Crafts
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DIY Home Dec: Covering Chair Cushions
Slight change of pace, but still fabric-oriented if not clothing. A while back I decided to cover my chairs and it was surprisingly easy and cost-effective and made a huge difference in the appearance of my living room so I wanted to share how I did it. The first step was to remove all the…
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Alphonse Mucha inspired costume
If you’re not familiar with Alphonse Mucha, I highly recommend checking out his work. His work is just lovely. In fact, if you think you don’t know his work, you’ve probably seen it but just didn’t realize. Go check it out, then come back here and finish reading. Last summer my costume guild had a…
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3D Printed Embroidery Thread Holder
I recently decided I needed to free up more space on my sewing table. One way I decided to do that was by replacing several of my standing thread racks with storage containers. For threads like embroidery, metallic and other specialty types, it’s fine to not have them out visible all the time. I still…
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Tinkerbell Wings
This post is about how I made the Tinkerbell wings for the dog costume. I wanted to try making wings for myself, but figured dog wings were a good place to start. These were inspired by a pair of wings from Fancy Fairy Wings & Things. Her wings are gorgeous and if you want wings, I…
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French Macaron Pattern Weights
I saw these macaron pattern weights on Instagram and I had to have them. Fortunately, AJ over at Confused Kitty Sewing had a super easy tutorial. So with a quick order to Amazon for the supplies, I was off. This are the colors I decided to use. Actually I have one more blue on in…
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Thanksgiving 5k Tutus
I had to put this one under crafts because there’s actually no sewing involved! My family does a Turkey Trot 5k run every year on Thanksgiving Day. We’ve been doing it at least the last 5 years, maybe 10. I’ve lost count at this point. Some years I run. This year I walked with my…
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Chainmaille bracelets and flowers
Right, so among the many things I’ve been up to recently . . . one of those was taking a chainmaille class. I wasn’t taking it to make armor or anything like that. No, it was to make pretty jewelry. The first chainmaille pattern we learned was the 6 in 1. It’s pretty basic and…
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Glitter Resin Bracelets Tutorial
So this is a *super* old post (I started writing it 4 years ago!) that I never got around to finishing. However, I finally got some pictures of the finished bracelets so I figured I’d post it and get it out of my draft folder. ————————————– After doing the resin for the ring and cuff…
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Lavender Bath Bombs
I took a break from quilting this weekend to make some bath bombs. I love a good bath bomb in my bath, but sometimes have a hard time finding the kind I like: moisturizing and relaxing. I used this recipe from the Soap Queen blog to make lavender clay bath bombs. I ordered everything form…
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April O’Neil Cosplay Prop Construction
What is April without her Turtle Communicator to call the Turtles for help? Two weekends ago I went to Fanime Con 2015 as April O’Neil from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Check out the earlier post here for more fun pictures like those above with cosplayer David Volko as Shredder. In this post, I talked about the sewing aspect of…