
Lets have a tea party
I came across this simple idea on Pinterest (of course). How easy are these little tea bags. What a great idea, not to mention cute. Maddie is especially excited as she realized her teapot from Christmas is actually "Mrs. Pots" from Beauty and the Beast (her new favorite show) and now she makes tea all the time. Update: Feb 9/2017 Featured on Fabricville Blog. My first try at them, I made a pattern (roughly the size of a real teabag) on paper and cut out the fabric pieces. I

Sewing: 4 Easy Easter Projects
Easter Bunny Happenings... Last Easter I started making some of these cute stuffed eggs and birds. They turned out quite nice so I made some extras for my nieces and nephews as well. It is definitely a good way to use up some scraps. Cheap, easy and good for baby and toddlers. I also made my first dress for Miss Maddie. This could have been better, especially if I had used a pattern lol. But it fit and it was pretty. It was very frustrating without a pattern. I was on materni

10 Tips for Making Little Toddler Cushions
These are relatively easy. Especially if you follow the directions and look at the pictures, insert "wink". It is nicely illustrated here. I say this because: 1) I have made 2 of these before and 2) because in making them again, I am making lots of mistakes!! Some helpful hints for doing this: 1. You can use any color bias tape. I used extra wide double fold bias. (You can find very few colors of pre-sewn bias and piping-locally anyway). One package of bias tape will do your

13 Potty Training Preparation Tips
WOW! There is a lot of work that goes into getting read to potty train! It seems like I have been working on this for months. Probably because I have. 1. I have been working away at training pants for months now. Now that I am ready to use them, they are mostly too small in the legs. My little Miss has grown slightly since I started making these in October. See my post on training pants here 2. So I started looking on Pinterest of course, this is my go-to for most things lol.