Category Archives: my friend the sewing machine

petals in your hair (tutorial)

January 25, 2010

i got this inspiration from a hair piece i saw awhile back from anthropologie, but i can’t find a picture of it…i guess it was really awhile back. but anyways i thought i’d share with you how i made them. the fun thing about these is that there’s all sorts of ways you can do [...]

i heart bleach stains and tutorials!

January 21, 2010

ready for valentine’s day! haha. i am not the one to plan early, but this worked out nicely. we all have those shirts where something happens to them, but you feel bad for throwing them away. well i do at least. that’s why i still have stuff from high school (that i still can wear [...]

pot holder clutch…check!

December 18, 2009

this lil project makes me smile. so easy, and cheap! (2 pot holders for a $1 at the dollar store) classic. got this fun tutorial over at Obsessively Stitching. awesome. so i did one to try it out….i forgot to take a before pic of the two pot holders…soo here’s a pic of another pair [...]

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lots of letters in the alphabet

December 15, 2009

praise the Lord I am done with this project. :) took me quite awhile, not gonna lie, but yay i’m done and can’t wait to give them to my nieces!!! i got this awesome project from miss Ashley over @ lil blue boo, and thought it would be fun to do one for each letter [...]

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longhorn love…

December 1, 2009

sooo i took a million pics over the thanksgiving holida. for real. had too much fun. but i wanted to show everyone one of my beautiful nieces emery. every time i see her she gets bigger and more beautiful. it’s crazy. : ) it was her first birthday the other day and i was so [...]

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old skirt meets new skirt…

October 30, 2009

I heart before and afters…. b.e.f.o.r.e sweet molly girl wanted in on the pic. a.f.t.e.r molly wanted in on the action too. hehe. I love her….and the skirt. nice action shot…lol patiently waiting for the stick…in she shade her hair’s blowing in the wind. : ) trying to show the pockets with molly’s slobber all over me. that’s all for the photo shoot. [...]

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serger rookie

October 27, 2009

all you serger experts (or those who know what they are doing) I need your help! my grannie gave me this wonderful new serger awhile back and I have not mastered it down yet. I’ve read the instructions, researched online, and guessed and checked til I was sick of the machine. lol I can’t seem [...]

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old meets new

October 20, 2009

so I have a ton of random clothing articles that do not fit or just need some TLC. here are the lucky contestants this time…. what do you get when you mix an old shirt that is too short and an old but clean fitted bed sheet??? molly panda was curious too… TADA!!! I call [...]

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