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Pretty Painted Pegboard for Sewing Organization [How-To]

Posted by on March 25, 2013 14 Comments

Vinny is 4 weeks old today. I’ve had a couple of lovely brief sewing sessions this last week when Vinny’s nap schedule has cooperated. Sewing helps me feel like myself again.

Vinny

I realized that I never posted about the pegboard addition to my sewing room. If you follow me on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter, you might have caught glimpses of it. However, because I luuuurv it, I wanted to give it the posting it deserved.

Pretty Up Your Pegboard with Paint! - SewFearless.com

 TA DA!!!! Seriously, can it get any better than a happy-colored pegboard full of the tools and gadgets that make you happy? I’ve wasted many a minute, just looking at this pegboard smiling to myself for the happiness of finally having it on the wall. Maybe I should hang more them around the house… hmmm….

Here’s how it was made: [Read more...]

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DIY Pattern Weights – Ribbon Wrapped Washers

Posted by on January 11, 2013 11 Comments

Ribbon Wrapped Washers for Pattern Weights - SewFearless.com

The last time I stopped by the hardware store I made sure to pick up some washers to use as pattern weights. So far, I have have been making do using cans, cups, silverware, wooden play blocks, and anything else that I could easily get my hands on. You can buy pattern weights, but I loved having prettier weights at only the fraction of the cost.  [Read more...]

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Mother-Son Crafting: Homemade Leather Sword Sheath

Posted by on October 16, 2012 2 Comments

 My boys acquired wooden swords at a medieval festival a couple of weeks ago. It was love at first fight and they have been planning epic battles and fighting bad guys daily since then. I wouldn’t be surprised if this Halloween features a sword-brandishing Batman and a shield-wielding Spiderman. Good times. It only took a day of witnessing Duncan’s frustration with trying to sheath his sword in his belt for me to know a mother-son craft time was in order.

After I told him my idea, Duncan drew out some plans…
(and I added my suggested modifications) [Read more...]

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another W.I.P.

Posted by on August 20, 2012 13 Comments

a project of epic proportions

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May Milestones

Posted by on May 28, 2012 5 Comments

I’m not big on party planning, but I love decorating birthday cakes. Especially when someone else has done the hard work of figuring out the “how” and I can just follow directions. Matthias and I found cake directions for a Dragon birthday cake on Family Fun.

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