When our dear friend Stacey heard about Susan’s woeful bout of Ebola virus, she very graciously offered to swoop in and save the day with a PB Knock Off of her own. We owe you big time Stacey! Make sure you go over to Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy! to say hi to Stacey and…
PB Knock Off: Embroidered Star Pillow
Here’s a very simple (though slightly time consuming) knock off. It’s just a simple pillow with a star embroidered in jute and decorative metal rivets. The Pottery Barn Version: (found here) My version: I initially tried to embroider with a hemp thread, and while it worked better than I expected, it was just way too…
PB Knock Off: Glitzy Ornaments
This knock off is based on an ornament I saw in a Pottery Barn store, but I can’t find it in the catalog or online, so you’ll have to take my word for it. It was basically a wooden disk with an initial printed in the center, glitter around the edge of the disk, and…
Patchwork Dish Towels: A Tutorial
aka: The One Where I Make the Mistakes so You Don’t Have To. (you’re welcome) Happy Monday everyone! How about we make some dish towels today? But these aren’t just any dish towels. They are super duper patchwork, reverse applique, seasonal, mistake-free dish towels! For 1 dish towel you will need: – 2 16×24 inch…
Kid-Friendly Patriotic Table Runner: A Tutorial
Do you like how I called this “Kid Friendly” as a euphemism for “embarrassingly simple”? This is how it goes folks – when I sew, I don’t mind complicated and technical, when I no-sew, it’s going to look like a 3rd grade project, at best. I also don’t know whether this is a true “runner”,…