Pottery Barn Inspired Monogrammed Headboard

Happy Monday!

We were fortunate enough last week to guest post for Craft Baby!

If you didn’t get to see it here it is!

I have 3 girls and with those 3 girls come lots and lots of ideas on how to decorate their room and the most important part to me is the bed;              it’s the focal point of the room!  I saw this cute headboard from one day on Pinterest and I thought I had to do it!

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Vintage Inspired Hand Towels

I’ve been trying to get ready for an upcoming Fleattitude boutique and thought I would make some vintage inspired towels to include in my booth.

I’ve shared with you in a past post about my love of Osnaburg Fabric and have seen some awesome things made with it.   So, I thought I would share what I’ve been making.  If you are a beginning seamstress this would be a great project for you.

I cut the fabric into 20″x28″ pieces and sewed a rolled hem around the whole edge.  To do this you simply fold the edge in about 1/4″ and then fold again.  I’ve gotten to where I can do this without pressing it first, but if you are new at this I would press it.  Once sewn I ironed the whole towel to remove any wrinkles.

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4th of July Flapper Dress

Hello friends!

I hope you all have some fun plans for celebrating our Independence day.
I wanted to make something special for my girls to wear. The only place to buy some outfits here is Walmart and that means that everyone else in town will have the same stuff and because I am a procrastinator I didn’t order anything online.  So, I decided to make something.  Now I’m NOT a person that sews.  I don’t usually enjoy it, BUT I do know how to sew and if I can do this so can you!

4th of July fapper dress

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Fused Fabric Crafts

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Do you know what fusible webbing is?  In my experience not many people know what this is or have ever used it.  Fusible webbing is kind of like fabric interfacing which adds some strength and stiffness to clothing and fabric usually in collars or cuffs.  Webbing is an iron on adhesive that attaches two pieces of fabric together and also adds stiffness and strength.  There are several different brands and can be found on a bolt or in packages at the fabric store.

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