tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54203318917250951212024-03-05T10:48:57.777-08:00Buttons, Bows & BlingLaurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-12783837758895122972018-02-02T14:15:00.001-08:002018-02-02T14:15:24.966-08:00A New Beginning <br />
Hello Everyone! My blog has been sitting for such a long time and I feel it is time to change that up and use it to share my new Business venture, Buttons Bows & Bling Dolls, so you can have a peek at the creative process behind how and why I make my dolls and all the other creative, pretty things I make. <br />
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During the last coup of years my creative flow moved away from home decor, furniture rehab and clothing and evolved to making and testing designer purse patterns and then finally landed on my very first love, doll making. I now make custom one of a kind dress up cloth dolls, softie animals and clothing, with hand painted faces and wool felt hair. Many of the dolls and animals have wardrobes or the option to purchase extra clothing for hours of creative play and display for the designer dolls.<br />
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Due to continuing health challenges I decided not to take custom doll requests and only sell the dolls I have on hand. I generally work on series of designer dolls and then there are dolls just for hours of creative play. This blog will mainly let you in on my thought process, tips, tricks and lots of teasers, but I will not be doing any tutorials or teaching here, just lots of pretty pictures and dolly fun!<br />
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I look forward to hearing what you think once I get it up and running again. Thanks for letting me share my new venture with you! Watch for those photos once I figure out how to do that from my iPad mini... lol!!! See you soon! LauretteLaurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-4838857754954200582015-05-17T01:03:00.000-07:002015-05-17T01:03:52.744-07:00I Am BackHello dear readers!<br />
I bet you are surprised to see a new post from me today... Lol! I know I have been gone a long time, partly due to health issues and partly because I have been so busy sewing and creating all kinds of new projects. My creative focus took me on new journeys and in different directions then I expected which is why you have not heard from me in so long. Anyway... I digress.. So here I am with lots and lots of new projects to share with you and all the other creative happenings in my life.<br />
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During the past year I went back to my roots and started sewing again with a focus on purses, accessories and a variety of other sewing projects. I also began testing purse patterns for a fantastic designer, Alicia Wietholter at Swoon patterns. In addition I started a closed group for Runaround Bags and accessories which I admin for and I joined a number of other sewing groups along the way. It has been a busy and exciting time with some great successes and a few failures but I am truly living my dream. Having said that... I hope to start sharing all those projects with you in the next few days; that is if I can figure out how to access my photos from my IPad instead of my laptop.. Lol!, so keep an eye out for those.<br />
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Thanks for letting me share some of the updates going on around here, watch for those projects. See you soon!<br />
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<br />Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-23327165953305380222014-07-26T22:32:00.000-07:002014-07-26T22:32:39.779-07:00Been AwayHello Everyone, I have been away from my blog for a long while due to the fact I have been working on lots and lots of new projects in my inside studio and my painting studio. We have also been working on the outside of the house all spring and into the summer and we are finally done, at least for this year anyway! (Giggles!) I thought I better check in with you and let you know I have not fallen out of the blogger world for good I just got really busy. I have so much to share with you and I plan to be back doing that this week if at all possible. Here is a small preview of my French Inspired Guest Bedroom.<br />
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These are a few photos from the French inspired guest bedroom makeover I completed after the guest bathroom refresh I did in the Spring. I made pillows, covered canvas with fabrics and created several crafty projects to give it the look I wanted. I just realized I have not downloaded a single project we did after we got this one finished. Yikes!I guess I have several hours of downloading work to do, oh well such is the life of a creative person.<br />
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These are a few of the accessories I originally added on the opposite side of the room; to be honest most of that has evolved over the last couple of months and I need to add new photos since I think the room might be done, NOT! Nothing is ever done around here as you all know.<br />
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Thanks for letting me share my news and one of my many projects. I plan to be back as soon as I get everything loaded into my laptop. See you very soon.<br />
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the styling of another room, this time our guest room is getting a makeover to
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follow me you know our guest bath was recently given a little facelift, going
from bright colors to black and white with pops of blue on a tan/sand
background. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The guest bedroom color
scheme is going from blues and greens to black, white and tan with an icy blue
background to make everything pop; a very sharp, clean look.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here are some of the photos which originally
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">As you can see in the photos
each room is crisp, sharp and coordinates very well together with some of the
elements in each photo already in my design closet. But after evaluating the
room and some of the furniture and other accessories in my stash I was not
happy with the somewhat stark feeling of the room. True it did mirror the guest
bath and my studio but I was not sure our guests would appreciate the lack of
warmth and comfort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lately I have been very drawn
to Shabby Chic, French and European design, which is not my usual style but
never the less very appealing in its old world warmth and architectural
design. I was itching to give it a try,
why not in a room which pretty much sits alone at one end of the house on the
top floor? The funny thing is I made several Paris inspired pillows, from some
fabric a reader sent to me last year, which were just sitting in my design
stash waiting for a home. Even with all the photos, research and design boards
done the pillow became my jumping off point instead. It just goes to show, you never know which
way a project is going to go, sometimes you just have to let it evolve naturally
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
the beginning stages of my newest styling project with you. I have a long way to go to get the room where
I want it; follow along with me as I progress with lots of money saving DIY
projects designed to enhance that Shabby/French/Paris feeling. This project is
not going to be a quick one because I believe it will be evolving for quite a
while so check in often to see what I am up to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-84960203640860441912014-01-27T01:00:00.000-08:002014-01-27T01:00:01.928-08:00Guest Bath Bling Reveal!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">If you have been faithfully
following my guest bath facelift you know I wanted to do a little something
with that room featuring some of the accessories leftover from my studio
re-org/makeover. At this point in time I
do not have time to paint the room or add new fixtures but we do plan to
attempt that process later this spring or in the fall. If you have not been following along and you
are a first time reader, check out all the archives for January 2014 to catch
up on the inspiration, process and DIY projects used for this finished project. Are you ready for the reveal......OK, here we
go, no words just photos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Wow!!! What do you think,
pretty glamorous, right?!?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I am totally
in love with this very elegant, lady-like room and enjoy doing my make-up and
hair in my new bling bathroom.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I pretty
much took over the room all for me, no men allowed, unless we are having
guests, giggles!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The new guest bling</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> bath and
my studio makeover got me to thinking about our guest room and how it is no
longer working for us since I removed my office from it. There is a huge space
where the desk and printer sat and all the furniture which tied everything
together is gone leaving kind of a gap in my original design.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I created that room makeover several years
ago when I needed to have a place to write my blog and handle a few business
details with the guest room designed around that purpose.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now that I have a full office in another space I am pretty unhappy with the look, feel and purpose of the current floor plan and decor.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Guess what…it is time to give the room new
purpose and a new makeover!!!!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Woohoo…more design opportunities with no painting necessary since I am very happy with the current wall color!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I
am really excited to get started looking for fun inspiration and purpose,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> f</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ollow along and see where I go
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my guest bath bling reveal with you, I hope it inspires you to create a little
facelift in your guest or master bath, give it a try, anyone can do it! Oh by the way… the outdoor projects are
coming along but will not be completed for another week or so but I will share
those as soon as I can.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-85677618657184978772014-01-25T01:00:00.000-08:002014-01-25T01:00:07.862-08:00French "Rustic Toile" Valance<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">As you know I have been
working on a little “facelift” for our guest bath; creating all kinds of
projects to give it some elegant glamour and I finally just finished the last
of my projects. Woohoo!!! My final project was to make a new valance to
go over the bathroom window, something to tie everything all together. I searched through all of my resources and
did not find any inspirational ideas for valance style; however, they did help
me to decide on the fabric type, color and pattern I wanted to use. I chose (from my fabric stash) a nice home
decor heavy weight fabric in a black and white toile print. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2” wooden blinds already up and a basic white shower curtain, nothing special
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This is the fabric I had
several pieces of in my stash, wonderful remnants I got at the fabric store for
a steal, super pricey otherwise. The fabric is “Rustic Toile” by Waverly
Fabrics from the home décor line, about 1 yard long. When I am working with an
expensive piece of fabric which is going into a room where it may not stay for
a long time I try to sew it up in a way which allows me to re-use it
later.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Instead of cutting the fabric I used
the whole piece by pressing the selvages under on the sides then folding it in
half to create a self lining and turning down the top edges to make the rod
casing and using the largest stitch allowance my machine would sew.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The long stitches are easy to take out if I
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finished I hug the valance giving it a bit of pouf but I felt it was missing
something.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I went to my notions stash
and looked for something to give it a pop of black because the light print
faded into the very white shower curtain right next to it creating a lack of
contrast.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I found some really pretty
French jet black pom-pom trim which seemed to pull out the black and give it
more definition.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I simply used the same
stitch length to sew it just below the casing stitching, easy to remove later
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here we are all done and
already hanging up right over the window.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I just love me some toile, I would put it everywhere if I could get away
with it! I cannot show you how well it adds contrast with the shower curtain
right now… you have to wait to see the whole thing in the reveal in my next
post. Hehe!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my final bling project for the guest bath facelift; I am very pleased with the
results so far, I cannot wait to see what you all think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-80642691835095274382014-01-23T01:00:00.000-08:002014-01-23T01:00:00.877-08:00Glam It Up!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I had a few accessories
leftover from my studio makeover which did not have a home so I decided to use
them as the jumping off point for the re-style of our upstairs guest bath. After playing with the layout of the accessories
I realized I needed a few more things to tie everything together. I wanted to use several things I already had
on hand before going out and buying anything new, all I had to do was glam them
up with a bit of bling! </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here are a few simple
projects I did to achieve the look I wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have a lot of black, white
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some of those to add that bit of black and sparkle to a few items I could use
in the bathroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">My first project was to bring
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I used some stick on crystals and black & silver adhesive stickers
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">For this project I wanted to
glam up some basic bath salts so I tied some narrow black satin ribbon around
the neck of the bottle and added a small black crystal adhesive sticker to the
center of the bow.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was still a little
blah so I used another one of the stickers from the same pack as the candle and
placed it in the center of the jar; much more elegant now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I had two glass jars already
on the counter but they were just not up to the same glammie standards as the
rest of the accessories, too much silver and no bling.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I wanted them to match a pretty glass candle
holder from the studio I wanted to re-purpose as a holder for pretty soaps.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I grabbed some black ribbon and some bling
buttons to match the candle holder and went to work.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Aren’t they gorgeous, I just love their
elegant bows and pretty sparkle in the light!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">For my final project, I took
a fabulous card my daughter had given me and put it in a basic black
frame.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The card had all the elements of
the room in it and would tie everything together when placed on a small décor shelf
on the wall.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">So easy and very effective!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my glammed up projects with you, I hope it inspires you to add a bit of easy
sparkle to your life; every girl needs a bit of bling! More to come about the guest bath bling facelift
keep checking in often to see what project is next before the reveal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-41147483332266111652014-01-21T17:25:00.000-08:002014-01-21T17:25:51.584-08:00Guest Bath Bling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have a couple of fun posts
coming up starting with this one.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As you
may have already guessed I have a thing for decorating with black, white &
bling, usually all together in one room but sometimes the bling shows up with
other colors too, I love my bling. My entire studio is decorated in that combo
and my future walk-in-closet will also be in similar décor colors so I thought
to myself why not do the same things in the guest bath right next to the
studio?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I had been looking for
inspiration but just could not settle on anything until I found myself with
quite a few leftover accessories from my studio makeover; the guest bath was
the perfect place for them. All those black, white and bling accessories would
be my jumping off point for that room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I just wanted a quick little
project to do while waiting for my hubby who was getting started on a much
bigger project outside which I would not be doing very much work on, with the
exception of the design decisions as he went along. Anyway…. back to my
project, I will share that other project soon.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I knew I was not going to paint or change out any fixtures at this time,
maybe later this spring, oops!.... don’t tell my hubby that! I was only going
to have three or four days to do a little styling/makeover/face lift. Now that I
had a jumping off point I needed a design direction so I pulled out some of my
resource books, magazines and Pinterest boards.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have close to a hundred resource materials which can make putting
together design/inspiration boards a pretty lengthy but fun process. Here is
some of what I chose for my design inspiration and why.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">What drew me to this picture
are the black and white shower curtains, the crystal chandelier, the bold
yellow accents and the green plant in the tub.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This photo was close to the
wall color currently in the bath with white trim work, and black and white art
prints. The accessories I wanted to use would work well with all the hard
surfaces already in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">These next three photos were
ultimately where I wanted the walls and accessories to go once they were
painted and decorated sometime in the near future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I was totally attracted to
the wallpaper in this shot and the beautiful mirror and white woodwork.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I would not be doing wallpaper but I needed
some inspiration for the valance for the bathroom window next to our
tub/shower.</span></div>
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this photo shows them all tied together and just what I was going to be using
for my pops of color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now I was ready to create my
design boards, you are probably wondering why I use them, the truth is I not
only use them to inspire me but I also use them to remind me of all the little
details I want to incorporate into the project; my memory is not what it use to
be these days and this way I would not forget and get off track.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Whenever I see something visual that speaks
to me in an advertisement, magazine or book I cut it out or make a copy and put
it in a box or in one of my inspiration binders so I can use it later when I
finally get to the project I want to create, then onto a board it goes.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">These boards have a little of everything on
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Once my boards were completed
I pulled fabrics from my fabric wall and trims, ribbons and bits of bling from
my stash and I got down to some real design work; I was off and running.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You will have to read future blog posts to
see what comes next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">**The reason I shared all of
this is because many times I am asked about my creative process and how I
decide what goes into a room. So here it is and something you will see on my
blog from now on as I go along creating new projects all year long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my creative process with you; I hope you will check in often to see what décor
projects I created to go in my new bling guest bath and of course to see the before
and after photos and the final reveal.
Oh...I almost forgot!!! There are also the big outdoors projects which
we are currently working on, lots to see, stay tuned!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-72878730695365759172014-01-09T22:33:00.003-08:002014-01-09T22:33:44.306-08:00Organization & Reveal<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I was not sure if I wanted to
show you the studio in progress or just the reveal but after thinking about it
I decided to show you a little bit of my process. I am very visual so I usually start with
pictures from a large variety of sources then I think about it for a little
while, then do a ton of measurements and finally I start to move things around
to see if what is in my head is really going to work or if I have totally lost
my mind. Good thing for me what I saw in
my head was going to work well because some of the furniture and organizing
units were awkward to move by myself and also kind of heavy. First up was packing up all the “stuff” on my
sewing/craft counter; there was more there then I thought taking longer then I
hoped. From there I moved over to the window wall to remove things from the top
of the cube storage units. The only
thing I could not move by myself was the flat screen TV and all the
electronics; I had to wait for my husband so we could move everything in unison. In the meantime while waiting for him I
wrestled down the 8 feet of counter top nearly giving myself a hernia, that was a
dumb idea, I had no idea how heavy and awkward that was going to be,
Yikes!!! OK, time for the photos of the
rest of my progress, don’t laugh too hard, this was hard work and would have
been ridiculous to watch if I had video taped it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Oh by the way…. Please excuse
the poor quality of my photos, some were taken at night and others with the
bright sun streaming in from three big windows, also I seem to be getting shaky
hand syndrome and I need a new camera so these are not the best. Here they are anyway…..you get the idea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The great migration of the
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shimmied/rocked, still full of supplies, across the room to the window wall…Ugh!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">First set of cubes empty and
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back on top of it. The cabinets are set in place waiting for a very heavy
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here we go…electronics in
place, cubes in place, cabinets and counter top in place ready to be loaded up.
I set some decorative pieces on top of the counters to get a feel for the
space.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Almost looks like I am done until
you turn your head and look down the room and see this….</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Yikes!!! What a mess and the
second half of the counter top is missing and there is stuff everywhere!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">From here on out it was a huge project to
drag the tall storage cubes out of the closet and put them into place so I
could add the second 6 foot counter on top of them.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tons and tons of organization and purging
went on in the closet and with all the supplies and décor piled up on the
cutting table and on the floors and in the other rooms…Wow!!! It took four
intensive days to get it all sorted out and put into place.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Talk about being sore and tired but it was
well worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The hubby and I worked in
separate rooms building the two new storage pieces for my sewing counter.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I bought several more but found I did not
need them and I did not want to clutter up my space with too much stuff, only
what I really needed, back to Michael’s they go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here they are; my two new
storage units; aren’t they grand!!! I am totally in love with them both,
perfect for my sewing notions, book and patterns. Everything is nice and neat
and easy to see and use!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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da…. everything in place!!! Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Wow, look at all that
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The room looks so much larger and less cluttered, I am one happy camper
and I got exactly the room I set out to create.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What more could a creative gal ask for!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Well… there you have it, the
new configuration and organization of my creative studio. I hope you enjoyed taking a peak into my new
work space; I can not wait to get in there and do a little detail clean up and
sew up some curtains to cover up the storage cubes and all the storage under my
work counters. When I get those done I
will share the before and after photos of the whole studio side by side so you
can see the transformation all in one place.
Time to finally take down all my Christmas décor and get it to storage
then take a little rest before tackling the next project; we have so many I
have no idea what is next, I guess you will have to check in to see what we are
up to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-57553045719904220672014-01-08T21:55:00.001-08:002014-01-08T21:55:22.096-08:00Studio Inspiration<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Before I show you the studio
reveal I though I would share with you some of the inspiration photos which set
the whole project in motion and what I saw when I looked at them. Everyone gets inspired by something different,
for some it is color, for others it may be composition or graphics or how a
room makes them feel upon entering it, for me it is all of those things that
help me decide what direction I will go in during any given project like this. Here is a bit of what inspires me and why.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loved the bold pops of color and the work surface facing the window which
bathed the room in bright white light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This particular room had wall
color similar to my studio and had the double long work surface facing a large
bank of windows just like my space.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This
was what I wanted for my own creative room and really inspired me to
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Total eye candy with the
turquoise and pops of red with large windows in front of long work
counters.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This sewing room caused me to
consider putting my counters into an L configuration instead of one long 14
foot counter and maybe adding bright pops of hot pink to my black, white and
ice blue color scheme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I loved the bright white and
clean lines of this sewing room, the simplicity spoke to me.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My studio was so cluttered with small keepsakes
and full counters I wanted something different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">A very clean streamlined room
hosting three windows and one long work counter with two work stations, just
what I was looking for, right on target even though I knew I would never get my
space that clutter free, but I sure was going to try to clean it up a lot. As you can see all of these rooms are different but with common threads throughout; multiple windows with work stations placed in front of them with long counter tops and dual work stations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Now you have a pretty good
idea of what types of photos inspired me to organize and reconfigure my studio;
these were only a few of the hundreds of images I viewed of creative rooms and
storage/organization ideas before I got down to work. If you are looking for inspiration of your
own you can view my Pinterest boards by clicking on the large <span style="color: red;">red PINTEREST</span> word on the right side bar of my blog
where it says follow me. You do not have
to join Pinterest to view my boards, just click and view to your hearts content;
there are over 80 boards to drool over and keep you inspired for years to come.
Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share a
bit inspiration with you today, you know what comes next so keep an eye out for
the progress of the studio transformation, it is coming right up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-33202118364793739102014-01-04T01:00:00.000-08:002014-01-04T01:00:04.654-08:00A Time To Organize<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It is once again that time of
year when we look around our homes and think to ourselves… it is time to
reorganize all those pesky areas and rooms that never got done or spaces that
just didn’t function well for us all year long. After all it is a new year
which can mean new beginnings and why not start with the old flawed and problem
areas plaguing us; create a new, clean and organized home we can enjoy everyday
without all the frustrations of not being able to find the things we need and
want.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have such a space, actually
a whole room and a huge closet in my design studio. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For those of you who have been a reader since
the very beginning you might remember I did a full studio clean up and
organization in January of 2012.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was
a big improvement to what I started with after moving into our new home and
just shoving all my creative supplies and fabrics into the room to make it all
fit. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">After living and working in our
home for over three years I finally know what is working and what is not.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Little by little each room and space is being
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The re-org of 2012 worked
well for about a year then suddenly I found myself not working in my studio but
not understanding why.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">After looking
through several of my Pinterest boards it became obvious why I was working
everywhere but in my studio, it had become overrun with projects and keepsakes
creating a claustrophobic environment…. Yikes!!! When had that happened?!?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The other conclusion I came to happened while
setting up a full office to write and work in, I do not like facing a wall
while I work, sew or create a project….yuck!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Guess what my sewing and craft counters face… you got it right if you
guessed the walls!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I never realized how
much I hated that until I had to move my office around three times finally
putting my desk smack in front of the window in order to want to be productive.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now I really love my new office and it is a
pleasure to work in there for hours at a time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have three big beautiful
windows on the second floor facing out to the backyard and they are being
partially blocked by my storage units. What a waste of light and a great
potential space for my sewing and craft counters, fourteen feet of light filled
creative space blocked by storage cubes.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I usually think out of the box but for some reason I just never thought
to put my counters there, what a ding dong I am!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The other nemesis in the room
is my large closet which does not function due to giant closet doors that you
can only open a third of at a time blocking the other two thirds with the other
two doors.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Oh… and did I mention the
closet is very shallow and dark with two of the doors always closed; it is hard
to see what is in there and actually get it out around all those doors.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Needless to say the organization in there is
not what it should be and needs a complete revamp once the studio is moved
around and I see what additional storage I might need.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We are talking a very big move
around and reorganization of a lot of furniture, storage units and supplies
but…. I am going to do it and I am going to be blogging about it all the way. I hope you will join me as I move along
through the process of thinking out this HUGE project and putting it into
action. I can’t wait to get started!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-85282846606569345162014-01-02T11:04:00.000-08:002014-01-02T11:04:07.882-08:002014 Color Forecast<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hello everyone, Happy New
Year! I am happy to be back on my
original blog site doing what I set out to do when I first started my blog in
2011. My original intent was to share my
creative life with other like minded people who love to read about living a
similar lifestyle to their own and getting inspired to try new things via my
projects and experiences. Last year I got a wild hair and thought I needed to
split up my blog posts so that only sewing projects would be featured on this blog
page and all the rest of my projects should be on a different blog page. Not the best idea I ever had, it was just way
too difficult to split them up and find time to write for two separate blogs,
total failure! Oh well, live and learn!
Time to move on and go back to doing what I love best which is being my
all around creative self and writing about it as I go along on one blog
page. I may still post one of my
painting projects on the other blog page from time to time but I will let you
know when that happens, the rest of the time everything else will be right here
where it belongs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Buttons, Bows & Bling is
back and hopefully much improved, with that being said I want to share the new
Pantone Color Forecast for 2014. Pantone
is the industry leader in color forecasting for all avenues of design and fashion,
setting the stage for color ways through every industry. And now…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here it is…. Pantone’s Color
of the Year 2014 is…… (Drum roll please!)… Radiant Orchid; which is an enchanting
harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones blooming with confidence and
magical warmth that intrigues the eye and sparks the imagination. Radiant
Orchid is an expressive and embracing purple, one that draws you in with its
beguiling charm and captivating harmony which emanates great joy, love and
health.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Radiant Orchid is already
sweeping straight across all industries with the production and release of
products to professionals and retail consumers. Here are just a few examples of
how Radiant Orchid is already being shown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">As you can see for yourself
Radiant Orchid has touched just about every industry and is very widespread
with possibly the exception of the auto industry, but don’t quote me on that,
you just never know what they are going to do next. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">For myself, I love every
shade of lavender and purple and Radiant Orchid is no exception, I am sure I
will be found wearing the darker purples during the rest of the winter months
and the lighter shades right into spring and summer. However, I do not think it will become part
of my home décor or painting projects unless I am creating something for one of
my granddaughters, time will tell and I will share it with you if I do use it
in a project. For those of you who sew,
paint or design for a living this is a good heads up as to how color is
trending throughout 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the color of the year it is not the only color trending for this coming spring;
soft pastels paired with vivid brights will create new looks and color
combinations that refresh and revive everyday fashions.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I will share those with you in a future post
so you can be right on top of the current trends and maybe even ahead of the
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
the color of the year; it was great fun putting it together for you. Come along
with me as I share all my creative adventures and inspire you to step out of
your comfort zones and try some new things this year. I wish all of you a very Happy, Productive and
Creative New Year!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-73677912215202004542013-10-16T16:27:00.000-07:002013-10-16T16:27:13.204-07:00Storage For Your Bling<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I have a quick sparkly little
post for you involving bling! Today’s post is not about sewing but it is about
organization for your daily bling which is part of the title of this blog so it
is going on this page; here we go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Like most of you I have all
kinds of jewelry I forget about because it is out of sight so therefore it is
also out of mind. More then once while
riding in the car I would think to myself, why am I not wearing some fabulous
necklace or bracelet with my outfit??? Probably because it was tucked into some
drawer, jewelry box or other closed storage item never to be seen again. I have
tons of jewelry, from my days as a color/image consultant, sitting in boxes
waiting for chunky jewelry to be worn again, the time has finally arrived. I
have been scoping out all kinds of stores looking for the right storage
solutions to appear but only found a few nice looking options and only bought
one of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The only piece I purchased
was this elegant black velvet three tier bracelet holder from Michael’s for 50%
off, such a deal, but still pricey since it is meant for semi professional use
in a booth or retail store.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I absolutely
love the way my jewelry sparkles when placed side by side on the velvet bars.
While writing this post I kept running back and forth to my room and adding
more and more pieces and rearranging all the jewelry I wanted out. (This post
took forever to write because I kept remembering great pieces I wanted on
display and it snowballed out of control…giggles!)</span></div>
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door to hold our guests umbrellas and scarves during the winter time and became
decorative pieces during the summer months.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The only problem with the pretty holders was they would occasionally
fall off the wall if a scarf or umbrella became tangled on the hook then down
everything came, total disaster.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We
recently put up a new more stable coat rack with lots of hooks and no danger of
an accident, leaving the decorative holders without a home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Into my bedroom they went
right next to my pretty dressing table close to my velvet bars; this way the
jewelry I wanted to wear most often was on display and ready to use.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have to say that ever since I put up the
velvet bars I have been consistently wearing the jewelry I had stored on
it.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now with the other pieces I just
added to it and the holders with the necklaces on the wall I will wear even
more pieces this winter and into the spring.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I am very happy with all that bling on my dressing table and wall adding
a bit of sparkle to my bedroom, what more could a girl ask for!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my bit of bling decorating with you, I hope it inspires you to dig out some of
that seldom worn jewelry, find attractive storage solutions for and put it on
display someplace you will see and wear it.
There are a lot more projects finished and ready to share on both my
blogs as soon as I can sit down long enough to write them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">See you very soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Watch for a new furniture
painting project, using some exciting new products, which I am in the process
of creating over on my other blog. It should be on the blog in the next day or
so, keep checking daily to see what I am working on now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I have a really great post
for you today, a very easy sweater upcycle project I stitched up in just a
little over an hour; you have to try this! In the last couple of years I have
fallen in love with cardigan sweaters, they are great over blouses, tank tops,
dresses, other sweaters and misc. tops.
Lately I have been seeing a number of open knit orange sweaters and
thought, wow, I need one of those. Two weeks ago while doing a closet re-org
project I came across an orange open knit sweater just like the ones I saw on
Pinterest except mine was a pullover with a hood and not a cardigan. It was a sweater I rarely wore because it
just never fit right and drove me nuts because the hood was heavy which pulled
the top backwards, it was fairly expensive so I never got rid of it thinking
someday I would do something with it.
Off the shelf and out of the closet it came and into the dryer, set on
air, to knock out the dust, no need to wash it since I knew it was already
clean just dusty. Once it was dust free
it was time to thread my sewing machine and get to work, here is what I did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This is my pretty orange
sweater, an open weave semi cable knit, as you can see it is open enough that I
always had to wear something under it or show off all my goodies.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If I made it into a cardigan I would not have
to worry about that since it would always have some kind of top or dress under
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The first thing I did was run
pins down the front of the sweater to indicate where I wanted to stitch and
ultimately cut open the top, the pins would be my guide line. I chose the
center cable as my cutting and stitching point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The first thing you should
know about working with any kind of open cotton knit is they quickly ravel if
you cut them or if you get a hole in them due to their chain stitches.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">To prevent that from happening on my sweater
I knew I had to stitch down a line of thread on each side of where I wanted to
make my center cut.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I could have chosen
to just use a straight stitch but I knew a tight zig zag stitch would give
extra stability and keep the knit intact when I cut it.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The only drawback is that it does cause the
edges to ripple a bit and pucker up; you could try larger straight stitches and
see what that does, I may do that next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Time to cut hoping I did the
right thing, if not I just trashed an expensive sweater.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I chose to put the sweater back on my dress
form to keep from accidentally cutting anything other then the front of the top.
Once I cut the top it released the tension of the stitches and I got a slight
ruffle down each side of the new cardigan.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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slight ruffle down the front or turn it under about half an inch on each side
to give it some weight and lessen the wave.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I chose to pin it back and stitch it down for a bit more substance
in case I wanted to add buttons.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I was
very happy I chose to turn it under and give it a more polished finish, I love
how it looks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Almost all of my cardigans
have buttons so I pulled out my rather large button collection to see if I had
enough of any one kind of button to use all the way down the front.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Not just any button would do, I did not want
brown or tan or white or black, I wanted orange to match the sweater, that way
I could wear it with anything and not have them clash with my outfit.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I only found two orange ones so I decided I
would put one on each side so I could use a fabric loop to close it if I wanted
to.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">All done and ready to wear, how cute
is that!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I know the sweater will now get
lots of use all winter long.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have one
just like it in black I have not been wearing; I think it will get a makeover
too, only the black one will have a bit of a romantic twist. I guess you will
just have to keep checking in to see what I am going to do to make a hooded
sweater more feminine and romantic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my newest tutorial with you, what a great way to re-purpose an unused item of
clothing and stretch a dollar, no shopping needed here for a new cardigan
sweater or two. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hello everyone, you have
probably been wondering where I went and why there have been no new posts on
this blog, the answer to that is I have been doing all kinds of projects mostly
for my other blog.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I really have not
been doing much in the way of sewing since this summer has been all about
painting and making over the interior of two of our bathrooms, which I decided
last year all belong on another kind of blog not my sewing blog.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I did work on one project late in the summer
which required some sewing; the makeover of our back patio, it came out really
pretty with the addition of the change of colors through the recovering of our
patio furniture cushions.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I actually
needed to use my sewing machine for all of those, here is what I made without
using any patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">First up were the two ottoman
cushions for our chairs, they take a pretty good beating so I made sure to use
a really sturdy outdoor fabric to prevent easy damage.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I measured each cushion and the openings then cut
them to fit; I also measured how long I wanted the ties to be so the pads would not
fall off the ottomans when we put up our feet to relax. I did not want a seam
in the front of the cushion so I cut one long rectangle and stitched up the
sides and a couple of inches across the top where I inserted the ties between
the layers to secure them in place, then stopped and back stitched to create my
opening.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Before turning I tucked the old cushion inside the cover to make sure it would fit and squared off the two
front ends with pins, pulled out the cushion and stitched up the corners then
turned it. I inserted the old cushion and stitched up the opening and I was all
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Tip of the day: Some outdoor fabrics tend to unravel where
they are cut, try using pinking shears on all the raw edges to prevent that
when you are sewing and when you turn the piece, works like a charm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Next up was the really long
bench cushion which was a bit more tricky; it was four feet long and a real
challenge to get under the foot of my little machine and through the small
opening, not to mention where to put the four feet of length as I sewed closed
the opening.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I made the new cover for
the pad the same way I made the ottoman covers only with no ties since the
cushion seems to stay put without them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Three cushions down and four
more large ones to go!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I wanted to
re-use the old cushions but I just could not figure out how to do it and get
them through my machine to close them up, it was just too much work for my
little sewing machine so I cheated and bought some new plain pale blue cushions
on clearance at Target.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My big dilemma
was what to do with the main fabric I purchased which tied all the other
fabrics and accessories together? </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I was
also worried the pale blue chair cushions would get dirty really fast and look
awful in a hurry, what to do?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Inspiration hit and I came up with an easy slipcover which would slide
onto the cushion kind of like a cigar band, covering up the front and back of
the cushion leaving the sides open and showing some of the pretty pale blue
color which was also in the coordinating fabrics.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now everything was pulled together and I got
a really pretty looking patio and cushion covers I could take off easily and
clean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my latest sewing project with you, I think everything came out lovely and the
patio became a really bright and beautiful place to relax all summer. I plan to
share more sewing projects with you especially since the holidays are on the
way and I tend to do a lot more sewing this time of year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Laurette<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">You can see the full patio makeover on my other blog: Create, Upcycle, Decorate, Organize, just click on the link box on the right side of this blog page and it will take you over there, enjoy!!!</span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-70023703418709407642013-08-21T01:00:00.000-07:002013-08-21T01:00:05.658-07:00Quilted Mug Rug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">From the Writers Wall Quilt I
had a lot of leftover fabrics due to my little “design opportunity”, I pondered
long and hard what I should make to use up some of my scraps.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I looked at a ton of ideas I pinned onto my
Pinterest boards and came up with the idea of making a quilted mug rug.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What is a mug rug you ask?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Well… it is larger then a drink coaster and
smaller then a placemat and usually heat proof, primarily used for a drink and
a small snack plate or anything else which fits on the small surface.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I looked for tutorials or patterns but really
did not find one which gave me dimensions or instructions, as usual I made up
my own pattern and inserted Insul-Bright to protect surfaces from hot and cold
drinks and foods.</span></div>
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fabrics so I made a couple of coffee cup cozy’s which came out pretty
cute.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I lined those with Insul-Bright as
well to keep in the hot and cold.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I did
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here is the photo of my quilt
hanging in my sister’s office and the coffee cozy and mug rug on her desk.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I was really thrilled to see them all in her
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thanks for letting me share
some of my scrap projects with you today; I hope you got inspired to use up
some of your leftover scraps to make some fun gifts.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">There are several more sewing projects on the
books to share with you so keep an eye out for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have wanted to share this lovely wall quilt with you for sometime but I just have not been able to show you this project until now.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sometime ago my
oldest sister and I bought a wonderful set of antique looking fabrics when our
local quilt shop went out of business.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We had no real idea what we would make out of the fabrics so we bought
one of the kits which included wine type prints for me and coordinating fabrics
which had typeset and writers words on it for her with the idea of using the
same pattern for both quilts. The pattern included in the kit was, Simply…ho!
ho! ho! by Me and My Sister Designs, the store sample was made up in the kit
fabrics so I knew it was just the ticket for what we wanted to use these
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Between the sample photo and the
great instructions I had no problems assembling it; however, I highly recommend
reading it all the way through at least once to avoid making any mistakes.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I wanted to make a change to the pattern and
did not pay close enough attention to part of the instructions and ended up
with a re-design part way through to compensate for the miss-cuts.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I was extremely lucky I had enough extra
fabric to fix my mistakes creating a “design opportunity” which worked out just
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quilt and around the edges.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I added my
sister’s initials across the bottom and top of the center section using
typewriter key brads and stitched on an antique heart, key, ring and button in
each section of the middle giving the quilt dimension.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my Writers Wall Quilt with you, I really love how it came out and my sister was
thrilled to receive it, she hung it in her office.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I made a few more projects from the quilt
scraps which I also gave to my sister, those are up next.</span></div>
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-2755499858410960822013-08-16T20:34:00.000-07:002013-08-16T20:34:47.512-07:00Dishtowel Dresses<div class="MsoNormal">
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granddaughters. As most of you know I am
always thinking out of the box and looking for ways to give something a whole new
use; which is pretty much I what I did with a couple of sweet heavy duty cotton dishtowels I saw
at Target on sale. Since I have to drive
two towns over to shop for fabric I try to find other ways to get hold of
fabrics I can use to sew with including, sheets, towels, tablecloths, placemats,
curtains and shower curtains. Most of
those items have good size yardage I can cut up and use for several projects
for very little cost especially if they go on sale or clearance. In the case of
the cute dishtowels I saw them on the end cap with the summer accessories and
thought they were really adorable but they did not go with my kitchen décor. I
began wondering what else I could use them for and immediately thought they
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looked just like her.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I took some
measurements from her then cut off one end of each towel, I used two identical
towels.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Next I just stitched up the sides
two thirds of the way up leaving the existing side seams and hem intact.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I stitched down around the arm holes and
turned down several inches at the top to create a casing to run some ties through.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I cut long strips of double fold bias tape,
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two inch slits on each side seam for easy movement.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I top stitched the slits and under the arms to
keep the fabric smooth and fuss free. In hindsight I should have put slits in
the toddler dress as well since she is super active and she moves around more
then her big sister.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">These adorable
dresses will become very soft and comfy the more they are worn and washed
because they are made of sturdy fabric suited to drying dishes.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Both girls looked very sweet
and summery in their new outfits, I am glad I saw those towels and found a
whole new use for them. Thanks for
letting me share my dishtowel dresses with you, I hope you enjoyed another one
of my out of the box designs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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First up is my newest obsession, making purses!!! I just love it, actually I like taking the classes about purse making with my friend and teacher, Sheila. She has been such a great inspiration, she taught me so many techniques that my confidence is really growing with each bag I make. This very pretty pink leopard/zebra bag was really fun to make, not a bag I would attempt without a class since it has 16 pockets inside, a magnetic snap and a special hard bag bottom to keep it standing. The pattern is the Tuscany Tote by Pink Sand Beach Designs, designed by Nancy Green, I just love all their purse patterns.<br />
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My new favorite little cutie bag to make is the Runaround Bag by Lazy Girl Designs, designed by Joan Hawley. This bag actually takes longer to cut out then to stitch up, we made two in two hours, I would have made more but my sewing machine froze up and refused to sew anymore. I have four more cut out ready to sew up as soon as I get my machine back from the sewing machine hospital, lets hope it just needed cleaning in the places I can not get to and it is not a terminal illness, giggles!!! Anyway... I can not wait to make more of these darling little bags very soon.<br />
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Last but not least is the Laptop Satchel by Vanilla House, designed by Barbara Brunson. I made this satchel without taking a class, kind of a tough one to make, not sure I would do it again, the directions were confusing and I ended up re-writing the pattern to reflect my sewing knowledge. Some of you may find it just fine to make as is depending on how you were taught to sew.<br />
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Thanks for letting me share some of my current sewing projects, there are several more to come in the near future. Be sure to check out my other blog; Create, Upcycle, Decorate, Organize to see what I have been up to. New on that blog is a post about my office relocation/expansion, part 1. Head on over now and take a look before I post part 2.<br />
See you soon.<br />
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<br />Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-6902706347517073112013-04-14T05:00:00.000-07:002013-04-14T05:00:00.967-07:00Kitchen Grapes<br />
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today; I want to share the darling hand towels I made for my new kitchen
makeover. Just a bit of background about
my recent decorating projects, I decided I did not like the coffee shop décor I
chose for our newest home, it was something I had actually picked out for
another home and just dropped everything into place when we moved in, without
really thinking things through. After
living with it for almost three years I was not a happy camper, I started to
think about what would make me happy and the answer was to go back to what I originally had in my first/favorite home. I
really adored my wine/Tuscan inspired home, the colors really spoke to me and
everything complemented each other nicely.
Time to decorate with what I loved no matter what anyone else thought or
what the decorating trends and colors are now, no more brown, gold and
red. I decided to use my sage
green, burgundy, cream and Tuscan gold, all elegant colors when put together in
small doses. I did not have to purchase
much since I had all my décor items in those colors in storage, all I had to do
was go get everything and put it out. I
was short on curtains for the kitchen window and the family room windows, lucky
for me Bed, Bath & Beyond still had more of the same drapes for the windows
in the family room and I had great fabrics in my stash which would pull it all
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Most of my kitchen
accessories were a bit worn out making it time to create some new ones using
one of my own patterns.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Since it is a
pattern I sell I won’t be doing a tutorial here but I will share that the tops
of the towels are machine quilted and they also have some really sweet pleats
on the back side and I was able to sew up four in just a couple of hours.
Aren’t they darling! I just love the rich colors which are repeated throughout
the kitchen through accessories and artwork. You will be seeing photos of the
whole kitchen makeover when I share the kitchen valance tutorial next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I hope you enjoyed your first
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-3049971168192515982013-04-11T19:26:00.000-07:002013-04-11T19:26:36.337-07:00The Blue Dress<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hello everyone, I have been
away from my blog for some time now due to unforeseen medical problems and a
nasty fall resulting in several sprains and a concussion. Yikes!! I have been a
mess but I am finally healing from my fall so I can get back to doing what I
love most, creating, sewing and blogging.
I have several quick sewing projects I was able to get done before all
of that stuff happened so I will start posting them so we can all get caught
up. I will also have new posts on my other blog page as well so look for those
in the next few days as I get going again. I completely missed Easter so you
may see some out of time projects from that as well. So…. Let’s get going here is the first sewing
project I want to share with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I decided I needed a new
dress for Easter so off to my sewing and pattern stash I went and chose a
beautiful blue double knit fabric and a dress pattern by McCall’s, pattern
number M6112.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was easy to cut out
both the pattern and the fabric; I was sewing in no time and had the top half
completed quickly, the best part of the dress is the kimono sleeves.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The pattern also had options for pockets, a
cowl neck or kimono sleeves with a slit on the top, I pretty much did my own
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The rest of the dress went
just as quickly and it was finished in no time, about two hours start to
finish.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Isn’t it cute! Very light and
airy, I can wear it alone or with boots and a turtleneck underneath it if I
want to wear the dress as a jumper during the winter months.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I usually try to make garments which can be
worn for dual seasons, I get more use out of them that way and I can justify
spending a bit more on a great fabric when I find one.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Too bad I did not get to wear it to Easter
dinner at my daughter’s house, I had to stay home and get well instead, oh
well, there will be another occasion to wear it soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
my little blue dress with you; it was fun to show you my new outfit. I have some sewing projects I made for my
kitchen makeover to show you next time; one of them is an easy tutorial, look
for those in a day or so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Watch for a new blog post on
Create*Upcycle*Decorate*Organize, coming very soon, it is about our new stone
patio just completed last weekend; my husband did a fantastic job on it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-37734860910128596002013-03-12T18:19:00.000-07:002013-03-12T18:19:15.831-07:00Curb Appeal<b>Hello Everyone,</b><br />
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<b>I have been gone for some time now, a lot longer then I planned actually, I was down very ill and I was just not up to working on any creative projects, but I am back to my old self ready to get to work on lots of interesting projects. In fact I have a new one to share with you on my new blog page over at Create*Upcycle*Decorate*Organize, it is a curb appeal project I think you will all enjoy, I will say no more, you will just have to click over and check it out.</b><br />
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<b>I have also been working on redecorating the whole downstairs of my home the past week or two, I am not sure if I am going to share that project with you or not, we will see how I feel about it when I am done. I will say I have gone back to my roots by bringing back my Tuscan inspired colors/ theme and replacing the reds and browns of the coffee shop theme. I can also say I am much happier now that I am almost done and the tranquil atmosphere of my home has returned, no more red! That's a story for another time.</b><br />
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<b>I look forward to sharing many more fun projects with you from my studio. Don't forget to check out my new curb appeal project, Southern Carriage House. </b><br />
<b>See you soon.</b><br />
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<b>Laurette</b>Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-50284667359257639002013-02-13T22:07:00.000-08:002013-02-13T22:07:51.604-08:00Happy Valentine's Day<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hello Everyone, I want to
wish each and every one of my readers a very lovely Valentine’s Day.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I hope you all have some kind of special
plans for your day even if it is just cooking a special dinner, setting the table
with your best china and popping in a love story DVD to watch with that very
important someone in you life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I apologize for not writing
for a bit, I am and have been down with a very nasty bug which seems to be
plaguing just about everyone. I held it
off as long as I could but alas I succumbed to it and still have not
recovered. I do plan to return soon, I
have several projects ready to sew up and I also have my spring and summer
color forecast, which I do each year, so you can be up on the newest color
trends released by Pantone for home and fashion, I can not wait to share those
with you right away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">***Check out my newest blog
post; Adventures With Adhesive over at
createupcycledecorateorganize.blogspot.com. It is a fun post featuring recycled
containers for organizing your kitchen and office. Check it out by clicking on
the button on the right side of this page; it will take you right to the post.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Have a wonderful Valentine’s
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Laurettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540468434089463593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420331891725095121.post-16732588302521997212013-01-29T15:25:00.000-08:002013-01-29T15:25:03.234-08:00Apron A Day #6<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Today is double post Tuesday
so you get two for one. The first thing I want to share with you is the great
news about my new blog, it is now completed and I have already written my first
post which went live last week on January 23.
You can access my new blog by clicking on the button marked Create*Upcycle*Decorate*Organize
on the right side of my page which is right below the Pinterest button. Everything on that side of my blog page is a
link to the symbol shown; like my Pinterest boards, the link to Where I Sew with
Pink Chalk studios and the story I wrote for Coats & Clark 200<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary. I am totally in love with my new blog page and the fantastic work
my Graphic Artist, Jolene Burt, did on both pages, she is fantastic! Anyway, hop on over and check it out!!! The
new blog will show all my projects for anything I create which are not sewn on
a sewing machine. Buttons, Bows &
Bling will remain a sewing blog for clothing, toys, quilts and home décor items,
like pillows, drapes, etc… For those of you who get this blog notification by
email you will have to go to my new blog and sign up for email there to keep
getting all my new projects which I will post on that sight; basically you have
to sign up for email on both if you want to see what I am creating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to wear while teaching sewing classes.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I
fell in love with this fabric but I had no idea what I would use it for, I adore
fabrics with sewing themes on them and this had that going for it with all the
cute measuring tapes and polka dots.</span></div>
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scissors, measuring tapes, tailors chalk, pins and all the rest. One small
pocket was added to the top for my glasses and one long pocket divided into
four sections was added along the bottom width for my sewing notions, making it
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I added some retro 60’s
orange pom poms, from my stash, to the top and bottom of the apron and some
jumbo orange rick rack to give it a little more retro flare; you know how much
I love my retro accessories on aprons. I lined the apron in a complimentary
fabric to give it enough body so the pockets would not sag when I placed my
heavy cutting shears in them. This was a really fun apron to make and wear
since it is so bright and cheery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for letting me share
the fantastic news about my new blog and my cheery orange sewing apron. There
are still more aprons to share with you on this blog and lots of fun new posts
on the new blog. I am working on
organizing my small office space with pretty new accessories so it will be functional
and attractive. Be sure you watch for that new post over there in the next day
or so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">See you soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Laurette<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">***On our new blog, Create*Upcycle*Decorate*Organize you might like:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Small Office Organization –
Part 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This darling shoe apron is
one of my designs sewn with three coordinating fabrics from a great collection.
When I purchased the fabric I had no idea what I was going to use it for, I
just fell in love with it so I bought it and the fabrics became part of my ever
growing stash. I wanted to use all three of the prints so I picked the panel
for the front and the smallest print for the lining with the tiny shoe print
for the ties and ruffles on the top and bottom.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I did not include a pocket because I chose to embellish the apron with
complementing buttons and rick rack to bring out the pattern and colors giving
it some added dimension. The apron is lined to add weight and extra body, not
to mention good protection for my clothing while I am cooking, always a good
thing for a messy cook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This little diva shoe apron
was meant for cooking and compliments, thanks for letting me share it with you
today. There will be more aprons
featured in a few days, the next one has some real retro flare and is one of my
favorites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">See you soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">You might also like:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Apron A Day 1, 2, 3 & 4
(Archives 2012 for 1, 2&3)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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