Sarah J. Doyle | October 4, 2009
When the “white sale” comes around, or you just happen to see sheets on sale, just buy the top and bottom sheets – forget the more expensive pillow cases. You can purchase one twin size flat sheet and make 4 pillow cases that will end up costing you less than one third of the price [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 26, 2009
Isn’t it amazing how quickly an ironing board cover gets yucky — hot irons make burned spots and spray starch only make matters worse. Deanna, at DeannasStuff blogspot has a great tutorial for making a new ironing board cover, AND she got the fabric at the flea market! That’s my kind of shopping Deanna. Check [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 20, 2009
Looks like we’re back to pin cushions again. I love all kinds of pin cushions, and really think I need to start a collection of them. Leigh Ann at TheObjectProject provides us with a very colorful and unique pincushion — and calls it the Teacup pincushion. She says to gather all your scraps and make [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 19, 2009
Now that school has started, you are probably seeing how many sandwich zip lock bags you’re going through! YIKES! A box of those little bags don’t seem to last very long! Well, I’d like to say a big THANK YOU to The Instructables website for giving a great tutorial for making a reusable sandwich wrap. [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 16, 2009
Have you gotten your new October/November 2009 issue of Sew News yet? If you aren’t a subscriber already, click on the link in the side bar and get a subscription. Sew News magazine is always filled with creative ideas, projects and tips. Anyway, they’d asked me to do a tutorial on doing a chair cushion [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 6, 2009
Hand towels and dish towels are normally pretty cheap to buy – check flea markets and dollar stores – and great for making a variety of aprons. With our little “almost” 4 year old quadruplets at our house several times a week, I found this adorable “Art Apron” from a dishtowel from ObsessivelyStitching.blogspot that just seemed [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 5, 2009
I love free patterns, but this one is one of the BEST I’ve seen lately!!! A corset sachet from FeelingStitchy — now does this bring back memories of the “good old days” – or 1880′s days (before our time)! It’s getting close to Christmas, and I’ll just bet you could make a few of these [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 22, 2009
My young grandchildren love to carry around wallets, even if they’re using strips of paper for “dollars”! The problem is that you only have so many “old” wallets because you’ve bought a new one, and I have quadruplet 3 1/2 year old grandbabies and their big brother, who is now 5 years old.Well, when I [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 16, 2009
I would venture to say that there are probably as many people carrying around a laptop as there are people with cell phones. Well, maybe there are more cell phones, but those laptops can become glued to us just as quickly as the cell phones! Just can’t live without either one of them.This month’s “project [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | May 24, 2009
I simply love aprons — maybe it’s because I’m a messy cook — whatever it is, I have a closet full of aprons. I want to pass along another sweet tutorial from Jona at Fabritopia for the “one hour” apron. This is very cute and I love the way it wraps around and ties in [...]
