Growing up, my mom often made what she called Vinegar Cake. As a kid I didn’t think the name was strange. Now I realize that what she called Vinegar Cake is more often called Depression Cake or Crazy Cake. During the Depression Era, this cake…
Here is a Word document that has all the glyphs (special, alternate characters) in the Samantha font. Once you have Samantha installed on your computer as a font you can open this document in your word processor. Then find a special character you want to…
Busy crafting day! Made 20 (!!) shirts for the boys and the new school year. All these images are free open source from The Noun Project https://thenounproject.com/. There are four ways to correctly use an icon from The Noun Project. Please pay particular attention to…
Today I made personalized Dopp Kit toiletry bags for the boys with Star Wars fabric lining. I used a simple pattern from Craftsy ( https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2015/12/dopp-kit-tutorial/ ) Then I used my Silhouette Cameo cutter and heat press to add the boys’ names on them.
I sewed this kid-size messenger bag for my older son. I used pattern #545 from The Green Pepper (http://www.thegreenpepper.com/product/545-oregon-trail-messenger-bag-pattern/). The black exterior and red lining fabric are both 500 Dernier coated Cordura nylon from Rockywoods Fabrics (http://www.rockywoods.com/1000D-Cordura-Nylon/500-Denier-coated-Cordura-Nylon-Fabric). The graphic is a personalized Star Wars Imperial…
I used the book “Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design” by Amanda Brown to take apart the Morris chair that I’ve hated for 15 years, and then sew a new cover for the chair. I am really proud of the result. BEFORE: AFTER:
This is my first vinyl cutting project using my Silhouette Cameo cutter. It was much easier than I thought it would be. One trick for you: Instead of buying the expensive transfer tape, I found my lint remover (which is basically just wide masking…
Use my spreadsheet to sew any size tote bag. Whenever we go on a picnic or spend a day at the beach we never have a tote bag to carry the food and toys in. I found this great tutorial for Inspired Wren’s Lined Tote Bag,…
Here’s our Bennett Family Portrait. It includes our dog (Maggie) and cat (Charlie). I painted those Legos to match how the pets look. I found this idea on Apartment Therapy. Here’s Lisa’s original post.
Canvas Art from Photographs 1. Buy 6 stretched canvases. The Lego photos are on 8″x8″ canvases. The dog photo is on 12″x12″. 2. Use Photoshop or Gimp to divide a photo file into 6 subfiles. 3. Print out each photo. 4. Trim each photo so…
My toddler son loves garbage trucks and I couldn’t find a picture book that features them. I printed off 5×7 pictures of him with garbage bins, and also printed off photos of garbage trucks I found online. I cut the photos down to 5×5…
Note: Do not assemble and decorate a wedding cake the morning of your wedding! It is a lot of work. You will be nervous. And there isn’t time to fix mistakes. When I finished the large roses, there was a noticeable gap between the cake layers.…
I used Shepherd’s second birthday as a trial run for the wedding cake that I planned to make the following month. The birthday cake turned out much better than the wedding cake. I learned my lesson — do NOT assemble and decorate a wedding cake…
Sewing tutorial–Lined Curtain Panels (March 2017) My biggest fear the first time I sewed curtains was with the blind hemming. I learned that if you just sew a regular hem, it is barely noticeable. No need for blind hemming. I also discovered that inserting a…
