I hated the idea of buying a new toddler sofa for the Little Monster for $40, when I was SURE I could build one myself. I'd found this tutorial by ikatbag and so was continuously on the hunt while op-shopping for foam, since foam around these parts is NOT inexpensive. It's actually pretty ridiculous. Then one day I found this, for $4 reduced...

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Yeh like we need more skirts right? This month's Rock + Roll Sew-A-Long will be based on Mary Sew's "Have You Seen My Eyeball?" skirt. I think I'm going to change mine up a bit, maybe make it into a slimmer fitting mini? The eyeball will still definitely be there and so will the blackness, I really need more black skirts in my...

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Tardy? Oh hells yes. I better put up the bloomers you guys made from last time! Stacey from Secret Life made these adorable black bloomers with spotty bows and buttons! I taught my friend Elle how to sew, this was her second project. Cute hey! She used similar fabric to mine, but black polka dots. She used white lace on the hem and...

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So damn stoked! I didn't even know the Craftster Best of 2010 existed until I checked on there the other day for replies to a couch I'd recovered [more on that when I find the pics I took!] I was browsing through the best of when all of a sudden BAM right in the middle of the Reconstructed projects was my tutorial for...

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