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Your Guide to Entertaining Inspiration

Your Guide to Entertaining Inspiration

New Green Mama: Reversible Messenger Bag Tutorial Here's what you will need: Main body -2 pieces of home dec weight fabric or corduroy measuring 14" x 12" (Fabric A) Main body-2 pieces of contrasting home dec weight fabric measuring 14" x 12" (Fabric B) Flap- 1 piece of Fabric A- 12" x 11.5" Flap- 1 piece of Fabric B- 12" x 11.5" Back Pocket- 1 piece of Fabric A- 14" x 8" Back pocket- 1 piece of Fabric B- 14" x 8" Small Pocket- 1 piece of Fabric B- 7" x 12" Strap- 1 piece of Fabric A- 6" x 42" Depending on the weight of your fabric, you may want to interface it. I purchased 1 yard of each fabric and had plenty of fabric left over. Let's get started. Cut out all your pieces. Cut a 1 inch square out of the bottom corners of all 4 pieces. Interface pieces. Take your strap piece and iron each side towards the middle. Then fold in half and iron. Round the corners of the flap pieces. With right sides together sew the flap pieces together leaving the top open. Clip the curves. Turn right side out and iron. Stitch across the bottom of the pocket.

Cheep Ideas Kaella Lynn Events | A Northern California Planning and Design Boutique How About Orange Webster's Home Amber Housley | Nashville Wedding Designer Planner | Stylist | Custom Wedding Invitations Stationery | Lifestyle | Inspired - Amber Housley is Nashville Wedding Designer, Wedding planner, Wedding Invitation Designer, specializing in Southern style. Based It is a tradition here in the South that when you have a baby, you host something called a Sip n’ See. It is a time when your friends and family come over to sip some fun drinks and see your new little one! I knew that I wanted to host a Sip n’ See for Kayla, and now that the Spring weather is finally here, it was the perfect time to do so. Twelve of my sweet friends from Bunko, Amber Housley Inspired, Making Things Happen, the wedding industry, and more came over to see Kayla for the first time. Sweet Tea never looked so good We made four different drinks for people to sip on: Sweet Tea, Berry Lemonade, Jack Daniel’s Honey Punch, and White Sangria. I served the drinks in the most adorable 16 oz Classic Mason To-Go Cups. I also prepared some tasty treats for everyone to snack on in addition to sipping on the delectable drinks. See that clear mason jar tumbler with the blue top? If you love these products and are hoping to try them out for yourself, you’re in luck!

Amigurumi Tutorial 1 (learn how to crochet) | Hook and Needles: Knitting and Crochet Blog (cool stuff, techniques, and things I find) This tutorial is for all of you knitters who wish to learn how to make amigurumis. In the first part of this tutorial I’ll go over the basic crochet techniques you need to master. I know most people are visual learners, so I’m using a lot of videos (they may take some time to load). Step 1: How to hold your yarn (make a chain too) If you are a thrower (hold your yarn in your right hand), you’ll have to learn to hold your yarn on the left. Step 2: Single crochet, increasing and decreasing Most amigurumis are done in spirals of single crochets. In order to give shape to your creations you need to increase and decrease. And here is how to decrease: Another way to decrease is to skip a stitch, but I find that that leaves a gap. Setp 3: Single Crochet in Spirals to make a ball There are two ways in which you can crochet in the round. In the following video you can see how to make a circle, starting with a chain of 2. In part 2 of this tutorial I’ll teach you how to read amigurumi patterns.

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