Aqua Do-Doo

You know those blue pens that are handy for marking your fabric? Kind of like this one. And they leave a blue mark? Because they are supposed to. Which is great because I marked it for a reason. But I don’t always want to ‘wash’ what I have marked to remove it. And I don’t [...]

How to make cute shelves …

So I had a little ‘dry wall stuff?’ leftover from the reno last year and some cute fabric and a couple of shelf brackets and of course, the requisite need for some new shelves… Step 1: wrap fabric tightly around yucky bit of ‘dry wall suff’ and use you staple gun. Step 2: Use some [...]

Free motion quilting with Freezer Paper!

On episode 49 I talked about 1 of my newest uses for Freezer Paper. I absolutely love this! It makes me look like I can actually free motion quilt:) Here is the quilt sandwich, prepared for quilting and tucking into the machine. Please note – I DID start from the center and worked my way [...]

The ‘Why I need this’ Tip!

As I said on the latest  show Episode 49 – I wish I had started doing this with all of the doodads and gadgets that I HAD to have and then forgot to use and then forgot HOW to use them. Just takes a second to jot down a note or two and then the [...]

Have a lot of old clothes you would like to upcycle?

I found this gigantic paper clip at Walgreens (It had to be a joke, right) but the joke’s on them because I have found a great use for it! I attached outgrown (in record time, I may add) baby clothes to the table and attack um, ever go gently rip out the seams to reconstruct [...]

This is what I was talking about.. Command Strips to the rescue!

Can you believe these were hung… With these??!! And they STILL haven’t fallen off the fall?  Have to admit, I had my doubts. These are also GREAT for hanging quilts on the wall! I heart command strips.

How to ‘really’ know if your rotary cutting blade needs replacement

A tip from Moi. (me) I realized a little while ago that no matter how hard I tried I could never remember when I’d last changed the blade in my copious ridiculous number of rotary cutters.  So – I just kept on changing the blades.  Nothing worse than an old blade in my book! Then [...]

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