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giveaway : vintage sheet scrap pack

I've given my etsy shop a little makeover for the winter months, and to celebrate, I'm giving away TWO one-pound bundles of loveliness from my vintage sheet scrap bin.

To see what you might receive, you can browse my current inventory as well as my sold items.

The scraps range in size from a about 3" x 6" all the way up to fat quarter size (18" x 22"), however MANY of them are larger, just slightly smaller than a fat quarter. Some of them may have VERY SMALL imperfections, such as manufacturer flaws or a tiny hole, but I have done my best to cut around these. They are in great condition - I would use them for my own projects if I didn't have so many!

To enter, just leave a comment and your email address so I'll have a way to contact you.

I'll close the giveaway next Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 9 pm EST.

Enjoy your day!

de-pilling vintage sheets.

So, I have a thing for vintage sheets.

Sometimes, the ones I come across are lovely except for some minor imperfections. A while back, I shared a trick I learned to remove stains.

Pilling is something else I often find on otherwise perfectly pretty vintage sheets.

 Did you know you can use a fabric shaver to clean up your sheets, just like you do with your favorite sweaters?

I just iron mine and lay them on a flat surface, and then let the fabric shaver do the work! It works well on mildly pilled sheets, and I have had good luck even with moderately pilled sheets. Sometimes, however, there is just too much wear on that pretty old fabric, and I just have to resign myself to letting it go.

Now I'm off to the studio to straighten up after the holiday madness. Happy Thursday to you!

65 roses project : update

My brother's big hike is THIS weekend. Sadly, I'm much further behind on the project than I had hoped. Thea and I have both been sick, and with her on spring break last week, I didn't have much time to focus on much but being a mama.

The good news is that fundraising for the hike stays open until May. I'm planning on finishing photographing everything next week, and I hope to have all of the items up on etsy by Friday.

I've been having a lot of fun sewing up these sweet shirts for little girls. One of the fun things about having a collection of vintage sheets is that so many of them have pretty roses as a part of their design.

I picked my favorites, and have been sewing them on as appliques.

I've also been making a few different styles of earrings and bobby pins.

At this point, I actually have well over 65 different things to list. I am going to offer them all up and sell as much as I can.

As I mentioned before, 100% of sales will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

It is so important for the CFF to receive donations because the CFF receives no federal dollars for research or development of a cure. Your dollars are highly utilized to develop therapies that help manage CF and hopefully will one day cure CF entirely. As I mentioned before, $.90 of every dollar donated to the CFF goes to RESEARCH to FIND a CURE for CF.

Here is a video that my sister-in-law's friend and fellow CF mom Rebecca Fish made to raise awareness:

 

Again, you have my deepest gratitude for your support of this project.

i like her style.

This morning, I told Thea that I wanted to do some sewing for her room, and I asked if she wanted to pick out some fabric. This is what she chose. It's a small bit of sweet vintage fabric that I've been saving for a special project. I think this qualifies, no? I've been wanting to make a new pillow for the rocker in her room, and I think this will be a good place to start. I must say, I think she's got good taste. {wink}