Android Coffee Sleeves

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It’s no secret that we like Droid. For Christmas I customized some ofmy felt coffee sleeves/mug cozies聽with adorable Droids. Of course they are each holding a steaming cup of coffee… or tea… or hot chocolate. Whichever you like. 馃檪 Here you can see the details. If you’re interested in making your own, I followed the …

Bachelor Pads

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The men in my family are always the hardest to shop for. Luckily for me, this year both of my brothers just moved into new apartments and one of them got really into cooking. I gave sort of a hybrid humorous housewarming and Christmas present. Camo colored hot pad holders. My mother came up with …

Crochet Hook Organizer

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This fun little crochet hook book was my first hook/needle organizer ever. See the others I’ve made plus tutorials HERE and HERE. I made this birdie one back in April for a friend’s birthday and somehow it never ended up on my blog. I got inspiration (and basically followed the tutorial that I found) from …

Snoopy’s Scarf

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I’ve had questions about this little guy’s scarf so thought I’d share the pattern. This is a perfect little itty-bitty knitting project for me. It was done really quickly and turned out really cute. It also demonstrates a great knit scarf technique that is perfect for a reversible knit scarf with stripes. It works perfectly …

Shorts Bag

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BAG from SHORTS So, these shorts have a story. (Not an interesting one. Sorry. So I’ll make it short at least.) They are too small. I bought them “knowing” they would fit me, but they never did. And thus they were in the giveaway pile. But they are cute. So I randomly decided to make …

Bird Decorations

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After drawing a simple bird shape last year at Christmas to put on my hand made gift tags, I got a little obsessed with it. I think it took me so long to get it just right that I really loved it in the end and am still using it a year later. The shape …

Circular Knitting Needles Case

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For my mom’s birthday this year I sewed her a beautiful needle and hook organizer. It was so much fun finding a fabric that reminded me so much of her and making a little bird on the outside of it. And it holds tons of knitting needles, crochet hooks, and other accessories. There was only …

Felt Coffee Cozies

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Yes, more cozies. No this is not the end of cozies posts. (That just sounds weird.) Here’s the crochet coffee cozies I made if you missed that and wonder what I’m talking about. A short time after making these I decided that crochet gifts were taking too long started sewing them. I was so happy …

Crochet Coffee Sleeves/Mug cozies.

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WHO doesn’t like coffee?! (Well, I don’t. But other than me? No one!) I do know lots of people who do love coffee. And I totally took advantage of that this winter with many made gifts that were coffee sleeves. I made them several many different ways. Here’s a favorite though. I also like that …

Montgomery Ward Vintage Sewing Machine

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I recently found a blog devoted to vintage sewing machines that invites their owners to write reviews of their favorite machine. Here’s mine! And if you’d like more reviews of awesome vintage machines please check out her site at http://zigzaggers.typepad.com/. Love it, hate it, or something in between? Love, definitely! This is my first vintage …