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Visiting from Holly’s Blog? Here’s the Bag.

Posted in Crafty Girl on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Thanks Holly for the linkie-love. Here’s some photos of the bag I made for Holly for those of you stopping by. For everyone else, you’ve seen this one before.

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The Birthday Bag

Posted in Crafty Girl, Sewing, tagged , amy butler frenchy bag, hand-made coasters on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »

My little (and only) sister celebrates her 38th birthday this week! Happy Birthday sis!!! I know she’ll have a candle on her birthday - and be hanging out with her family (hubby and 5 year old daughter, our parents, in-laws and sis-in-law.) I know they’ll have a great day up in Wisconsin!
She [...]

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A Bag for Me - Really

Posted in Crafty Girl, Sewing, tagged bag, handmade, purse, Sewing, shelly on November 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »

I made a bag for myself a few weeks ago and actually kept it. As I was sewing it, I kept saying to myself, this is for me, this is for me - so I wouldn’t think of someone else to give it to.
Here it is:

(Notice all those yucky cobwebs next to the door…I’m [...]

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A Remake

Posted in Crafty Girl, Sewing, tagged handbags, Sewing on November 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »

A couple of months ago, I rolled out some fabric that I had purchased more than a year ago for a handbag. It was at the time when I was still mulling getting into the sewing of handbags. I loved the fabric, but just never got around to it until then.
Here’s what I [...]

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Easy and Crafty Holiday Gift

Posted in Crafty Girl, tagged crafts, gifts, no sew fleece blanket on November 1, 2007 | No Comments »

This is a little bit of a rerun tonight. Since the Christmas Season has officially started and fleece is on sale everywhere, I thought I’d re-post my No Sew Fleece Blanket tutorial. I just made one of these as a birthday gift for our 1-year-old great niece. She loves it! My [...]

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The Red Bag

Posted in Crafty Girl, Sewing, tagged amy butler nigella bag, red bag, Sewing on October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »

A few weeks ago, I made this bag for me - I thought.

I really liked the style and size, but ended up giving it to one of my nieces who just got married. So then I made this one…

Interior shot didn’t turn out well. I used a natural canvas, but instead subbed a [...]

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Number Three

Posted in Crafty Girl, Sewing, tagged craftapple pattern, diaper bag on October 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »

First I made this one:

Then I made this one:

I just finished this one - and a matching mini patchfolio to go with it. Isn’t it great?

Well, it is a little crooked in spots, but very sturdy. I used needlepoint (what is it called?) stuff for the bottom, which added to the stability. [...]

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The Beginning of Reading

Posted in Crafty Girl, Homeschooling on October 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Today was the day that I began to teach Bump to read. I’ve been talking about it for a while. I searched all over the internet and looked at expensive phonics programs. I looked at lots of curriculum. Finally, I remembered I had a copy of Teach Your Child to Read [...]

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Fun Project

Posted in Crafty Girl, Sewing, tagged amy butler gum drops, dogs, Sewing on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I’m so easily distracted. I have a pile of things on my sewing table that need to be done - like now. I have a couple of birthdays coming up and a late birthday present. Sometimes I just can’t get motivated. Then this little project came across.

Isn’t it cute?
No, [...]

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