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It’s a Crewel, Crewel World

February 14, 2012 Straight Line Sewing
It's a Crewel, Crewel WorldCrewel is cool!
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{Another} DIY Knotted Table Runner

May 19, 2011 Straight Line Sewing
{Another} DIY Knotted Table RunnerUpdate a basic table runner to a trendy knotted design.
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DIY Knotted Table Runner

May 16, 2011 Straight Line Sewing
DIY Knotted Table RunnerCreating a trendy table runner is easy with this short tutorial.
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The {UPDATED} $7 Burlap Table Runner

April 10, 2011 Straight Line Sewing
The {UPDATED} $7 Burlap Table RunnerIf you can sew a straight line onto some inexpensive fabric, you too can create this modern ruffled table runner.
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How to Create a Layered & Ruffled Cribskirt

July 5, 2010 Straight Line Sewing
How to Create a Layered & Ruffled Cribskirt

One of the first inspirations I had for Emma’s nursery came in the form of vintage bedskirts I found at Austin’s City Wide Garage Sale.  I’ve talked about this show before, and you may remember that it’s more a vintage and collectible show than it is a “garage sale.”  In the piles and piles of old linens that one vendor always carries, I found white bedskirts edged in lace and crocheting for $4 each, so I bought four of them to turn into Emma’s new cribskirt. I also used some pre-made curtains that I cut up for the brown layer

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Favorite Online Fabric Sources

May 10, 2010 Straight Line Sewing
Favorite Online Fabric Sources

As I was working in my fabric shipping mini-sweatshop today, I had some time to let my mind wander.  When you are looking at this many envelopes stuffed (and I mean STUFFED!) with yummy fabrics, the mind tends to do that. While I was stuffing and printing and taping and sticking, I started thinking about real online fabric stores.  My fabric stash giveaway was a huge success and has required lots of organization to keep my act together, so I can’t imagine what a real store must go through.  I bet cutting yardage for orders alone is a nightmare! That

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Estimating the Fabric Yardage on a Bolt

April 19, 2010 Straight Line Sewing
Estimating the Fabric Yardage on a Bolt

Should you ever find yourself in a fabric store wondering if there is enough of that must-have fabric left on the bolt, I have a little trick for you.  A kind lady at the cutting table taught me this trick years ago, and I use it nearly every time I go into a fabric store. Instead of asking the cutting table gals to measure out the fabric to make sure there is enough yardage for your project, you can just count the layers of fabric wrapped around the bolt like the rings on a tree.  For a medium-heavy fabric, such

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Teach Me Tuesday: Easy Ruffle Shoes Tutorial

December 15, 2009 Straight Line Sewing
Teach Me Tuesday: Easy Ruffle Shoes Tutorial

Welcome to Teach Me Tuesday! I spend a lot of time each week reading all of the great DIY tips out there in Blogland. Because there are so many fabulous projects that I can’t wait to try, I figured that it would be fun to feature some of my very favorites here each Tuesday. If you would like to be featured in an upcoming edition of Teach Me Tuesday, please email me at LivingWithLindsay@gmail.com and we’ll chat! For the last Teach Me Tuesday of the year, I’m excited to feature a fun Ruffle Shoe Tutorial from Reyna at Out of

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The $7 Burlap Table Runner

October 15, 2009 Straight Line Sewing
The $7 Burlap Table Runner

I wanted to create a year-round decorating solution for my dining room table. I’ve mentioned that I tend to change my centerpiece with the seasons and holidays, but I needed something else on it to give it more texture and visual interest. I will be the first to admit that I’m not a big fan of burlap. I think it’s itchy and sheady, but I also have weird issues with some textures (For instance, velvet and upholstery foam send shivers down my spine. Yep, I’m odd.), so don’t listen to me in that regard. However, I decided that a table

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DIY Blackout Window Panels on the Cheap

September 21, 2009 Straight Line Sewing
DIY Blackout Window Panels on the Cheap

When our 3 1/2 year old decided that he didn’t need to take a nap any more, the evenings in our house got considerably harder. Just about the time my husband got home from work, Zack took a trip to Meltdown City. It was all we could do to eat dinner as a family and get Zack bathed and in bed without multiple timeouts. Needless to say, we were all jonesing to get nap time back. It wasn’t that I didn’t encourage Zack to take a nap every day. In fact, we had a 1 1/2 hour “quiet time” every

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