I love making and giving homemade gifts! I also love being able to spruce up my own wardrobe with simple patterns! Let me show you “How to Make a Simple Infinity Scarf”! So many times, beginning sewists are intimidated by sewing “lingo” and complicated patterns! I remember when I was trying to learn how to…
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How to Sew an Easy, Double-Sided Baby Blanket
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to whip up a quick, hand-made gift for someone you care about? It’s very doable with this simple sewing project! Let’s learn “How to Sew an Easy, Double-Sided Baby Blanket”! I like making this size because it doesn’t require much fabric! It can be used as a nap…
How to Save Money on Sewing & Craft Supplies
The US creativity market is a 44 billion dollar industry, if you can believe it! If you love to craft, you can easily find yourself spending more than you ever intended for a project! But it doesn’t have to be that way, let’s take a look at “How to Save Money on Fabric & Craft…
How to Make Easy Cloth Napkins
One of the simplest and quickest ways to make your home more zero-waste is to make your own cloth napkins! They are so fun to make and so let’s learn “How to Make Easy Cloth Napkins”! Eliminating Paper Products is a Must for a Sustainable Home! Making and using cloth napkins not only saves money and…
Re-purposing Ideas for Everything You Own
I’m excited to introduce you to Jo M, one of the owner/operators at “The Cockeyed Homestead” with her post “Is it Dead Yet? No, not Quite!” Jo M and Melody M are two 60ish year old widows with a common goal, to live the most organic and self-sustainable life possible! While Mel is a converted…
How to Make a Simple, Reusable Market Bag
Since we’re focused on “Using It Up” this week, it’s a great time to get more acquainted with how to re-purpose and/or up-cycle clothing! Let’s learn “How to Make a Simple, Reusable Market Bag”, we can sew this up in about an hour! I can hear some of you mumbling that you don’t have a…
How to Make a Simple Envelope Pillow Cover
It’s bound to happen…you take off your pillow covers to wash them, and they just don’t come out of the washer the same way they went in. Yeah. No worries! Let’s learn how to make a simple envelope pillow cover that will look even better than the original! Fortunately, I have the former pillowcase to…
The Benefits of Crafting for your Homestead & Mental Health
There’s nothing that I look forward to more than picking up my knitting needles at the end of a long day’s work on the farm. Knitting, or any form of crafting, can be so relaxing for our minds and bodies, as well as a great way to unwind. But the benefits of crafting for your…
How to Make Reusable Cloth Gift Bags
I’ve been meaning to make these for like forever. Finally, here’s “How to Make Reusable Cloth Gift Bags”! I bought about 10 yards of different Christmas fabric on sale one year with every intent to make reusable cloth gift bags. This year, I finally got around to it and I’m thrilled with the results! What’s…
54 Ways to Be More Sustainable
In “54 Ways to Be More Sustainable”, you’ll discover big and small ways and ideas to promote sustainability in your home…no matter where you live! Creating more sustainability and self-reliance in your life brings more freedom from unfulfilling jobs, stress and debt. By becoming more sustainable, we gain confidence and freedom that we can indeed…
