March 15, 2013 @ 2:24 PM
Do you multi-task? I think my best multi-tasking feat ever was while on maternity leave. This is back in the days when women didn't get maternity leave or if they did, it was only a few weeks. I wanted to make the most of my limited time off. So while breast feeding my son, I would be knitting a sweater and reading a book at the same time.
Now I try to find things to do while watching TV in the evening while relaxing with the hounds. Hubby starts sighing a lot if I start throwing toys, balls or frisbees for the dogs in the family room while watching a show. Heehee!
So, I got the AccuQuilt Go out and cut up some squares in no time. I bought 1/2 yard of 6 different fabrics and 3 yards for...
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March 3, 2013 @ 4:07 PM
In my house among my beautiful canine companions, "bitch" is a compliment. And with all the binding I do on my dog pants, I refuse to be intimidated.
Once again I was asked to do trophies for an annual dog event. In the midst of working on these banner trophies, I revisited all the binding tutorials I could find and used a little bit of all of them and came up with my own method.
Let's face it, the best binding is finished with hand stitching. This is unfortunate since I am extremely allergic to anything that requires hand stitching; plus I have 15 of these banners to do.
Decided to go with a two color binding. I found this great tutorial on Pinterest. Here is the link: My......
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