Some of you asked for this. This is literally one of the EASIEST, most appreciated projects that I have ever made. I timed myself while I made this one and it was finished in under 1/2 hour and that included refilling bobbins, taking pictures, and searching the button box for two matching buttons. They are even faster if 1.) you don't do all of the above and 2.) you make them on an assembly line. Step 1. Cut a piece of fabric for the straps 4 inches wide by 14 or so inches long. If you have a very lightweight fabric, you can double it or use press on interfacing to back it. Step 2. Cut two coordinating rectangles approximately 12 to 15 inches by 15 to 18 inches. This is very loose, you can use vary the size of them. Pin those together on the bottom and halfway up the sides. Step 3. Press the 4 inch rectangle in half lengthwise with wrong sides together and sew around raw edges, then zig - zag the edge. If the fabric frays really bad, you can go over it again. Step 4
What a fun, creative process! Grab all those sharpies that are hidden in your desk drawer. Find that bottle of rubbing alcohol. (Vodka or hand sanitize might work, you can always experiment) Dig out a canvas, or go buy some, nothing like having some blank canvases hanging around. Draw some wild and crazy lines. Fast and not a lot of planning work best. Hit it all with some alcohol. Allow it to move and blend. I use a brush for the alcohol, You could use a spray bottle or eye dropper, I just want a little more control on mine. And re-outline with a black sharpie! That's it! Fast Art! I will be teaching this next Friday along with two other fun projects in Mayville, New York. For more info go to: https://www.facebook.com/ARTRetreatatthelake
The blonde one in the middle with the brown sweater used to come to our house after school. Somewhere along the line, I think possibly prompted by JWS, she hid salt packets all over my house, and I mean all over. It’s been two years and I am still finding them. They sightings are getting farther and farther apart and unless she reads this, she is not going to know how much I have enjoyed finding them! These four, always fun. Thrown together as sisters, 20 years ago, ups and downs, they are still there for one another. That brings us to the Shelby Tree. This little tree that stays decorated and has stayed decorated for many years, through many moves to many houses, has always had Shelby’s preschool picture on it. We have always called it The Shelby Tree. It is always a source of conversatiom as to why ONLY SHELBY has a tree. Every year on Thanksgiving, sometime during the festivities, thing
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