Every summer as a kid my mom sent me to sewing camp. Sewing camp! I learned a lot of great stuff, but now I avoid sewing if I can. I currently have three boys in scouts and sewing on the patches is such a painful process. Painful times three.
My perfect solution: GLUE GUN It totally works! It takes a fraction of the time and I have washed my sons uniform at least 10 times and the patches look the same as when I glued them.
A few things to note:
- It can be easy to over glue and when the glue comes out the sides it’s hard to get off. Try adding a dab of hot glue in the middle, put on the patch and then add more glue as needed.
- Patches don’t come off. You can’t pass the shirt down or give it away when your child is done with scouts. Those little patches are on to stay.
- Check out the boy scout site for instructions on which patch goes where. Again, once they’re on… they’re really on!
Happy Creating!
Bless my old leather ottoman with sharpie marker art all over. I just recovered it for the third time and I am so happy about the refresh! The old cover was dirty, dated and I was bored of looking at it. Here is take one:
And take two (never blogged about):
Now three:
I love Nate Berkus fabric line at JoAnn Fabric. It’s like high design came to visit the little people (me) for a bit. I bought this on a 60% off sale, so the fabric was $8. Eight smackers has never looked so good.
Happy *big* Feet
All the how-to details are found here. Go find something in your house that needs to be recovered or reloved. Happy Creating!
I bought a short sale home three and a half years ago in beautiful St. George, Utah and changed sooo much about it. I didn’t love the house when we bought it, but I loved the neighborhood, school, and the pool. With a pool in the backyard who cares what the house looks like, right? After many projects I loved every corner of those four walls and I feel broken-hearted to leave it. It was far from perfect, but it was home. These pictures are from the home listing and are a little sterile, but are the best pics I have.
My favorite room in my house, and the room I miss the most, is my master bedroom and crab shack. I literally changed every inch of that room from ceiling to floor, except the ceiling fan I would never give up those blessed contraptions.
My favorite project was definitely the tree house in the boys’ room. My kids used it daily and still talk about it. I’m trying to find an equivalent to the tree house here, but I haven’t settled on anything yet.
Curb appeal went way up in this house, which was awesome to do because I love working outside. And the pool! Oh, I loooooved that pool! Here are a few of the outdoor projects:
Many of the projects in the family room I haven’t posted yet, like the media table I made with Ana White plans, the update on the window covers, or the best family portrait ever… that is to come. But, here are some:
I always wanted to paint the kitchen cabinets, but couldn’t get a thumbs up from the hubby. Maybe because there were a jillion cabinets, which was awesome and we both love wood. Still, I had have fun in the kitchen:
The third bedroom changed over the years and became such a happy place:
Soon I’ll post the progress on the new house. Hopefully it will become a home to us one day soon!
Have a great weekend and happy creating!
A reader (and my sister) Zub sent me this comment “Look what I’m making using your tutorial!” and this picture:
She is making it from my Parson Chair Tutorial. I couldn’t be more proud! Good job Zub!
If anyone out there has any projects they have made because of (or even in part of) this blog I would loooooooooooooove to see it! Please send it over!
Happy Creating!