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Valentine's Day- an up cycle tradition

Each year, for the past four years, we have made the girls Valentine outfits for our annual,  “Cookies and Cocoa” party that our wonderful friend Michele hosts. In 2010 we made “cupcake” skirts. This was back when we were just … 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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Sewing, sewing, sewing

Melany and I have been busy with lots of fun sewing projects. (We just have to find the time to post them). Here is one of the fun sewing projects. The mini make-up bag. As we know, once I (Carol) … Continue reading

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Fabulous Fabric find, part IV

Today’s project: Terrific tote. With just a small amount of the linen for our fabulous find and a bit of fabric bought at the same Swedish-style store, we created this chic tote. Perfect to dash off at a moment and … Continue reading

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Fabulous Fabric Find, part III

Today’s Fabulous project, Cafe Apron. The cafe apron is basically a large rectangle with 2 ties. We added a pocket and then, just because we wanted to , added a fun print on the pocket (print from Lotta Jansdotter). This … Continue reading

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Fabulous Fabric Find

On a recent trip to Chicago, I (Carol) went to a certain large home store with a Swedish bent. While there, I scoured the “As-is” section and found this giant piece of linen. It was rolled up and taped with … Continue reading

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Canister Labels

Canister Labels These canister labels were made from an old dress.  We used a sharpie to write the contents of the canister onto the white canvas patch.  Velcro was a attached to each end of the canister wrap to secure … Continue reading

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Couch Cushion to Bench Seat

Here is the next project with the old couch cushion. We turned this window seat into extra seating by adding cushions made from one of the old couch cushion. We cut one of the cushions in half and sewed a … Continue reading

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Linen pants to summer napkins

One of the glorious benefits of summer is the lush growing plants. We are growing quite a few things in the garden, including herbs. We took some of the Basil and Sage leaves and an old pair of linen pants … Continue reading

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Dress Re-Assembled

Go ahead, mess with the dress. This dress was City Made daughter, Lauren’s. She did not like to wear it because of the itchy collar and sleeves. We removed them and sewed the seams up and now it is an … Continue reading

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