New Scandinavian Felt Design — Felt So Good: Book Review

Posted by on Nov 10, 2014 in Artsy Things, Blog Fun, designs, DIY, freebies, Podcast, review, sewing |

Felt so Good? (Oh, my goodness. Yes, yes it did.) Felt so Good: 70+ Felted and Plain Wool Designs for You and Your Home by Tone Rørseth is a book that made me want to felt. Well, more specifically, go out and find some Nepal Wool Felt and some Wool Felt by the Yard and dig out the craft felt and and and… Full disclosure: I have needle and noro felted—in classes and on my own—and I very much enjoyed it… but it never really stuck....

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Are You Allowed to Say You’re Working on Something…

Posted by on Sep 8, 2010 in Blog Fun, DIY, sewing |

…when all you have is the fabric?! We inherited two items of furniture, one from each side of the family–a chair from the Husband’s grandmother and an indoor bench from mine. Both need recovering. There is not a chance we can afford to have it done for us, but I kept looking at the cushions and thinking… “I could do that…” You know, in my spare time. Here’s the chair, mit fabric. And here’s...

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Hangin With Julia

Posted by on Sep 23, 2009 in sewing |

So, after seeing the Julie/Julia movie I just HAD to have an apron like hers. I came close using an A-line skirt...

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