This past week, I managed to eek out a bit of time for some creative fun, and stamped a few more cards for the boutique. I think I'll stop at 30 to have for sale. The great thing is if they don't sell, I'll have them to use myself. I love this sentiment! Two more …
Category: Sewing
Closet Reorganization and Sewing with Purpose
Last week, during a couple of rainy days, I decided to flip my closet. This takes a couple of days to pull out everything, switch winter things for summer colors, look at every piece to see if it needs mending, donating or trashing, and trying on almost everything I haven't worn in a while. Read …
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Quick Projects
I've had some lovely time to sew this past week, but no big project to work on. I piddled around, doing a bit of organizing, and found several Hungry Animal Alphabet panels I've had for some time now. Two years ago, I made up two for the quilt show shoppe and they both sold on …
Year of the Dragon Table, Recipes and More
When I saw that the Chinese New Year would be the Year of the Dragon, I just had to get my little dragon out and put him center stage on a table. I got this little guy for our MINIs on the Dragon event a few years ago.I got a long blonde wig and had …
Sunday Chat
It has been bitterly cold this past week, and the birds are stuffing their beaks to get enough energy to keep warm. Of course, this means the feeder empties out quickly on some days. We have a pair of hairy woodpeckers that live here year round. Here the female hangs off the bottom of the …
It’s Looking Like Christmas Here
Last weekend, I took down and packed away all the autumn decor and got the Christmas things out. The house has been transformed into a red and green wonderland, with my Santa Claus collection, Christmas dishes, festive wall hangings and holiday table runners. It makes a pleasurable day to piddle around unpacking treasured keepsakes and …
Autumn Jubilee in the Sewing Room
For our last project post of Autumn Jubilee, we are going to play with Mason jars in the sewing room, and then preview a few new releases from our giveaway sponsor. Using Mason jars to separate buttons by color is a fun way to display your button collection. I put bits of Harvest Festival fabrics …
Autumn Jubilee Turkey Talk Placemats
When I saw the fabulous turkey prints in the Benartex Harvest Festival line, my mind immediately went to fussy cutting the turkeys. I knew I wanted a project to showcase those turkeys, along with the feather prints. Placemats for the Autumn table that would work all the way to Thanksgiving seemed like a good plan. …
Autumn Jubilee Fresh Baked
Fresh Baked. Doesn't that make you think of the aroma of baking pies and bread, brownies and cookies? Can you smell the aroma of fresh baked pumpkin orange bread in this photo? It is my original recipe, but we'll get to that at the end of this post. Read on for a long and picture …
Autumn Jubilee – Sewing Project #1
Autumn Jubilee is underway and the projects will keep coming all month. Clear the decks, and get ready to have some fun. Today we have a sewing project that will showcase one of the beautiful Benartex Harvest Festival fabrics. When I unpacked the fabulous Benartex fabrics that they sent for Autumn Jubilee, I saw this …
From My Carolina Home 