Learn how to recover lawn chair cushions to give them new life at a fraction of the cost of buying new ones. The step-by-step instructions provided in this tutorial will show you how I went about recovering mine with new fabric while reusing the inside foam and batting and recovering the buttons. Also included is an easy faux-piping technique will…
While searching through and organizing my computer photo files, I came across pictures I had taken while joining the striped borders for the flying zebra baby and child-sized quilts. At the time, I thought maybe others might like to see how I went about sewing the strips of border fabric together on the diagonal while at the same time matching…
Last summer, the sheets were on the line when we had one of those pop up thunder storms come through. We hurried out to rescue the sheets before they got soaked.  They hadn’t had a chance to completely dry, so we decided to hang them over a couple of bedroom doors. Except… when I was trying to fling the fitted…
While browsing through the search words or phrases that have brought people to my blog, I noticed a few were searching for how to remove a vintage Singer sewing machine from it’s cabinet so I thought a quick picture post was in order. We’ll be demonstrating with my vintage Singer 15-91 that lives in the Art Deco sewing machine cabinet…
Sunday last week, I started knitting a pair of Spiral Tube Socks and I finished them yesterday afternoon. I’m so pleased with how quickly they worked up and with the way they turned out.  I was also pleased with how easily I was able to slip back into the rhythm of knitting in the round again as it had been…
Now that it’s just Dave and I at home most of the time, I’ve had to relearn how to cook and bake for two rather than for a family. Dave loves cookies but a full batch is too much for him to eat before they start to go stale.  I could bake a full batch and then freeze the extras…
When we moved, all my sewing machines went into storage so I can’t take part in the regular WIP (Work-in-Progress) Wednesday which is only for sewing projects. I was able to bring my knitting, crochet and embroidery supplies with us, so I thought I’d share what I’m working on this week. Sunday evening, I cast on the stitches for the…
Now that we’ve stopped traveling for a while, I’ve had a chance to go through some of my photo files and I realized that I had forgotten to post about some of the finished projects that I listed on the“2011- The Year of Getting Things Done” page. First up, is the redwork tabletopper that I made for my parents’ 50th…
On Sunday morning before breakfast, my Dad was on the way out to the heated garage he uses as a workshop and mentioned to me that sometime if I wanted to come out to the garage, he’d show me his mother’s old sewing machine. It’s important to know that up until that moment I had no idea that this sewing…
Just as it’s handy to have freezer meals ready for busy nights when you need supper on the table in a hurry or for those nights when you simply don’t feel like cooking supper, it’s equally as handy to have breakfasts ready to pop into the microwave or toaster oven on mornings when you’re running late or for weekend brunches.…
