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Shower Curtain - Toile
Shower curtains don’t have to be ugly plastic, or used to hide the shower stall. I use one as a closet door. That allows for the maximum amount of space to be available for the closet contents. And I get to look at a pretty pattern. How ...
Giraffe Print Laundry Hamper
The bathroom is one of those fun places where the fabric doesn’t necessarily need to match the rest of the house. So when the last remaining plastic hamper broke. I decided to make a new canvas hamper out of giraffe print. It is very simil...
Blackout Drapes - Toile
I have re-purposed the blackout lining from my old bedroom drapes, and re-used them for these new drapes. Finally. I dreaded making these drapes. The lined curtains in the family room took so long. But I must be learning, because I made these in...
Fleece Jacket - Simplicity Pattern 5284
Simplicity pattern 5284, view D is a child’s jacket. I decided to recycle a fleece shawl into a new jacket for my daughter. She is allergic to wool. And fleece is lightweight, warm and washable. I also chose this particular shawl because...
Vogue Patterns - Sewing Fleece
Vogue Pattern V2949, a cardigan sweater, has a very different feel to it sewn up with charcoal colored fleece, than it does with cream colored waffle knit. It is entirely more serious, much warmer, and the bottom bands of view A add an asymmetrical...
Cardigan Sweater - Vogue Pattern V2949
Being a person who sews, but having no skill whatsoever at knitting limits the type of sweaters that I can create. But I still really like sweaters. I found this Vogue Pattern, V2949, a cardigan sweater style to sew. I tried to photograph the en...

