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Unlock the box... Downloadable Patterns. If you would like to purchase a Clares Place pattern contact your local quilt store and ask them to get one (or more) in for you. Alternatively see my stockists page for a list of my current stockists. My Little Star Finished Size: 41” x 44 (104cm x 112cm) ‘My Little Star’ is a fantastic light blanket perfect for babies ‘tummy time’. This blanket is perfect for so many reasons - it is just the right size (not to big, not to small) making it perfect for baby tummy time, time in the pram or even for mums to use to conceal feeding time. The simple piecing and stitchery adds enough detail and interest without being overly difficult to sew. Our Little Bird Family Finished size: 59 1/2" x 79" ( 151 cm X 200.5 cm) “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces” - George Santayana Everyone belongs to a family whether it is big or small whatever your family size, this quilt is designed to be a personal reflection by simply adapting the appliqué and stitchery templates.

All you need is Love Finished Size: Inspire, lovely / pretty package: - StumbleUpon. A round up of pretty packaging for your inspiration today! Package exchange announcement is coming tomorrow :) Have a wonderful day friends. image from paper n stitch found via Lisa's pin. image from emerson made found via Clair's pin. image from The New Domestic found via Gillian's pin. image from Creature Comforts found via Kelli's pin. image from Kylie Parry found via Silvia's pin. image from Herriott Grace found via Lindsey's pin. image from in haus press image from Lovely Tape found via Nur's pin. image from Pretty Tape found via Kelly's pin. image from House of Design Blog found via Sarah's pin. image from Incey Wincey image from Smim Tokk found via Lauren's pin. image from Dinosaur Toes found via my own's pin ;) image from Wallnut Studio found via Kelli's pin. image from Hege Greenall-Scholtz found via my own's pin ;)

Shop at ShopRuche.com, Vintage Inspired Clothing, Affordable Clothes, Eco friendly Fashion. Playground Fence. Modish: October 2011. Routine! What a strange word for me. I'm more a fly by the seat of my pants type of person, so having a morning routine was not something I ever even considered until I started getting serious about finding more balance in my life.

I've now found, and stuck to, a great morning routine for a little over 6 months now and woah man- let me just tell you, it's made a HUGE difference in my life. My mornings before As what could be considered a work-a-holic maniac, I'd go to bed thinking about work, wake up thinking about work. I'd forget to eat, go all day without a sip of water, never felt like I had the time to exercise or take care of myself and all the while, I felt so stressed, always overwhelmed and like I was working working working but not really getting anywhere, still not getting it all done- being busy, but not being productive, ya know?

It got to the point where I was feeling totally burdened by the day before it even started. My mornings now And the best part of it is? Beelieve: Creative Life. Supplies: old t-shirts sewing machine something to cut with 1. I threw in a pile colors that I might like based on a fun graphic (bad grrrls). I do mean thrown and nothing was ironed or cut perfect during all of this. I ironed when it was finished. (I was even too lazy to take the polarizer off my camera so the pictures look bit off in color.) 2.Basically you are going to build a giant rectangle. . * From there I work much like the mixed media artist in me by "framing" it with colors that look nice near each other. *I prefer the bottoms of t-shirts with their hems for most of the skirt. 3. have fun and experiment, even if you have to cut a piece off that you don't like, what you leave behind leaves an interesting element. 4. my rectangle is complete so I fold it together with the outside (right sides) together.

You can see even my hemline is not even but it works! 5. 6. no pictures to show for the waist, this one is drawstring. 7. The last skirt I made was a wrap around style. A Beautiful Mess. I love using cloth napkins to dress up our dinner table, and through the years I've grown even more fond of their sustainability and cost effectiveness. Though, I'm not sure how cost effective it is if you keep buying more and more cloth napkins each year! This holiday season I thought it would be fun to look at how I could dress up the napkins I already own to give them an extra festive vibe. Check out three simple ways you can give new life to your table linens. And hey! Two of them are even no sew! Ribbon Trimmed Napkin This look is so (no sew) simple! Supplies:-ribbon-heat bond in width of ribbon-cloth napkin (buy mine here)-iron-fabric scissors (not shown above) Step One: Trim pieces of your ribbon to be about 1.5 inches longer than the width of your napkins.

Step Two: Fold down the edges of each ribbon segment about 1/4" and iron flat. Step Three: Iron the heat bond to the ribbon (pressing with hot iron for two seconds), then peel off the paper backing. Pom-Pom Trimmed Napkin.