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We recently have been re-covering our couches...=) That's why it looks like tornado went through!

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Alayna's business is picking up again!

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Late night production!

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Sewing projects- from plans to the finished product! 

Etsy Item of the week...

Colorful, Handmade, Bag or Purse.

Pretty Modest Shoppe 

 

Bible Bag.

I made this bag a few days ago from a blog I found here.

It surprised me how easy and fast it was!

I did change it a little bit though... The pattern didn't call for batting, and so I added some in. (Just my preference.) 

To add it in, sew a piece the same size as your lining, to the wrong side of lining. And then just follow the directions like it says from then on.

Also, to make the flower (proper name is yo-yo) I cut a circle about 6x6, and did a gathering stitch all the way around. Then I pulled up the gathers, and pushed them into the middle, and tacked them down. To make the middle part, make another yo-yo, about 2x2 and lay it face down on top of the flower. Sew down through flower, and then sew flower onto bag. 

I am using this as my bible bag, but it's makes a nice purse or hand bag too!

Finished size: 8 1/2 x 10 1/4.

My newest project...

A few days ago, I found this pattern on the internet... A quilted table runner! I started yesterday, and finished it today. To get the tutorial: Click Here.

It's a great way to use your scraps! I had so many, I didn't have to use one of them twice!

Sick siblings in the background:(

The backing is some fabric we had stored in the sewing/storage/computer room for awhile, and this was a perfect way to use it up!

 It's supposed to get even nicer after it's washed. (I haven't done so yet)

Savana's new blouse pattern and miscellaneous...

I recently made a blouse pattern with darts and a zipper in the back.

This is my third blouse actually, they just get better every time.

William: I asked him if he would let me take a "professional picture" of him, and he rather hesitantly said yes.

One of my three duckling swimming in very fast circles under water, and the other two watching...