stephee

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Birmingham, United States

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sewing, cooking, crafts, gardening, organic

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Make a bird seed bag grocery tote!

By stephee

I am looking everywhere for reusable materials these days, and I found my husband throwing away this giant bird seed bag, which was about to be used as a trash bag. Unfortunately (and fortunately), I made it into a tote bag so fast that I forgot to take a before picture. This took about an hour total, and that's with a break and a bobbin-winding. This is an easy project!The material's a bit hard to work with - a kind of woven plastic, so I used my heavy duty needle in my sewing machine. I am certain it would bend... »MORE

July 16, 2007

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Giving the Gift of Frog

By stephee

I made this frog as a gift for one of my daughter's friends, and I plan to make more, because they are pretty easy and pretty cute. Start to finish under 2 hours. Probably less than 1 hour, once I get good at it. And it's easy to make lots at once. This is my second one, and I have a growing list of others to make. It's also a good way to use up scraps and it is cheap!Get the free pattern at The Purl Bee PS. I use a funnel made from an cut-up plastic soda bottle to get... »MORE

June 25, 2007

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