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Favorite purse making tools

By: Lynda November 23, 2019November 29, 2019

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Since I have been having so much fun making those purses, I wanted to share with you my favorite purse making tools.

Using Thrifted Fabric

By: Lynda November 17, 2019November 29, 2019

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I love thrift shopping. A week or so ago, Tena and I went shopping. It’s been so long since I thrift shopped with anyone, and it was so much fun. Here is what I purchased.

Letters, Lots of Letters

By: Lynda November 10, 2019November 10, 2019

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I’ve got letters, lots of letters.

Ethel Tote

By: Lynda September 6, 2019September 23, 2019

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In my quest to use up some of my fabric, I sewed another tote. This one will go in our local library auction. I didn’t have enough of the ice dyed fabric, so added the yellow which I low immersion dyed last month for another project. This is a free pattern from Swoon. This pattern…

Raven cloth dolls

By: Lynda August 16, 2019August 26, 2019

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I was cleaning my computer desktop the other day and ran across a pdf from Interweave about making art dolls. It’s a compilation of past articles in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. Here is a link to the download.

August Under The Needle

By: Lynda August 7, 2019August 16, 2019

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It seems like I’ve not gotten much done lately. But I did finally finish my Elna Stitch Book.

Elna Cam Surprises

By: Lynda July 30, 2019August 7, 2019

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Sometimes I can not believe what I don’t know! I have owned this Elna SU since 1987.

Upcycling Old Jeans

By: Lynda May 12, 2019May 21, 2019

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I love using my dyed fabric, but I have been wanting to try upcycling some old jeans and other thrift fabric I have around my studio. Before cutting up the jeans, I needed to decide what I was going to make. If I wanted straps made from the jeans I wanted to make sure I…