Life in Color — a scrappy Log Cabin quilt block pieced in pink and green prints.

Category: Sewing

  • That’s what Tuesday is calling beanbags these days, poofs. I decided to make a giant poof for my sweetest littlest clients: the newborns. Originally I thought the big FatBoy bean bag we got would work, but it’s just too floppy and not filled enough. Plus Tuesday adopted that for her room. I looked into buying something but once I realized how silly easy this was to make I jumped into the project. I found a tutorial on a photography forum website I belong to (Clickin Moms). But now that I’ve made this I can say you really don’t need a…

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  • This weekend I had a much MUCH needed sewing day at my friend Kristen’s home. And I actually did get a lot done (that’s the beginning of my entry into the second project modern challenge). But after a long and challenging week (Mostly sleep wise. As in, I’m not getting any because someone is waking up SIX times a night) this was so needed. Not the sewing as much as the girl talk. The laughing. Machines chugging along, seam rippers always at the ready. Sciarrino just took one to this: With great results (I’m sure she’ll share soon). I know…

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  • Especially when I hang out with two other bloggers, I know they will dish on everything we do! Kristen (oh I like your new header Kristen, awesome picture!), Sciarrino and I had a sewing day in my basement. Kristen and I are being our own paparazzi here because we both made camera strap covers (Sciarrino snapped this picture of us—ignor my never going to be finished triangle quilt please, I found other things to occupy my time). We (very loosly) used this tutorial. But we just made wider strips that we folded in half. And we used interfacing I had…

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