A Little Girl Present

· categorized in Kids,

One of the things I love most about making what I give is that I feel like it’s very real and true to ponder my friend and then to form for this friend something that costs my time and feeling and effort. My daughter has caught this way of thinking from me as she tends …

Footstool From a Sweater

· categorized in Repurposing Tutorials, Sewing Tutorials,

You might recall that I like to make new things from old sweaters. I’ve shown you how to unravel sweaters to up-cycle yarn, make them into wool cloth diaper covers, convert them into dresses, and sew them into skirts. One of my favorite thrift store finds is huge sweaters because up-cycling a knit fabric from clothes …

Mud fun

· categorized in Kids,

It was time to empty the new swimming pool… for the first time. This was the swimming pool I bought to occupy the children while their dad was out of town on business. They were a bit emotionally vulnerable with Daddy gone. Any small thing could set them off. I just didn’t want to scrape …

Free Backsplash Makeover

· categorized in My Home,

We were never sold on this house for its kitchen! Let’s just say that tuscan fruit bowls and dark red and oak cabinets don’t do it for me! We prefer a modern look. While I was quick to take down the offending wallpaper border the kitchen project halted there for a while. Later we took …

A Knit Rag Rug

· categorized in Knitting Patterns, Repurposing Tutorials,

Knitting is slowly growing on me. But this kind of knitting I will go for any day! The monster size knitting needles and humongous ball of rag yarn are just incredibly fun! I absolutely love the result and I could mention it is reusing at its finest when you can take a pile of old …

4th of July Skirt or… the other easiest way in the world to make a skirt

· categorized in Kids, Repurposing Tutorials, Sewing Tutorials,

First, Happy 4th of July!!! Now, on to the project. This is about how I roll of late. Yesterday, we rummaged around for red, white, and blue clothes for the 4th of July. When we found out Drew didn’t have anything red I grabbed an old shirt that was already a bit cut up and …