Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. 2014 is the year of the horse. I love using Chinese New Year as an excuse to order some of my favorite Chinese food — we don’t order out much since I cook a lot so it’s a real treat. Since I’ve had kids, I’ve also started giving red envelopes […] Read more…
As a last-minute Christmas present for my nephew, I made this modern Darth Vader pillow. The art for this pillow was inspired by a piece of graphic art I stumbled upon on Pintrest. I used fabric paint and freezer paper to put the image onto a piece of white KONA. See the tutorial here for […] Read more…
I love using up scraps! I thought it would be fun to use up some larger scraps on travel-sized pillows for the kiddos. Each pillow uses scraps from dresses, backpacks, bags, shirts or something I have previously made for them. They loved recognizing the fabric. The pillow inserts are travel sized pillows that we took […] Read more…
With the kids back to school and now both of them eating lunch there, I thought it would be fun to make some simple napkins for their lunch boxes. These napkins are very, very easy to make. They are a great way to use up large scraps of fabric or just to help reduce your […] Read more…
It’s Earth Day! I set aside the patterns I’m working on to recover a chair today. It’s been sitting in my basement for almost a year. I picked it up at a rummage sale last fall for $6. It has beautiful workmanship — just needed a good wash and a new pad and fabric for […] Read more…
