Posts Tagged ‘ Jo-Ann ’

Fabric for our Bedroom Quilt

I am beginning to hate my first quilt. I made it with clearance fabric since I was a novice and didn’t want to spend much money on it. Thus the colors and patterns aren’t ones that I normally would have chosen and it really does not match the beautiful, soothing green walls of our bedroom [ READ MORE ]

Cupcakes Continued

No, the cupcake madness has NOT ended. It is in fact spreading to our dining nook! Brendan and I have a bench flanked by two bookshelves for seating on one side of our dining room table. This bench is never used (except for the three baskets underneath that make for great dining/kitchen linen storage). Thus, making [ READ MORE ]

Sewing after Jo-Ann’s Sale

Jo-Ann Fabric’s recently began the “Winter Warm-Up” sale and I was there coupons in hand. I purchased fourteen patterns for the price of one (they were only $.99!) and hope to use them soon. I also bought two magazines: Quilting Arts: Stitch and Sew Beautiful. There are so many projects and patterns in both that I [ READ MORE ]

Baby Bowman

On June 28th of this year (approximately), I will be Aunt Tiffany. I’m so excited about Jeremy and Kristin’s baby and I’ve been quite busy sewing for the little one’s arrival. I made two bibs that button on the side. The fabric and buttons are from Jo-Ann’s. The bibs are two layers of fabric and quilt batting. [ READ MORE ]

Cupcake Kitchen

I have wanted to decorate my kitchen with cupcakes for some time and I’ve finally gotten around to it. The whole “reno” so far has cost me about $35! Some of the stuff I had on hand, and other items were supplied by generous loved ones. Enjoy! me in my cupcake kitchen! What, you don’t [ READ MORE ]

Sewing Machine Cover

Mom and I made this sewing machine cover for my Kenmore 15408. I brought my machine to Ohio so that we could sew. Mom and I agreed that I needed a cover for it, especially if I am going to be transporting it for my sewing circle. The machine has a handle and we created a [ READ MORE ]

Christmas Day

Brendan and I had a lovely Christmas in Ohio with my family. We were surprised by the amount of presents under the tree. We each had a pretty impressive stack of gifts to open. Jeanette and I worked up a sweat passing out all those presents! Jeanette read the Christmas story in Luke, Rich said a [ READ MORE ]

Winter Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend. On Saturday, we actually woke up to snow! It didn’t last the whole day, but it was very pretty. Our Christmas tree this year: There are some “rusty” jingle bells and little wooden ornaments from Hobby Lobby. They are little planes, trains, boats, and cars.A transportation theme! To make our house smell festive, [ READ MORE ]

Advent Calendar Tutorial

I love counting down the days until Christmas. Grandpa Leibbrand always had a calendar and daily gift for us. Sometimes Mom would buy the cardboard advent calendars with doors that would reveal a piece of chocolate for each day. I remember sneaking some of the chocolates early. One year we had little box [ READ MORE ]

Christmas Fabric

I am loving all of the Christmas fabric in the stores. I have purchased some from Wal-Mart, Hobby Lobby, and Jo-Ann Fabrics.I don’t really have plans for all of them, I just couldn’t pass them up. I’m not a huge fan of all the yellow, but I’m a sucker for anything gingerbread related. This [ READ MORE ]