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20Jun | 2012

My Studio: Ikea chair revamp

Posted by Joy | under My studio . Sewing . Upcycle | 21 Comments

When I started working on my new sewing room, I immediately started looking for a chair to use with my build-in table, I wanted something comfortable that allowed me to move and that would not be a pain to sit on if I needed to sew for a long period of time, after some research I found the perfect one in the Ikea website, the [...]

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12Jun | 2012

Belly Sewing: $1 Maternity Jean skirt from men’s shorts

Posted by Joy | under Baby / Maternity . Sewing . Tutorials | 13 Comments

As you can read by the title I am starting a new section! Belly Sewing: Maternity sewing projects. And most of them will be upcycling projects =] I’m excited to share all of the fixing-sewing I’ll be doing now that my clothes don’t fit anymore, but don’t worry! I will still be posting other projects that have nothing to do with maternity or babies. I [...]

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4Jun | 2012

Camera carrier insert tutorial

Posted by Joy | under Sewing . Tutorials | 44 Comments

A few months a go I showed you a preview of the camera carrier insert I sewed. I didn’t hold on the tutorial by accident, I actually wanted to give my honest review (and changes I would make to improve) along with a tutorial. I’ve been using the carrier for months now and it works great with the exception of some details I will describe [...]

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17Jan | 2012

Super easy fabric scrap mousepad tutorial

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . Sewing . Tutorials . Upcycle | 39 Comments

After I made my chair cover, I wanted my desk to have some of that fabric as well and since I had a buch of scraps I decided to make a mousepad (I really needed one too) I also wanted to give my brand new ModPodge a try even tho the one that I have it’s not one the recommended for fabric. I wanted to [...]

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14Nov | 2011

Pattern preview – Mr. & Mrs. Joyful duck

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . Sewing | 38 Comments

I actually had this post in my draft list for a very long time, and since hopefully I’ll finish the tutorial section for this pattern soon, I wanted to show you all one of the patterns I worked on while in vacations. I made them using some leftover fleece and stuffed them with my old t-shirts scraps. I designed the pattern so with just a [...]

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