Tag Archives: fabric
Lined pencil case from A Spoonful of Sugar
I stumbled upon these instructions for making a pencil-case while I was looking for something else. I used the basic idea to make several of these. They are a great way to use leftover scraps of fabric. One thing she … Continue reading
Baby Julia
We went to a birthday party on Saturday for our youngest grandson. I didn’t get any good pictures of Luke, but I did get of couple of our great-granddaughter Julia. This one isn’t the best of Julia, but it is … Continue reading
What’s new at Country By Design
Wow! I didn’t fall off the edge of the world, but it was pretty close! I was having so many issues with my computer that I just about gave up. Finally got some more RAM for my hard drive and … Continue reading
Choosing fabric for a duffel bag
I’m working with a customer to pick out fabrics for a duffel bag. She picked out Park + Ride Bright for the main fabric. I like it even though it isn’t something I would have picked out necessarily. She … Continue reading
Business card holder
I haven’t written much about the things I am making recently, but I’ll try to fix that. On Sundays I like to play around with new ideas. Today it was business card holders. I have made several little bags … Continue reading
New Valentine’s Day table runner
Here’s a picture of the table runner that I’ve been working on this week. The background “fabric” is lots of little strips of lots of different fabrics that I stitched together. Then I stitched them to a strip of backing … Continue reading
Another cold day in the country
Ended up spending most of the day today running around, but that’s okay. After almost 3 days away from my sewing machine, I was ready to hit the ground running tonight. We got home from hubby’s doctor appointment in the … Continue reading
Small duffel bags
I was using a pattern for the duffel bags I am making, but I wanted to make a few that were smaller. Since the only pattern piece that I actually use is for the ends, it wasn’t too hard to … Continue reading
Source for homespun fabrics
Once upon a time, I used homespun fabrics and natural muslin for a lot of my place mats and table runners. Don’t know where I got off track! Anyway, I was cleaning out a drawer in my desk and came … Continue reading
New baby quilt with hearts
The past couple to days I have been working on a rag quilted baby quilt in fabrics with hearts. I had a couple in my stash, but I had to place 5 or 6 orders on Etsy and eBay to … Continue reading
