A little this and that

How can it be December? I’m so far behind on everything it seems. However, I did get some things done recently! I dyed four pieces of clothing for my doctor who is expecting in January. The first two are ice dyed. The others are low immersion. If you are new to my blog and/or new…

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Using a tote base to create a tote

This tutorial is how to make a tote bag using a plain tote bag as the base. Here is my finished tote. Before I start, I need to give credit Stitches by Julia. Here is the video of her project using the tote base.

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Repurposing Toilet Paper Holders and Substack

Dave has been creating a lot of beautiful things with wood. Two of my favorites projects are the toilet paper holders. Here is the one for the small bath.

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Fabric Book Continuing Progress

Since my last post, I’ve pretty much changed my mind about almost everything!! Before I get into that, here are a couple embellishments I made for the pages. These irises I’ve made before and you can find my tutorial here. They will go on my spread about planting the iris beds. I also made some…

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Repurposing Mom’s Fabric

I’ve been watching several videos on YouTube about Swedish Death Cleaning. I guess with the passing of my sis I’ve been thinking a lot about all of the stuff I have that I never use. I feel it’s time to either use it or let someone else enjoy it. So I was looking at fabric…

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A New Challenge – Recycling Jewelry

I have so much jewelry, much of which I bought at thrift stores. The majority of these finds I really never intended to wear it, but add it in my art. However, they were put aside, until this past September when I dug through my stash, and made my Goddess piece I showed you on…

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Adding More Cards

The last couple days I’ve been adding to my art for the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana Holiday Fair. I had taken a bunch of goodies down there a week ago. When I noticed someone else had cards, Andrea told me I could definitely bring more stuff. So I’ve been making a few cards to…

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