I love making Fourth of July outfits for my girls, and they love to be matching. Last year I was ambitious and made the girls matching headbands and star shirts. I even attempted my first freezer-paper stencil project: a George
Saturday Sampler: A little help with those vines…
We thought a few pictures to guide you along in finishing your Saturday Sampler quilt would be helpful. This is to help you finish the vines on your Pumpkins in a Row. These photos start with #6 of your paper
How to Paper Piece
This month for Saturday Sampler we are doing a paper pieced block, which for many of us is our first time doing paper piecing! Amy put together this helpful tutorial with pictures that will hopefully help us along as we
How To Make a TV Tray Ironing Board
This is probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever made. And so dang handy! I don’t feel bad leaving it in my living room because it looks adorable. And it doubles as a table for my daughter to play
How To Sew a Star Block
This month for Saturday Sampler we are doing a really fun block that we thought needed a tutorial because it can get a little complicated. Note: You will use the (3) square-in-a-square blocks you sewed last month for the centers
How To Embroider: basic stitches
This month for Saturday Sampler we are doing lots of embroidery work to embellish our adorable Trick-or-Treater’s. I have never done embroidery work before so I asked Cliss, our wonderful store employee, to give me a quick run-down of the
How to make a Spring Fabric and Felt Wreath
I decided my house needed a little bit of spring-time color so I started playing around and came up with this fun colorful wreath. Enjoy! Spring Fabric and Felt Wreath Tutorial Supplies: Wreath form (I used styrofoam but you could
How to hem your pants…the cute way
I am a shortie – 5’2″. It is inevitable that when I buy new pants I have to hem them. I found this method for hemming pants using the original pants hem so they look cute. And guess what? It
How to sew a double-fold binding
Finally! I’ll admit, the first time I bound a quilt I was pretty intimidated. But now after I have done it more than a few times I love it. It is so fun to put the finishing piece on your
How to Back Baste/ Template Free Applique
As promised, here is a picture tutorial for the Back Basting applique method! Back Basting Tutorial 1. Cut your background a little larger than you need. After you applique you will trim your background to the exact size. 2. Trace