great applique patterns like the penguin shown below from Stitchwerx Designs. Once you have your desired pattern, here are two applique techniques to try… How to Applique The first way is to use a product called applique glue; Here is {Read More}
How about a sewing bee with three ladies who have some fabulous sewing ideas? Their sewing tutorials are perfect for both beginners and experts alike! Meet the wonderful ladies you will be sewing with today… Veronica is a fabulous seamstress who is always sewing something spectacular and sharing it on her blog SewVery. Kim is the creative talent behind Stitchwerx Designs! She fills her blog and Etsy shop with patterns, tutorials, and handmade items for home, kids, and pets. Amy {Read More}
Looking for something to sew? How about one of these cute projects all themed for Valentine’s Day… (sources below)
I know that this is an era full of e-readers and electronics, but I still feel that when it comes to reading, nothing beats holding an actual book in your hands. Here’s how to sew some fantastic bookmarks that any avid reader is bound to love…
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