Tag: Sunday Lately

Sunday Lately: Allowing (Teazer to go), Wondering (what to make first), and Contributing (to the Viking group)

Sunday Lately: Allowing (Teazer to go), Wondering (what to make first), and Contributing (to the Viking group)

Welcome to Sunday Lately: Allowing Wondering Contributing Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup, hosted by The Blogger Co-op. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. The linkup is at the bottom of this post. You …

How to Splice Wool Yarn

How to Splice Wool Yarn

My first naalbinding project was a hat, and I didn’t know how to splice my yarn, so I just tied it. This time, I learned how to splice my wool yarn. It’s very easy! You unravel your ends, put one on top of the other, …

How to Hem a Circular Skirt using Bias Binding

How to Hem a Circular Skirt using Bias Binding

I have always done circular hems by: putting in gather threads, measuring and pressing up the hem, pulling up the gathers, turning the raw edge under, pressing and sewing the seam. Quite the rigmarole! I recently found a new method and tried it out on …

Up-cycling: New Flannel Cat Beds from Old Pillows

Up-cycling: New Flannel Cat Beds from Old Pillows

  I replaced my pillows recently, and decided to turn the old ones into cat beds. I used a yard of flannel for each one, sewed three sides of the rectangle to make a ‘bag’ or ‘pillow case’, put the pillow in and topstitched it …