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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

Simple Skirt in Idle Wild Knits!

October 15, 2015 By Susan 6 Comments

I love a good marriage of stripe and floral and I’m not the only one these days – they’re everywhere! (Will this marriage LAST?!? My money’s on YES.) When I heard that the friends behind Pattern Anthology were putting out their own line of knits with Riley Blake I knew they’d be good – and… 

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Filed Under: knit, skirt Tagged With: fabric, girls, Idle Wild, jersey, knit, Pattern Anthology, prints, Riley Blake, simple skirt, spandex

Color Me Border-Print Skirt: A Tutorial

September 3, 2015 By Susan 5 Comments

Have you tried playing with Color Me fabric yet? I got my hands on a few yards of it (thanks, Hayley!) and had so much fun! I knew I wanted to try coloring it as if it were a border print, and from one yard of Princess Paisley print I made three size 6 girls… 

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Filed Under: skirt, tutorial Tagged With: color, fabric, girls, Sewing, simple, skirt, tutorial

Modern I Spy Quilt (with Free Graphics Download)

August 13, 2015 By Susan 3 Comments

It’s no secret I’m a big fan of I Spy projects. I love ’em! As much as milkshakes in the summertime, and lately, that’s REALLY A LOT. I Spy is such a fun way to engage with kids and it has a long life of appeal – my (not yet but almost) 2yo is already a… 

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Filed Under: quilt, Tips Tagged With: baby, blanket, charm squares, fabric, heat transfer vinyl, I Spy, icons, images, quilt, toddler

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