FOOD
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Made By ME #55 Linky Party and Features
Happy Halloween week! Great projects last week - here are a few highlights from reader's favorites. This weeks' party at the end of the post :).
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Made By ME #54 Linky Party and Features
I hope everyone is having a good week so far. Things have been BUSY around here - like I am sure a lot of you are experiencing as well with the holidays quickly approaching. I'll keep this short - great project last week and here are a few faves. Scroll down for this week's party :)
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FOOD
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Being a Little Green With Cloth Napkins
I don't really consider my family 'green' - yes we do drive a Prius as our main vehicle, we recycle as much as we can, we use bio/earth friendly products and yes we try not to use paper products when we can. Hmmm maybe we are a little 'green'.
But whatever the label is, I wanted to share one of my favorite things around the house. It happened out of necessity. When my oldest was around 2.5 and my younger one was starting solids, I got FED UP with paper napkins. We would go through dozens at one meal sometimes. The paper ones would tear, get stuck on their little sticker mouths and hands and even eaten sometimes. As a solution, I decided to sew up some cloth napkins from fabrics from my stash.
The sewing wasn't hard, but it took a bit of time since I kept having to sew more and more to keep up with the demands of a growing family (we must have about 80 napkins now - and it usually last us a whole week before washing). Here we are 3 years later and we are still using cloth napkins. We keep a stash of emergency paper ones somewhere in the pantry just in case we don't have time to wash or have larger parties. I don't know about the rest of the family, but I am absolutely hooked on cloth napkins.
I'm sharing this [green and on-going project] at these lovely linky parties.
Looking for some pre-sewn cloth napkins sets? I have been adding it to my JAQS Fabrics shop HERE. And through October - enjoy 10% off the whole shop with coupon code JAQSBlog10 for being a JAQS Studio blog reader :).
A few cloth napkins I pulled from our household's cloth napkin pile.
But whatever the label is, I wanted to share one of my favorite things around the house. It happened out of necessity. When my oldest was around 2.5 and my younger one was starting solids, I got FED UP with paper napkins. We would go through dozens at one meal sometimes. The paper ones would tear, get stuck on their little sticker mouths and hands and even eaten sometimes. As a solution, I decided to sew up some cloth napkins from fabrics from my stash.
Over a dozen washes and still looking good :)
The sewing wasn't hard, but it took a bit of time since I kept having to sew more and more to keep up with the demands of a growing family (we must have about 80 napkins now - and it usually last us a whole week before washing). Here we are 3 years later and we are still using cloth napkins. We keep a stash of emergency paper ones somewhere in the pantry just in case we don't have time to wash or have larger parties. I don't know about the rest of the family, but I am absolutely hooked on cloth napkins.
I'm sharing this [green and on-going project] at these lovely linky parties.
Looking for some pre-sewn cloth napkins sets? I have been adding it to my JAQS Fabrics shop HERE. And through October - enjoy 10% off the whole shop with coupon code JAQSBlog10 for being a JAQS Studio blog reader :).
Thursday, October 18, 2012
WIP - Binding and Binding
Yes I am over 8 months pregnant now and yes I should be resting more. But what can I say, I'm a busy body and I can't sit still! Though I am trying to 'keep it easy' until delivery day I find little stuff to occupy my time without going overboard with exhaustion. The fabric shop keeps me quite busy but my husband has been a great help in moving fabrics around and delivery packages for me :) (yes I'm a little gal). The boys have quite a regular routine now that the older one is used to Kindergarten and the younger one has gotten used to going to preschool without his older brother.
So once in a while I go sneak into my sewing room and squeeze in a project here and there. I'm trying to finish up a couple of quilts:
So once in a while I go sneak into my sewing room and squeeze in a project here and there. I'm trying to finish up a couple of quilts:
I've started these a while back and have been saving the binding (my favorite part of the quilt) for when I am less mobile.
And trust me I am glad I am not in the sandwiching or quilting part of the project right. Just sitting in front of the sewing machine for more than 10 minutes seem a little straining right now. But I am glad I have these small projects to fill my time :). I'll probably work in a few quilt designs for next year as well. Hopefully I still have a couple of weeks before baby #3 decides to make her appearance :).
Happy sewing and creating everyone - have a great rest of the week and weekend!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Made By ME #53 Linky Party and Features
I'm exhausted, are you? Seems like October is the beginning of the whole holiday-project-never-a-dull-moment season :). And from the looks of the projects from last weeks' party it looks like a lot of you out there are up to your eyeballs with projects as well. Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedules to link up to the party - I really appreciate it and always have a great time reading about them. Here are a few faves from last week - scroll to the bottom for this week's party.
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SEWING AND KNITS
FOOD
CRAFTS & DECOR
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Made By ME #52 Linky Party and Features
Hello everyone. Autumn has definitely arrived and I am a happy camper :). Beautiful fall colors are showing up everywhere and I am ready to bring the quilts out...and to make some new ones ;). I had a great time looking at all the projects from last week. Lots of great colors and ideas - here are a few favorites from last week. Read to the end of the post for this weeks' party.
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FOOD
SEWING AND KNITS
CRAFTS & DECOR
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Weekend Fabric Bundle Sale
I'm having a huge bundle sale over at the shop. Save 15% off ALL bundles now through Oct 8, 2012 with coupon code bundle15.
I have over 70 bundles ready for a new home.
Bundles are great inspirations for new projects, makes a wonderful present (hint hint for those of you who are shopping for holiday gifts already...you are WAY more prepared than I am!), and just a great way to get coordinated fabrics that are pre-cut and ready to use.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Made By ME #51 Linky Party and Features
Welcome to Made by Me Wednesday's Linky Party :). Great projects last, especially some awesome pumpkin creations - special features this week. Thanks everyone that joined in the party and I hope everyone had fun seeing all the creative projects from last week. Here are a few favorites and this weeks' party is at the end of the post.
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PUMPKINS
CRAFTS & DECOR
FOOD
SEWING AND KNITS
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