How many times do you pull fabric out of your stash and ask yourself, “Has this been prewashed?” Me, ever single time. Whenever I buy fabric, I have good intentions of prewashing it all and getting all ready to sew. And sometimes I do. But…
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Clear Vinyl Zip Pocket for the Snappy Composition Book – TUTORIAL
I’ve made quite a few Snappy Composition Book Covers over the past few weeks. And as I’ve been making these covers, I’ve been thinking about variations to make to them. Because the fun of sewing is being able to change things up, make them how…
Scrap fabric leaves that hold their shape – TUTORIAL
I made a happy craft discover the other day, and I’m sharing it with you today! I had made a simple little fabric pumpkin and I needed some leaves to go at the top. I tried just cutting the leaf shapes from upholstery fabric but…
Linen and flannel pocket pot holder
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I’ve been on a linen kick lately. I’ve got a nice long scrap left over from a baby wrap I made for a relative several months ago, and I keep coming back to it. It stays out on my sewing…
My mom’s birthday gift, and a defense of my fabric hoarding
My mother’s birthday was earlier this week. This is a woman who has already has everything she needs and most of everything she wants. I was stumped as to what to get for her, until she let a little hint. Earlier this year, her purse…
Snappy Composition Book Cover – FREE PATTERN
Is it weird that I get more excited about back-to-school sales than Christmas sales? I get a little giddy piling my shopping cart full of glue sticks and crayons and notebooks. And it’s all for me me ME – I do a separate shopping trip…
How I organized my interfacing – for less than $5!
I’m pretty stingy when it comes to interfacing. Not that I avoid using it, but that I don’t like throwing out m y scraps. Why cut into a big piece of interfacing when a scrap will do? Or a combination of scraps, like this fancy…
Slouchy Shirt (and a free pattern)
Have you ever actually worn out a shirt? Not just faded, not just stretched a little, not just out of style – but truly worn out. I’ve done it just a few times in my life. Just last week I had to retire a favorite shirt. …
Leather & Elastic Cuff Bracelets – TUTORIAL
I know y’all are thinking, “Does this Orange Bettie lady ever make anything besides bracelets?” I do, I promise. But after I made the scrap fabric bracelets, my mind just wouldn’t let go of the idea. I have some scraps of the softest leather in…
Embellished scrap fabric bracelets – TUTORIAL
I am sooo excited to share this project with you today! That’s because it takes a couple of my favorite things and puts them together. One favorite thing being fold over elastic. It looks like ribbon but it stretches. It’s candy colored magic, I…