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Handmade Christmas-Part Two: Jeff's iphone Case

Citymade husband Jeff loves to hunt… …for the perfect product that is.  He has been hunting for the perfect iphone case for months.  He has been showing me pictures of various cases over the internet and he really liked a … Continue reading

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Handmade Christmas-Part One: Caroline's Tool Set

One of the busiest and most productive times of the year for citymade is Christmas time.  We love putting on Christmas music and sewing for hours at a time.  We always say we are going to start making Christmas gifts … Continue reading

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Happy new creating!

We have had a bit of a lull in our blogging and are hoping to get back into it in 2013, so let’s get started. We begin this year with an up-cycle. We had old corduroy pants, old tweed (one … Continue reading

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I love my red shoes. . .

We are excited to share our latest project with you.  Instead of fabric and a sewing machine this project involved a big wall, paint, and children’s literature. Intrigued? I have always wanted to tie a room around a piece of … Continue reading

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When in doubt, sew a zippered purse

As Melany mentioned in our last blog, with the fall comes the work. We both are trying to juggle kids, school, home and work. It is hard to find to time to sew (and blog!) and projects to tackle. Usually, … Continue reading

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A New Home!

The summer is over and we are settled into our school year routine.  Carol is back to work full-time and I am working part-time.  This means, sadly, that our sewing and blogging slow down. Some big news that we had … Continue reading

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Make-it Monday

As we mentioned in an earlier post we love having our kids home in the summer.  The flexible schedule and summer fun activities are a refreshing change to the strict school-year routines.  We had the joy of having Ava join … Continue reading

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Summer Sewing

Citymade loves summer!  For us it means more sewing time, having all of our children around and….farmer’s market!  This summer we are trying a minimalist approach to the market by selling a smaller selection of items and only having a … Continue reading

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Summer=hats

Maybe it was a week straight of 100 degree temps. Or maybe it was the many walking field trips (in said 100 degree weather with plenty of sun.) Whatever the reason, we decided to make hats. Lots of hats. Bug … Continue reading

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Fabric Shopping. . .again!

Recently citymade took another trip to one of our favorite places, IKEA. (Oh yeah, we went to Minneapolis Minnesota, too. ) While there we took some time to choose some fabric to inspire new projects. We also spent quite a … Continue reading

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