Costume Jewelry

I bought the most incredible bag of costume jewelry from a friend! It was too pretty not to display. I have already started using it on some of my projects. Rubies and diamonds and pearls, oh my!

Fabric Covered Journal

Flower Power

Children's Cowboy & Cowgirl Chairs

Sewing Old

I found an old needle pouch years ago. The outside was nothing really special, and actually the inside wasn't either, but I bought it and put it away. I took it out the other day and cut it down a little bit. Then I took some of my little sewn pieces and stitched them to the outside. I want to put some old sewing pieces in the inside as well.

Scrappy Pin Cushion

I have wanted to make one of these pin cushions for so long! I was just going to cover one of the red ones you buy at the store, but after I looked up instructions on the internet, I realized it would be pretty easy to make one from scratch. I drew a circle on fabric and stitched my little pieces together on the top. Then I took a piece of embroidered linen and cut it into the same size circle as the top piece. I sewed them together, pretty sides facing each other. Then I turned the fabric right side out, stuffed the inside, and sewed it up. Next I took embroidery floss and sewed it up through the center, and around the outside 6 times. Last, I sewed a button in the middle of the pin cushion. Ok, now you know why I don't write instructions for projects! I am going to make more of these. One of my student's said it was the prettiest thing she had ever seen. My husband said the kids were figuring out how to sucker me into giving them the stuff I make. I laughed, but I realized he is probably right!!

Cowgirl Train Case

I used scraps of paper, copies of cowgirl prints, and a little time to complete this project!