Felt Mailbox and Letters

October 29, 2009 By 7 Comments

I made this felt mailbox set this past weekend for my middle son for Christmas. I used the mailbox tutorial I found at Giver’s Log. I did not have to go out and buy any materials for this project, so I was able to frugally make this set. I even had the purse magnet set [...]

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Homemade Christmas 2009

October 28, 2009 By 6 Comments

I will be posting more and more homemade Christmas gifts as the time draws closer to Christmas. I thought I would post what I have made so far, and then update this list weekly. I guess I have accomplished more than I thought I had. There are still many projects waiting in the wings. Some [...]

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More Leaf Fun

October 27, 2009 By 3 Comments

Today is a rainy day and we have spent all day inside. However, a week ago I shared pictures of my two youngest children playing in the leaves on a beautiful day. (See post here.) The next day my two oldest children got to join in the fun. I was so happy watching the four [...]

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Toddler Backpack and Pants for Me

October 26, 2009 By 2 Comments

I am so happy with the way this toddler backpack turned out. It is going to be a Christmas present for my littlest guy. I used a cotton woven fabric for the outside. I followed the tutorial from Blueprints. The tutorial is really easy to understand and the backpack went together quickly. There is no [...]

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Fleece Waistband Tutorial

October 22, 2009 By 4 Comments

I promised a tutorial for how I make fleece waistbands, so here it is. I would love to know what you think. I can always make changes if it doesn’t make sense. I am just tired of looking at it. I hope it helps someone. Fleece Waistband Tutorial

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Swagbucks

October 21, 2009 By 2 Comments

I recently jumped on the Swagbucks bandwagon. If you have never heard of Swagbucks then click on the picture below to find out more and sign up. Basically, if you do searches online you can win Swagbucks. You can then buy items from their store with them, or trade them in for gift cards. I [...]

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A Beautiful Fall Day

October 20, 2009 By 1 Comment

I have not posted a Gratituesday post in several weeks. It isn’t that I don’t have things to be grateful for because I have many things for which I am thankful. Yet, it just seemed like I was being redundant, and life was getting so busy. However, I never want to cease praising God for [...]

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Weekend Sewing

October 19, 2009 By 1 Comment

I was able to squeeze in some sewing time this weekend and made two pairs of pants for my daughter. She was so excited which always makes my efforts worthwhile. They are nothing fancy, and were made with the same patterns as in this post. First, I made some light purple fleece pants from a [...]

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Pillow and Crocheted Hat and Scarf

October 14, 2009 By 3 Comments

I decided to use more of the leftover fleece from these previous posts to make a pillow for my daughter’s bed. It is fairly large and was truly one of those projects where I was totally winging it. I machine appliqued her initial to the fabric before sewing everything together. The pillow is made of [...]

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Fleece Skirts

October 13, 2009 By 2 Comments

I didn’t really mean to take a week away from blogging here, but that is what happened. I have been posting regularly on my other blog if you want to see some of the preschool activities we have been doing at Pocketful of Posies. Last week I posted about a few things I stitched up [...]

Filed Under: Homemade Christmas 2009, sewing
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