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		<title>Tutorial : Ikea Hack Grommet Curtains</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I found some curtains I really loved at Ikea, they were just the look I wanted, at the price I wanted. The only thing is that I wasn&#8217;t into the the gathered curtain thing going on at the top. I don&#8217;t mind this look, but the curtains were going in the new music room, and it needed to be a little more dudely, plus all the other curtains on the main floor of our house are have grommet headings. Luckily, I&#8217;ve had experience with this type of thing; last May when I was putting together Gus&#8217; nursery I made curtains for him with grommets and the whole process turned out to be pretty easy. I&#8217;ll show you how to turn your Ikea curtains into grommet curtains for less than 20 bones and in less than 1 hour! First you need to be organized and get your shit together. You will need Dritz grommets (2 packs, 8 rings per panel), measuring tape, a scissors and a pen or pencil. Open up your pack of grommets, inside you will find a template for marking your grommet holes. Guess what?, I did the hardest part for you&#8230; I did math, that just saved you an 45 minutes, believe me. All Ikea panels are 57&#8243;, so this is how you will layout your grommets. Start your holes 2.25 inches from both ends, then put a center mark every 7.5 inches. Ta-da, you owe me a beer now! I put my center mark 3&#8243; from the top but you can adjust this based on your preferences. Now for the real hardest part, take a deep breath, and cut holes into your perfectly good curtains. It always takes me about 10 minutes of double and triple checking before I actually commit to this part. Don&#8217;t worry, you can do it! Once you cut out your holes you snap together your grommets. It&#8217;s so easy you won&#8217;t even believe me &#8217;till you try it. Blamo. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Blanket for Gus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every new kid in this world needs a blanket he can carry around with him every place he goes. In good Auntie fashion I felt obliged to make our new little buddy Gus something special. I came across a tutorial for a beautiful cut chenille baby blanket over on Aesthetic Nest and knew it would be perfect for our boy August! This cozy chenille is sure to keep Gus warm during the cool Fall and Winter months. Welcome to the world little baby Gus. Your Auntie Colz loves you! Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>Progress Report: The New Kid&#8217;s Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 23:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re getting there, slowly but surely. The new baby&#8217;s room is almost done, just a few more items to hang on the walls and a handful of things to sort through and put away and this kid&#8217;s room will be good to go. One of the new additions to the room is the quilt hanging over the crib. My Grandma helped me assemble this &#8220;red cross&#8221; style quilt and then she did the hard work, the beautiful top-stitching. We&#8217;ve also finally (long story) added the vintage Eames chair with new rocker base and the grey pouf. As you can see, the color of the chevron yellow and white curtains doesn&#8217;t seem to compete with the colors in the quilt like I thought it would. All the different shades of yellow work quite well with each other and I am more than happy with the results. Here&#8217;s a close-up of the quilt hanging over the side of the crib. We tried to do a gradient with the crosses putting the darkest yellow in one corner and the lightest yellow in another. In this picture you can see all the time consuming top stitching that went into this crib sized blanket. Here is the backside of the quilt. I had been saving this Optic Blossom pattern from Amy Butler for sometime, and wanted to use it on my baby girl&#8217;s quilt, so when I found out my baby girl was really a baby boy I couldn&#8217;t help myself. I had fallen in love with the fabric and decided that the colors were neutral enough to use for my little boy too. The backside is as sweet as the front, and I hang it both ways from the crib. And lastly the vintage Eames rocker with the new rocker base. I had ordered the rocker base from a manufacturer on eBay for a cool $95 bucks but the cost wasn&#8217;t worth the hassle. They sent a frame with incorrect dimensions and then another that had been banged up so badly in the mail that it had to be manhandled in order to attach it to the fiberglass base. Now that everything has been put together it works quite well. The rock of the chair is better than expected, nice and smooth, and when used with the pouf foot rest it feels like you are gliding in a glider. I think this was the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Quilt for Baby #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I got to spend some time with my grandma this weekend, she&#8217;s been quilting for 20 years and got me started on my first quilting project, a baby quilt for #2. I thought I&#8217;d be a little more agile with all of the measuring and cutting equipment, but it did not come so naturally for me. I did not realize all the precision that went into creating a quilt, everything has to be perfect, even the ironing has to be perfect. I had a pattern all drawn up but once we started piecing the quilt together I realized that it was going to be too small for a crib quilt and decided to go for a 12-cross quilt (3&#215;4 crosses) instead of the 6-cross quilt drawn out above. It was a slow start to our project but I think I&#8217;m starting to get the hang of it. Me and Grams are meeting a again in a week or two and hopefully we will more productive now that we&#8217;ve (I) figured out our (my) rhythm. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Sewing Fool.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Woah, I&#8217;m surprising myself here. I followed a pattern and I successfully sewed a lap top sleeve for my computer. So here&#8217;s the evidence, and I&#8217;m so proud. I was inspired after seeing this tutorial on The Cottage Home blog. If you haven&#8217;t seen this blog, and you like sewing you should check it out. Lindsay makes all sorts of awesome things for her girls, and she sells it in her etsy shop too. Anyhow, I bravely attempted sewing this pattern and I feel more confident in my skills now after completing the project over one Friday night. 43 steps sounds daunting but it wasn&#8217;t so bad. I used this Pop Daisy fabric by Heather Bailey, I&#8217;ve had a crush on it for awhile and was excited that I got to use it for this project. I also used some math skillz and was able to center the sunbursts for my button holes. Blamo. My computer has had a rough go of it, I have not been the best computer mom. I chuck it in my backpack and go. This new computer sleeve will make it so much happier, it will now have a pretty felt liner to nestle in while I jostle it around in my pack. I also gave it a good cleaning and bought it some new ram. It&#8217;s like Christmas around here for the old macbook pro. Awhh, my computer, living the dream. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do This Yourself: A Sling for a Baby or for a Bear</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few posts ago I told you how I made some super delicious cupcakes for my lady Valeria&#8217;s baby shower. Now that the shower is over it is safe for me to share with you the baby sling that I made for her. I had a ton of fabric left over from when I made Elsa&#8217;s crib bumpers and the fabric is just too pretty to not use again so I resurrected the Pop Daisy fabric out of my fabric box and got to it. First thing&#8217;s first. I cut two 53 inch x 23 inch pieces of fabric and placed them face to face. You can measure to fit the Mom you are making this for so your fabric sizes may vary in length. The width of your fabric will determine how deep your sling is. Adjust as you see fit. I then sewed along three of the edges to make a sort of super long pillow case. Leaving one of the short sides open. Once I turned this pillowcase right side out, I ironed it. Then, you&#8217;ll want to take a look at the end that you left open and turn about a 1/2 inch inside to finish off the edge real nice. Take your iron to it as a nice crease will make the fabric stay folded. Now, take the opposite end and put it inside the open end. (see above) Stick some pins in here to hold the two ends together. You should now have a tube of fabric. Bring this tuber over to your sewing machine and stitch about a 1/4 inch in from the edge. Are you still with me? Good. Let&#8217;s continue, shall we? Once you have stitched one pass, line your presser foot up with the stitch you just made and put a second line of stitches in. Once you have this done you will be good to start hauling your babe around. When your baby is tiny, you can take her around like this. My baby is not tiny anymore. This bear was kind enough to demonstrate what a tiny baby might look like in this sling. When your baby gets bigger than that bear, you can tote her around in this sling like this. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Bag for Scoops.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WAY back in December, Alison had a Birthday. In honor of the day that Scoops came into this world, I cooked up this bag for her to keep her ever growing collection of yarns, skeins, hooks and things of that sort in. The outside felt is made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. I think that is pretty cool. The inside fabric screamed &#8220;SCOOPS&#8221; to me so I just had to use it. Although it is not made of anything that has been recycled, just straight up cotton. Happy Belated Birthday Friend! Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>Curtains For Certain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So. Here is the deal. My living room has been looking, well, let&#8217;s say, not lived in, for I don&#8217;t know how long&#8230;.like probably forever. Mostly in the way of curtains. I have lived in my house for 5 years now and for 5 years it has looked like we could be packing up and moving out at any moment. When you don&#8217;t have drapes, this is what people think. I FINALLY got off my arse and whipped up some simple panels to spruce things up. I haven&#8217;t mentioned this to you yet but I carved out a place in the basement for me to sew and make things . It&#8217;s nothing glamorous but it is a great place for me to set up my sewing machine. Part of my curtain procrastination has had to do with the fact that the basement is not finished nor is it heated. We here in MN have been experiencing what we like to call a &#8220;cold snap&#8221; and that don&#8217;t make for good sewin&#8217; when your sewin&#8217; spot gots no heat. After hitting up my favorite shop, Crafty Planet, for 11 yards of Columbine Azure fabric, designed by Joel Dewberry, I was off and running. I didn&#8217;t follow any sort of pattern with these and decided to go the freestyle route. My major concern while constructing these was to get all of the panels the same length and to be as square as possible. Much to my delight, all of the panels ended up being the same size and I couldn&#8217;t be happier with the end result. With new curtains you will most likely need to pick up some curtain rods. I chose the DAMPA rods from IKEA. So here we are. All finished up. I feel settled in now. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>I Can Sew.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I grabbed my sewing machine from my mom&#8217;s house on Tuesday night after picking up Finn for the day, where it had been sitting for the last few years. I tried to use it one time like five years ago and became overwhelmed by the bobbin, so I gave up. Now here I am five years later trying to figure out how to use this damn thing, and I haven&#8217;t actually successfully sewn anything since I was 10 years old. So, I sit down with my instruction manual and learn how to conquer that dumb bobbin and voila. Check it! I make this little knitting needle case for all of my sticks.. I&#8217;ve realized that sewing and sewing machines aren&#8217;t as scary as thought. But they do require a lot of thinking. First you have to figure out what you want to create, then if you&#8217;re not using a pattern you need to deconstruct the object, and then lastly you need to figure out how you&#8217;re going to put it all together and &#8220;make it work.&#8221; (BTW Proj-Run, tonight!) Plus there is the whole technical side of it, which I&#8217;m not even close to having a grasp on. My seams are only a little crooked. That&#8217;s good right? Inside the case are compartments for my double-sided needles, my regular needles, my crochet hooks and my circular needles. The flap on top helps to hold all my needles in place so they&#8217;re not flying all over. In other news, LOST starts on tuesday. I will kill someone if the last episode ends with them landing safely at LAX. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>One Down, Three to Go.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scoops]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I finished Finn&#8217;s stocking last night! I&#8217;m glad that I was able to get the most important one done in time. I still need to crank out a stocking for &#8220;MOM&#8221; and a stocking for &#8220;DAD&#8221; then our little stocking family will be complete. I used an assortment of vintage patterns but mostly just scoured flickr for inspiration. I want these all to look handmade and vintage, and I think this one is successful. Okay, okay I&#8217;ll stop talking about Christmas for a little while, I know I&#8217;m being annoying. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>How things are Going: A mobile update from Colzoz</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I got these birds on their sticks now. They seem pretty stoked about it! A good and  smart friend of mine pointed out that babies are color blind until about 4 months of  age. She suggested I stick some black and white birds up there to keep the baby&#8217;s  attention until those rods and cones are fully functioning. Duly noted.  I used a wax coated linen thread to suspend the twigs. You could use anything you desire but the wax coating keeps any knots you tie from slipping. So that&#8217;s cool. In lieu of trekking through the forest in search of sticks and twigs, I cut up some decorative sticks that I had here at the house. I really like the way these branches turn and twist. It made for great places to tuck the birds in.  Shhh. The Great Spotted Blue Bird is very very rare in this part of the country. Isn&#8217;t it majestic? I was a bit worried about the process of getting this thing to balance properly. It was  pretty easy though and the whole thing was put together in under 30 minutes. In case  you were wondering, I pulled out my handy dandy glue gun to affix these little beauties to their perches. Easy! Ta Da! This thing looks pretty sweet! I think this babe is gonna love it! Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>Birds for Babes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I found this mobile at spoolsewing.com. I decided that I should try and whip one together so that when this new babe gets here she will have something pretty to look at while she is chillin&#8217; in her crib. Here is the stack of fabric that I&#8217;m going to build these birds from. Mill End Textiles sells Fat Quarters for $1.50. These are lovely bits of fabric that are the perfect size for smaller projects that you might be making. Mill End also has hella awesome coupons and deals. Print your coupons off from the internet and head on over there. Here are some of the birdies freshly cut from fabric. Next step, stichin&#8217; shit up. I start by pinning the first edge together. I am hand stitching these and need things to stay put while I work. Ya get one side done and then get cookin&#8217; on the other. Once you get that belly sewn on, it&#8217;s time to sew that bird face together. Here is a pre-op bird face. Ta Da! Got that bird sewn up good! Now all there is left to do is stuff it and sew up the tail. Here are some finished birds. Hen Party. Now that we&#8217;ve got these birds all put together the next step will be to arrange them, ever so strategically, upon some sticks.  Stay tuned for installment 2 where we attempt to accomplish this delicate balancing act.  Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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