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  • Project – Pillowcase Tote Bag

    This cute tote bag comes together quickly because you start with a zippered throw pillowcase for the body, meaning you don’t have to sew the body together or insert the zipper yourself. All you ...
    Sep 30, 2011 10 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #39 – Pillowcase Tote Bag

    It took me a little while to figure out what I wanted to make for this week’s challenge. Then I took a look around the living room and realized I have all sorts of projects in the works in plast...
    Sep 28, 2011 2 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #39 – Teeny Tiny bag

    I have a bag “issue”. Seriously. I cannot have enough bags. (Call “Hoarders”) And the bigger the better. My parents speak Spanish, so my Mom always called the big bags “b...
    Sep 28, 2011 1 Comment

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    Pretty inspirations that caught our eye this week… Wine Bottle Lights from Wit & Whistle Lunchbag or small craft tote from Pink Penguin Rose Pillow from Alisa Burke Candles Cardigan ...
    Sep 24, 2011 3 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #34 – On the Go Project Folder

    I almost didn’t get a project done for this week’s Iron Craft which would have been really disappointing because I haven’t missed one yet this year. This week’s challenge was a...
    Aug 24, 2011 4 Comments

  • PPR Challenge 2 – Kat’s Design

    Challenge 2: My Pet Project Challenge: Use anything from a pet store to make your design. You can use a base fabric like muslin to build your outfit on. Time: You have 13 hours to create your design. ...
    Aug 11, 2011 15 Comments

  • PPR Challenge 1 – Susi’s Design

    This season started with a bang! The challenge was to make something from the pajamas that ‘we’ were wearing. I was going to cut up some of my pajamas, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. So I...
    Aug 04, 2011 11 Comments

  • PPR Challenge 1 – Kat’s Design

    Challenge 1: – Come As You Are Challenge:Use either the clothes your model is currently wearing OR a 10″ x 10″ square of fabric similar to your own pajamas. On top of that, you can use a han...
    Aug 04, 2011 10 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #27 – Stars and Stripes Bunting

    This week on Iron Craft we were asked to make something using stars or stripes in honor of the Fourth of July. It did not literally have to be something for the Fourth but, since I was hosting the hol...
    Jul 06, 2011 1 Comment

  • Stars and Stripes Table Runner

    While buying my fabric for this week’s Iron Craft challenge, I was offered an extra yard of canvas red ticking at 50% off. How could I resist? Usually, when I get extra fabric like this it just ...
    Jun 30, 2011 7 Comments