Celebrate Every Day
*This tutorial is put together by Chica & Jo based on their winning project for our Costume theme* With Halloween fast approaching, it’s time once again to work on costumes. I learned last year while making Little Jo’s costume that fleece is a fantastic material to use on costumes, because it’s stretchy, warm, soft, forgiving, and doesn’t require hemming. I… Read More
What’s Up Weekly Board Have you ever tried to tell a 2 year old when something is going to happen? It might go something like this: You: We’re going to see grampa and gramma on Sunday! Child: We’re going to see them now? You: No, in two more days. Child: Tomorrow? You: No, you have to wake up two… Read More
*Project made by Nat & Whit @ Piece & Quilt* In my family we like to give Leis as a gift for any great celebration. Sometimes is makes me sad when we go to all of that effort to make a beautiful lei and it dies a couple of days later. So a fabric Lei is the perfect alternative. Not… Read More
*Tutorial made by Carrie @ Toa of Craft* While walking through the woods today we stumbled upon a Fairy Tea Party! While walking through the Dollar Store a few days before, I stumbled upon plain wood stools. I immediately knew that I wanted to make something with these..Should I paint them? maybe decoupage? No! I realized that these were not… Read More
Puppets for bathtime! Take your older washcloths that are still usable and make them into something great! So far the favorite seems to be the shark. I was trying to figure out a crab, but I think it would need to be more of a glove than the mitten puppet. Supplies: -washcloths or hand towels -2-3″ of ribbon -detail fabrics… Read More
*Tutorial made by Melissa @ Sew Like My Mom for her win during the Red Week challenge.* I made this little dress in about 3 hours and for under $20! I used some soft polyester knit I found at Hancock Fabrics for $4.99/yard. I got 5 yards, and with my 40% off 1 cut of fabric coupon, my total came… Read More
Materials you’ll need: -10 sheets of felt (the best price I found was Walmart for ¢25) -4 of one color for main pages of book -2 of one color for embellishments -2 more of a different color for embellishments – one skin colored piece – one hair colored piece -flexible sew-on Velcro tape. (I bought a pack of 30 feet… Read More
*Tutorial by Melissa @ Sew Like My Mom for the Cozy challenge* Thank you to everyone who voted for my cape, boot, and hat minky set! They’ve proven to be essential in keeping my baby warm the past few weeks and she loves them! I posted a long tutorial on how I made my pattern pieces on my here. DO… Read More
Looking for hours of entertainment? Meet, The Rollie Pollie bean bag chair. It’s a chair, it’s a toy, it’s your favorite pillow. Made of durable cotton twill or soft vinyl, each bag is actually a slip cover (with another Rollie Pollie inside) then filled with mounds and mounds of soft cluster stuffing. So if it gets dirty, just zip it… Read More