WIP Wednesday – Laundry Bags
Just a quick post to show you what I’m working on today: The travel laundry bags we’ve been using for the past several years were getting to the point where they could no longer be repaired. So a few...
View ArticleTravel Laundry Bag Tutorial
Materials needed: Heavy white cotton thrifted sheet(s) (I used two full-sized flat sheets to make four laundry bags with fabric leftover for another project) Optional: Scraps of fabric for the...
View ArticleTravel Laundry Bag Part 2 – How to Add the Letters
Please note: For the basic construction of the travel laundry bag see my previous post. Materials needed to add letters to the laundry bag: Scraps of leftover fabric Iron-on Adhesive (I used a product...
View ArticleBeachcombing
Just after we arrived in Florida I received an e-mail from our good friend Tobie asking if I would be willing to collect seashells for her when I went for walks along the beach. We lived across the...
View ArticlePacking Tape and Bread Tabs
The other day, I was wrapping some packages to get them ready to mail and remembered this little trick I saw for using a plastic bread tab on the end of a roll of packing tape so that you don’t have to...
View ArticleSome Practical Thrift Store Finds and One Treasure
When our son moved into his first apartment back at the beginning of December 2012, he had all the basics for his kitchen. Since we’ve been staying with him, I’ve been doing some thrifting and adding a...
View ArticleStart Collecting Shells
There’s been an influx of Spring Breakers here this past week reminding me of years past when I was desperately trying to come up with ideas to keep our children occupied with fun activities. If you...
View ArticleNot All Plastic is Created Equal
This post is a supplement to the Thimble Pip Tutuorial that will go live a few minutes after this one. After I posted about the first three thimble pips I’d been making one of my readers e-mailed me...
View ArticleValentine’s Pips
With the 14th fast approaching, I decided to spend some evening TV watching time making a couple of Valentine’s Pips. They turned out so cute that yesterday with the sun shining in and providing great...
View ArticleHow Cute Are These New Spring or Easter Pips!
Back when I posted about our middle daughter’s handmade Christmas gifts, I showed you the chatelaine I made for her with a thimble pip, scissor keep and pincushion. One of the first things she said...
View ArticleWIP Wednesday – Turtle Finished, Sea Star Added
There’s been a new addition to my Under the Sea crazy quilt block since I last shared a photo of it. The sea star was inspired by a sneak peek Cori over at Creativity Amongst Chaos had given of the...
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