day four

Or should it be day seven?  For the kids clothes week sewing challenge, I did sew four out of the seven days.  I wish it could have been more.  If I could I would do nothing but sew.  And blog.  And read blogs.  And eat and nap.  And kiss my kids.  And my husband.  Well, sew a lot anyway!



I did end my sewing week with finally finishing the two pants that I was sewing up for my girl.  She did have a favorite pair.  But she did pick one pant to sleep in and one to wear for playing with her girlfriends.



This is the fabric from my sister Mary.  Congratulations!  She really liked the birds and the racoon on the fabric.  But once I put the pants together the racoon was not to be seen. There are just a little pair of eyes peeking out in the inside seam.  It is kinda sweet, hiding.



And here is a pic of my sweet peas and roses that are blooming in my backyard right now. Thanks for following my sewing adventures!  Have a fun week!

paper doll

Anything with a paperdoll gets me!  And there is even sewing involved.  So this did it!

Even the colors are perfect for me!

So I am participating in this fun challenge.  Sew for one hour a day for one week.  And it must be kids clothes.  Set everything else aside.  No other responsibilities will be met except for this one!

Join me won't you?

the book is here!

I was talking to Emma the other day and she called to tell me that she had seen my book!  Well, you know it's not my book, but I'm in it!  She was at Barnes & Noble and there it was:  Dozens of Ways to Repurpose a Pillowcase.

So, I loaded my kids into the car, promising hot chocolate and a cookie if they were good.  And I found the book right away, found my pages and saw my name.  What a thrill!  I wanted to tell everyone in the bookstore :)  I ended up just telling the cashier when he noticed that I was buying two copies of the same book.

One copy for me and one copy for a book giveaway!  Just post a comment and I will be sending off this Craft Challenge book to one lucky person.  Who I hope has a great pillowcase stash of their own!

And here are some photo's of my own, the one's in the book are a ton better of course!

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This one was fun to make using misc widths of cut up pillowcases.  The back is also pillowcase fabric.  It's like a little tiny quilt!

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The book publisher sent me Martha Stewart pillowcases to use for this project.  I also used some Martha Stewart decorative tape that I bought at Michael's and of course in pure Martha spirit, it matched perfectly.





Here are a few pictures of my stash.  I think each one is beautiful and precious.  They are also in the book.  We were asked to share some of our collection.  I was kind of afraid to part with some of these!  But they took such great photos and did them a wonderful justice, making them look so pretty and prestine!

Well, I am sure you will love the projects in this book.  Be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win a free copy of your own!  Or head over to the bookstore to pick one up.  Have fun sewing!!

p.s. the book giveaway will be going on until February 28.  Then I will announce the winner.