PAPER ARTS ** CRAFTY SEWING

 Happy Almost Christmas 2022.  I have been so neglectful of my blog that I loved and used so much...mostly when I was very active on the design teams.  Now I wing it, making cards by the dozen...

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My high school friend shared some fabrics with me so naturally I hit the ground running. I have sewn with happy delight.  Here is a heavy photo presence.... zip purses, ve...

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 It has been since 2020 that I have posted anything so I have a few things to share. I have been sewing dog/cat quilts for the rescues, and there were around 7 that came to pi...

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Cut two 6 x 9 pieces of 100% cotton. Cut 1 light weight iron on interfacing or stabilizer.  Iron on front piece. Cut two pieces of 1/4" elastic 7" long. Add the elastic at each end.  Sew th...

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I fear I have neglected my sweet blog for so long that when I do post, no one sees it.  But with that said, here I come again with a recent project.  I ordered the whiter 1" webbing, then use 1...

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I am driven to lessen the stacks, drawers, piles of paper, supplies, etc....so I am sitting at the dining room table (not enough room in my craft room with the 7 sewing machines and tubs of fabri...

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I had to share this, and admit my failing to keep on top of filing cards as I created them.  I am a slam dunk card maker and can whip out a few hundred cards without stress.  Right now I have t...

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I cannot believe that it has been almost a year since I have posted anything on my blog. Shame on me.  I loved my blog, and I used to keep it up.  Now it seems Facebook has overthrown some of o...

http://crayola58a.blogspot.com/2019/07/anyone-there.html

I have unintenionally ignored my poor blog.  I used to keep up with it, and now it seems to hide in the corner.  Everyone knows I love to sew, my blog is littered with results of just that.  T...

http://crayola58a.blogspot.com/2018/09/dogcatquilts.html

My friend Pat found some pink and some blue fabrics that had the cutest cat faces on the fabric.  She gave it to me and I made 13 little cat/kitty quilts that I dropped off at the Humane Society...

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It is my heart's delight to be able to sew.  It is my happy spot in life, sewing this n' that, sometimes just to sew up some pretty fabric, many times to sew something special for family or ...

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More sewing stuff that keeps me busy.   Below are various totes which are made mostly with scrap fabrics from larger projects.  These are zipper purses which are mega-fun to make...

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Back on sewing full time now.  Here are some more baby bibs and with some cute embroidery patterns added. I have also discovered these cute ribbon wrist key chains.  Now maybe I can use up some...

http://crayola58a.blogspot.com/2017/08/bibs-and-key-chains.html

Friends and neighbors are greeting babies in their lives.  Yesterday I sewed up a few baby bibs and they were fun to make.

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My craft room is my daily happy place.  One spot sports a bulletin board which is a hot mess of cards and notes, photographs and paper projects.  Here is a tidy photo, but as of right now, it i...

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Hi... I keep busy... sewing, making cards, crochet, knit.... It keeps my almost 80-mind alert and busy, and my hands, arthritis or not, create things I can share.  Today my cherished Lanette Ver...

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It appears as though I have been sitting by the pool, devouring bonbons but I promise, I work in my craft room every single day, and I create to the hilt.  I made around 200 of the Cricut desig...

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There are many more words, die cuts and signs.  I am so happy making these, I overloaded the donation.  But these are happy colors and hopefully will give inspiration and support ...

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For a while I have been blessed to donate some die cuts and cards and supplies to my cherished friend Lanette Veres who heads up http://www.graymattersfoundation.com/about-graymatters-foundation...

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HO HO HO, MERRY SEPTEMBER. Those of my friends who visit know that each holiday season I make cards for myself and my sweet daughter in law and son.  I love making these cards, and I bounce a...

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My dear friend Cathy closed down her scrapbooking room to make room for her real estate career and of all things she gave ME EVERYTHING.  I have spent a few months creating cards and projects u...

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I am once again in "clean up" mode.  I have stacks of unfinished projects. Things I started on and then for some reason or another, put aside until "later",.  I love that word.  "Later" ..but...

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Oh so oh so simple note pads from Dollar Tree.  For a buck you get a pad of about 5 or 6 little lined, colorful note pads.  Some of these have a folded down cover and some are as simple as fol...

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For now, I have exhausted the little drawings that I found stuffed in a folder.  I have a few that I didn't use, but let us just say I created with the drawings that I was pleased with.  My...

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I bought several of the newer Cricut cartridges that cut out the sentiments and designs.  Some are clear in their design, some are not.  Here are a few.  It is fun to back the front of the ca...

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