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NEW Boredom Buster Kit!

June 3, 2016 By Susan 3 Comments

I have nothing against kids getting bored. In theory. Bored people have created some seriously amazing things. But in practice, as a mom, it turns into a form of torture. As soon as I sit down to get something done* they’re asking for snacks, coloring pages, cardboard boxes, trips to the pool, trips to Paris,… 

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Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: activities, boredom, buster, download, fun, ideas, kids, mom sanity, PDF, summer

If you see a seam ripper… FREE PRINTABLE

May 24, 2016 By Susan 3 Comments

I posted this seam ripper warning sign this morning on Facebook and there were lots of replies along the lines of “I NEED THAT!” Come to think of it, I need it too. With 3 kids who all now have vocabularies, I’m regularly impressed with how they can all use their voices, directed at me, at the… 

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Filed Under: Printable Tagged With: download, funny, printable, ripper, seam, Sewing

Bangkok Fabric Shopping

February 22, 2016 By Susan 37 Comments

A few weeks ago I got to go check out what will be our new home – Bangkok, Thailand! We are headed over in June and especially now that I’ve gotten to visit – I really couldn’t be more excited. I’m going to jump into the fabric shopping now, but at the end I’ll talk a… 

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Filed Under: Sewing Tagged With: Bangkok, Chinatown, fabric, knit, market, quilting cotton, Sampeng, shopping, Thailand, wholesale

How to Make (a LOT of) Ribbon with a Serger!

December 15, 2015 By Susan 6 Comments

I’m willing to bet that there are a few people out here who, just like me, have cute holiday fabric in their scrap bins they aren’t sure what to do with. I realized that with just a 9″ by 44″ wide cut of fabric, you can make ELEVEN yards of 1″ wide ribbon in 10 minutes… 

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Filed Under: Christmas Tagged With: bow, continuous, DIY, easy, fabric, gift, gift wrap, ribbon, scrap, scrap buster, simple, tutorial

Merry Kissmas! Free Mistletoe Gift Tag Printable

December 8, 2015 By Susan Leave a Comment

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – MISTLETOE TIME! We’re bundling it up for friends and neighbors this year and I’ve made a free printable tag so that you can give it too! My mom always pointed mistletoe out to me as a kid. And I was fascinated by it. What is this… 

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Filed Under: Christmas Tagged With: crafting, free, gifts, holiday, kissing, mistletoe, printable, tradition

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