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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Budget Savers, Thrifting

How to Recover a Small Footstool

In our new apartment, the kitchen counter has an overhang on the living room side that creates a breakfast/eating area. This neccessitated the purchase of two bar stools. When we went shopping we picked out ones that we thought would be comfortable to sit on during meals and also while working on our laptops since the breakfast bar doubles as…

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Embroidery

Vintage Embroidery Monday – Applique Rose

This week’s rose could be completely embroidered but I think it could be turned into something unique and beautiful by cutting the petals, leaves and stem out of various scraps of fabric and appliqueing them onto a backgroundĀ  fabric using a product such as Heat ‘n Bond.Ā  You could then blanket stitch around each appliqued piece. This pattern is available…

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