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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Sew Basics: Bias Tape (part 1)

I am so inspired by all of you that are new to sewing, getting back into sewing, or are thinking about buying a sewing machine to start sewing. I love all the emails you have sent me and conversations we have had over on facebook. I haven't been the most consistent with my "Sew Basics" tutorials, but I'm going to try to put more of these together in hopes that you all will get as hooked on sewing as I am.As most of you know, I am a self-taught sewer (well, mostly). I've had a few lessons from my Grandma and grew up with my Mom...

So Where Was It? Forty one of you commented on this Weekend ~ Where is it?Of the forty one, 19 guessed correctly. Here are the pictures again. This time, you will see the whole picture without any cropping. (All can be enlarged by clicking on them). They are in the same order as the original post.This first picture was taken in Avignon, France.This next picture is taken at the Biltmore Estate at Antler Hill Village in Asheville, NCThis final picture was taken in Rome, Italy at an open air market near the...

Hi everyone, how was your weekend? I bet many of you had a wonderful time on Halloween. It all started on Friday, I had a Halloween parade to attend at my kid's school, after the parade, I went to three different class parties for each one of my children. Around 3 o`clock, there was a company Halloween party at my husband`s work. Then, there was a church party to go to. It was a great day, well, especially for the kids.Now it is November; are you ready to switch gears for Thanksgiving? I am planning a "Thanksgiving giveaway" like I did last...

Happy Halloween from The Cottage Home! Hope you all have fun trick-or-treating with your little pumpkin heads - I know we wil...

Fall Gingerbread and Transferware

One of my favorite fall breads is gingerbread. There's just something about ginger, cinnamon, cloves and rich molasses that make it so delicious. I love to pair fall foods with my brown transferware. I'm certain it makes everything taste better. I purchased the transferware several years ago when I came across them at Home Goods. I bought twelve bowls, salad plates, and dinner plates as I thought they would make wonderful Thanksgiving dinner ware.This is what the pattern looks like. I love the birds with the flower adornment. This is the mark on...

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Hello everyone, I want to share some of the autumn colors in our garden with you today. It was a nice day to be out doing some clean up jobs but I got side tracked a bit with my camera as I love to record the changes in the garden-daily it might seem to some of you! I enjoy all my garden photos so much in the winter time when I start to dream of it's return. I am sure all you gardener's do that too.I love how the foliage of the hardy rugosa type roses turn bright autumn colors.With pretty rosehips.Some of the burning bushes have lost most of...

My friend's nine-year-old daughter got the chance to have a say in the re-decoration of her bedroom. The theme:Polka-Dots!!And, since she's a very good friend, I got my chance to help!Her very talented husband was tasked with creating a daybed with a round back board. I got to help with upholstering the headboard, and covering it with dots. First he cut three different sizes of circles from some 1/4" board. He has lots of handy tools to do things like that (and yes, I'm jealous). The tool leaves two tiny holes in the middle of each circle,...