An Arkansas Mama's journey to natural, simple living.
It really has been a while since I have shared with you a new Up-cycled Quilt Block I am making for Austin’s Rag quilt. If you are just joining us, one of my 2012 goals was to make both my children quilts using up-cycled materials. So I decided to use denim and other fabrics to make Austin’s quilt. I am using Craftsy’s free Block of the Month class to follow along with the patterns and then using up-cycled materials for {Read More}
When I spent all that time going through cloths a few weeks back I created a bin for clothing I wanted to keep and reuse the material or upcycle. This skirt was given to me by my Mother about two years back. I loved the print but truthfully it makes my hips look even larger than they are. I don’t wear it, but just couldn’t part with it, it was Mother’s and she wore it often. Last week I was {Read More}
If you didn’t catch my post a few weeks ago, I joined Craftsy-this really cool crafting site that offers daily deals, online classes, patterns (some are free) and a free block of the month online quilting class! One of my goals for this year was to make both of my children rag quilts (using re-purposed materials). When I came across Craftsy’s block of the month class, I decided this would be perfect! I am using their patterns but using only {Read More}
One of the things I have on my to do list this year is to make myself an up-cycled dress. I really like the tutorial that is featured at HowJoyful.com. See what you think…
When I sat down and made my goal list for 2012 one of the items I wanted to tackle was to really get back into crafting. I love crafts and enjoy so much making things with my hands. One of the items I wished to tackle was to make Rag Quilts for each of the children. I was so excited to find Craftsy! Craftsy is an online crafters community. They offer craft daily deals, patterns, online classes and a free Block {Read More}
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