tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73271824596971469562024-03-13T09:26:38.396-07:00Remake Remix ReuseHopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-89214123701792787812019-03-28T17:02:00.002-07:002019-03-28T17:02:37.485-07:00FREE CELL GAME #7107<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Hello there!!</i></div>
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<i>I love to play free cell.</i></div>
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<i>I won this game back in 2011 and just now</i></div>
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<i>found that I never posted it!</i></div>
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<i>Perhaps you have already won it but if</i></div>
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<i>Have fun!!</i></div>
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<i>1. Place Queen Clubs upstairs</i></div>
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<i>2. Place the 5 Diamonds on the 6 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>3. Place 4 Hearts on the 5 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>4. Place King Clubs upstairs</i></div>
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<i>5. Place 7 Clubs on 8 of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>6. 2 ACES ARE SET FREE</i></div>
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<i>7. Place 8 of Clubs upstairs</i></div>
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<i>8. Place 5 Clubs stack on 6 of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>9. Place 3 Spades on 4 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>10. Place 8 Diamond stack on 9 of spades</i></div>
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<i>11. Place 8 Clubs on 9 of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>12. Place 6 Diamond stack on 7 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>13. Place Queen Clubs downstairs in free cell space</i></div>
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<i>14. Place 6 Hearts upstairs</i></div>
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<i>15. Place Jack Diamonds on Queen of clubs</i></div>
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<i>16. Place Queen Clubs stack on King of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>17. Place King Diamond stack in free cell space</i></div>
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<i>18. Place 10 Spades on Jack of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>19. Place 9 Diamond stack on 10 of spades</i></div>
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<i>20. Place 5 Hearts upstairs</i></div>
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<i>21. Place 6 Hearts on 7 of spades</i></div>
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<i>22. Place 7 Spades stack in free cell space</i></div>
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<i>23. Place 6 Spades upstairs</i></div>
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<i>24. Place 4 Spades on top of 5 of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>25. Place 9 Clubs on 10 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>26. Place 4 Clubs on top of 5 of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>27. Frees the Ace of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>28. In free space place 6 Spades, 5 Hearts and 4 of Clubs</i></div>
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<i>29. Place 5 Club stack on 6 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>30. Place 8 Diamonds stack on 9 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>31. Place 5 Club stack on 6 of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>32. Place 8 Spades upstairs</i></div>
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<i>33. Place 4 Diamonds upstairs</i></div>
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<i>34. Releases 2 diamonds</i></div>
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<i>35. Place King Hearts upstairs</i></div>
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<i>36. Place 8 Hearts on top of 9 of spades</i></div>
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<i>37. Place 8 Hearts on top of 4 of spades</i></div>
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<i>38. Place 3 Hearts on 2 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>39. Releases the 2 of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>40. Place 3 Hearts on the 2 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>41. Place the 4 Hearts on the 3 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>42. Place 4 Diamond stack on the 5 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>43. Place 7 Spade stack on 8 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>44. Place 5 Diamond stack in free space</i></div>
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<i>45. Place 6 Clubs in free space</i></div>
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<i>46. Place 5 Diamond stack on top of 6 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>47. Place Jack Hearts upstairs</i></div>
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<i>48. Place Queen Diamonds on King of spades</i></div>
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<i>49. This frees the 2 of spades</i></div>
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<i>50. Place 3 Spades on 2 of spades</i></div>
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<i>51. Place 4 Spades on 3 of spades</i></div>
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<i>52. Place King Clubs in free space</i></div>
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<i>53. Place Queen Hearts on the King of clubs</i></div>
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<i>54. Place 7 Hearts on the 8 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>55. This frees the 2 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>56. Place 6 Club stack on the 7 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>57. Place King Spades stack in free cell space</i></div>
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<i>58. Place 5 Spades on top of 4 of spades</i></div>
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<i>59. Place Jack Spades on the Queen of hearts</i></div>
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<i>60. This releases the 3 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>61. Place Jack Clubs on the Queen of diamonds</i></div>
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<i>62. Place 4 Clubs on 3 of clubs</i></div>
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<i>63. Place 5 Hearts on the 4 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>64. Place 6 Spades on the 5 of spades</i></div>
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<i>65. Place 10 Hearts stack on the Jack of clubs</i></div>
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<i>66. Place 8 Spades on the 9 of hearts</i></div>
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<i>67. Place 8 Hearts stack in free cell space</i></div>
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<i>68. Place 9 Spades in free cell space</i></div>
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<i>69. Place 8 Heart stack on 9 of spades</i></div>
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<i>70. Place King Hearts in free cell space</i></div>
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<i>71. Place Queen Spades on King of hearts</i></div>
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<i>72. This releases many cards</i></div>
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<i>73. Place Jack Hearts on the QUEEN OF SPADES</i></div>
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<i>74. Place 10 Diamonds on Jack of spades</i></div>
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<i>75. Place 10 Clubs on Jack of hearts</i></div>
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<i>ALL CARDS FLY!!!!</i></div>
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<i>I WON!!!!</i></div>
Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-28203651330751073652017-01-23T22:59:00.002-08:002017-01-23T22:59:58.455-08:00MAKE AN EASY AND SWEET POWDER PUFF<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello Everyone!</div>
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Am sorry that it has been a while since I last</div>
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me!</div>
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So I hope that you like what I have been</div>
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working on. If you know someone who</div>
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uses powder and needs a powder puff,</div>
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then this easy Powder Puff is for you.</div>
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It is easy to make. The materials used are</div>
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not costly. It is up to you if you buy </div>
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your materials which adds to the cost of</div>
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making anything or you use what you</div>
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have which reduces the cost considerably!!</div>
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I am going to show you 2 styles of</div>
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the powder puff - <b>BOTH ARE MADE THE<br />SAME WAY!</b></div>
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<b>Please read all directions carefully and</b></div>
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<b>make sure you understand them before</b></div>
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<b>making the puff. </b></div>
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<b>If you like what you see, please link back!!!</b></div>
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<b>You pick the style of the puff that you like - </b></div>
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<b>directions are easy! The only difference is the</b></div>
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<b>SUPPLIES NEEDED:</b></div>
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<b>1. </b>Make-up sponges.</div>
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<b>2.</b> lace or thin sweater fabric 3inches X 12 inches.</div>
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<b>3.</b> Needle and thread.</div>
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<b>4.</b> Cotton quilt batting.</div>
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<b>5.</b> A small amount of pretty trim.</div>
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<b>6.</b> A Corsage Pin.</div>
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<b>STYLE 1</b> - This is Lynda's Powder Puff - top view! Isn't it</div>
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pretty!</div>
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Here is the side view of her powder puff.</div>
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<b>STYLE 2</b> - This is my daughter Pep's powder puff.</div>
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Top view - this is very pretty also!!</div>
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This is the side view of her puff. Same as Lynda's!</div>
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This is the bottom of both styles of the</div>
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Powder Puff.</div>
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I went looking at stores for these makeup </div>
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sponges, I guess that is what they are called.</div>
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I bought mine on ebay from china cause these</div>
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were the right size that I liked and from looking</div>
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at them - they looked soft and thicker than the</div>
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ones I had seen. Plus they were bigger.</div>
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You buy yours any size you want in the stores</div>
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of your choice.</div>
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You will find that these sponge fabric makeup</div>
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sponges are cheap!</div>
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These sponges have a sweet old-fashioned look </div>
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to them and they are super soft!</div>
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This is the back of the package.</div>
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The size of the sponges are about 3 inches in</div>
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diameter. You can make these puffs smaller</div>
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or bigger - it is just according on what sponges</div>
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But, try to find sponges that are as thick as you </div>
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can. The sponges are thin, but some are a little</div>
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thicker than others.</div>
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See the silk ribbon where you put your fingers</div>
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through. Make sure your sponges have this</div>
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feature.</div>
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The first thing to do when making these powder</div>
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puffs is to cut just one of the silk ribbons away</div>
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from the sponge. Cut as close to the seam as</div>
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you can without cutting the sponge fabric.</div>
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Like I have done here.</div>
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See, it is loose now. Do not cut the other</div>
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Turn under a small hem.</div>
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And pin it down onto the sponge.</div>
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See, this is what it looks like from the inside </div>
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as it is pinned with only one pin.</div>
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I always use small Quilting needles along with</div>
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regular thread.</div>
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Nothing is more annoying than your thread</div>
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breaking while you are stitching - so use </div>
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good quilting thread!</div>
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Here you see that I have sewn it down already.</div>
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<b>Use wide lace or you can do what I did!</b></div>
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<b>This lace is not lace at all!! It is part of a piece</b></div>
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<b>of a nice old sweater. That is right - a sweater!</b></div>
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I like the holiness of the sweater plus this is</div>
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a fine sweater - not bulky at all. </div>
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Since this sweater is thin, I will need to cut 12 inches</div>
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of it in length. I used the bottom of the sweater.</div>
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I cut the sweater 3 inches wide.</div>
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I do realize that it is hard to tell what I have done</div>
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here, but I folded the length in half. The raw</div>
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edges are at the left. The right side is the folded</div>
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side. The top and bottom of this piece are the</div>
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raw edges. See the bottom at how the edge</div>
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rolls up. That is why I cut the sweater up - I got</div>
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tired of my sweaters hem rolling up! </div>
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The sweater was free. It was mine and it was</div>
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clean and had no defects. </div>
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Okay, so I picked up the piece and stitched</div>
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the 2 sides together into a tube.</div>
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Can you see that it is just one piece now with </div>
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a seam.</div>
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I started at the bottom rolled edge. Start at the </div>
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seam. And just sew all around the tube so you</div>
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Here it is being gathered.</div>
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Gather it nicely and pin it to the sponge. Be sure</div>
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to put your lace or sweater fabric on the side of</div>
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where you sewed down the ribbon cause we want</div>
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to hide the ribbon seam.</div>
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Keep in mind that as you are looking at my</div>
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photo you can see the rolled hem of my</div>
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sweater. I will try to stitch the sweater to the </div>
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<b>seam</b> of the sponge. This is your guide.</div>
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I stitch with one strand of the thread. Hide your</div>
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knot and begin sewing as close to the ribbon as</div>
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possible. Be sure to keep the sweater or lace as</div>
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close to the seam as you sew. Do not make your</div>
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stitches too small or to big.</div>
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Also hold the lace or sweater with your thumb</div>
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like I am doing in this photo. This is just to</div>
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get started.</div>
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As you can see here in this photo. I have opened</div>
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up the sweater tube so I can get my fingers on</div>
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the inside to help hold the fabric down with</div>
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my thumb. I am almost finished sewing.</div>
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This is what it should look like when you</div>
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are finished.</div>
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Now you should stitch a trim there to hide the</div>
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stitching and also to finish it off nicely.</div>
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You can pin it down or hold it down and sew as you go. </div>
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I have sewed on the trim and hid the seams</div>
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or any frayed edges. You do the same.</div>
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Now, scrunch up the top as you see here and you</div>
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will see and feel that it is a little too thin.</div>
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I took a sponge and cotton quilt batting.</div>
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I cut 4 pieces of the batting the size of</div>
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the sponge. Just lay the sponge on top </div>
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of some folded batting and cut the batting,</div>
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but make sure not to cut the sponge!</div>
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Now open it back up and put the 4 layers of</div>
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Scrunch up the top again and make sure that it</div>
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Take some quilting thread and tie around the top</div>
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Be sure to knot off the thread and then cut away</div>
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any excess.</div>
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Here the knotting is finished.</div>
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This is what the top looks like for both styles - when</div>
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I call this tuft of fabric a flower!</div>
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<b>FOR STYLE 1</b> - Push the flower down. Then </div>
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Hello Everybody!</div>
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How have you all been? I hope you are all</div>
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crafting!</div>
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I bet you think that I forgot about you, but that</div>
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is not so. Sometimes it takes me a while to put</div>
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something together. Sometimes what I have</div>
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planned does not always look right or go</div>
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together, so I scrap it and move on. That</div>
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generally takes me on hunts.</div>
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This is the last of my half- doll pincushions that I</div>
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will make for a while. I have more half-dolls that</div>
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show you how I make and put these pincushions</div>
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together. Believe me anyone can do this.</div>
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Do not worry about ever washing these pincushions,</div>
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because there is no way to do so unless you take</div>
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them apart and remake them. When you purchase</div>
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an old one from the net because it has not been</div>
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washed in about 50 years or longer, then it is</div>
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time to renew the pincushion and update it all</div>
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to your liking!</div>
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However some of them are vintage and are so</div>
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sweet that perhaps you just want a vintage one</div>
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sitting around. Nothing is wrong with that folks!</div>
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Just spray some Febreeze on it if it smells!</div>
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I love vintage also!!</div>
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After this listing, next month I was going to post</div>
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little patterns on different sizes of the cushions.</div>
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But there is not any need for that. If you read here</div>
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about the strips, (further down), then you will see </div>
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that you can</div>
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make the strips as wide or as tall as you want.</div>
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I will post pincushion patterns for these </div>
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half-dolls that are unusual. I love unusual and</div>
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different as they show character to the pieces.</div>
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By now, everyone that enjoys making these </div>
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pincushions know how easy they are. The </div>
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directions for Annie's Pincushion is simple,</div>
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and some of it you can refer back to the other</div>
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Pincushion directions, if you do not understand.</div>
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<b>ALWAYS REFER BACK TO MY PREVIOUS</b></div>
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<b>PINCUSHIONS DIRECTIONS, ALWAYS LINK<br />BACK!!! THANK YOU!!</b></div>
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Annie's Pincushion will be sent to her by the end</div>
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of this week. It must go to England!</div>
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She turned out lovely - don't you think so!</div>
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The height of Annie is 7 to almost 7.5 inches tall.</div>
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Front of Annie!</div>
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Back of Annie!</div>
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This is the fabrics that I had planned for Annie. All</div>
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of these fabrics blended so well with her blouse.</div>
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These worked up so nicely. I only had problem with</div>
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the fabric on the left. It was so stiff and stood out</div>
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like a pumpkin. As you can see, I did not use it!</div>
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I scrapped that idea and opted for a lovely stiff</div>
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The inside of the fabric was a lovely Barbie gown</div>
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that I used because I could not find anything that</div>
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The other 2 surrounding fabrics were brand new.</div>
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I started out with 4 pieces of the solid green fabric.</div>
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Each of the 4 strips measured a little over 2.5 inches </div>
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wide X 7 inches tall to accommodate the seams.</div>
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If you want this fatter or wider, then merely adjust</div>
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SUPER EASY!!</div>
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Next, sew them by the machine for</div>
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strength into a tube! Try not to make</div>
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This is by far my most favorite of making these</div>
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pincushions! I love to turn down a hem to the</div>
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inside on the bottom and top. </div>
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As you can see, just turn under a small piece of</div>
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the top and hand sew it all around. I use quilting</div>
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After you sew it all around, gather it up tightly and</div>
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knot it off. You want a small hole.</div>
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Take some cardboard and a template of some kind.</div>
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I use a lid here that measures almost 3 inches around.</div>
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Let dry for a couple of hours before proceeding on.</div>
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I have inserted the cardboard inside of the tube.</div>
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This is a big zip-lock bag full of cotton stuffing.</div>
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I use cotton batting for all of the pincushions.</div>
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It is better for the needles. I cut it up and put</div>
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This is easier for me. The bag is generally</div>
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though you cannot tell it!!</div>
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really hard. Things settle over time.</div>
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Once you have finished stuffing, turn under a small</div>
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She is finished. Only thing to do now is to even </div>
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Annie is now attached!</div>
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Annie before anything is added to her skirt!</div>
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A picture underneath Annie's skirt!</div>
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I only had a little bit of the lace for this doll's</div>
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gown. I hand sewed it on. When doing this, do</div>
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it on before you cut off any excess.</div>
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Sewing around!</div>
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Almost finished sewing!! When you come to the</div>
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end always leave about an inch of the lace before</div>
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cutting off the excess so that you can turn under</div>
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the raw edge. Afterwards I folded in the sides</div>
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of that raw edge and hand stitched down</div>
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the length of the lace to the bottom edge so that the</div>
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The pincushion dolls always need something </div>
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gather up and affix around her waist. I then took</div>
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her waist tightly. Then I tied it into a lovely bow. </div>
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It is evident that the dress needed something more!</div>
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It took me a while to find something that had a lining </div>
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I ended up using a child's slip that I think was vintage!</div>
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Hey, I remember wearing them!</div>
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Anyway the slip was 2 pieces, an overskirt with</div>
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So, I cut off a piece of the skirt. Cut off bigger</div>
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so it gathers. A good rule of thumb as to how much</div>
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for the top. Turn down a hem to the inside and in </div>
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good as you can. It is slippery!</div>
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Pin it or keep it even as you go with your fingers</div>
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it as you stitch around. </div>
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needle. Always double the thread when gathering</div>
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for strength.</div>
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finish sewing the hem down. Cut it off and then</div>
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knot it.</div>
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behind. Then take your fingers and lightly smash</div>
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for the half-doll pincushions as each one tells</div>
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you new tips that I have learned along the way.</div>
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A view of the top of the slip.</div>
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Annie is all finished!!!</div>
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A peek of her 2 slips or underskirts!</div>
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The back of Annie!!</div>
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Enjoy!!</div>
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Thank you for visiting me!</div>
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Hello Everyone!</div>
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Sure hope you all are well. Gee, time</div>
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flies quickly when you are busy.</div>
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I did not realize that it had been that</div>
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long!</div>
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I know it only seems that I am going</div>
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to make these pincushions forever, but</div>
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I assure you that I won't be. I have </div>
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other things planned to show you once</div>
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these are finished. I have one more </div>
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pincushion with tutorial after this one</div>
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and she also has a different pincushion</div>
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base.</div>
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Anyway this Pincushion is easy to make.</div>
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If you have been following the tutorials</div>
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on how to make these darling pincushions</div>
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then you can see how easy they are to</div>
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make.</div>
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<strong>Here is another TUTORIAL, but this one is</strong></div>
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<strong>done a little differently.</strong> </div>
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Be sure to read directions first before attempting</div>
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to make. I cannot give you cloth amounts because</div>
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I love to recycle anything that is lovely!</div>
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This is the 5th Half-doll Pincushion that I have</div>
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made. I try to make each pincushion a little</div>
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I have not named this Pincushion because it will</div>
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go to Lynda. It will be her right to name her!</div>
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Front View</div>
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A close-up!</div>
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Back view!</div>
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Close up of the back.</div>
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Here is the cute little half doll that I was able to</div>
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get for $5.00 a while back. Isn't she sweet! </div>
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She is little. Lynda loves blue!</div>
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I have cleaned her already for this project. If</div>
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you have not done so, clean your doll before</div>
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you start. Also as you can see, there are not</div>
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any holes on this doll, so you must use a piece</div>
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of dowel. I will get into this further down!</div>
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Here is the back of her. All clean!</div>
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I am not giving you a tutorial on how to make</div>
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this because I believe that there are already many</div>
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tutorials on how to make this on the internet. Just</div>
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type in 'how to make a round tomato pincushion'.</div>
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If you have never made one before, you will see</div>
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how super easy it is. It is also very quick to make!</div>
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I have used terry cloth to make this one with. I </div>
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have sectioned it off with blue floss in 8 equal </div>
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parts! For this project it is okay if the floss does</div>
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not line up in the middle because we are going to</div>
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make a hole there.</div>
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OKAY - LETS BEGIN IF YOU HAVE<br />FINISHED THE TOMATO PINCUSHION!</div>
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I bought a dowel that fit the inside of the</div>
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half-doll really good. You do not want a dowel</div>
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that is skinny. Make sure that the dowel fits the</div>
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opening really nice and is as snug as you can get.</div>
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This is what I have done here. Just fitting the</div>
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dowel to her. Carefully insert one end of the</div>
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dowel into her body and go all the way up as far</div>
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as you can go with the dowel. Mark it below</div>
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with a pen as I have shown here.</div>
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This is okay.</div>
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I had a photo to go before this one, but it was too</div>
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So, as you can see one end of the dowel that goes</div>
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inside of the doll has been whittled away to a</div>
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point. Try the dowel back into her cavity and see</div>
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if it fits okay, and also recheck your measurement</div>
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to see if all is okay. </div>
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For my pincushion this is the length of the dowel</div>
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that I will be using. You might be using the same</div>
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size, that is up to you and the pincushion that you</div>
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made. </div>
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I did snip the terry cloth so I could insert the dowel</div>
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in the middle. Be careful and do not snip the floss.</div>
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You must take out some of your stuffing but not</div>
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much. This dowel must go all the way to the bottom</div>
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of the tomato pincushion. So twist the dowel so you</div>
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can flatten some of the fiberfill, use some pressure</div>
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or force to wedge it down in there. It must stand </div>
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straight up.</div>
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<strong>Once you have done that, the line that you drew</strong></div>
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<strong>The bottom of the dowel should rest on the inside</strong></div>
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<strong>of the terry cloth and not go thru to the other</strong></div>
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<strong>side. If your dowel is too long and sticks up</strong></div>
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<strong>to high, then you must trim it off, but keep</strong></div>
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<strong>checking to make sure that it is good before </strong></div>
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<strong>you cut any of the dowel off. </strong></div>
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<strong>Mine was just right!</strong></div>
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<strong>The bottom of the doll</strong></div>
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As you can see I have not finished shoving it in.</div>
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Now, once you are satisfied with the placement </div>
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of the dowel, you can remove it.</div>
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I have taken the dowel out of the pincushion,</div>
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to show you the hole. If it is bigger than your</div>
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dowel then you better add some fiberfill, cause the</div>
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hole should be the size of the dowel only.</div>
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If everything looks good, then you can proceed on.</div>
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the doll. You do not have to put the glue on the tip</div>
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inside of the doll head. It might not go past the neck</div>
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Insert the dowel into the doll and make sure that</div>
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it does not lean or wobble. It must stand straight.</div>
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Place it away somewhere to dry where it will</div>
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not get hit and let it dry.</div>
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I let mine dry for 2 days before I went back</div>
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to it, cause I was busy.</div>
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Before you do this next step, make sure that all</div>
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Now, you can butter up with lots of glue on the</div>
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remainder of the dowel that is to be shoved into</div>
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the tomato pincushion.</div>
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Here is the hole again.</div>
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Place the dowel down into the pincushion. See</div>
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how far she goes down. The bottom of the doll</div>
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I have taken 2 rubber bands and anchored it to the</div>
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doll on each side. </div>
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<strong>Make sure she stays straight up!</strong></div>
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See how I did this. See, mine is standing straight!</div>
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Let her dry for 3 or 4 days just to be sure before</div>
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you take off the rubber bands and proceed any</div>
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The half-doll is thoroughly dry and ready to be</div>
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From here on, you know how to dress the doll</div>
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from the other tutorials.</div>
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Dress her just like the others, a slip if you want</div>
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one and then your dress. And then perhaps an</div>
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over dress.</div>
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I fell in love with this little shabby chic cotton skirt.</div>
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The colors were perfect for the little doll. So this</div>
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is what I am using. There is a little bit of crochet</div>
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around the bottom edge. There are not stains or</div>
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tears on this skirt. I wash it very well with Tide and</div>
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Clorox 2. </div>
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As you can see, I have made the dress and put it</div>
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on the doll already. Isn't she pretty!!</div>
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See her lace slip underneath! </div>
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I glued a little blue flower rose to the bottom of</div>
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the pincushion. It does not hinder in any way of</div>
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the doll standing upright. Just a little finishing touch</div>
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here on the bottom.</div>
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I decided to put an overskirt on top of the shabby</div>
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blue skirt. This is cotton lace and I could not</div>
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that I owned. I used</div>
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the back of the shirt so I would have enough. I just</div>
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I did the slip and the blue skirt. </div>
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Lastly, I cut a long piece of voile ribbon and tied</div>
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it into a bow in the back and cut the ends into a V.</div>
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Isn't this lace beautiful!!</div>
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Hope you all have not been well this winter!</div>
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I have lots of different things planned and hope that you</div>
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pincushion to show you as soon as I finish her. Then I</div>
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Sorry that I did not post this when I said</div>
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half doll from a lady named Lynda who was</div>
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a couple of other things from her which I</div>
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finished with a lot of the half doll pincushions. I</div>
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lady and loves to crochet! She crochets lovely</div>
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doilies with expertise and with low prices. </div>
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Check out her site!</div>
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She also tries to keep the shipping low! </div>
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Hey we all love that. </div>
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I have made smaller patterns that I will post once</div>
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to make them. I use doll clothes, children's clothes,</div>
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laces and whatever I find that is lovely! I haunt</div>
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MEET LILY</div>
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Even though she is not dressed as a flower, she is</div>
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beauty with her white Barbie Crocheted Lacy Gown!</div>
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Made especially for her!</div>
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Thank you Lynda! I hope she is as beautiful as we</div>
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Miniature dollhouse doll wigs. I loved the color and</div>
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the old-fashioned bun. Making her a snood for the</div>
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almost a shame to cover up the lovely bun, but</div>
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the snood won and I believe looks fantastic on her!</div>
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I hope you will agree.</div>
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I did not feel like making a wig, maybe I will try </div>
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to make one later and give you directions.</div>
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I place the wig on her head and held it down till</div>
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the glue dried. Which only took a couple of seconds.</div>
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<strong>WHAT I USED FOR THE BLUE PINCUSHION, </strong></div>
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<strong>SLIP, RUFFLES, SASH AND BOW:</strong></div>
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I had bought a lovely APRIL CORNELL dress for</div>
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a little girl at the thrift store. That's right at the</div>
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thrift store. We all know how expensive her</div>
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clothes are!</div>
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The dress was lined and did not look like it had ever</div>
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been used. Boy what a bargain for $4.00. It was</div>
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mine. I could not believe that no one wanted it.</div>
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I took it home and washed and dried it. I was</div>
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not interested in the dress. I only wanted the </div>
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Blue Lining that was on the inside. It was so</div>
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soft that it felt like Silk even though it was Rayon.</div>
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I do not know where she gets her Rayon from,</div>
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but boy it is like handling SILK! It is so soft </div>
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and just the thinness that I like. It is hard to hold</div>
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onto as it is very slippery and is hard to stitch</div>
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by hand. At least it was for me. You will see its</div>
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beauty, but I am sorry that I did not take a </div>
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before photo of it. </div>
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However the dress was 36 inches long and nothing</div>
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was damaged on it. The Blue lining on the back</div>
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had a natural slit from the bottom going up 8.5</div>
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inches so the child could walk without splitting</div>
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the lining, just like an adult Lady's dress.</div>
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<strong>MAKE THE PINCUSHION PATTERN:</strong></div>
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Tape 3 pieces of computer paper together. Measure</div>
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up 9.5 inches and measure across 20.5 inches. This</div>
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is the pattern for your Pincushion. This should be</div>
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the size you would want if you try a Barbie Crochet</div>
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Gown. You can always mist the crochet and stretch</div>
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it if need be or add a lacy bottom. A slip also does</div>
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the job.</div>
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This is the blue Rayon lining. I made sure the </div>
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bottom of the skirt was even. See the ruler, I </div>
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measured up 9 inches, because of the natural slit going</div>
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up, you should be able to see the slit under the</div>
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ruler. </div>
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This is a side view. Then I cut it off and set</div>
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it aside for a matching slip.</div>
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<strong>NOTE: I cut this slip off and it was doubled</strong></div>
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<strong>because I like full skirts. Set this piece aside</strong></div>
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<strong>and stick a label to it 'SLIP' so you do not cut</strong></div>
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<strong>it.</strong></div>
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Here I show you what is left after the bottom is cut off. </div>
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Also rip or cut away the long back seam that is in</div>
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the middle. This opens up the lining.</div>
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Once opened I turned and used the front side</div>
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because it was a whole piece and not a seam going</div>
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through it. </div>
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As you can see, just enough is left </div>
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to cut out the pattern. Make sure you line up the </div>
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end of the pattern to the fabric. Pin it or lay heavy</div>
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stuff on top so it does not move. Then cut it out.</div>
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After you cut it out, even the edges and pin it.</div>
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Take it to the sewing machine and sew a </div>
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straight seam down.</div>
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This makes a tube. Cut off hanging threads. </div>
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Remove pins.</div>
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It does not matter which end you use. Take one</div>
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end and turn under 1/2 inch for a seam.</div>
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With heavy thread on a little needle, (I use </div>
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small quilting needles and quilting threads), begin</div>
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stitching a seam through both layers. Sew close</div>
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to the edge. I do not bother</div>
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to turn under the raw edge. You may want to.</div>
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See, here I go! </div>
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(Remember this is a small quilting needle).</div>
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Stitch then gather up the threads, and repeat till you</div>
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come to the end. Then make sure to push those gathers</div>
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down so they are tight together and then knot off </div>
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the threads. You only want a finger size hole or</div>
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smaller left for a center hole.</div>
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I have used this cardboard to show the size of the</div>
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cardboard needed. I do not like to use old used</div>
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cardboard. Always use a fresh piece.</div>
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If the cardboard you are using is thin like</div>
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mine, cut 2 pieces and glue them together providing</div>
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there is not any writing on the back sides. Let dry. </div>
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Mine were cut from a recently used postage</div>
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box.</div>
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Cut out a piece of the blue lining a little bigger</div>
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than the cardboard. </div>
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I did not want this ugly side facing the cloth side so </div>
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I turned it before gluing and then decided to</div>
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put information on it for any future reference to the</div>
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doll being made. As you can see I put my </div>
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blog address there, my name and the date made.</div>
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Just a little inside time capsule!</div>
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Here is the bottom of the pincushion tube. That's a</div>
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nice circle! It looks nice with the fabric showing</div>
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through the bottom. Remember to get the hole</div>
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as small as possible. </div>
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I always try to make each pincushion a little </div>
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different than the one made before. Keeps me from</div>
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getting bored with making something the same </div>
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way. I used this piece of damaged cardboard as a</div>
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pattern for an inside piece. It is 3 inches high by</div>
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16 inches long. Cut out a thick piece of cardboard</div>
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and overlap the side edges as shown here by</div>
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2.5 inches. Glue together. Let dry.</div>
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My cardboard is done. What I did here was to take</div>
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COTTON QUILT batting and fold it together like you </div>
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see on the left side of this picture. I wanted to</div>
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pad the outside of the tube so I could</div>
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stick pins in it also. I folded the </div>
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batting to fit the size of the cardboard tube.</div>
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The batting layer going around the cardboard </div>
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tube is 5 layers thick. Make sure a little bit of the</div>
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batting is on the bottom, not much just a little bit.</div>
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Hand sew it closed with strong thread. </div>
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Make sure that your side seam of the blue lining</div>
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fabric faces the inside.</div>
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Then I put the cardboard bottom pieces down first</div>
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inside the blue pincushion with the fabric side</div>
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showing towards the outside bottom of pincushion. </div>
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Try to make sure that the bottom piece is centered, </div>
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with the outside hole, then place your cardboard tube </div>
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that is covered with batting inside the blue lining</div>
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fabric as shown. You will have to keep adjusting </div>
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this so nothing slips away from the hole. Try to </div>
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keep the hole centered. </div>
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Well, as you can see, I stuffed the inside with </div>
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bubble wrap because frankly who has newspapers</div>
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anymore!! Use what you have. But I tell you, it</div>
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does not take much of this bubble wrap before it</div>
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is full. <strong>ANYWAY STUFF IT HARD!</strong></div>
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Now, turn under the top edge of this blue lining</div>
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fabric just like you did on the bottom and run</div>
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your gathering stitch. Do not gather it up right away</div>
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though because you need to finish stuffing. So when</div>
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you stitch it just let the needle and thread dangle.</div>
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(Sorry I forgot the photo for that step).</div>
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Tear cotton quilt batting into pieces. It will take</div>
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a lot. </div>
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Stuff cotton quilt batting pieces really hard over the top </div>
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of the green bubble wrap. You do not want anything</div>
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settling later. Stuff to the top of the cardboard tube.</div>
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Then start gathering up your seam and keep stuffing</div>
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cotton quilt batting pieces till it is so stuffed that</div>
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you think it is going to explode and you cannot get</div>
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another piece inside it! You do not want to feel the</div>
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top of the cardboard tube on the outside of the blue</div>
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lining fabric. If you do feel the inside top of the </div>
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cardboard tube, on the outside, then you better take </div>
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out the batting and stuff the sides better and stuff</div>
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it so that you do not feel it. Remember we want</div>
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to be able to use that lower part of the pincushion</div>
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for also sticking pins in it.</div>
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Once the fabric is gathered then sew it closed.</div>
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(where the half doll goes, I cannot ever seem to</div>
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make this a round circle). If you can make it round,</div>
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then that is great. If not just stitch it closed like</div>
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I did. </div>
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When stuffed the pincushion measures almost 17.5</div>
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inches in circumference (around her body). The </div>
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pincushion is about 6 inches high not including the</div>
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doll. The bottom is about 5 inches round in diameter.</div>
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This is my pincushion stuffed and gathered. See the</div>
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thread dangling on the right side. </div>
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I was still stuffing as hard as I could stuff. I pulled</div>
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the gathers tightly and started stitching it closed.</div>
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I guess I could leave a circle but I like it closed all</div>
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the way.</div>
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Mine is closed and then I criss-cross the circle shut.</div>
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This is my bottom of the pincushion.</div>
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If your hole is not in the center then re-shape it</div>
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until it is.</div>
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<strong>ATTACHING THE HALF-DOLL:</strong></div>
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I could not find my half circle needles! So,</div>
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I had to use my small quilting needle. Hey,</div>
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this worked really well. </div>
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To stitch on the doll through the holes, you</div>
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are going to take one hole (it does not matter</div>
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which hole you start with). Completely stitch</div>
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with needle and doubled quilting thread that one hole</div>
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down onto the fabric. Stitch it many times. When</div>
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finished stitching, anchor it good with a</div>
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knot towards the inside of the doll,</div>
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but do not cut off the knot. Now go to the opposite</div>
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hole from inside the doll, and</div>
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go in that hole, come to the outside of the doll </div>
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and down into the fabric. Take that needle with</div>
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thread back to that beginning hole, to the outside</div>
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of the doll. Take needle out of hole and then</div>
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through the fabric back to the opposite hole</div>
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and repeat till you have enough desired threads</div>
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holding her down as tightly as possible.</div>
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Then do the other 2 holes in the same way.</div>
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<strong>BUT do make sure that you use your quilting</strong></div>
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<strong>threads at least 18 inches long.</strong></div>
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When you have finished stitching through</div>
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the holes, wrap the remainder of the threads</div>
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tightly around the doll waist just above the holes</div>
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as you see here. <strong>I thought that I would</strong></div>
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<strong>try wrapping the thread around the half doll, </strong></div>
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<strong>as I had seen it on many half doll</strong></div>
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<strong>pincushions on ebay that were in bad shape.</strong></div>
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<strong>MY GOODNESS THIS</strong></div>
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<strong>REALLY ANCHORS THE DOLL DOWN<br />TO THE FABRIC. I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL<br />NOW!!</strong></div>
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Then make a knot and hide it inside the</div>
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fabric.<strong> </strong></div>
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<strong>It is amazing how our Mothers and Grandmothers</strong></div>
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<strong>struck upon this idea and that it worked!!!</strong></div>
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<strong>THANK YOU GRANDMA!!</strong></div>
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<strong>However my Grandma never owned one of</strong></div>
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<strong>these pincushions.</strong></div>
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<strong>My half doll is securely anchored to the fabric.</strong></div>
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<strong>She is not moving or going anywhere! I am thoroughly</strong></div>
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<strong>pleased with this!!!</strong></div>
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See, her base is anchored down good. Try this step!</div>
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<strong>MAKING THE SLIP:</strong></div>
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Here is the piece of rayon fabric that I had </div>
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placed aside earlier so I would not accidentally</div>
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cut it. The slip is 9 inches high and 21.5 inches</div>
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long. It is a doubled piece of fabric. I stitched up</div>
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the slit piece that was in the back. </div>
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This slip is easy to make. The bottom is already</div>
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hemmed so that is one step that is taken care of.</div>
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I placed the slip around her to see how much I </div>
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would have to cut off. I cut off about an inch.</div>
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Then I put the slip back on her, turned under a</div>
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hem and ran a gathering stitch all around the top</div>
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edge. Knotted it closed and hid the knot.</div>
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Cut off the threads.</div>
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Here is the front of the Crocheted Barbie doll</div>
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Gown! Incidentally, this was a crocheted Barbie</div>
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wedding gown that Lynda made from a pattern!</div>
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Isn't it lovely!</div>
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Here is the back. Lynda marked with red thread</div>
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for me where lace was suppose to go or whatever </div>
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else.</div>
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I placed the gown on the pincushion and it was </div>
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beautiful!!!</div>
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The only problem was - is that it was hard to see</div>
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the many layers of ruffles. What was I to do!</div>
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I only had a little bit of the blue left, not enough</div>
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to do the job!!</div>
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So a couple of days went</div>
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by until I figured out what I could and should do. </div>
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I needed more blue rayon lining fabric </div>
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to go under each</div>
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set of ruffles so you could see the hard work that</div>
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Lynda put into the gown for me! </div>
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Here you see the blue rayon slip inside!</div>
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A closer look.</div>
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The blue silky rayon slip looks lovely!!!!!</div>
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There is the lovely pincushion.</div>
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It was clear that I did not have enough fabric to</div>
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make the ruffles, so I did the only thing that I</div>
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could do and that was to take off the slip and cut</div>
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up the layers.</div>
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I was a little heartbroken, because I wanted a slip</div>
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with matching ruffles on the gown also.</div>
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Oh well, I bounce back easy enough. The bottom</div>
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of the slip that was already hemmed, I cut 3.5 inches</div>
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high and I am glad that the fabric was doubled </div>
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because that helped me tremendously! It was </div>
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enough to go around the gown.</div>
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So I turned under a small seam and gathered up</div>
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the fabric. Then on the inside of the gown I pinned</div>
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it to hold the ruffles in place. (sorry no pic). </div>
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Then I sewed it around the fabric down onto the inside</div>
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of the crocheted gown. So the hem is facing on the </div>
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inside not on the outside. Because I did not want</div>
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the first ruffle.</div>
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This picture shows the lace ruffle and the </div>
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other blue ruffled fabric beneath each crocheted</div>
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ruffle. </div>
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<strong>The next 3 photos are out of sequence and should</strong></div>
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<strong>FURTHER DOWN I SHOW THE RUFFLES<br />AND HOW I STITCHED THEM DOWN!</strong></div>
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The skirt has turned out so pretty! I am so pleased!</div>
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And the back is just as lovely!</div>
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<strong>TO STITCH THE BLUE LINING FABRIC UNDER<br />THE RUFFLES AND TO STITCH THE LACE<br />TO THE SKIRT, YOU MUST REMOVE THE<br />GOWN FROM THE PINCUSHION.</strong></div>
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This lacy ruffle was the last thing that I sewed on</div>
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the gown. I used 1.5 yards of lace that is not quite</div>
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(just a little under) 2.5 inches wide. Stitch your</div>
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lace together then gather and pin it to the outside</div>
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of the skirt under the lattice ruffle! Adjust the</div>
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gathers. Stitch the lace</div>
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really close to the lattice ruffle so that the gathered</div>
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lace edge will help stick up the lattice ruffle.</div>
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Above the lattice ruffle is another blue rayon fabric.</div>
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Cut the size you need. about 2.5 inches wide. Make</div>
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sure that you have enough fabric length to gather.</div>
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I hand stitched an almost invisible stitch for the hem.</div>
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Then I turned under a hem and lightly gathered the fabric, </div>
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pinned it to the skirt and hand sewed it in place.</div>
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Another view of the same ruffle.</div>
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Now came the second layer from the top. I cut</div>
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blue rayon lining from the slip 2.5 inches wide by</div>
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the length of the slip. Be sure to hem the bottom.</div>
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Turn under a hem at the top, gather it up and </div>
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pin it to the gown. Stitch it down and remove pins.</div>
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Another view of a piece of the second ruffle.</div>
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Another view of the second ruffle.</div>
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Here is the top ruffle. This time I used a </div>
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measuring tape and measured around to get the</div>
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size I needed. I cut 2.5 inches wide by and doubled</div>
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the length of the measurement that I got. </div>
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Be sure to hem the bottom. I turned</div>
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under a small hem and gathered the fabric. Then </div>
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just like the other layers I pinned it and stitched it</div>
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under the ruffle. Remove the pins.</div>
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After the blue lining was stitched on under the</div>
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crocheted ruffles, then I placed the gown back</div>
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onto the doll.</div>
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In this photo, you can see my quilting thread at</div>
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the bottom. I have stitched closed the opening</div>
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by weaving my needle and thread thru the holes.</div>
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See, all done, the back is closed. I must cut off</div>
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my threads.</div>
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See the blue that is showing behind her back. </div>
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It is under the top ruffle.</div>
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I always used blue thread on the blue fabric and</div>
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white thread on the white fabric. On this photo, I</div>
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am still gathering the opening closed. Then I will</div>
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remove the last pin that is on the left.</div>
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When finished stitching the blue fabric closed. Then</div>
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change to white doubled quilting thread and stitch</div>
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close to the edge starting on the right side of the doll</div>
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or the left side and stitch around her waist on the </div>
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edge of the crocheted gown. Once you get back to</div>
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the back side of the gown, then gather it very tightly</div>
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around her waist. Try not to break the threads. Then</div>
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be sure to sew together the back white edges closed</div>
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by weaving your threads in and out of the crochet.</div>
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Make sure it is closed and then it is done.</div>
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(I do not know what happened to these photos </div>
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cause I had them).</div>
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<strong>TO MAKE SASHING AROUND THE WAIST <br />AND THE BOW:</strong></div>
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You can make the sashing and the bow however</div>
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you want to do it. I made it in 2 parts mainly</div>
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because I had a memory relapse and forgot how!</div>
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It was just one of those days.</div>
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<strong>FOR THE STREAMERS:</strong> As I said I made it in </div>
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2 parts. I first cut about</div>
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12 inch long by 2.5 inches wide of the blue</div>
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rayon. I stitched it together leaving open a </div>
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small section to turn. I cut the ends at an angle.</div>
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After turning the sash right side out, I folded</div>
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the sash over onto itself and tied it around her</div>
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waist. NO KNOT. </div>
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Can you see some of the sashing around the waist.</div>
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You can see some of the sashing here which is </div>
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the streamer.</div>
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This soft blue silky rayon lining is very limber.</div>
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Then I cut out another piece of blue rayon sash about</div>
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4 inches wide and about 9 inches long. I stitched it</div>
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closed and left a small opening to turn the fabric.</div>
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Then I stitched it closed. No angled ends on this</div>
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piece of fabric. Then, on this long sash I made</div>
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bunny ears and placed them together and tied</div>
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them inside the 2 long streamers. I did not tie it</div>
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in a knot. No need. Then I shaped the bows how</div>
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I wanted them and placed the streamers like</div>
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I wanted them.</div>
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All done here.</div>
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<strong>MAKE THE BUN SNOOD:</strong></div>
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This is the pretty bun at the back of the wig. Her</div>
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bun is about a half inch or less in size!</div>
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It is very tiny!</div>
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<strong>NOTHING IS GLUED IN HER HAIR!!</strong></div>
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I tried using a piece of Tulle, but there was not</div>
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any on the gown, so it did not look right. Then I</div>
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tried using a piece of pink organza wired ribbon.</div>
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It was pretty and you could see the bun underneath</div>
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it, but again it was wrong because there was not</div>
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any pink in the gown!</div>
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I looked around and the only crochet that I had</div>
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was a few white doily's. But none of them were</div>
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right for the job because for a <strong>SNOOD you need</strong></div>
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<strong>holy crochet! Lol.</strong></div>
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As you can see, I already cut a piece out of the</div>
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doily. </div>
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I will be using the center of this area where my</div>
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thumb is at. Place this inside area on the bun of</div>
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the doll. Lightly mold it with your fingers around</div>
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the bun to see how big you need.</div>
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Keep checking all the time.</div>
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As you can I knotted my thread and weaved it</div>
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in and out of the crochet. You will be stitching</div>
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in a circle. I need to stitch across about 5 of these</div>
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crochet lines for my dolls bun. Stitch it a little </div>
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bigger than the</div>
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bun and keep fitting it to the bun to make sure it</div>
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As you can see I have stitched and made</div>
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a circle. See the knot where I started.</div>
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Lightly gather the stitching with the thread.</div>
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Can you see how it drawing up. You can put your</div>
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finger inside to make sure it is starting to look like</div>
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a hat. Push it out a little. </div>
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It looks like a little cap now!</div>
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It is so tiny!</div>
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Place on the dolls head.</div>
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Now take the knot and pull on it so you now have</div>
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one side with the knot and the other thread is still</div>
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attached to the needle as is in the photo here</div>
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and subsequent photos. <strong>DO NOT GLUE THIS <br />SNOOD ON HER HAIR! GLUE IS MESSY AND<br />THERE IS NOT ANY NEED TO GLUE IT.</strong></div>
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Gather it good but not to tightly, and with your</div>
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fingernails see if you can push the excess</div>
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of her head.</div>
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Use your fingernail and make sure that the</div>
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If you do not have fingernails, use a pin or</div>
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Next lightly gather tightly and shaping</div>
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it again. Leave the needle on the</div>
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thread as you see here.</div>
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Once you are happy with the</div>
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way it looks and all the hair is tucked</div>
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inside, then gather it up not too tightly</div>
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and with both threads make a knot at</div>
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the top of the snood. I find it easier</div>
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to make a knot with the needle still</div>
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attached. It helps to keep the thread</div>
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in your hands.</div>
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Cut off the excess threads.</div>
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All done with this part.</div>
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<strong>SEE, THIS WAS EASY!</strong></div>
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Now with your fingernails, gently</div>
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push the crochet down in and around</div>
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the hair.</div>
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It is good to double check constantly in case</div>
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it comes out when you are not looking.</div>
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I bought this blue satin ribbon for a hair bow.</div>
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Take a long piece about 8 or 9 inches of ribbon.</div>
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Put it around your finger or thumb and tie just once</div>
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around. Leave an opening a little bigger than</div>
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your finger as you see here.</div>
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Place the ribbon around her hair and draw it gently.</div>
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Check each side of her head and under the bun also.</div>
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Make sure it is as you like it and then tie the ribbon into</div>
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a bow above the snood.</div>
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Do not make any unsightly knots. Do not glue!</div>
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Adjust the bow and cut off the ends at an angle.</div>
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How lovely it looks!!</div>
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Hello everyone</div>
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Are you getting ready for Halloween. Have</div>
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you got <strong>HALLOWEEN FEVER!!!</strong> For a change</div>
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I am early.</div>
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<strong>I have been BITTEN by the Half-Dolls and</strong></div>
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<strong>their pincushions.</strong> Going back to an era that</div>
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contained Grace with Beauty. The 1920s, 1930s</div>
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and the 1940s were before my time yet everything</div>
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they owned had a purpose, a function.</div>
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I will be doing tutorials on these half dolls </div>
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that I make so you can see how to make the</div>
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pincushions for them. I hope to be able to make</div>
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the pincushions different for each doll.</div>
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As usual be sure to read thoroughly and understand</div>
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each and all directions before proceeding onto the </div>
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next. IT IS NOT HARD TO MAKE THESE HALF<br />
DOLL PINCUSHIONS, FOR ME, ONLY TIME<br />
CONSUMING. Because it takes me time</div>
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to figure out what I want them to look like.</div>
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Generally I use what I have in my fabric piles.</div>
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I am known for using old and new clothes.</div>
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Some things need a new lease on life!</div>
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<strong>A LOVELY HALF DOLL IN WHITE WILL<br />BE COMING FOR CHRISTMAS!!!</strong></div>
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<strong></strong> </div>
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<strong></strong> </div>
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<strong>Her gown is a deep dark black. I took</strong></div>
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<strong>HUNDREDS of photo's (every step of the way),</strong></div>
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<strong>and many of my photo's did not take well</strong></div>
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<strong>(or there would have been more). But if</strong></div>
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<strong>you know anything about a little bit of sewing,</strong></div>
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<strong>perhaps you will understand what I am saying</strong></div>
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<strong>or improvise. Thank you for your consideration</strong></div>
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<strong>in realizing these tutorials do not always come</strong></div>
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<strong>easy to make for some people.</strong></div>
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<strong>MEET MELANIE!</strong></div>
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Yes, I know that Melanie is not a good witch name</div>
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but I was hoping for a pretty witch. As</div>
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it turns out I cannot stick a pin in her</div>
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to use, but I can stick a couple of pins</div>
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in her to show you her use. I never</div>
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plan on taking the pins out!</div>
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Melanie is lovely and I hope you</div>
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think so also.</div>
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As far as I know a Halloween witch has</div>
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never been made for one of these half dolls. </div>
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<strong>So I think that I give to you THE FIRST. I hope that</strong></div>
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<strong>Melanie sparks your creativity and the interest</strong></div>
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<strong>to THEME a half doll.</strong></div>
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Get ready for lots of photos.<strong> </strong></div>
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<strong>This is a LONG </strong><strong>TUTORIAL.</strong></div>
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Melanie takes on a mystique quality when it involves</div>
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a close up. TAKE A PEEK! Including the half-doll</div>
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and the pincushion she is about 11 inches tall.</div>
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This half doll only cost me $3.00. That is right!</div>
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She was a bargain. The half doll was only dirty.</div>
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Melanie cleaned up nicely!</div>
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Her cape is glittery and so is her hat.</div>
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I used an earring on her hat and silk ribbon for </div>
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the cape ties.</div>
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This is a fat pincushion! I love it!!!</div>
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Sorry that this photo is a little light, but you can</div>
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see the gown better. In this pic her face did not</div>
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take very well, but that is okay.</div>
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Here is Melanie on my cutting table. Sorry about</div>
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the mess, but craft and cutting tables get like that.</div>
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Or maybe I am just messy like that. Lol.</div>
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The deep black gown also glitters because of the</div>
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many sequins that is on the gown.</div>
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Just a better close-up of the bottom of the gown.</div>
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As you can tell this is Melanie's cape.</div>
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I lifted up the cape to give you a peek underneath.</div>
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I opted for something simple.</div>
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Here is Melanie without the cape.</div>
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A close up of her hat, bodice and skirt.</div>
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All of my hats are big. Her hat is 2 inches high</div>
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from the top of her brim to the top of the</div>
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flower where the hat bends.</div>
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This skirt has 3 layers. The first layer has the</div>
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ruffle.</div>
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This is the second inner ruffle. Even though you</div>
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cannot see it - it also glitters with sequins.</div>
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This is the inner skirt.</div>
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are pure black.</div>
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The pincushion is a lovely 100% black silk.</div>
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<strong>1. </strong>I attach the dolls to the pincushion with</div>
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<strong>2.</strong> If you sew the half doll down you will also</div>
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<strong>3.</strong> Last year I had bought this girls skirt from the </div>
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I noticed this year that they are still around,</div>
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if you prefer to use the type of skirt that I have. </div>
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This skirt has the outer skirt, an inner piece and the</div>
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inner skirt ALL ATTACHED TOGETHER by the</div>
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waistband. There are plenty of sequins on the skirt.</div>
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The waistband is used for the WITCH HAT, so be sure</div>
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to keep this part when it gets cut off. Also needed for</div>
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the witch hat is any kind of earring that dangles. I</div>
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used 4 ready made bows that I bought from Wal-Mart</div>
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years ago. I believe these are still around. Check</div>
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JoAnn's fabrics or online.</div>
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Here is the real color of the skirt. Make sure the </div>
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skirt has no holes and is in very good condition.</div>
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Just another look at the layers. </div>
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This is the tag that was on the inside of the skirt.</div>
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<strong>4.</strong> My daughter's lovely black silk skirt that she no</div>
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longer wanted became the PINCUSHION BASE. You</div>
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do need a large piece of silk to make this pincushion!</div>
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I used a 4&1/2 inch plastic butter lid instead of</div>
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cardboard for the base. Again use what you have.</div>
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Also needed is Polyester filling or cotton Quilt batting</div>
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that I prefer torn into strips and then tiny pieces.</div>
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If using cotton quilt batting like me then </div>
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it will take a lot for this fat pincushion!</div>
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<strong>5.</strong> This glittery fabric came from a costume</div>
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cape/skirt/dress from the thrift store YEARS AGO.</div>
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I used some of it for the cape on a porcelain doll</div>
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that I remade into a Halloween witch. My grand</div>
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daughter Elise promptly took the doll home with her.</div>
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I still have some of this glittery fabric left, even</div>
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after this project. You will also need black satin or</div>
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silk ribbon for the cape ties.</div>
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<strong>6.</strong> You need a Half Doll. I looked around and</div>
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found this doll with the orange bodice and</div>
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black trim. Perfect for the $3.00 price I paid</div>
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for her! Melanie did not have any chips</div>
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or cracks on her.</div>
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Melanie's back.</div>
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<strong>LETS BEGIN WITH THE PINCUSHION.</strong></div>
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As in the making of the pattern for the other</div>
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pincushion, you must make a pattern. Tape together</div>
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4 pieces of printer paper. Be sure to tape the front</div>
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and the back. You do not want the pattern falling</div>
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apart. </div>
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You see what I have written on the paper. I was</div>
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hoping to get about an 8&1/2 inch high pincushion.</div>
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But I did not get that. The pincushion is fat!!!!!</div>
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And I love the fatness of it. The height turned out</div>
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to be more to 6&1/2 inches high. You will see later</div>
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on in a photo the ruler that is placed next to it.</div>
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So, I now know that if I want a taller pincushion</div>
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that I must go taller than a 12 inch height. </div>
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Cut this pattern out and place it on your fabric. <br />
You can place the pattern on a seam or however</div>
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you wish on the BLACK FABRIC that enables</div>
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you to get this size. That choice is yours.</div>
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In this photo, I have taken the width of 21&1/2 </div>
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inches and folded it in half.</div>
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I pinned it with pins that you can see </div>
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I used white thread so I could see what I was</div>
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doing. Anyway sew a seam and be careful not</div>
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to run over the pins.</div>
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Seam made as straight as possible. </div>
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Also be sure to backstitch your seams.</div>
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This forms a TUBE. Both sides of the tube</div>
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are open.</div>
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Cut off the end threads.</div>
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My pincushion has only this seam as you can see.</div>
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Lay the tube down as you see her so the seam is</div>
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facing you. </div>
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Put the seam so you can see it.</div>
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Finger press it open. Do this several times.</div>
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Turn to the right side. Do you see my seam here.</div>
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We are going to make the bottom first. See this is</div>
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the right side of the tube. See my seam. It does </div>
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not matter which side of the open tube that you use.</div>
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Just pick one. </div>
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Thread a needle with long black thread and set </div>
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aside. Start at the seam (as above photo) </div>
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and turn under</div>
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the raw edge about a half inch. </div>
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With the long threaded needle start sewing </div>
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through both layers as you see I am doing here.</div>
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See here.</div>
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Once you have finished sewing all the way around</div>
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gather it up!</div>
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Just gather it up nicely and make sure there are</div>
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not any puckers. Keep the tension tight/taut</div>
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and knot off the thread on the inside near</div>
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the seam.</div>
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It will look something like this. If you want a </div>
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more rounder shape than what you see here, then</div>
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play with it. This look does not bother me.</div>
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I used a 4 & 1/2 inch lid (you can use cardboard)</div>
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if you prefer. </div>
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Place the lid or cardboard on the inside of your</div>
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tube. Place it in the middle of the bottom.</div>
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Start at the bottom trying to keep the butter</div>
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lid or cardboard in the middle of the tube.</div>
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<strong>STUFF FIRMLY!!!! </strong></div>
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<strong>With each little bit of stuffing that you do,</strong></div>
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<strong>be sure to keep smashing the cotton quilt</strong></div>
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<strong>batting or fiberfill down hard.</strong></div>
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I am at the top of the pincushion. And as I sew</div>
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the top closed keep adding in batting or fiberfill</div>
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till you can no longer add anymore.</div>
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Start at the seam and turn under the raw edge.</div>
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With a long threaded needle sew through</div>
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both layers. </div>
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My seam ended up to be a long seam and not</div>
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round. I hope this does not bother you. This lady</div>
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has hips! I could have still stuffed in more quilt</div>
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batting to get as much of the wrinkles out as possible.</div>
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Now, at this point you might have to start molding</div>
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the pincushion into shape. I have done this also</div>
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to mine. Just get a pleasing shape to you while</div>
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still making sure that the butter lid or cardboard</div>
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still stays in the middle at the bottom</div>
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The top of the pincushion.</div>
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The bottom of the pincushion. The butter lid or</div>
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cardboard is still in the middle. Can you see the</div>
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indention of it.</div>
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My pincushion worked out to be this high.</div>
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Perhaps yours is taller or shorter. It does</div>
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not matter. </div>
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If you have stuffed it firmly, then it should be</div>
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about 20&1/2 inches around. If not it is okay.</div>
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Every person is an individual. </div>
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Take your half doll and make sure she is</div>
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clean and sparkly!</div>
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Place the half doll in the middle of your stitching</div>
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line. make sure she is even from side to side and</div>
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front to back. (I am sorry but the photo's for </div>
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attaching the doll did not turn out) Just take a</div>
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few big head straight pins and put through the holes into the</div>
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pincushion to just anchor the doll down till you</div>
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get ready to sew her down. Place her where she </div>
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will not get knocked over. </div>
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<strong>If you have another method of attaching the half</strong></div>
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<strong>doll down buy all means do what you prefer.</strong></div>
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<strong>Now is the time to use your method or proceed</strong></div>
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<strong>on to mine.</strong></div>
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I do not put sewing needles in large pincushions</div>
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because they get lost inside the pincushion and</div>
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can poke you badly. The bottle cap pincushions </div>
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or any kind of small pincushion is ideal for needles.</div>
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Here is the 2 inch curved needle in the pincushion.</div>
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Can you see it better here. Take this needle and</div>
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thread it with black or whatever color you wish with</div>
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BUTTON THREAD. This type of thread is strong.</div>
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So is Carpet thread. Knot the end of the thread.</div>
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Take your pincushion with the doll on it and take</div>
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one at a time or all of the pins out of the doll holes.</div>
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Start with one of the holes and stitch the doll down</div>
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into the pincushion. You will have to get used to </div>
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putting the needle in and out and how to swing</div>
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the needle to come up into the air to be able to get</div>
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another stitch. I am confident in you that you </div>
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can do it!</div>
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Do one hole at a time.</div>
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Sorry but those photos did not take! So I cannot </div>
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show you anymore of that.</div>
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Once you are finished with sewing the half doll</div>
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down - then we move onto her gown</div>
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<strong>MAKING THE GOWN FOR THE HALF DOLL.</strong></div>
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Like I said this is the skirt that I used. If you have</div>
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found something different and better then that is</div>
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okay.</div>
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With the half doll attached to the pincushion, we then</div>
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must measure. I eyeball everything and then add.</div>
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Place the skirt around the pincushion. Do not worry</div>
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about her head. (some of these photos also were not</div>
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clear). Sorry about that.</div>
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Fluff the skirt out at the bottom. Run your hands</div>
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around the body of the pincushion and keep the</div>
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skirt uniform, at the back pinch together to see how</div>
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much fabric needs to come off. Put a pin there and</div>
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keep adjusting and playing with it until the skirt </div>
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looks right around the pincushion. Do not cut anything.</div>
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Mine worked out to be 4&1/2 inches. I will not cut</div>
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off that. I will cut off something like 3&1/2 to 4 inches</div>
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when I get ready to cut it off. At this point you can</div>
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remove the pin if you are working on the skirt now.</div>
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You might want to leave the pin if you are taking</div>
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a break just so you do not forget the measurement.</div>
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I kept right on going. </div>
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For now, just measure with a ruler. My first pin</div>
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goes towards the top of the fabric but not on the </div>
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waistband at the 4&12 inch mark. (By the way </div>
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the waistband is little stretchy. And you want that).</div>
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Back to the skirt See where my pin headed straight</div>
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pins start. Mine starts at the 4&12 inch mark on</div>
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the ruler. Yours might start somewhere else.</div>
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I pin just as you see here all around the skirt</div>
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and I end about 9 inches away from where the first </div>
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pink pin is placed. (Remember my first pink pin</div>
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is placed 4&12 edges away from the left edge. <br />
So I must stop my pins 4&1/2 inches in the back away from</div>
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that same edge making it 9 inches total). </div>
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Your measurement</div>
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might be the same as mine or not. Just remember</div>
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that your pin should stop on the backside in the</div>
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same place as your first pin started. </div>
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Also be sure to only pin through the front 3 layers</div>
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of the skirt as you pin around the skirt. Does that</div>
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make sense to you. Do not pin the front and back</div>
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together. Also notice that I have pinned everything</div>
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on the front side of the skirt. </div>
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<strong>THE MOST CONSUMING PART IN MAKING</strong></div>
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<strong>THIS SKIRT IS THE PINNING.</strong> <strong>BUT<br />BELIEVE ME THIS GOES REALLY FAST!</strong></div>
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<strong>THE REASON IS<br />BECAUSE BEFORE I CUT ANY OF THIS<br />SKIRT, I WILL PLACE IT ON TOP OF THE<br />DOLL PINCUSHION TO SEE IF IT FITS OR<br />NEEDS TO BE BIGGER.</strong></div>
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See where I have ended 9 inches away from the </div>
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first pink pin.</div>
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Now, notice your skirt. See how mine flares out on</div>
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the sides. See where I have pinned down this side.</div>
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I have placed the pins where they flare out mimicking</div>
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the flare of the sides.</div>
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Pin the other side the same way. By the way I use</div>
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CORSAGE PINS. Sorry, I forgot to tell you sooner.</div>
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Just another photo to show you my pins. Be sure</div>
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to check and make sure everything is right as it</div>
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should be. At this point place it on the pincushion.</div>
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If it fits nicely then it is time to cut.</div>
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Start at the bottom of the skirt to the left of the pin</div>
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and with your scissors cut through the 3 layers all</div>
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the way to the top, even cutting away the waistband.</div>
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Starting at the waistband, cutting away the seam </div>
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from the skirt. Be careful with the pins. </div>
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Cut it away all round the skirt untill you get where</div>
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the pins end.</div>
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On the left is where I started cutting away the excess</div>
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fabric with the waistband. On the right is where I</div>
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finished cutting at the bottom edge of the pins. </div>
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This is my skirt with the 9 inches cut away. Yours</div>
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will look similar. This skirt is scrunched up in this</div>
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photo, nothing in the middle is cut out here as what the</div>
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photo appears.</div>
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Now, what I did was to take the right side of the</div>
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skirt (like in the above photo) and place that pinned</div>
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side on top of the left side. Pins on top of pins. Match</div>
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it up as good as you can. Make sure all layers are in</div>
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the seam before you sew it together. </div>
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I have a photo missing here that just was so blurry that</div>
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I could not use it. Anyway I left the pins in and stitched</div>
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as you see here. Being careful not to stitch on any</div>
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pins. You can see the pink pins are still in the waistband area. </div>
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The pink pins are still on the inside edge of </div>
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the side seam also.</div>
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Then I turned the skirt right side out and took out</div>
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those side pins. Try not to let the pins stick you!</div>
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Your skirt should have a flare on the sides if your</div>
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skirt originally had the flares. See the pink headed</div>
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pins. They are still there.</div>
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With a long black threaded sewing</div>
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needle turn</div>
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under the raw edge and start sewing a seam</div>
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through the layers all around the edge of the skirt.</div>
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Remove each pin as you go.</div>
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Gather it up, adjust the gathers somewhat and leave</div>
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a hole big enough to go over the half doll's head.</div>
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Place the skirt around the end of the</div>
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of her bodice onto the pincushion.</div>
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Draw up those gathers as tightly as possible. </div>
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Keep the thread taut and tight but do not break</div>
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the thread, and knot the thread really good.</div>
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And as in quilting draw the thread to the inside </div>
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by carefully pulling the knot through to the</div>
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inside of the fabric before cutting the thread</div>
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off.</div>
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Adjust the gathers and play with the skirt</div>
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to arrange folds or layers.</div>
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Do the same to the back. </div>
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The skirt will move. If you have a side longer</div>
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turn it towards the back. Adjust and play with</div>
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the skirt until it looks right. </div>
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It is up to you if you want to give her a nice</div>
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ribbon bow, but you do not need it. Remember</div>
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she is a witch. I opted to not have one.</div>
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<strong>SKIRT IS FINISHED.</strong></div>
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<strong>MAKING THE CAPE.</strong></div>
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As I stated earlier. This was a piece of a costume</div>
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that I had left over from a prior project.</div>
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It is lovely glittery and sheer.</div>
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This skirt still had 2 seams left in it. I still have more.</div>
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I cut away the excess fabric at each of the</div>
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seams. I cut to the right of the seams so I could</div>
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still use those seams. Does this make sense</div>
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to you? I liked having the seams on each side</div>
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of the cape. It kind of finished off the edges.</div>
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You might not like it and if that is the</div>
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case then cut the seams off. </div>
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Here is the size of the piece of this glittery</div>
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fabric to use for your cape.</div>
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See how I cut to the right of the seam.</div>
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See the ruler above. It is there for me to measure </div>
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with. I hand sewed almost 4 inches away from the </div>
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top. Start at the right side and with a threaded needle</div>
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start at the side raw edge and just sew across the</div>
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fabric to the other side. The stitches do not have</div>
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to be too small nor to big. </div>
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Gather up the fabric as you go to about 2 to 3 inches.</div>
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Make a knot and cut off the threads.</div>
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I used about 12 inches of black silk ribbon</div>
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that I bought from the internet. Remember her</div>
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pincushion is 100% silk so I wanted the ribbon</div>
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to match. </div>
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What I did was to fold the ribbon in half to</div>
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find the middle of the ribbon, then I placed</div>
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the middle point of the ribbon in the middle </div>
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of the gathered glittery fabric. Let both sides</div>
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of the ribbon dangle. (I am right handed).</div>
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I started at the right side of the edge of the</div>
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glittery fabric. Placed my knot where you could </div>
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not see it and started sewing in the</div>
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middle of the ribbon on top of the gathered</div>
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stitches. I pulled up the gathers of the ribbon</div>
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as I went. This is called rauching. Sew to</div>
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the other edge, then I knotted</div>
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off the thread when finished and cut it off.</div>
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Always hide your knots even if I forget to</div>
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tell you to do so.</div>
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Place the cape around her neck and tie or</div>
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knot it. I did not knot it. I only tied it once.</div>
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Let this top part of the cape fall back onto</div>
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the rest of the cape. Refer to the photo's if</div>
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need be. Fluff it up.</div>
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<strong>MAKING THE WITCH HAT.</strong></div>
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Making a witch's hat is easy. You can</div>
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try to find a pattern or try my way.</div>
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Everyone is unique. It is great if your</div>
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hat turns out differently than mine!</div>
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Do not worry or sweat it.</div>
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Below is a photo of the waistband. You</div>
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want this to be a little stretchy. This is not</div>
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the exact measurement that I cut off from it.</div>
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You will see below that it is actually a little</div>
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longer than 7 inches.</div>
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I cut almost in half 4 inches for the top </div>
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of the hat. (The top piece</div>
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that I cut away will be the brim so do</div>
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not throw the leftover piece away).</div>
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Because I like a tall hat is the reason mine</div>
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is 4 inches. Plus at 4 inches you can scrunch</div>
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this hat smaller if you wish. </div>
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<strong>BUT DO NOT CUT THIS APART JUST<br />YET!!!</strong></div>
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Notice how this bottom piece of the</div>
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waistband flares out a little bit. I used </div>
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that to my advantage. It is this part that</div>
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I will put against the doll's head to get</div>
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her measurement.</div>
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You can not see how the rest of the piece</div>
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(of the fabric above) is scrunched up in my</div>
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left hand, but it is. I am measuring her head.</div>
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All I did was take the piece and wrap</div>
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it around her head. Measure it good and</div>
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had about an inch to what you have. If</div>
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it takes all 5 inches then that is okay.</div>
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If 4 inches will do it then that is okay also.</div>
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Okay I have my measurement. I know where</div>
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I am cutting the fabric at. </div>
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So then I folded that piece of the </div>
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waistband fabric in half. See how it is</div>
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a little over 7 inches.</div>
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See how I cut this. I</div>
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cut a little above 4 inches.</div>
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Open up both pieces again. See</div>
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the shape. This is what you want.</div>
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Cut those wings away so that you</div>
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have 3 inches of the fabric left.</div>
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The top part will be used for the</div>
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brim.</div>
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I took the 2 pieces, the brim and the hat and placed</div>
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them on top of a piece of the glittery fabric</div>
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Notice that I rounded off 2 sides of the hat brim.</div>
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So, cut the glittery pieces out larger like this.</div>
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For the pointed hat part, turn both pieces to the</div>
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inside and sew. I hand sewed it. You could </div>
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machine sew it if you want. See why I said</div>
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to cut the glittery pieces out larger, so that</div>
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you make sure it gets sewed in. You can always</div>
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cut off excess. I leave the bulk in</div>
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for my hats. </div>
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Some people sew this to the inside seam. I don't.</div>
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I just place it inside up against the seam. If the</div>
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wire gets crooked inside then I can twist the</div>
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shape into what I like. You must play with it.</div>
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Sorry this photo is blurry. Do not enlarge it, it </div>
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might hurt your eyes. The wire is inside and I bent</div>
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down the top piece. I have also stuffed the inside</div>
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with tiny torn pieces of quilt batting to give the hat</div>
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shape.</div>
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Play with it. Stuff with batting or fiberfill just</div>
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far enough up to where her head can still be put</div>
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in there. Do not cut off the excess glittery fabric</div>
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yet. (I never cut this excess glittery fabric off, I</div>
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left it there for bulk to stick in or out).</div>
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Here is the brim part. I removed the glittery part</div>
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and put as slit in there for her head. Measure up to</div>
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her head so her head goes up and in. Put the</div>
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glittery fabric on top and cut in a small slit just </div>
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enough to open. </div>
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I know this part looks strange. But what I did was</div>
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hat fabric edge. (not the glittery edge).</div>
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Then with white thread as you can see here I started</div>
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whip stitching the 2 pieces together. Sew all the</div>
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way around the 2 pieces until they are sewn together.</div>
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Knot off the thread and cut it. </div>
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<strong>This photo is very blurry. Do not enlarge it, cause</strong></div>
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<strong>you can see it better this way.</strong> </div>
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See where I sewed all around the edge of the brim</div>
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and the pointed hat. They are now sewn together.</div>
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any which way you choose. Cut it off to your liking.</div>
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a sheer flowered bow. I placed 3 more flowered</div>
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bows on her hat. I took an ear ring that had a </div>
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wire I shoved it really good into the pointed area</div>
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shove the ear ring hard. The ear ring also came</div>
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Place the hat on her head anyway you like. </div>
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Hide the white or black stitches by pushing it </div>
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witch!!</div>
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<strong> HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!</strong></div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-37063559987321417982015-09-01T02:06:00.002-07:002016-01-12T22:05:54.774-08:00Make a Half Doll Pincushion from a Music Box Dancer!!<div align="center">
<strong>MAKE A HALF DOLL PINCUSHION</strong><br />
<strong>FROM A BRADLEY MUSIC</strong><br />
<strong>DOLL DANCER!!</strong><br />
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I have made another <strong>EASY TUTORIAL</strong><br />
for a half doll pincushion!</div>
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This time she is made from a Bradley</div>
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wind up Music Box Dancer Doll.</div>
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You have seen these around I am sure or perhaps</div>
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you have one that you do not know what to do with.</div>
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Well, I hope to inspire you to take out that doll and</div>
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make her over into a lovely half doll pincushion.<br />
Perhaps you already have some vintage half doll<br />
pincushions around, if so why not add this<br />
one to your collection.<br />
Mix old with new!!<br />
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This Bradley Half doll Music Box Dancer was only<br />
$3.00 at the thrift store. Her gown was in perfect<br />
mint condition. The only thing wrong<br />
with her was that the music box did not<br />
play correctly, so she would not dance. <br />
And I do not know how to fix them!<br />
I am not sure if the doll would even be<br />
worth fixing??<br />
My music doll dancer did not have any<br />
smell on her. Make sure your dancer<br />
does not have any smell either.<br />
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I would never tear up a working Music Box Dancer <br />
half doll, but if you find one with a beautiful<br />
gown and it does not work. <br />
Hey I say 'GO FOR IT'!<br />
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I have a place above my sewing machine at my desk<br />
that the half doll pincushions I make will be displayed.<br />
Believe me, I have 2 more that I am making and I will<br />
give you directions on how to make each one of them.<br />
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These half dolls are just gorgeous. That is, if you<br />
love vintage items then these half doll pincushions<br />
should speak to you. Well, Lord knows they have<br />
been speaking to me!!!<br />
Lols<br />
Each doll I make will be different, so I hope to be able to show<br />
you how to make your own pattern. <br />
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Today I will be showing you how to make the Peach<br />
half doll pincushion that is in the middle. <br />
She stands a little over 6 inches tall and around the<br />
lower part of her base she is 15 & 1/2 inches in<br />
circumference. You make think this is big, but it<br />
is not. Her pincushion goes slimmer the closer you<br />
go to her waistline. And if you compare the doll<br />
on the right to her, you see she is small in comparison<br />
to her. <br />
I will show you how to do the half doll pincushion <br />
(in white) located to the left of the <br />
Peach half doll, but that tutorial will<br />
come later, and will not be on this posting. </div>
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<strong>HERE IS MY HALF DOLL PINCUSHION</strong><br />
<strong>FINISHED!</strong><br />
Her gown and her hat will stay on the <br />
doll. Truly, the only thing she will <br />
be getting is a pincushion!<br />
Now, if you find one of these Music Box<br />
Dancer Dolls with a gown in bad condition,<br />
then remake it by taking the gown apart<br />
and using it as a pattern. You could truly<br />
make the half doll pincushion to your liking,<br />
especially if you did not like the color of<br />
her gown. I am sure if you do not like the<br />
hat, that it would come off easily. You might have<br />
to pick off the glue and hopefully it would<br />
all come off, but if not, just make another<br />
hat, identical or not and glue it on her head.<br />
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<strong>MEET CHARLOTTE.</strong> This was the name<br />
given to her by her creator by the Bradley<br />
Music Box Dancer Doll.<br />
I have opted to keep that as her name<br />
since she came with it.<br />
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Here she is close up. I have her holding onto a silk<br />
rose. As you can see, the half doll is lovely!<br />
So why don't you remake a Music Box Dancer<br />
into a half doll pincushion!!!<br />
These dolls deserve to be reused. However I do<br />
not know if they are vintage. I did not look up<br />
the year of their birth. They are not porcelain.<br />
They seem to be a hard, hard plastic. But honestly<br />
you can hardly tell unless you flick it with your<br />
finger. The details on these dolls are outstanding!<br />
Look at her hair. Her eyes are lovely.<br />
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A side view of my half doll pincushion.<br />
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Another side view of my half doll pincushion.<br />
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Her back side. <br />
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Her hat.<br />
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BRADLEY MUSIC DOLL DANCER!!<br />
Read all directions and understand them <br />
before you begin on the doll or make the<br />
pincushion.<br />
This is what the doll originally looked like.<br />
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She did not have any frills.<br />
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Her back side was plain. You really cannot<br />
see the wind up key hidden under her lace<br />
overskirt. But it is there.<br />
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On this side view you can see peeking<br />
out from underneath of her skirt,<br />
is her white base.<br />
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You can see some of her white<br />
base under the tag also.<br />
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This was still on the doll when I got her. No one<br />
took her tags off. She must have been stored for<br />
a long time.<br />
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I have lifted her lace overskirt to show you the key.<br />
I love the bottom ruffle that is seen on many <br />
of the pincushions. <br />
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A peek near the bottom.<br />
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This is the bottom. The tag still showed her name!<br />
Amazing that the tags glued on <br />
were still there. Peeling up, but still there!<br />
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The width of this base is about 4 inches as you can see <br />
with the ruler. My half doll pincushion is not that<br />
wide across the base.<br />
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<strong>NOW, LETS TAKE HER APART!!!</strong><br />
Lift up the lace overskirt in the back of the doll,<br />
and find the wind up key.<br />
It is easy to remove. Just unscrew it. <br />
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Some of the cloth skirt could have some glue on it<br />
to hold the skirt down. I found this to be easy with<br />
this doll. I guess because it is old. Anyway try to<br />
locate where the glue is, and gently lift away the skirt<br />
while holding or pressing back the white fabric base.<br />
It is possible that the skirt just peels away, like mine<br />
did. I do not have any old glue residue on the inside of<br />
my skirt. If you do get some old glue on your<br />
skirt, try to pick it off. <br />
See, that old nasty glue residue. <br />
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I am lifting the skirt up so you can see her oblong<br />
base and close to the top.<br />
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As you can see, her base is about 4 inches long. That<br />
is a good size. <br />
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She measured about 13 inches around.<br />
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We will need to start at the bottom. These are easy<br />
to remove. Remove any stickers. They peel off easy.<br />
I found that this long white plastic thing is just glued<br />
to the base. I pulled off the 2 round discs that<br />
you see here. For me they popped off. <br />
I just used my fingers and peeled up the <br />
rectangular white plastic thing.<br />
For me, it all came up really easy. No hard work<br />
at all. <br />
Underneath the rectangular plastic thing is the<br />
bottom for this music box. I do not have a photo<br />
here, but you should see 2 holes where those round<br />
discs were. Just put your scissors in there and snip<br />
away some of the bottom fabric. Snip in a circle<br />
cause what you want to do is cut away the bottom<br />
of the fabric because you cannot use it. Mine was <br />
still glued to the foam board base. <br />
Make sure that you do not cut any of the fabrics<br />
on the sides as that is your pattern. Try to <br />
keep that in tact. <br />
Lift the white fabric and tear out all of the music box<br />
pieces and the foam.<br />
I call this white fabric once everything on the <br />
inside has been removed - A WHITE SAC.<br />
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After everything is torn away and or removed,<br />
this is what you will see. I will call it a 'NUB'.<br />
It is made of wood quite possibly from a dowel.<br />
But I still call it a nub because not much of it<br />
sticks out as you can see beneath the white sac. <br />
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Clean off some of the glue residue. It should<br />
pick off easy as it is old glue. Use some <br />
tweezers to help grip it if needed. Truly,<br />
the glue does not take long to clean away.<br />
Do not get picky with it, some will remain.<br />
What you cannot get off, do not worry about<br />
it. Some will not come off.<br />
Let go of the white sac and let it fall and <br />
hide the nub.<br />
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Find a starting place and gently lift away<br />
a piece of the white sac from the NUB. <br />
This is where I started peeling away<br />
the sack from the NUB. <br />
I am not worried about this little bit of glue,<br />
because it will be hid inside the pincushion.<br />
Work your way around the NUB until you <br />
remove the white sac. Try not to tear the white<br />
sac.<br />
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See, white sac all gone! Here you can see how<br />
the skirt is attached with string. As you can see,<br />
the peach skirt is glued to the nub. String for<br />
security.<br />
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Now, this is what you should have. The white sac<br />
should look similar to mine. It is made of<br />
white T-shirt material or a thin jersey. It<br />
is still stretchy. See the bottom of the<br />
seam, cut those threads and open<br />
this up.<br />
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This becomes your pattern for the pincushion. <br />
<strong>UP TO THIS POINT, IT HAS BEEN SUPER EASY!!!</strong><br />
<strong>ALSO, IT HAS BEEN SUPER FAST!!!!</strong><br />
Wouldn't you agree?<br />
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I AM MELTING!!!! Charlotte sits on her nub<br />
while waiting to be put back together.<br />
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<br />
<strong>MAKING THE PINCUSHION SAC.</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong>((Here is another way to make the pincushion </strong><br />
<strong>besides the way that I show.</strong><br />
<strong>Cut a 3 or 4 inch round cardboard base. Cut your</strong><br />
<strong>fabric bottom piece a half inch bigger than the cardboard.</strong><br />
<strong>Then cut a rectangle piece of fabric, the height is your</strong><br />
<strong>choice although I would make it taller than the nub.</strong><br />
<strong>Allow for a seam. Sew the bottom fabric onto the</strong><br />
<strong>rectangle fabric. Turn fabric to the right side.</strong><br />
<strong>Stuffing required. If you use this way, it is easy,</strong><br />
<strong>but you will have to mingle these directions in </strong><br />
<strong>with my other directions, as I used the fabric </strong><br />
<strong>as a pattern)).</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
Okay, there will be a smaller seam. Open it up and<br />
this is what the pattern will look like.<br />
This is the pattern and the way that I will<br />
be using. I have to tell you that I had some trouble<br />
making it this way.<br />
I opted to use a pretty off white Cami. It was <br />
Satin with some nylon to give it some stretch.<br />
I wanted the pincushion to be shiny underneath<br />
the shiny peach skirt. What you use is up to you,<br />
but for this pincushion -<strong> USE FABRIC WITH</strong><br />
<strong>A LITTLE BIT OF STRETCH OR GIVE TO IT.</strong><br />
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I took the pattern and folded one side on to the other<br />
to make it what you see here. On the fold, I cut this out.<br />
The fold of the fabric is on the right side. Do you<br />
see the fold?<br />
I followed the outline of the pattern and just cut <br />
the excess fabric away with the scissors. I did not<br />
pin anything. As you can tell the pattern was about<br />
5.5 X 5.5 inches. I cut it bigger and I am so<br />
glad that I did!!!<br />
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Remove your pattern and sew up the 2 seams. Back <br />
stitch so the seam does not come undone. This is<br />
what it should look like.<br />
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Cut the bottom piece a half inch bigger all the way<br />
around the cardboard. My piece of cardboard<br />
is 3 inches around.<br />
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As you can see I had a little trouble. One side<br />
was a little pointed. Since I am going to use<br />
this pincushion, I did not let it bother me.<br />
You can make it perfect if you like.<br />
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As you can it is a sac with a little opening.<br />
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For the cardboard, I cut 2 pieces of cardboard<br />
3 inches around as stated above. <br />
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I glued both pieces together and let it dry. Then<br />
trimmed the edges even. Draw a round circle on the cardboard<br />
just to show the middle.<br />
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Something happened to me here, cause I never saw<br />
that piece on the right. I must have been sleepy. <br />
Instead of drawing a circle I recommend making<br />
an X - as you can judge the center better.<br />
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Now, I probably would not have had any trouble<br />
making the pincushion. But I wanted more<br />
stability for this doll. This step lengthens the doll.<br />
My husband had a piece of<br />
plastic pipe that he cut a little more than <br />
3 inches long for me.<br />
Make sure the NUB fits inside, if you do this part.<br />
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We used LOCTITE glue and buttered it up on the<br />
inside. You see the glue.<br />
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With the nub secured inside, I let it set 24 hours <br />
to make sure it held fast. That pipe is secure to <br />
the nub. <br />
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After the pipe has dried.<br />
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I then glued the pipe down onto the cardboard.<br />
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This is the pincushion sac. Notice that I<br />
had to cut off some of the top!! This was to<br />
allow the cardboard to get inside. <br />
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My fabric was a little stretchy and that helped<br />
allow me to put it in. This is how I got it in <br />
the sac. If your fabric is not stretchy and you<br />
are fixing the pincushion this way, then you<br />
will not be able to get the base inside of the<br />
pincushion. Hence the reason for you to use<br />
stretchy fabric.<br />
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Here is the sac with a wide opening at the top. <br />
<strong>((If you make</strong><br />
<strong>the other pincushion, this is what you want. A large</strong><br />
<strong>opening to put the cardboard inside Even if you do</strong><br />
<strong>not lengthen the doll with plastic pipe, you still</strong><br />
<strong>want a wide mouth opening. You want to be</strong><br />
<strong>able to stuff the pincushion with ease)).</strong><br />
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I just pushed down the sac so you see the<br />
pipe and some of the nub.<br />
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<strong>STUFFING THE PINCUSHION</strong><br />
<strong>AND ATTACHING IT TO THE NUB.</strong><br />
If you read about my other pincushion, you<br />
will see that I stuff my pincushions with cotton<br />
Quilt batting from Wal-Mart. I do not use batting<br />
in a bag, I buy the quilt batting off of the roll.<br />
It is so soft!!! I quilt so I always have this<br />
around. You might want to buy a half yard or<br />
less. However I use a lot of it in filling<br />
these half doll pincushions.<br />
Maybe you want to use fiberfill. The<br />
choice is yours, but once you use this soft<br />
quilt batting, then it becomes hard to go<br />
back to fiberfill. The batting tears away easily.<br />
Just tear away small pieces. It takes a lot to<br />
stuff these pincushions because you want<br />
them stuffed tightly. <br />
Stuff all around the plastic pipe all the way<br />
to the top.<br />
<strong>STUFF TIGHTLY TILL YOU </strong><br />
<strong>CANNOT STUFF ANYMORE!!!!</strong><br />
I put glue on the NUB, and glued the sac<br />
top unto it.<br />
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My hubby took some good twine string in green,<br />
and wrapped it tightly just to make sure to give <br />
the pincushion more security. We put glue on<br />
the string all the way around for extra security.<br />
It will be a long time before this will be pried<br />
off of the nub!!<br />
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<strong>COVERING THE METAL KEY HOLE.</strong><br />
Now you can put the dress back down. Do you see<br />
a long straight pen that is sticking out of the <br />
round area where the wind up key went!<br />
We are going to fix that where you cannot see it.<br />
Can you also see at the bottom of the lace skirt<br />
a little gathering below the straight pin. <br />
Well, that gathering was <br />
already there. Sorry I forgot to snap a photo of<br />
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What I did was to start with that gathering piece and<br />
gather up the lace till the gathering begins to hide<br />
the round metal hole as you see here. <br />
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Once the gathering is finished, give it a little knot,<br />
so as not to loosen the gathering.<br />
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Bring your needle down into the lace and a little bit<br />
into the peach fabric and bring the needle out of <br />
the metal hole as you see here.<br />
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It does not take much to anchor down. What you<br />
are doing is, anchoring the thread to the metal<br />
hole as you see, then take the needle thru the<br />
lace overskirt. Pull tightly to draw the fabric to <br />
the metal hole. Once the metal hole has the lace<br />
covering it, then knot off the thread. Cut away<br />
excess thread with the needle.<br />
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It should look like this. Once you fluff the lace,<br />
you should not be able to see the metal area. <br />
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Once you gather like this, you need decorations.<br />
You can use a pretty bow from the store. Make<br />
your own or use what you have. The choice<br />
is yours. I opted to use a stretch gold elastic<br />
piece because that was all that I had. I did<br />
not have any gold ribbon to make any gold<br />
bows. So I used this gold elastic that you<br />
put on Christmas packages. <br />
Looks good to me. Maybe later I will change<br />
it, but right now, it is okay with me. <br />
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I also put a piece around her waist. I<br />
merely knotted it on and let the tails just<br />
hang. <br />
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Charlotte's base with some pins.<br />
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<strong>FOR THE WHITE ROSE BUD </strong><br />
<strong>IN HER HAND.</strong><br />
You can put anything in her hand that you<br />
desire. A pocketbook with a chain can hang from her arm.<br />
Or a purse can be wedged in her hand. You can<br />
put a necklace around her neck. She can hold a <br />
shawl or a piece of embroidery. Maybe you <br />
want a pretty quilt to hang from her arm.<br />
The choice is yours.<br />
I knew I wanted to put something in Charlottes<br />
hands. I had a package of little white roses as you <br />
see here with long stems. I bought them from the<br />
thrift store also for 25 cents. I only realized <br />
when I removed a flower that they were silk. They<br />
feel so soft!!!<br />
Anyway I only used one as you see from the pixs.<br />
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With my fingernail, I gently opened up the petals.<br />
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My fingers and my fingernails are little. So<br />
where you see my fingernail showing you,<br />
go smaller and bend up the green wire as you<br />
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Make a little loop at the bottom. Then<br />
at the top keep wrap it around<br />
till it looks like this.<br />
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I wrapped the entire long wire around<br />
like this. I smashed down the edge <br />
so as not to poke or cut me.<br />
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It is not glued to her hand. It is wedged in<br />
between her thumb and fingers. If it does<br />
fall, then I will glue it to her hand. <br />
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Hello everyone.</div>
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How is the weather treating you. Lots of rain here</div>
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on my side of the world. Rain beats down the </div>
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pollens so we can feel a little better! Oh, how some of us</div>
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Even now as I type this, my head is aching.</div>
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Okay, beyond that.</div>
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Half-doll pincushions are lovely. Some are old, very-old,</div>
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or new. All of them have beauty from their makers.</div>
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It is hard to resist looking at the vintage, antique pincushions</div>
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from the half-dolls that are being sold. </div>
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My definition of a craft is about using what you already have.</div>
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pincushions.</div>
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I will be using this 7 inch high miniature doll.</div>
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Well, she is not a miniature doll that belongs in a dollhouse.</div>
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But she is small according to most tall dolls.</div>
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Actually, I do not know anything about this doll that I am using. Only</div>
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her height, (that I have measured). Also the stamp on her back. After</div>
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having sent photos of her to a dear friend, so that she could</div>
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show them to her dear friend. Well, long story short they could</div>
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not find anything about the doll either.</div>
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I looked up Astin and got Ashton Drake, but still I could not </div>
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attain any information on her. Her gown is lovely! I believe</div>
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that it is a thin satiny-type of a yellow-gold colored fabric.</div>
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I love the color yellow but this doll's fabric is not of my taste.</div>
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Whole-doll Pincushion!</div>
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A TUTORIAL IS INCLUDED HERE!!!!</div>
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THE DIRECTIONS ARE SUPER SIMPLE!!!!!!</div>
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MAKE ONE OF THESE!!!</div>
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Here are my results </div>
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She is a lovely doll. Am not sure what she is made of.</div>
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It could be porcelain. I saved her clothes</div>
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about her. She will be easy to dis-attach from</div>
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the pincushion if need be.</div>
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The Stamp on her back.</div>
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cannot imagine who she is supposed to resemble.</div>
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This sweet doll had satiny bloomers.</div>
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<strong>TUTORIAL TO MAKE HER!!!</strong></div>
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<strong>SUPER-EASY!!!</strong></div>
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Materials needed are: </div>
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<strong>2</strong>. Need paper, cardboard or cardstock to make a pattern. </div>
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cardstock) ------- NEED 4 sheets of whichever</div>
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<strong>3</strong>. Fabric or a baby dress. (I used a baby dress that</div>
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that, so it could be foreign?? The dress was equivalent</div>
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to the size of a 9 month or a 1 year old. (I bought</div>
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this baby dress from the thrift store a year ago with</div>
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the intention of using the pretty netting and the </div>
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stitching for a different project. I am glad</div>
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that I did not use it for whatever that was. </div>
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Always wash and dry</div>
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the items that you get from consignments or </div>
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thrift stores.) I did not think to measure it - am</div>
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sorry for that. Wish I had of now for you.</div>
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<strong>4</strong>. Quilting thread and small Quilting needles. Quilting</div>
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thread is stronger than regular thread and you can</div>
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buy it in different colors. So, match up your colors</div>
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to your fabric or baby dress. Use the small Quilting</div>
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needle because they will help you to make smaller</div>
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<strong>5</strong>. I used SOFT COTTON BATTING that I had lying around.</div>
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Most stores carry this. I think this one was from </div>
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and that is why I use it. I always have batting around</div>
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so it was no trouble for me.</div>
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You will use about a yard or less. I also use cotton balls</div>
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from medicine bottles and dryer lint. If you use the</div>
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cotton apart and blend it in with the cotton batting.</div>
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to use. If you use all 3 of these be sure to mix them</div>
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OR USE FIBERFILL, it is your choice. Use what you</div>
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<strong>6</strong>. A small amount of lace for the bloomers.</div>
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<strong>7</strong>. <strong>Trim</strong> <strong>for the pincushion. </strong>I used a tiny bit</div>
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less than 1/2 yard. What I used was stretchy. It</div>
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comes in other colors. This trim is used for</div>
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headbands and is almost 2 inches in width.</div>
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You can use a smaller trim if you want. I </div>
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I used a wider trim. Also is it what I had on </div>
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<strong>8</strong>. A large cooking pot about 12 inches in diameter. </div>
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gathering it, then the pincushion shrinks to the</div>
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size of the bottom). (If you need a bigger</div>
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pincushion then this, then you must use something</div>
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bigger in order to cut a large round piece of fabric).</div>
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<strong>9</strong>. Cork or any piece of cardboard about 4 inches</div>
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in diameter. (I used a piece of round cork that</div>
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<strong>10</strong>. <strong>FOR THE PINCUSHION:</strong> I used an extra large</div>
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old Rayon skirt that only had side seams, </div>
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I washed and dried it of course since it has</div>
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been taking up space in my closet.</div>
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<strong>11</strong>. A little bow or a rose flower that matches your dolls dress.</div>
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<strong>PLEASE READ ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS FIRST<br />BEFORE MAKING ONE - JUST SO YOU </strong></div>
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<strong>UNDERSTAND ME. THANK YOU.</strong></div>
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<strong>THE DIRECTIONS ARE EASY, SO DO NOT</strong></div>
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<strong>BE PUT OFF BY SO MANY STEPS. </strong></div>
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MAKING A PAPER PATTERN. Tape together 4 sheets</div>
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tape. Be sure to tape the backside also.</div>
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MAKING THE PATTERN:</div>
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Place a large cooking pot on the paper and draw around</div>
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it for a pattern. </div>
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The size of my pot is about 12 inches in diameter.</div>
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Cut this out with paper scissors. </div>
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I am using my old Rayon skirt that I have not worn</div>
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in ages. It is perfect for this project. Many times, I</div>
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spent trying to get a decent photo and this is the best</div>
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that I was able to get. The sheen of the Rayon is</div>
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preventing me from getting any good photo's.</div>
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My skirt is CHOCOLATE BROWN - the color</div>
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of a Hershey bar! I cut off the waistband and I now</div>
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have a large mound of fabric.</div>
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Pin the pattern on the fabric or in my case - </div>
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my skirt. MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT</div>
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PINNING A SEAM, IF SO THEN MOVE THE</div>
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SKIRT AROUND TILL YOU ARE ABLE TO</div>
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GET 2 PIECES WITH NO SEAMS. IF THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE</div>
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TO DO WITH YOUR SKIRT, THEN CUT ONE OUT AT A TIME.</div>
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<strong>CUT 2 PIECES!!!!</strong></div>
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Here, I show 2 pieces that I was able to cut out at </div>
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the same time because my skirt only had side seams.</div>
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This CORK COASTER is close to the size of the</div>
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cardboard above that I have measured for you.</div>
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Adding cardboard or a cork coaster to each</div>
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pincushion gives each pincushion better stability.</div>
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<strong>For the 1st pincushion:</strong> I cut a piece of batting and</div>
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placed in under the cardboard. You do not have to</div>
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do this if you do not want to. I did this so that when</div>
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I connected the 2 pincushions together, there was</div>
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some cushioning space between them.</div>
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turn in the outer edge towards the cardboard and run a</div>
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gathering stitch all the way around, gathering as </div>
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you go. I used big stitches here!</div>
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With my fingers I tore the cotton batting apart into</div>
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<strong>ALWAYS STUFF A PINCUSHION FIRMLY</strong></div>
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<strong>UNTIL YOU CANNOT GET ANY MORE STUFFING</strong></div>
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<strong>IN IT.</strong></div>
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<strong>PACK IT DOWN REALLY GOOD!!! AND<br />ADD MORE IF NEEDED.</strong></div>
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I tightly brought up the gathers - <strong>MAKE SURE <br />THAT YOU DO NOT SEE ANY OF THE BATTING<br />OR THE FIBERFILL. </strong>Cause you do not want any</div>
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This is a good time to get someone to hold the</div>
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pincushion while you draw up the gathering thread.</div>
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Criss-cross back and forth to close the opening</div>
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if you must and be sure to make lots of knots.</div>
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This is what the bottom looks like. Now, turn it</div>
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the pincushion to where the batting or fiberfill</div>
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is on top of the (inside cardboard). Shape the</div>
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pincushion UP, if you understand me, so that</div>
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it is not a fat pincushion on the sides but make it</div>
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taller. There is</div>
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<strong>MAKE 2 OF THESE PINCUSHIONS THE EXACT</strong></div>
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<strong>SAME WAY BEFORE PROCEEDING ANY </strong></div>
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<strong>FURTHER!!!!!!</strong></div>
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<strong>I AM SORRY THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY</strong></div>
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<strong>PHOTOS THAT I HAVE OF PUTTING THE<br />PINCUSHIONS TOGETHER. I FORGOT TO</strong></div>
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<strong>TAKE THE PICS, SO I AM SHOWING YOU</strong></div>
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<strong>FROM UNDERNEATH HER DRESS.</strong></div>
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Now that both Pincushions are made - it is time</div>
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to sew them together. Place one pincushion on top</div>
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of the other one and hand sew them together. STITCH</div>
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the fabric a little above (the inside cardboard pieces)</div>
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when stitching together. </div>
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Be sure to shape the pincushions again when you have</div>
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finished stitching them together. The white dots</div>
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With this elastic headband, <strong>(DO NOT STRETCH IT</strong></div>
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<strong>AS YOU SEW IT DOWN!!!!)</strong> I started at the back of</div>
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the pincushion and sewed through the top loops all</div>
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around the pincushion back to where I started at. Then I </div>
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anchored the trim by knotting</div>
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the thread and I pushed the knot to where you could</div>
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not see it. Then without cutting the thread, I sewed</div>
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down its seam to the bottom where the loops are.</div>
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You must sew the top and the bottom loops down</div>
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if you choose to use this trim. I sewed all around</div>
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the pincushion back to where I started. I made some</div>
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knots in the thread, cut it and stuffed the knots</div>
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under the trim. You cannot see the knots. </div>
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However, you sew the trim down as you wish for</div>
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your type of trim being used.</div>
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Hand sewing the trim down only takes a few minutes!</div>
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Here is the back of the trim sewn down on the back</div>
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of the pincushion.</div>
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On the front of the pincushion try to keep the trim</div>
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straight as you sew it down. <strong>Again, this elastic </strong></div>
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<strong>headband was not stretched as I sewed it in place.</strong></div>
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<strong>However sewing a wide strip of trim also adds</strong></div>
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<strong>stability to the base. And stability is needed.</strong></div>
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Here is my pretty doll naked! What I did here</div>
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was to, shape her legs. I took her right leg and</div>
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bent it some to give the curve, so I could bring</div>
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up her knee. Cross her leg over the over</div>
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leg <strong>JUST A LITTLE BIT, NOT ALOT. Then</strong></div>
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<strong>I tied some string around the legs to keep them</strong></div>
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<strong>in place. You do not have to do this step. It is</strong></div>
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<strong>up to you. It helped me in that I did not</strong></div>
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<strong>have to keep reshaping her leg.</strong></div>
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This is the baby dress. I loved the netting that covered</div>
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the entire dress. Loved the stitched flowers with green</div>
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leaves. I loved how the netting was over white cotton.</div>
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The bottom had some pink stitching that was</div>
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broke, but to me that adds charm. It did not bother</div>
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me.</div>
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<strong>Pay particular attention if you buy a baby dress. YOU</strong></div>
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<strong>DO WANT THE SLEEVES TO BE SHAPED</strong></div>
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<strong>LIKE THE SLEEVES IN THIS DRESS!!!!</strong></div>
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I cut both sleeves off, just like this. Only one</div>
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sleeve was used. The other sleeve I will</div>
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make a slip and bodice for my miniature</div>
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dollhouse. </div>
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I have taken that same sleeve above and turned</div>
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it sideways for you. The doll's bodice is the</div>
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right of this sleeve, while the slip is the left side</div>
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of the sleeve. I cut this piece almost in half - </div>
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<strong>ALLOWING MORE FOR THE SLIP SO IT<br />COULD BE GATHERED.</strong> But do make sure</div>
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that you have enough for the bodice of the doll.</div>
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Just measure it up to the doll. <strong>CHECK MANY<br />TIMES BEFORE CUTTING THIS PIECE!</strong></div>
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Now you see the bodice part opened up. Make sure</div>
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that it can stretch around the doll. If so, place this aside</div>
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for the time being.</div>
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We will start with her petticoat! Run a gathering</div>
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stitch a little away from the edge and gather it up.</div>
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Place the petticoat on the doll.</div>
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You will be the judge here on how far up</div>
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you want the white fabric to go. It does not</div>
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have to go up all that far. Check my first photos</div>
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of the doll to get an idea. When you like it, then</div>
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gather up the stitches and knot the thread on the </div>
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back of the doll. Without cutting the thread, also sew</div>
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some stitches into the doll thru the petticoat to anchor</div>
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it better. Stay close to the gathering threads when</div>
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doing this. Knot in the back and cut it off. </div>
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A closer look for you.</div>
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I removed the threads that held the</div>
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legs together. Now is the time to add</div>
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some lace around each leg. Wrap the</div>
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lace around a leg and double the</div>
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measurement. Cut the lace and gather it</div>
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tightly at the top. You can add a few</div>
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stitches to anchor the lace down to </div>
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each leg. Make sure seams are in the back of each leg.</div>
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However I did not do this.</div>
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What I did was gather tightly each piece</div>
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of pink lace and stitch it closed. Then I</div>
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merely slipped it on each leg. The tightness</div>
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of the gathers is what holds it onto the doll. </div>
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Now, back to the bodice. </div>
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Put wrong sides together as the picture shows here.</div>
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With sides even stitch it closed. Trim away some of the</div>
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white cotton on the bottom of the bodice so it only</div>
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leaves about a half inch.</div>
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Turn right side out. See how much of the white</div>
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cotton that I left on. Next, starting at the back here,</div>
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run a gathering stitch around the bodice, where</div>
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you see the stitches at in this photo. (where the netting</div>
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and the top of the white cotton meet). See these stitches,</div>
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sew the gathering stitches there. <strong>This is the back</strong></div>
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<strong>of the bodice in this photo.</strong></div>
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Place the bodice on the doll and make sure that</div>
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the front is on the front of the doll. Next, eye ball</div>
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the side of the bodice in relation to where </div>
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the arm-holes should go. All I did here was cut</div>
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a small gash in the netting to allow the arm</div>
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to go through. Once I pulled up the bodice like</div>
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it should be, I then pulled the gathering threads</div>
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at the back of the doll, knotted it and cut away</div>
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excess thread.</div>
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Next, I placed the doll on top of the pincushion</div>
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so as to sew her down.</div>
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This is how the doll looks now.</div>
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I stitched the dolls butt down onto the </div>
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pincushion. I sewed the dolls sides down</div>
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on the pincushion but I only sewed the sides</div>
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down to where the slip started. I wanted</div>
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the slip to be free moving. <strong>However do</strong></div>
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<strong>stitch the doll down TIGHTLY. SO SHE<br />DOES NOT MOVE.</strong></div>
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This side is stitched down. <strong>Then I positioned the</strong></div>
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<strong>doll so that her back is straight up so that she</strong></div>
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<strong>does not lean back.</strong></div>
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As you see her, she is not leaning. She is </div>
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straight up as she should be.</div>
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For the dress. If you notice on my baby dress,</div>
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where the pink bow is, stitching goes straight</div>
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across from side to side. I guess this was to</div>
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keep the netting and the fabric together. For me</div>
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I just cut across on that stitching line. For you, measure</div>
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your fabric or baby dress up to the doll sitting on</div>
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the pincushions. You will probably need at least</div>
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6 inches in length. But before cutting add at least</div>
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1 or 1.5 inches to allow for the gathering.</div>
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Make sure that you have a good amount for the</div>
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width because this will be gathered. Here you see</div>
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the side seams of the baby dress. I left it stitched</div>
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together. You will have to judge this part because</div>
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some people like a lot of gathers and some do not.</div>
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I gathered about 1/2 inch away from the cut edge.</div>
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Place the skirt on the doll.</div>
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This is a close up for you.</div>
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There was some stitching on the dress. So I turned</div>
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my dolls dress to the side as you see here in this</div>
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photo. Then I pulled tightly to gather the dress</div>
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on the doll. Knot it and cut away excess thread.</div>
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Since the doll has a petticoat, you want to see</div>
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it. With a threaded needle, start at the bottom</div>
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and stitch up the gown include both layers if you</div>
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have them. My stitches are not too big nor are</div>
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they too small. </div>
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Stitch close to the gathered edge near the bodice.</div>
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When the gathers look right, knot the thread close</div>
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to the fabric and hide the knot in the fabric before</div>
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cutting off any excess thread.</div>
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Now, place a bow or a rose flower at this area. See</div>
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how you like it. You might want something else</div>
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here.</div>
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If you pick a bow or a rose flower like me, now is</div>
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the time to see it down or glue it. Either is okay.</div>
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With that done. Remember the gathered piece</div>
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at the bottom of the bodice. With your finger</div>
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or a needle, gently tug it out from under the</div>
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gathered skirt. </div>
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Go all the way around the doll.</div>
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If you like you can add a ribbon here or you can</div>
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add matching lace, if you do not like the gathers</div>
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or if you see them way to much. If you decide</div>
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to add lace or ribbon sew it to the bottom of the </div>
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gathered bodice so that it will hide the gathers</div>
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for you. </div>
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I cut ( 2) strips of netting the same size.</div>
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1 inch wide x 4 inches long. Look my one strip</div>
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is not even cut good. It does not matter, the bad</div>
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strip is going to be a bow so you will not see</div>
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any unevenness there.</div>
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Since I used netting, remember it stretches. So, I</div>
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stretched it around her head and then tied it into</div>
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a bow. Open up the bows and cut the tails or leave</div>
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them long. Its up to you!</div>
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The other strip is her shawl. Just fold the ends in</div>
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towards the center and wrap it around the doll.</div>
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The shawl is not sewed on. This dolls arms move,</div>
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so keeping her arms down, keeps the shawl on.</div>
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This completes the making of the doll. She has</div>
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turned out so pretty that I have decided that I</div>
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cannot use her as a pincushion.</div>
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Using many pins on Rayon fabrics will eventually prick</div>
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the fabric causing it to look bad over time.</div>
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Using satins will leave hole marks.</div>
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So, I will get a few corsage pins and just stick</div>
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I hope that you will try this! It was fun.</div>
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However I did not make her in a day. I took my</div>
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time working on her over a period of 2 weeks.</div>
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And before that, it took me a whole month to </div>
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just decide what the pincushion would look like</div>
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or how fancy she would be. I always find this </div>
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I hope to make more of these, in different styles </div>
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of course. I think that it is about time to buy</div>
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me some half-dolls!!</div>
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Stay well my friends!</div>
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Conny</div>
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Hello everyone!</div>
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I hope you all are well. I have been</div>
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super busy this week. My granddaughter Elise</div>
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and my grandson Cohen have both graduated</div>
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within a few days of each other.</div>
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Hopefully now things can get back to normal.<br />
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Jen Kerstin has a website called <br />
Store Business Hours. Take a look at this <br />
site and see if you can use it. It looks pretty<br />
handy to me!<br />
<a href="http://www.storebusinesshours.com/us/">http://www.storebusinesshours.com/us/</a><br />
Also take a look at her Fit and Fab site. There<br />
is some good information in here. <br />
<a href="http://fit-and-fab-kirsten.blogspot.com/">http://fit-and-fab-kirsten.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Ahhh Pillowshams! Some of them are so</div>
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lovely. There are many kinds of styles and colors</div>
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out there to choose from.</div>
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But, I bet that you already have 1 or 2 sets of</div>
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pillow shams just sitting on your linen shelf!</div>
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Keep in mind that for this project that you can</div>
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also use a piece of an old quilt! That would be</div>
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lovely, but just remember perhaps this bag</div>
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holder will get a lot of washing. If you are a</div>
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clean freak, then do not use anything that</div>
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is delicate. Use that fabric or quilt piece,</div>
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or any laces for a more fragile project. </div>
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Please read all of these directions because</div>
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I see that I have left out a photo when it comes</div>
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to how I attached the loops for hanging.</div>
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You can refer to tutorials from other blogs on</div>
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how to attach loops.</div>
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On this project I am not concerned with beauty.</div>
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I am all about functional and not so much fu-fu</div>
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when it comes to this sort of craft.</div>
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However, on these bags you can decorate them</div>
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up if you wish. The choice is up to you.</div>
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Materials needed:</div>
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1. Pillow sham (1 or 2)</div>
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2. Strings to use for loops to hang.</div>
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3. Sewing needle and quilt thread (optional)</div>
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4. Straight pins for pinning</div>
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5. Sewing machine</div>
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As you can see there are 2 styles. </div>
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One style has the traditional pull-out</div>
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on the bottom and the other is sewed</div>
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across.</div>
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They are super easy to make!</div>
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My pillow shams are old and are full-size.</div>
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If you would like longer and wider to hold</div>
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mounds of plastic bags then use queen and</div>
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king size shams. </div>
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Believe me, these full-size shams are about</div>
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22 inches wide X 28 inches long.</div>
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These are big!</div>
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So, have fun and decorate them up however</div>
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you wish!</div>
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I will be starting with the bag holder on the</div>
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left that has the opening at the bottom to</div>
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pull-out the bags. These bags hang in my</div>
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pantry.</div>
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Here are my 2 pillow shams that I am using.</div>
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The great thing about using pillow shams is that the</div>
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inside of the bag holders are lined. </div>
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First thing you do is cut off the tags.</div>
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Next lay out one pillow sham on your table. Straighten</div>
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up lining and pin down the lining. It is okay if your pins, pin</div>
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through to the design side. Make sure everything</div>
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To sew the lining. I always hand sew it closed. It</div>
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does not take long at all to hand stitch it. You can</div>
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machine sew this down if you like. I do not</div>
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like to see the stitching on the pretty design side, that</div>
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is why I hand stitch it closed. You do what you like</div>
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for the design.</div>
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I save a lot of things and sometimes it is a few years</div>
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before I find a use for it. That is the case with this </div>
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cute string that I pulled out of a pair of bad pajamas.</div>
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This tie or string is a little stretchy and when I</div>
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stretched it - it became a yard in length. </div>
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Well, that was what I needed so this is what I used.</div>
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Once the lining stitching is completed, then the</div>
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rest goes pretty quickly! Fold the pillow sham</div>
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lengthwise with the design in the middle. As you</div>
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can see by this photo, the blue checked is my selvage</div>
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edge.</div>
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time because you are putting pillows in and out of them.</div>
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So, just put those edges together the best that you</div>
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can and stitch down the length. </div>
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(sew at least an inch away from the stitched seams</div>
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because they are bulky. So stitch about an inch </div>
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away from those seams and you should be okay). </div>
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Be sure to back stitch all seams at the beginning of the tube and</div>
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the end of the tube.</div>
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See, how I did it here. Remember these pillow shams</div>
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stretch. Do the best that you can on stitching.</div>
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Do not stress.</div>
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Now turn the long tube to the right side so you can</div>
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see the design. This is the back of my bag holder. I</div>
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am not worried about the checks lining up - this is</div>
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just a bag holder.</div>
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Do not stress it.</div>
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It is hard to believe that these ties when stretched</div>
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equal a yards length. Now, take those ties and cut</div>
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them equally into 4ths. I only needed 3, but if you</div>
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like the gathered bag more than you will use all</div>
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4 ties. I did not hem any of the ties.</div>
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If you zoom into this photo and look at the upper</div>
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right hand corner you will see where a tie is already</div>
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tied on.</div>
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Sorry about this photo. I took it plenty of times</div>
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and this is the best picture that I had. I hope that</div>
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it does not hurt your eyes too much. There is no </div>
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bow on this tie. I tied it in a knot. Just try to note </div>
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how far that </div>
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In tying the knot take a tie and wrap it around the</div>
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upper part of the bag holder at least 2.5 inches down.</div>
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There is a lot of bulk here. The tighter you tie the</div>
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string will give you a smaller opening. So this is</div>
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left up to your discretion.</div>
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Tie the tie around the</div>
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bulk and tie into a knot. </div>
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With your fingers arrange</div>
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the gathers to give you a hole for the inside. </div>
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When that is finished to your liking, go to the</div>
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open side. This is where you put the bags in. Refer</div>
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to my first picture to see that there is nothing done</div>
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to the top. </div>
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For loops: take another string and this is how I sew</div>
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it down. I place the string at the top, one side of</div>
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the loop on the open side of the seam and sew it</div>
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down. Then I make sure that the string is straight.</div>
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I then sew down the other side of the string to the</div>
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inside of the seam on the other side. If you do not</div>
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understand what I am trying to say. It is okay,</div>
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just sew it down like a potholder.</div>
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I have used plastic bags as trash bags, since they first came out</div>
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with these type of bag holders. I have never bought</div>
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a trash bag in 18 years or so. My trash is always taken out</div>
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daily. We always double up the bags because sometimes</div>
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there are holes in the bottom of the bags. So I have</div>
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never liked getting rid of my plastic bags. Sometimes</div>
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my grocery shopping is erratic and many years ago</div>
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I found myself running a little low on plastic bags.</div>
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I have a plastic bin in the garage that holds my excess</div>
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plastic bags should I run low.</div>
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I like how my cabinet stays clean like this all</div>
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the time.</div>
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The other side stays clean also.</div>
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TO MAKE THE 2ND BAG HOLDER. Sew down</div>
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the long seam as in the first bag you have made.</div>
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At the bottom instead of ties, simply make sure that</div>
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the seam is in the middle. Line up the edges and sew</div>
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across from edge to edge. </div>
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As you see here. Again do not worry about the seam.</div>
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It hardly shows on the outside. Turn the bag to the</div>
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right side and poke out those corners. </div>
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As you can see with the 2cd bag holder, the only</div>
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difference between the 2 of them is at the bottom.</div>
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My preference is the bag holder on the right.</div>
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To make a bag this big to me, does not require</div>
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an opening at the bottom.</div>
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Have fun.</div>
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Thank you for visiting me!</div>
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Hello Everyone!</div>
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It is a nice Spring day outside. I went outside for</div>
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just a few minutes and already started sweating</div>
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to death. Not my cup of tea, so I went back indoors.</div>
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Today I thought that I would show you how I make</div>
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Spools to wrap lace or ribbons around.</div>
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If you thought that these are hard, well they are not.</div>
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They are super easy and fast to make according</div>
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if you have the stuff.</div>
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I love the vintage spools and I do not care if there</div>
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is writing on them or if one side of the end piece</div>
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is bent or broken. To me it just adds character.</div>
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These are the Lace Spools that I made yesterday. </div>
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They are easy, peasy!!</div>
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Materials are few. You need a tacky glue, (I use</div>
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Aileen's tacky glue), an X-acto knife, and</div>
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cardboard. For cardboard I generally use the</div>
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cardboard that is on the back of these note pads.</div>
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And of course you need these - Reynolds wrap or </div>
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a plastic wrap roll. You want to use stiff and sturdy</div>
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cardboard rolls. I like using the Reynolds wrap rolls.</div>
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That is my preference. A note to thyself, unless you</div>
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use Reynolds wrap a lot and go through it quickly,</div>
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then it takes time to collect these rolls. So if you</div>
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have a lot of spools you want to make then ask a </div>
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friend to give to you their cardboard rolls. Then you</div>
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can make tons of them. </div>
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I have a short cardboard roll and a long one. It took</div>
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me a while to collect these. But that is okay because</div>
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I do not want to spend a week making a hundred of</div>
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these at one time. </div>
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Today I will be using the short cardboard roll. </div>
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Try not to waste any of the cardboard rolls that you</div>
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use. Also keep in mind that if you accidentally cut</div>
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the roll too long, then you can cut off excess. And</div>
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then you can always glue it to another cardboard</div>
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piece to make the roll longer if needed. I did this</div>
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for the tiny lace spool as in the first photograph.</div>
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From this short cardboard roll - I made 4 spools </div>
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of different sizes.</div>
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This cardboard on the back of the note pads are</div>
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thin and can be cut with scissors. So do not fret.</div>
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There are many ways to make the end pieces thicker.</div>
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One way is when you cut out 2 pieces then glue</div>
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one piece to the other and let dry. Be sure to place</div>
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something heavy on top to keep it flat.</div>
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If you want something thicker then try a note pad </div>
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with thicker cardboard or buy some cardboard</div>
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if you do not have any.</div>
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You can use corrugated cardboard if you want to.</div>
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That would give dimension and texture. It could</div>
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be quite pleasing to the eye. </div>
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However, on the vintage lace spools - the end pieces</div>
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are not thick. They seem to be the same thickness</div>
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that is on these note pads.</div>
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These are the laces that I will be putting on</div>
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the spools. I have to get rid of that plastic</div>
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blue thingy. That blue thingy is not for me.</div>
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Here are the sizes for the lace just to give you an</div>
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idea for the spools that I need to make my lace</div>
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spools. </div>
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The beige cluny lace is 1.5 inches wide.</div>
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The rolled white lace is 4 inches wide.</div>
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The off-white lace on the plastic blue thingy is</div>
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almost 5 inches wide.</div>
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The little tiny one that you see in the first</div>
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photograph, that lace is not quite 1.5 inches</div>
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wide. </div>
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I used a Morton salt box to use as a</div>
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template for the round ends at the end</div>
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of the cardboard rolls. This is a nice size</div>
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for the beige cluny lace that you see above.</div>
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I did not have that much lace to wrap </div>
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around the cardboard spool, but I wanted</div>
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the cardboard end to be bigger, because</div>
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I know I have more of that cluny lace</div>
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somewhere to finish wrapping around</div>
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that cardboard roll. </div>
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A rule of thumb is - not to make the </div>
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outside cardboard to much bigger than</div>
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what you need. Take note that on the</div>
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tiny lace spool in the first photograph</div>
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is the perfect size, since I do not own</div>
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anymore of that lace. So keep this</div>
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in mind when cutting cardboard for</div>
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those ends.</div>
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As you can see, I have already drawn</div>
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around the bottom with an ink pen,</div>
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you can use a pencil if you prefer.</div>
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do not totally match or if you accidentally cut a</div>
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piece off. No body is going to notice unless you are</div>
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selling them. </div>
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paint them, then do so. You can cover the cardboard</div>
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roll with paper, or paint it to match if you prefer.</div>
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This would look very pretty!</div>
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I prefer my lace spools to age gracefully. So I do not</div>
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do anything with them, except to make them. Later</div>
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I might write on them.</div>
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Both spool ends are cut out. Ready to go for me!</div>
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Here is my Reynolds wrap cardboard roll. I put</div>
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the rolled lace beside it and marked it.</div>
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Here you see the mark.</div>
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I drew the line all around the roll. It was fast and easy</div>
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because of that darker area that you see - which was</div>
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double-sided tape.</div>
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Be careful with the X-acto knife!!!!! They are sharp.</div>
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Probably all of us at one time or another have stuck</div>
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our fingers or cut ourselves with this knife. </div>
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Anytime that I cut myself - I call it </div>
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"MY BATTLE SCARS"!</div>
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Done - it is cut away now and straight. </div>
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Good job Conny!</div>
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Now is the time to paint or paper this piece</div>
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if you prefer it better than just plain cardboard.</div>
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Remember to let it dry first before proceeding on</div>
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to the next step if you do so.</div>
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Okay - so now butter up one side with your</div>
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glue.</div>
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Stick the glued side down onto the cardboard in the</div>
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middle as you see here. Be sure to add some pressure</div>
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or place a 'not too heavy' book on top. To me it</div>
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dries fast. Anyway let it dry.</div>
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Since the one side is dry or almost dry. I then proceed</div>
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to buttering up the other side of the roll with glue.</div>
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I hold it and blow on it till dry. Which only takes a</div>
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few minutes. I watch a little television with it, so it</div>
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does not bother me to hold it. You might would like</div>
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to blow dry it with a hair dryer.</div>
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When the glue is dried thoroughly on the ends, then</div>
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take a piece of clear tape and apply to the lace and the</div>
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round roll and start winding your lace around it.</div>
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All done!</div>
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One down and 3 more to go.</div>
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For the white lace I used this tall plastic container</div>
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for the end spools. It holds some of my buttons.</div>
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Eventually I will make me something to hold</div>
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my buttons and get it out of this plastic thingy.</div>
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Am sorry for the blurriness. As you see here on</div>
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the top of my button box - it is almost 5 inches</div>
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across.</div>
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Again, measure your lace. For this one, I rolled</div>
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the white lace onto the cardboard roll. I put a</div>
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small mark there. I did not like this mark, cause</div>
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when I pushed down on the lace, I realized that</div>
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I could make it smaller. So I made another mark</div>
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much lower and I cut on that lower mark.</div>
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Here is the lace spool finished.</div>
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For the really TINY LACE SPOOL as is in</div>
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the first photograph - for those SMALL end </div>
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pieces - I used the BOTTOM of one of my large 8 ounce </div>
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bottles of acrylic paint for the template. That</div>
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was a perfect size!</div>
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For the OFF-WHITE LACE that was on the plastic</div>
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blue thingy - Again, I used the Morton salt box for the</div>
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template. I have no more of this lovely lace. </div>
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roll. Just wind many ribbons around the cardboard roll.</div>
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Make your cardboard end pieces according to how much</div>
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ribbon is rolled around onto the roll. In other words, if </div>
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you have ONE ribbon that has many yards of it. Then, </div>
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that is going to be bulky.</div>
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If the other ribbons that you wind around the roll</div>
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are under a yard long, that it is okay. It does not matter.</div>
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Just make sure that the cardboard end pieces are big</div>
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enough to hold what you need to put on the roll.</div>
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The end pieces help keep the ribbon on.</div>
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I think you understand what I am saying. </div>
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If you want to paper or paint be sure to do that and</div>
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let it dry THOROUGHLY before winding your ribbons</div>
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around the roll. You do not want your ribbons to stick</div>
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to the paint or the glue.</div>
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You can also glue FABRIC around that cardboard roll and</div>
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tuck the ends on the inside of the roll. That would be</div>
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very pretty. If your ribbons are under a half-yard, you</div>
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probably would not need any end pieces.</div>
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This ribbon idea is not my idea. I have seen it on many</div>
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French blogs and they are gorgeous. Many times </div>
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google does not translate properly so I do not know</div>
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if they have directions or not - so I thought that I would</div>
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do so in case they did not.</div>
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Sorry that I did not think to make one of these to show</div>
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HAVE FUN making the spools.</div>
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I would love to see a photo if you make any of them</div>
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in cloth, paper or paint. </div>
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Hello Ya'll</div>
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I have been meaning to make this tutorial for quite</div>
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awhile now, but things kept getting in the way.</div>
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A while back I bought a lovely linen skirt. I just could</div>
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not resist this beautiful linen skirt from Chaps.</div>
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I bought this white lovely skirt from the thrift </div>
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store. It is 100% linen. These linen skirts</div>
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run about 3 to $4 at my thrift store. It is a steal </div>
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at that price!!! Just make sure to buy a skirt</div>
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that does not have any stains and buy a big skirt!</div>
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Sorry ladies, no pun intended. </div>
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And wash or dry clean them first before using!</div>
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Yea - I know that you will do that. <br />
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I know that I have said it</div>
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many times, please do not get tired of listening to</div>
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me say it. BUT I LOVE LINEN!! Especially</div>
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white, blue or pinks!!</div>
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This time I am going to take this long lovely skirt</div>
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and make 2 SHABBY APRONS!! The idea here</div>
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is to make each Apron different. These would make</div>
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great CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!!</div>
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This particular linen skirt that I am using says to Dry</div>
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Clean. I will wash it because I do not care if it shrinks</div>
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a little. It will have to learn that I will wash it in my</div>
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washer or hand wash it. It is just an apron so there is</div>
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not any need to get picky with it.</div>
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Just have fun!</div>
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Also this skirt had a side zipper, so look for that if</div>
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you are going to make 2 aprons. Which 2 aprons</div>
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are more economical and price thrifty!</div>
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Make one for yourself and a friend.<br />
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The only materials needed is a large linen skirt,</div>
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sewing machine, matching thread, lots of cotton lace.</div>
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This is Apron 1. It has only a center pocket.<br />
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Still Apron 1, just a close up. </div>
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The back of Apron 1. Shows ties.<br />
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This is Apron 2. Not a good photo</div>
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I admit. This Apron has 2 pockets. Sorry<br />
that the photo and the next 2 photos are<br />
a little blurry.</div>
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Both pockets are aligned side</div>
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by side leaving a few inches</div>
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between them.</div>
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Hopefully a better view of the bottom.</div>
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There are 6 rows of cotton lace</div>
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sewed to the bottom.</div>
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This is my white skirt showing the tag.<br />
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The lining which was slinky showed the Dry Cleaning</div>
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tag. NOW LETS GET STARTED. </div>
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STEP 1 - is to turn the skirt inside out and cut out</div>
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the slinky underskirt. Be sure to cut close to the stitching</div>
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of the waste band - BUT DO NOT CUT THE WASTEBAND</div>
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or you are in trouble!! (chuckle)</div>
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STEP 2. Now, turn the skirt right side out and place it on your</div>
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table. Smooth it out so there is not any wrinkles</div>
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on it. Then place an existing simple</div>
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apron on top of the skirt making sure there are </div>
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not any wrinkles. If you notice you will see that</div>
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my blue band on this old apron top aligns with the </div>
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waste band on the white linen skirt. </div>
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STEP 3. Now, follow your old apron and</div>
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cut the sides all the way to the top of the skirt.</div>
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If you notice I cut my apron bigger than my</div>
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old apron. I like them a little roomier and not so</div>
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form fitting. Also I did not touch the hem area.</div>
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Leave it hemmed. If the skirt is a little longer,</div>
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then that's okay. Now you should have </div>
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2 APRONS cut out.</div>
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STEP 4 - these are the sides left from cutting the</div>
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white aprons out of the skirt. DO NOT THROW</div>
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THESE AWAY!!!!</div>
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You will need to use these sides for ties.</div>
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STEP 5. For your neck and waste ties.</div>
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Take one of the sides above and leave it</div>
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folded. On the outside edge cut strips 2 or 2.5 inches</div>
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wide down the long length. Cut 6 strips. Repeat</div>
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this for the next side and cut 6 more strips. These</div>
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6 strips are for the other apron.</div>
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STEP 6. I took 2 strips and sewed them together, one</div>
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on top of the other. NO HEMMING. See how I sewed</div>
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them together. I sewed twice so that nothing would</div>
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unravel. Repeat this step again. These are your waste</div>
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bands. They need to be longer. The other 2 strips are</div>
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for the neck.</div>
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Now, repeat this STEP for the ties for the next apron</div>
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if you are making 2. </div>
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STEP 7. Now I know you cannot see it on the above</div>
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photo, but I did just run a running stitch down the</div>
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length of each tie so the sides would not ravel any</div>
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further than the stitching. </div>
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Now, lets look at the waste band of the skirt which</div>
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should be the top of your apron.</div>
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STEP 8. Your waste band should open like this on</div>
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both sides. </div>
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STEP 9. Just slip in one of the ties.<br />
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STEP 10.Start at the top of the apron and sew</div>
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down all the way to the bottom of the skirt.</div>
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STEP 11. See I sewed all the way down to the </div>
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bottom. NOW, REPEAT STEPS 9 AND 10</div>
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for the other tie. </div>
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STEP 12. For the first Apron, (no photo,</div>
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sorry). I cut one pocket out of one of the existing</div>
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white sides of my skirt. Remember those</div>
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sides. This pocket is cut on one of those</div>
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seams. This pocket is big. Try your apron on,</div>
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and see where you would like to put a pocket</div>
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or look at your existing apron and put the pocket</div>
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in the same place. I pinned my pocket down</div>
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where I wanted it I did not turn under the sides.</div>
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Remember these Aprons are shabby!</div>
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The photo of the Apron is a little</div>
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more straighter. I hope you can see it</div>
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okay. </div>
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STEP 13. Now just sew the pocket down. Do not</div>
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worry about any hems. Just do not break your</div>
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sewing machine needle while sewing over the</div>
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pins. </div>
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See, all done.<br />
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STEP 14. Sorry, I forgot a photo for the neck ties.</div>
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Just run a seam down the length of each tie so as</div>
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they do not unravel any further than the seam.</div>
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Then position them where you want them. Look</div>
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at your existing Apron to get an idea of where</div>
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to place them. Also hold the Apron up to you</div>
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to get an idea. Once you know where you want</div>
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the neck ties, then sew them down on the under-</div>
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side of the top of the Apron. Do not turn under any</div>
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seam - just sew it down!! </div>
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If you choose you can</div>
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sew these ties on the front of your Apron and </div>
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add a button for cuteness!!!!</div>
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Then take the ends of the ties and tie a bow!!!</div>
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ALL DONE.<br />
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<strong>Now, since you have finished the first Apron,</strong> you</div>
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will be much faster sewing the second Apron.</div>
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To make the Aprons different, all I added was</div>
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white cotton lace that I have had for years. </div>
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I cut 2 pockets from the left-over</div>
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side of the white skirt. Cut any size that</div>
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you want allowing that your skirt has enough</div>
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fabric for you. If you need to, use the seams like I did</div>
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when cutting out your pockets. Before sewing the pocket to this</div>
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Apron, all I did was sew a strip of this white lace</div>
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to the top of the pocket. Pin the pockets down </div>
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onto your Apron where you want, spacing them a </div>
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few inches apart. Again do not turn the pockets</div>
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under for a hem unless you want to. </div>
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After you sew on your neck ties like is stated above. </div>
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Then just add a strip of cotton lace</div>
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to the top of the Apron.<br />
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Place the lace on the hem of the waste band</div>
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that is located at the top of the Apron. Do not</div>
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turn under for a hem unless you want to. Add</div>
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as many layers of lace as you want. I only</div>
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added one strip.</div>
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At the bottom of this Apron - I added 6</div>
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rows of cotton lace. I did not turn under any of the</div>
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lace for a hem. Just start each lace strip at</div>
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one end of the Apron and sew to the other</div>
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side. Cut it. For the next lace strip position</div>
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the lace strip a little above the other lace</div>
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strip and sew down like before. Sew as many</div>
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lace strips as you want. </div>
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I hope you make these Aprons. They</div>
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turn out very pretty!!</div>
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Hello Everyone!</div>
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Here, is another game that only took me</div>
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2 tries to win.</div>
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Free Cell Game #999966</div>
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1. Double click 5 of hearts upstairs.</div>
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2. Double click 8 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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3. Double click 6 hearts upstairs.</div>
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4. Put 6 of clubs on 7 of hearts.</div>
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5. Put 5 of diamonds on 6 of clubs.</div>
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6. Put 4 of clubs on 5 of diamonds.</div>
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7. Put 8 of diamonds on 9 of spades.</div>
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8. Double click 3 of clubs upstairs.</div>
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9. Releases the Ace of diamonds.</div>
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10. Put Jack of diamonds on Queen of clubs.</div>
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11. Double click 3 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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12. Releases 2 of diamonds on Ace of diamonds.</div>
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13. Put 3 of diamonds on 2 of diamonds.</div>
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14. Double click 9 hearts upstairs.</div>
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15. Put 5 of spades on 6 of diamonds.</div>
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16. Release Ace of clubs.</div>
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17. Put Jack of diamonds in free space.</div>
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18. Put Queen of clubs in free space.</div>
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19. Put Jack of diamonds on Queen of clubs.</div>
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20. Put 9 of hearts in free space.</div>
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21. Put 8 of clubs on 9 of hearts.</div>
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22. Put 4 of diamonds on 5 of spades.</div>
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23. Put 3 of clubs on the 4 of diamonds.</div>
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24.Double click 8 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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25. Double click 9 of spades upstairs.</div>
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26. Put 10 of clubs on Jack of hearts.</div>
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27. Put 2 of hearts on 3 of clubs.</div>
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28. Put 10 of diamonds on Jack of spades.</div>
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29. Put 9 of spades on 10 diamonds.</div>
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30. Put 8 of diamonds on 9 of spades.</div>
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31. Put 3 of clubs stack on 4 of hearts.</div>
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32. Put 4 of diamonds on 3 of diamonds.</div>
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33. Put the 9 of hearts stack on the 10 of clubs.</div>
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34. Put the 7 heart stack on the 8 of clubs.</div>
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35. Put the 6 diamond stack in free space.</div>
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36. Releases the 2 of clubs.</div>
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37. Releases the Ace of spades.</div>
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38. Put the 4 heart stack on the 5 of spades.</div>
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39. Double click 9 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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40. Double click 7 of diamonds upstairs. </div>
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41. Put 7 of clubs on 8 of diamonds.</div>
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42. Put 2 hearts on 3 of spades.</div>
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43. Put 3 and 4 of clubs on the 2 of clubs.</div>
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44. Put the 5 of diamonds on the 4 of diamonds.</div>
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45. Put 5 of hearts on 6 of clubs.</div>
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46. Put 4 of spades on 5 of hearts.</div>
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47. Put 6 of hearts in free space.</div>
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48. Put 5 of spades stack on 6 of hearts.</div>
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49. Put 6 of diamonds on 5 of diamonds.</div>
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50. Double click Queen of hearts upstairs.</div>
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51. Put 3 of hearts on 4 of spades.</div>
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52. Put King of clubs in free space.</div>
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53. Put Queen of hearts on King clubs.</div>
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54. Double click 6 of spades upstairs.</div>
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55. Put 3 of spade stack on 4 of hearts.</div>
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56. Put 9 spade stack on 10 of hearts.</div>
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57. Put the Jack of club stack on 10 of diamonds.</div>
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58. Put 9 of diamonds in free space.</div>
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59. Put the 8 of spades on 9 of diamonds.</div>
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60. Releases the Ace of hearts.</div>
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61. Releases many other cards.</div>
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63. Put 7 of diamonds on 6 of diamonds.</div>
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64. Put 6 of hearts on 5 hearts.</div>
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65. Put the king of diamonds in free space.</div>
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66. Put the Queen of spades on king of diamonds.</div>
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67. Releases the 7 of spades.</div>
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68. Put the Jack of hearts stack on the Queen of spades.</div>
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69. Double click King of spades upstairs.</div>
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70. Double click Jack of clubs upstairs.</div>
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71. Double click 10 of spades upstairs.</div>
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72. Releases all.</div>
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I WON!</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-58269213687466073732015-01-12T03:04:00.001-08:002015-01-12T03:04:34.134-08:00Free Cell Game #33858<div align="center">
Hello Yawl</div>
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I would play a game of free cell.</div>
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This game was supposed to be hard,</div>
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but again I found this game to be easy.</div>
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Free Cell Game #33858</div>
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1. Double click 7 spades upstairs.</div>
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2. Put Jack of hearts on the Queen of clubs</div>
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3. Double click 2 of hearts upstairs.</div>
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4. Put Queen of clubs on the King of hearts.</div>
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5. Put 10 of spades on the Jack of hearts.</div>
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6. Put 9 of hearts on the 10 of spades.</div>
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7. Put the 9 of clubs on the 10 of hearts.</div>
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8. Put the 6 of diamond stack on the 7 of clubs.</div>
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9. Put the 6 of clubs on the 7 of diamonds.</div>
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10. Double click 4 of spades upstairs. </div>
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11. Releases A & 2 of clubs.</div>
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12. Put the Jack of spades on the Queen of diamonds.</div>
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13. Put the 10 of hearts stack on the Jack of spades.</div>
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14. Put the King of clubs in the free space.</div>
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15. Put the 4 of hearts on the 5 of clubs.</div>
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16. Releases the Ace of spades.</div>
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17. Put the 5 of diamonds on the 6 of clubs.</div>
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18. Put the 4 of spades on the 5 of diamonds.</div>
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19. Put the 8 of diamonds on the 9 of clubs.</div>
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20. Releases Ace & 2 of hearts.</div>
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21. Put the Queen of club stack on the Queen of diamonds.</div>
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22. Put the 7 of spades on the 8 of diamonds.</div>
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23. Put the 6 of diamond stack on the 7 of spades.</div>
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24. Double click the 7 of clubs upstairs.</div>
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25. Releases the 2 of spades.</div>
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26. Double click the King of clubs upstairs.</div>
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27. Put the 9 of clubs stack on the 10 of diamonds.</div>
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28. Put the King of clubs in free space.</div>
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29. Put the Queen of diamonds stack on the King of clubs.</div>
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30. Double click the 5 of hearts upstairs.</div>
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31. Double click the Jack of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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33. Put 7 of clubs in free space.</div>
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34. Put the 6 of diamond stack on the 7 of clubs.</div>
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35. Put the 9 of clubs on the 10 of hearts.</div>
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36. Double click the King of spades upstairs.</div>
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37. Put the 10 of diamonds on the Jack of clubs.</div>
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38. Put the 5 of hearts on the 6 of spades.</div>
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39. Put the 6 of diamond stack on the 7 of spades.</div>
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40. Double click the 7 of clubs upstairs.</div>
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41. Put the Jack of clubs stack in the free space.</div>
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42. Put the 6 of spade stack on the 7 of hearts.</div>
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43. Put King of spades in the free space.</div>
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44. Double click the 9 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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45. Double click the 2 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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46. Put the Queen of hearts on the King of spades.</div>
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47. Put the Jack of clubs on the Queen of hearts.</div>
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48. Put the 5 of hearts in free space.</div>
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49. Put the 6 of spades in free space.</div>
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50. Put the 5 of hearts on the 6 of spades.</div>
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51. Put the 7 of hearts in free space.</div>
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52. Releases the 3 of clubs.</div>
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53. Releases the 3 of hearts.</div>
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54. Put the 8 of clubs on the 9 of hearts.</div>
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55. Put the 7 of hearts on the 8 of clubs.</div>
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56. Put the 4 of hearts on the 3 of hearts.</div>
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57. Put the 6 of spade stack on the 7 of hearts.</div>
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58. Put the 5 of hearts on the 4 of hearts.</div>
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59. Put the 5 diamond stack on the 6 of spades.</div>
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60. Put the 6 of clubs in free space.</div>
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61. Put the 7 of diamonds in free space.</div>
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62. Releases the 4 of clubs.</div>
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63. Put the 5, 6 and 7 of clubs on the 4 of clubs.</div>
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64. Put the 8 of hearts in free space.</div>
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65. Releases the 6 of hearts.</div>
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66. Releases the Ace of diamonds.</div>
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67. Releases the 2 and 3 of diamonds.</div>
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68. Put the King of hearts in free space.</div>
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69. Releases the 4 of diamonds.</div>
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70. Releases the 3 and 4 of spades.</div>
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71. Releases the 5 of diamonds.</div>
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72. Put Queen of spades on King of hearts.</div>
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73. Put the Jack of diamonds on the Queen of spades.</div>
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74. Put the 10 of clubs on the Jack of diamonds.</div>
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75. Put the 9 of diamonds on the 10 of clubs.</div>
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76. Put the 9 of spades on the 10 of diamonds.</div>
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77. Put the 8 of hearts on the 9 of spades.</div>
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78. Put 7 of clubs on 6 of clubs.</div>
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79. Put King of diamond stack in free space.</div>
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80. Put 8 of spades in free space.</div>
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81. Releases all.</div>
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I won!!</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-80509805556767482522015-01-12T01:38:00.002-08:002015-01-12T01:38:53.214-08:00Free Cell Game #70744<div align="center">
Hello Everyone!</div>
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This was supposed to be a hard game, but I </div>
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beat it on the first try.</div>
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This game was not hard to me.</div>
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Here is the game.</div>
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#70744</div>
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1. Double click 4 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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2. Releases Ace of spades & the 2 of spades.</div>
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3. Double Click 9 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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4. Releases A of clubs & the 2 of clubs.</div>
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5. Double click the 8 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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6. Put the Jack of Hearts on the Ace of spades.</div>
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7. Put the 3 of clubs on the 2 of clubs.</div>
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8. Put the 4 of clubs on the 3 of clubs. </div>
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9. Put the Queen of spades stack on the King of diamonds.</div>
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10. Put the 9 of clubs on the 10 of hearts.</div>
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11. Put the 8 of diamonds on the 9 of clubs.</div>
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12. Double click the 9 of hearts upstairs.</div>
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13. Put the 7 of spades on the 8 of diamonds.</div>
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14. Put the 6 of hearts on the 7 of spades.</div>
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15. Put the 3 of spades on the 2 of spades.</div>
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16. Put the 10 of clubs on the Jack of hearts.</div>
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17. Put the 9 of hearts on the 10 of clubs.</div>
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18. Put the Queen of hearts on the King of Clubs.</div>
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19. Put the 5 of spades on the 6 of hearts.</div>
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20. Put the 4 of diamonds on the 5 of spades.</div>
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21. Double click 3 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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22. Put the 5 of diamonds on the 6 of clubs.</div>
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23. Put the 8 of clubs on the 9 of hearts.</div>
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24. Put the 9 of spades on the 10 of diamonds.</div>
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25. Put the 8 of diamonds stack on the 9 of spades.</div>
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26. Put the 6 of club stack in free space.</div>
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27. Put Jack of spades on the Queen of hearts.</div>
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28. Put 10 heart stack on Jack of spades.</div>
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29. Double click the 2 of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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30. Put 7 of diamonds on the 8 of clubs.</div>
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31. Put 8 of hearts on the 9 of clubs.</div>
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32. Put 6 club stack on the 7 of diamonds.</div>
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33. Put the 7 spade stack on the 8 of hearts.</div>
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34. Put the 10 diamond stack on the Jack of clubs.</div>
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35. Put the 7 spade stack on the 8 of diamonds.</div>
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36. Put the 9 of diamonds in the free space.</div>
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37. Put the 8 club stack on the 9 of diamonds.</div>
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38. Double click 7 of hearts upstairs.</div>
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39. Put the 5 of clubs on the 4 of clubs.</div>
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40. Put the 8 of spades on the 9 of hearts.</div>
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41. Put the 7 of hearts on the 8 of spades.</div>
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42. Put Jack of spades stack in free space.</div>
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43. Put King of clubs stack in the free space.</div>
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44. Put 7 of clubs on the 8 of hearts.</div>
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45. Double click Queen diamonds upstairs.</div>
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46. Releases the Ace of diamonds.</div>
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47. Releases the 2,3 and 4 of diamonds to the Ace of diamonds.</div>
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48. Put 5 of diamonds on the 4 of diamonds.</div>
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49. Put the 4 of spades on the 3 of spades.</div>
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50. Put the 5 of spades on the 4 of spades.</div>
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51. Put the 6 and 7 of clubs on the 5 of clubs.</div>
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52. Put the Jack of spades stack on the Queen of hearts.</div>
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53. Put the Queen of diamonds in the free space.</div>
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54. Put the Jack of clubs on the Queen of diamonds.</div>
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55. Put the 6 of spades on the 5 of spades.</div>
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56. Put the King of diamond stack in free space.</div>
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57. Double click Queen of clubs upstairs.</div>
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58. Releases the Ace & 2 of hearts.</div>
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59. Put the Queen of clubs on the King of hearts.</div>
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60. Put the King of heart stack in free space.</div>
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61. Put the King of spades in free space.</div>
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62. Releases the 6 and 7 of diamonds.</div>
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63. Double click the 4 of hearts upstairs.</div>
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64. Double click the 10 of spades upstairs.</div>
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65. Double click the Jack of diamonds upstairs.</div>
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66. Everything releases!</div>
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I WON!!</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-6302291456410779812014-06-17T00:15:00.002-07:002014-06-17T00:15:23.753-07:00HALLOWEEN STITCHING!!<div align="center">
Hello all of you cross-stitchers in</div>
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blog-land!!</div>
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Welcome to my blog.</div>
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This year I started earlier than usual, so I hope</div>
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that you like my 2 new Halloween pieces.</div>
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Take your pick. Either do one of them or </div>
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both of them.</div>
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This first one is called PUMPKIN PATCH. I</div>
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used 14ct Aida. You can use whatever you wish.</div>
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This one has an orange and green frame around it.</div>
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Pumpkin Patch has 6 witch pumpkins in the green</div>
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grass. </div>
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Grid Size: 100wX100h</div>
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Design Area: 6.43inches X 3.86inches</div>
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Stitches: 90X54</div>
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The second one is called WITCH-KINS. There is</div>
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not a frame around this piece. Witch-Kins has 7</div>
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pumpkin witches.</div>
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I have not stitched this one yet.</div>
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Grid Size: 100wX100h</div>
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Design Area: 5.14inches X 4.14inches</div>
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Stitches: 72X58</div>
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Please adjust your fabric sizes. And always cut</div>
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your fabric bigger.</div>
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ENJOY!!!!</div>
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Thank you for visiting me.</div>
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Conny</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-26792613998987622082014-05-20T18:59:00.001-07:002014-05-20T18:59:49.697-07:00From Potholders into Sewing Scissors holder<div align="center">
Hello Everyone! </div>
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I have been busy but I came across these</div>
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2 potholders at a thrift store. These</div>
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potholders are the kind that children/adults</div>
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used to make on their small looms.</div>
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Do you remember them? Perhaps you have made</div>
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some of these. </div>
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This potholder was made from those stretchy rubber</div>
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band type thing-a-ma-jigs on a small loom.</div>
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I decorated this sewing case with a small orange</div>
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button. Maybe it could be used with my</div>
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Halloween stuff!</div>
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Do not pass up these type of potholders. They can</div>
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be used also.</div>
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Here are 2 potholders. As of yet I have not made</div>
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the potholder on the left. Although that potholder</div>
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has a minor flaw - it does not matter. Always turn</div>
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the flawed side to the inside and sew down like I</div>
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show you with a needle and matching thread.</div>
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Directions are the same as with the other potholders</div>
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that I have made. </div>
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When you have sewed down the inside, then fold</div>
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over the right side and stitch it down. This little</div>
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sewing case holds a small pair of scissors.</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-23229324289876923402014-04-02T00:02:00.001-07:002014-04-02T00:02:08.471-07:00I have been quilting!<div align="center">
Hello everyone!</div>
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As usual I have been so busy. So much</div>
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to do at home and with grandchildren. </div>
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Well - I must tell you my good news!</div>
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My granddaughter is going to have</div>
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my first great-grandchild. Due the Fist of December!</div>
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I am still in shock, somewhat. However</div>
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in the next few weeks I must get busy</div>
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making baby blankets and other stuff. </div>
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I have made a few cross stitch patterns,</div>
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but I am at a loss as to what to do since</div>
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Picnik closed! I need to find something</div>
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similar to this to name the patterns.</div>
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Does anyone know of one that is FREE!</div>
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Also, I have a problem with Google!</div>
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It is not allowing me to follow anyone.</div>
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I know there are plenty of people that</div>
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are also having this problem. I have</div>
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tried to follow 8 people so far and I</div>
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am getting frustrated with Google</div>
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not letting me follow.</div>
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I am beginning to wonder if perhaps</div>
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being a follower on Pinterest and</div>
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those other nice things is creating</div>
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the mess-up!</div>
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I never had any problem until I started</div>
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doing this.</div>
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Perhaps I will get off of all of this</div>
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stuff and see if that is the problem!</div>
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Anyway, I thought that I would show</div>
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you the FLYING GEESE quilt that</div>
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I have been hand quilting. This is an</div>
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old quilt that I started about 5 years</div>
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ago. Pep has also helped me to quilt it.</div>
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I am working on the pretty blue sashes</div>
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and then after that I will quilt the navy blue</div>
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borders. I have been taking my time</div>
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hand quilting it.</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-87799346615010498322014-03-26T21:03:00.001-07:002014-03-26T21:03:29.189-07:00PILLOW SHAM SEWING MACHINE AND SERGER MACHINE COVER<div align="center">
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These sewing machine and serger machine covers</div>
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are super easy!!</div>
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I made a set for Catherine and forgot to show you</div>
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what they look like. Catherine's covers were </div>
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Shabby Chic. These that I made for my sewing machine</div>
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and serger are a country patchwork.</div>
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These are SUPER SIMPLE! One pillow sham gives</div>
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you a front and a back. I can use either side that I want</div>
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for the front side. I sewed lace on the bottom of both</div>
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edges. I had a pink silk bow with a matching silk </div>
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flower that was in my craft box. I had taken these</div>
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from a dress that I cut apart many, many years ago.</div>
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The pink silk bow is safety pinned on.</div>
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flower on it. I did not sew this one either - just pinned</div>
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it on there with a large safety pin.</div>
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I have had these ties for eons. They came from</div>
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shopping store bags. I am glad that I was able</div>
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to use these here. </div>
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I wonder though if I should have kept</div>
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the blue strings together and the white</div>
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strings together. Nah - I think that I like</div>
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this look. </div>
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See how fast this cover was to make!!</div>
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This is the serger machine cover. It is also</div>
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reversible. I am not sure if I like this look or not.</div>
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I will have to think about it. Perhaps I open up the</div>
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sides and add more ties on the sides. I am looking</div>
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for a flower or something to dress it up some.</div>
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Pick you out some pretty shams that you are not using.</div>
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I have had these for years.</div>
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machine sew or hand sew it closed.</div>
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This is what mine looks like. Now you are finished</div>
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here. Just add your ties and decorate the front and</div>
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back!</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-18054849431580450022014-03-19T15:08:00.001-07:002014-03-19T15:11:23.309-07:00Cutlery Boxes made into Sewing Boxes or whatever!<div align="center">
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Today I am talking about Cutlery Boxes.</div>
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We have all seen them, used them and</div>
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then disposed of them when we finish of them. </div>
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Because basically</div>
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our styles change or we just tire of</div>
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them. Or maybe they broke.</div>
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Well, these are nice sized boxes. I took</div>
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the pictures of these wooden boxes</div>
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back in 2009 with the intention of making</div>
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something out of them back then. I completely forgot</div>
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about these boxes until about a month</div>
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ago when I found them again. Anything</div>
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can get lost at my house.</div>
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You can make these boxes into anything</div>
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you desire. I happen to love sewing boxes,</div>
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thread boxes, any kind of a box really.</div>
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These boxes can be purchased at thrift</div>
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stores or perhaps you already have</div>
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1 or 2 of them hanging around in your</div>
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attic. Oh, another thing - some of</div>
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these boxes have a cardboard bottom.</div>
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That is okay, some boxes are all</div>
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cardboard.</div>
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Should you get one of these boxes</div>
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just be careful when you paint or </div>
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strip stain from the bottom of the box</div>
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because <br />
of the cardboard. Some of these cutlery boxes</div>
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are stained in nice colors.</div>
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I have 3 of these cutlery boxes and 2 of</div>
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them have cardboard bottoms.</div>
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No biggy!</div>
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The pictures you see is one of these</div>
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cutlery boxes made into a sewing</div>
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box. I made this Shabby Chic box for my</div>
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friend Catherine. I made it so she</div>
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could put it beside her sewing machine and her</div>
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Serger machine to hold scissors, threads, pincushions.</div>
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These things would be within arms reach and hopefully</div>
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would look nice on her table. But really, Catherine, you</div>
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can use this box for whatever your heart desires.</div>
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You should be</div>
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receiving it soon. This is part of her surprise.</div>
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I did put other things in the box for her, that I</div>
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am not showing, hope she likes it all!</div>
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So - now start looking at those</div>
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cutlery boxes!!!</div>
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These cutlery boxes are about 14 to 15 inches wide,</div>
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10.5 inches long and 3 inches deep. Both are different</div>
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colors. The top one is a reddish color while the bottom</div>
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one is an old brown color. My 3rd box not pictured here</div>
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is a pretty brown. All of these boxes will be painted or</div>
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papered inside and out. </div>
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Look inside of these boxes and strip out all of the</div>
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dividers and or felt that you see. Clean her up!</div>
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I have painted this one white with ordinary craft</div>
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paint. </div>
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Here is the front of Catherine's box. I used empty</div>
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thread spools for the feet. I wrapped white lace</div>
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around each spool and topped it off with some sheer</div>
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pink ribbon. The box is papered with</div>
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shabby chic scrapbook paper that I downloaded</div>
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from the internet. This paper is so pretty! It is one</div>
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of my favorites. The good thing about having</div>
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feet on this box is that it gives her a place to store</div>
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some cross stitch leaflets for future projects. Or she</div>
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can store her sewing machine books there. I glued</div>
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a cute pink sheer ribbon with a ribbon rose in the</div>
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indention of the box on the front. </div>
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First, I glued down</div>
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another shabby chic paper and trimmed it with lace.</div>
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I put 4 pink sheer bows at each corner. </div>
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Second, I dyed some cheesecloth with</div>
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Kool-aid in pink and blue, mixed in some </div>
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white cheesecloth and glued it to the top of the box. </div>
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Third, I used 2 cream colored cherubs that hang</div>
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on the wall! Included with them was the pretty</div>
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flowers that you see here. They are so </div>
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sweet but a little heavy. They are glued down good, but</div>
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still be careful when opening the box. </div>
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Fourth, after letting the cherubs dry and that took</div>
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about 4 days to do so. I then added some craft pearls and</div>
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bunched up the cheesecloth around the cute cherubs.</div>
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I also added little pieces of cheesecloth here and </div>
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there between the flowers. </div>
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The pink sheer bow you see has a white button in the </div>
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middle of it. </div>
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I cannot even begin to tell you how</div>
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pretty the top of the box is. It turned out lovely. I am</div>
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pleased with the overall look of it.</div>
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Here is the left side of the box.</div>
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I thought that this was the right side - but it is not.</div>
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side. Sorry.</div>
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Here is the back of the box where the hinges are.</div>
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This is what the inside of the box looks like. Catherine</div>
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loves pink, white and red. I did not use anything that</div>
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was red. I used a pink flannel to</div>
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line the box and then put lace around the sides</div>
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on the top of the lid and the sides of the bottom half</div>
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of the box. All of the lace inside and outside of the</div>
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box are the same lace. </div>
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I glued on white pockets from Aida cloth and</div>
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glued on sheer pink bows. These pockets are a </div>
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little tight. I forgot to give each one a little slack,</div>
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so please be careful if you put something in them. </div>
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In one of the pockets I gave her a cherub magnetic</div>
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needle holder for her cross stitch.</div>
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We cut some pretty bright white string. My hubby</div>
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screwed each string into the box on each side</div>
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so the lid could stay up and the box not topple</div>
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over because of the weight of the cherubs.</div>
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I gave her some surprises on the inside of</div>
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the box which I hope she likes!</div>
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Have a lot of fun!!</div>
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Thank you for visiting me.</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-24876495302091790132014-03-09T23:24:00.004-07:002014-03-09T23:28:20.971-07:00A Sewing Machine cover made from Pillow Shams!<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I made my friend Catherine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">over at "I Love To Stitch", a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">I really do like how it has turned</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">out and I hope that she does also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Let me tell you how this is made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">This is EASY PEASY!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">AND IT IS MADE IN MINUTES!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">MATERIALS NEEDED:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">2 Shabby Chic full size Pillow Shams, a little</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">bit of lace, ribbon ties, 3 buttons and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">a little bit of flannel for the letters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Further down I tell you how to make it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">This is what the first pillow sham looks like as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">a finished Sewing Machine c</span><span style="font-family: Times;">over, without the pink letters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">that say the name of her blog. you can see the pink</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">letters on the 3rd photo. This sham was not</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">They remain open with just pretty sheer pink</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">ribbons to tie it on. Neither did I hem any of the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">lace on the sides. Again hope for it to look shabby.</span></div>
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I did not cut any of the second pillow sham. The Serger Cover is </div>
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stitched up on both sides. I was not sure of the height</div>
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of her Serger so I am including some of the lace so</div>
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she can stitch it to the bottom, just in case it is</div>
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a little short. I think that the width of this cover is</div>
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okay and should fit her Serger.</div>
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I hope Catherine likes this. I tried to make it </div>
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Shabby. I just drew out the letters on paper and cut</div>
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them out. Then I traced them onto fabric and pinned</div>
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the letters where I wanted them. I want the letters</div>
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to eventually fray to make it more shabby.</div>
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Here is a picture of what the pillow shams look like.</div>
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Hold the pillow sham up against your machine and</div>
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see which side looks best against it. If you need more</div>
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width then just turn the sham lengthwise. Otherwise</div>
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just fold the sham in half and there you have a</div>
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front and a back. Choose which side you like</div>
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best to be the front side. </div>
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Turn over the pillow sham and give some small</div>
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stitches to stitch down the inside opening. I hand stitched</div>
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this closed because I did not want any machine</div>
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stitching to show on the front side of the sham. I</div>
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like how this gives an automatic lining to the covers.</div>
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I hope that you are able to see it.</div>
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I hand stitched the lace to the backside. Add lace </div>
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or ruffles to give the sham height.</div>
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That is left to your discretion. I placed my ties</div>
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about halfway down and hand stitched them on.</div>
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Adding multiple ties on each side, would be so cute. </div>
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After the ties are on - then decorate the top</div>
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of the shams if you wish.</div>
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I forgot to take a photo of how the shams look</div>
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on a sewing machine and a serger. Perhaps</div>
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Catherine will show you. However I did</div>
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place the sham on top of my machine to</div>
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make sure it would hopefully fit her machine.</div>
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I have a couple more full size pillow shams. Next week, I will</div>
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make them up and show you what those look like</div>
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on my machine and serger. </div>
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Catherine - I hope to get these in the mail to</div>
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you later this week. There is an additional</div>
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surprise coming with these covers!</div>
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I sure do hope that you will use this idea!</div>
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Thank you for visiting me.</div>
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Many smiles, Conny</div>
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Hopbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758985802851420792noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327182459697146956.post-60120671469285804092014-02-08T09:45:00.001-08:002014-02-08T09:45:21.923-08:00A Gift from my friend<div align="center">
Hello everyone!</div>
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I just gotta show you what my friend</div>
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Catherine from "I Love To Stitch"</div>
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sent to me.</div>
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OMG!!!!!!!</div>
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I LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!</div>
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I am still looking for a place to</div>
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hang this lovely cross stitch.</div>
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If you want to visit Catherine's blog,</div>
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then click here.</div>
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<a href="http://diamondc-diamondc.blogspot.com/">http://diamondc-diamondc.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Thank you Catherine for this lovely gift. I will treasure</div>
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it always!!</div>
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I adore this card. This card keeps me in stitches!</div>
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Pink curlers in her hair, pink robe, a nice cup of</div>
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coffee and a cake doughnut! What a Wonderful</div>
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morning she is having!</div>
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I hope to start back on cross stitching in a couple</div>
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of months or so. Things have been hectic here at</div>
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home and it has thrown me behind in the things </div>
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that I want to make. </div>
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Thank you for visiting me!</div>
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Hello Everyone! How you doing?</div>
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Great, I hope.</div>
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Finally after 20 years, I got a sewing room again.</div>
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Yahoo!!!!</div>
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My former living room is or was the biggest</div>
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room in the home that we live in now. </div>
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14X12 is not saying much,</div>
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but hey I am happy and that is all that matters.</div>
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I am now able to show you what the room looks</div>
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like at this point.</div>
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I am still not finished. I need to straighten up and</div>
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re-arrange more but I am getting there!</div>
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So bare with me.</div>
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Walk through the dog gates into my</div>
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Sewing Room. We will enter and go to the</div>
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left side, from there work our way to</div>
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the right side. </div>
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On the left of coming in an old china</div>
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cabinet that belonged to my husband's</div>
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mother. </div>
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I still need to get this china cabinet out of</div>
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here, hopefully soon it will find a new</div>
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home in some other room. Oh yea, that</div>
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is zip lock bags on top of my "Gone </div>
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with the Wind" figurines. A cheap way</div>
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to keep the dust off. You weren't suppose</div>
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to see that, but now that you did, I felt</div>
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the need to explain. Lol's</div>
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Anyway I want a tall bookcase to go in</div>
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this space.</div>
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Directly against the china cabinet is an iron quilt</div>
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rack that you cannot see. It is holding some vintage</div>
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quilts that I eventually want to show you. These</div>
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quilts came out of my bin that was stored in my garage.</div>
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The quilt with pink squares is a basket quilt. The other</div>
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quilt with green is a star. This quilt is similar to the</div>
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purple quilt that I made a long time ago that is </div>
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already on my blog. There is a door behind this</div>
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quilt rack that stays locked constantly. </div>
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You can see the window. I used to have thick floor length</div>
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red curtains that blocked out the sun, with checked</div>
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shades underneath. I kept the shades. I was not</div>
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looking for anything fancy in this room, at least not yet. </div>
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So, I took an old quilted king size</div>
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blanket and made the curtains that</div>
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you see here. One entire side of the blanket made</div>
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me a 17 inch deep valance. The valance goes across</div>
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the window and the door with very little gathering.</div>
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The shades just hang to the floor. This room is</div>
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still cold!!</div>
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I had to use the printer box to hold my printer to get</div>
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it off of my desk. I hope to remedy that this summer</div>
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and put a tall shelf there so it will hold computer</div>
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paper and supplies. </div>
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This is the sewing desk that was upstairs in my sewing</div>
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room. Boy, that desk is heavy!!! My hubby and I</div>
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scooted, pushed and shoved on towels down the </div>
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stairs to get it here in this spot. The boxes on top of</div>
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the sewing cabinet hold beads, beading in</div>
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one box. Another box holds upholstery trims. </div>
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Another box holds pincushions etc.. Much</div>
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storage in those boxes. Now I can swing </div>
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around in my chair!! hooray!</div>
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Well, I was wondering where this photo got off to!</div>
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Here is a close up of the quilts that were in the</div>
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garage. After they are quilted, I will wash them.</div>
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I have designated this spot in front of the window</div>
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as my cross stitch table. I will have to keep this area </div>
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clean if I want to stitch here. The plastic green Wal-Mart dresser</div>
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bins hold ribbons, lace and just a touch of cross</div>
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stitch in the bottom drawer. This room gets cold so I have</div>
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a little space heater to keep my feet warm. To the</div>
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right is a little white plastic bin. It holds stuff for</div>
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my sewing machine only. </div>
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My monitor always displays my miniature scenes.</div>
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I change them every so often. This particular </div>
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screensaver shows the gowns that I won from Felma's</div>
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giveaway! </div>
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I still have a small box on the top of the desk to sort</div>
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thru. Sabrina the witch is keeping an eye on it for</div>
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me. I have been sorting thru getting rid of things</div>
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again, so now my shelves are looking a little bare.</div>
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But don't worry - I have plenty of stuff to put up there.</div>
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I have been stitching on another little miniature quilt.</div>
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See it to the right of Sabrina's head. It is a Grandmother's</div>
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fan. Yes it is a cheaters, but I work hard on those little</div>
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quilts.</div>
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I meant to take photo's inside the plastic bins but</div>
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I forgot. What can I say. I have been going through</div>
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these bins. Look one bin is empty!! One bin holds</div>
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the television remotes. One bin holds only pincushions.</div>
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And yes there are plenty of them in that one bin.</div>
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Another bin holds just cutting scissors.Scrapbook</div>
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papers are hiding in one of those bins. The bins</div>
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still need cleaning out. Hopefully I get them cleaned</div>
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to show you on the next post. </div>
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It is nice to sit here, quilt or sew and watch a little</div>
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tele. My fireplace in the corner.</div>
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This space is beneath my sewing machine. these bins</div>
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need going through also. That plastic bin holds</div>
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trash. Maybe it is time to empty it.</div>
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Here is a little spot for my doggy's. Ira likes the</div>
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brown bed. Little Kane loves the blue crate. And</div>
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curry keeps scooting his blanket towards my feet.</div>
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I keep moving him back cause I am afraid of stepping</div>
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on him. Time to get Kane a new bed. And Curry</div>
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needs a bed so he stays in one spot. Love my boys!</div>
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It is hard to believe that my poor over-worked attic</div>
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once held all of this fabric. But it did! This was</div>
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15 bins that I emptied. I was quilting on my</div>
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9patch quilt and washing fabric as hard as I could</div>
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just trying to get this room up to par. I was up</div>
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many hours. The more I washed fabric, the more</div>
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I stitched!</div>
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I have tried organizing these</div>
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shelves. It is hard when you have so much. The very</div>
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top of both units will hold my quilts when finished.</div>
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At least I hope it holds all of them. Below that, I</div>
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call this section MY SHEET SHELF. This</div>
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section holds just twin, double, queen, and king sheets</div>
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and pillowcases. I even had some new ones in here!</div>
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I use these sheets for blocks, sashes and backings. </div>
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Once you start quilting a lot of this fabric does get</div>
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used very fast! </div>
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The next shelf holds only white sheets and a few</div>
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others that will not fit on the sheet shelf. And then</div>
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starts the fabric shelf.</div>
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This next shelf is my QUILT TOP SHELF. Quilts</div>
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waiting to be hand quilted. These quilts have waited</div>
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20 years for me to look at them. They certainly have</div>
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waited long enough.</div>
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The bottom shelf are 2 cloth bins that hold a lot of</div>
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applique blocks that me and my momma worked on</div>
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in the 80's. It was a thrill to open them. I will show</div>
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you them in the next post. So much stuff was packed</div>
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in those bins.</div>
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This room fits both of my leather computer chairs.</div>
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I will show you the quilt on the back of the chair a</div>
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little later. It is a quilt that needs mending. Which is</div>
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my next project.</div>
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This is the other shelving unit. The bottom shelf holds</div>
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batting and will hold polyester stuffing also.</div>
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The shelf above it is packed with fabrics. The same</div>
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with the shelf above it.</div>
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The top shelf will eventually hold more quilts and</div>
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a lace bin. </div>
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The shelf below it has a variety of fabrics. This shelf</div>
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holds curtains that will get cut up. There is a space for</div>
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pillow shams. Yea, I cut them up also. Behind the curtains</div>
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are lots of bed dust ruffles. I love these!</div>
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I cut the skirts off from the inner section of the dust</div>
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ruffles. These sections are white cotton and sometimes</div>
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they are paper like. If the inner section is a very</div>
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good cotton then I use that for blocks etc..</div>
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However, if the inner section is papery, that</div>
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is great to use as a foundation block for strip quilts.</div>
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Sometimes thrift stores carry loads of these</div>
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bed dust ruffles. Most people over-look these, </div>
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because they do not know what to do with them,but</div>
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there are tons of fabric here to use. Those long skirts</div>
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can be stripped for borders or most anything. </div>
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These bed dust ruffles sell as little as $1.50.</div>
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This is a great buy!</div>
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There are also cotton duvet covers behind these</div>
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pillow shams. These duvet covers are a great way</div>
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to take one side to use in a quilt for blocks etc..</div>
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and take the back side of the duvet cover to use for</div>
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the quilts backing. That way some blocks on the </div>
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top of the quilt can match the backing. Some of these</div>
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duvet covers at thrift stores sell for as little as $7.00.</div>
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Underneath the white apron is a section for</div>
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are some cotton thrift store</div>
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clothes washed and dried. Ready to be cut up.</div>
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I just finished the white linen apron and hung it.</div>
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This corner holds 2 plastic Wal-Mart dresser style drawer</div>
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bins that have been stacked on top of each other. Each</div>
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dresser holds only 3 drawers giving me a total of 6 drawers. </div>
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The bottom drawer holds Christmas fabrics.</div>
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The next drawer up holds red fabrics only. 2 drawers</div>
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hold little pieces of scraps and strips to make the STRIP</div>
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QUILTS. The top 2 drawers holds 2.5 inches or larger </div>
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strips to sew into blocks. On top of the dressers are</div>
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cotton thrift store clothes. The good thing about</div>
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buying thrift store clothes is that they are already</div>
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pre-shrunk. So many lovely prints are there. And</div>
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shirting's, this is a great place to buy men's shirts.</div>
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Yay, my ironing board can stay up. It is such</div>
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a nuisance to keep putting away an iron and</div>
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its companion when you sew. </div>
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This use to be my fold away cutting table when we</div>
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lived in Oklahoma. In the room where it</div>
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was located at, it was able to stay open</div>
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all the time, but in this house, it could</div>
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never be opened. Plus anyone that</div>
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ever owned this type, know that it is</div>
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not very stable. At least mine was not.</div>
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This table mat used to be on that fold away table.It</div>
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is self healing, but mine never heals?? Anyway I</div>
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do not cut on this mat, I use other mats that I</div>
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place on top of it to cut my fabrics.</div>
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I have to show you this island!! I saw it here:</div>
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georgiapeachez.typepad.com - new-cu</div>
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And I just new this was for me!! I am not one</div>
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to copy, but this was the answer to a cutting table!!</div>
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I am not as organized as her photo's are, but hey,</div>
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this works for me. It had added storage!</div>
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This island used 4</div>
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bookcases that were from Wal-Mart. I just happened</div>
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to own these bookcases, and they were being stored in my attic.</div>
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They had been up there for years! This was so easy</div>
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to do. </div>
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My hubby took the top off of the fold away cutting</div>
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table that I owned and placed it here on top of the</div>
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bookcases. I then placed that self healing large mat</div>
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(that you see above) on top. I am surprised that the</div>
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mat did not disintegrate! It had been in the garage</div>
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so long.</div>
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I absolutely love this idea!!</div>
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The extra storage comes in handy. As you can see I</div>
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am trying to fill up this shelf. The first 2 shelves hold</div>
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Halloween fabrics. This will be moved later. The bottom</div>
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shelf is holding some vintage items. Those will be</div>
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moved also a little later. </div>
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units. The shelf is currently holding quilt blocks</div>
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that have been cut out already and in sandwich bags.</div>
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of 9patch blocks on the second shelf. </div>
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This side faces my window. These are the only</div>
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quilt books, magazines that I own now after getting</div>
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rid of 180 books. The top shelf holds the baby box</div>
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that I converted to a sewing box. It holds only my</div>
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quilting supplies in that little box. It holds my rotary</div>
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cutters, thimbles, quilting needles and safety pins.</div>
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Love that little box. Of course I do love boxes.</div>
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They come in handy.</div>
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This side faces towards the dogs. The top shelf holds</div>
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my miniature fabrics. Those little plastic bins will</div>
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As a Christmas present to my sister Lori</div>
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from my daughter Pep and</div>
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I, we collaborated on a Dog Wallhanging</div>
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or a little lap quilt.</div>
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Me, thinks that I have a little quilter in</div>
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my midst!</div>
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This little dog quilt was made because Lori</div>
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loves Terriors. She has had 2 of them. One that</div>
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died about 4 years ago from cancer and a dog now </div>
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that she owns names Grissom. Grissom is so sweet.</div>
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The colorful binding and colorful sashes were </div>
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created from Grissom's bandana's. Everytime</div>
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he went to the groomers, he came back with a</div>
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pretty bandana. The bright colors just enhanced</div>
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the black linen.</div>
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Here is the finished quilt. The sashes and borders</div>
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are black linen and so is the back fabric. </div>
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I hand stitched the outside borders and binding while Pep</div>
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stitched the colorful sashes and inside blocks and borders.</div>
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The bandana's were cut on the bias so the fabrics were</div>
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stretchy. I did the best that I could in trying to make</div>
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them straight and sew down even. However the quilt</div>
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is still lovely!</div>
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A close up of some of the bones and dog paws that</div>
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she hand stitched. So cute!!! Pep even made the </div>
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tiny stencils for the bones and paws.</div>
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Here is the cutest Terrior dog patch that I have ever</div>
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seen. Look at the lovely small stitches that Pep</div>
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appliqued the dog down with. The stitches are even</div>
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and just as they should be. Hey, that's a wonderful </div>
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job you did there, Pep!!</div>
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Here is the little quilt in it's binding stage.</div>
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The back linen with Pep's and mine hand stitching</div>
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along with the binding sewed on.</div>
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The little quilt all folded up and ready to give to</div>
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it's proud owner.</div>
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I meant to post this 2 days ago, but I got so busy that</div>
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I completely forgot until now. I finished my</div>
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quilt on January 10th. The only thing left to</div>
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do is to make a quilt label and as of yet</div>
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I do not know what or how I want to make</div>
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that, or if I want to buy labels?</div>
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My quilt had to be washed 3 times to get those</div>
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age spots out. And each time I pre-treated them</div>
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very heavily. With each washing my muslin</div>
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got brighter and brighter. I am so happy with</div>
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how the quilt has turned out! I hope you like it</div>
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Here is my finished 9-patch quilt. Basically it has</div>
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taken me about 19 days to hand quilt this twin quilt.</div>
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Not bad, I say. </div>
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already. I had to hand quilt fans in each of the 4</div>
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corners of the quilt, so I hope you can see it. </div>
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2 sides of the quilt has green</div>
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borders and the other 2 sides only have the cream</div>
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borders. I have not placed the quilt on my bed yet</div>
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to see which way those green borders are suppose</div>
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to lay, but I think they were added for length.</div>
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A better close up t see one of the fans.</div>
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All 4 borders are squared up with excess batting</div>
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and backing cut off.</div>
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I cut fabric 4.5 inches wide and folded in one side</div>
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towards the middle, but further towards the top. Then </div>
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I folded the other side in, making the size I wanted.</div>
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After all was folded and ironed, I began to machine</div>
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stitch to the back side of the quilt.</div>
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Here I was hand quilting the binding. This is the </div>
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fasting part of making a quilt. What I do is pin at</div>
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least 2 sides of the binding to the quilt. Then I start</div>
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hand stitching it closed on the front side. </div>
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Again, here is the quilt finished!</div>
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