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I'm a sewer, a crafter, a voracious thrifter, potential hoarder, and owner of a 1984 Westfalia Vanagon. I'm a writer and a designer, but mostly just a secret cat lady. Learn more about me here.
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Category Archives: she’s crafty
the return of amy sews & the chevron apron
Well, here I am. Back from probably the greatest weekend of my life in Portland where Emily and I thrifted and vintage shopped until our feet reached critical mass and forced us to eat fro yo and people watch.
Anyway, I'm still not out of vacation mode yet. In fact, there's a mountainous pile of laundry sitting at home and a million vintage dresses to alter, but for now, I'll leave you with a little sewing project I finished last week.
It's been awhile since the last "Amy Sews!" post. I have been sewing--in fact, I sewed a glorious maxi dress two weeks ago, but I've yet to figure out how to style it, so...hang tight on that one.
You all know how much I love Rachel Denbow's Modern Patchwork class. Really. It's just so amazing. All the projects are gloriously adorable and easy to finish in one sitting.
Case in point, this chevron apron.
It's chevron, it's reversible, it's perfect. I kind of want to make one for everyone I know.
I used blue gingham that I got for $1/yd and a vintage sheet I thrifted forever ago. There's no end to what you can do with a vintage sheet.
I think today I will try and tackle a pattern I've been meaning to get to. What have you sewed recently?
Free Tim Gunn Printables!
Here's a very silly freebie for you on this beautiful, 70-degree Wednesday!
The story behind this one is that I have a little problem when I sew: I get very, VERY frustrated. And that's an understatement. So I got to thinking the other day that I needed a little Tim Gunn sagacity in my craft room to keep me calm and cool while I hack my way through sewing with patterns. Thus, these free Tim Gunn printables/posters.
Just click on either image to download the pdf! They're both 8.5"x11" and should be high-res for printing.
Maybe you're cool as a cucumber when you sew, but if you're anything like me, these will be a welcome addition to the chaos of the craftroom. Enjoy!
Posted in design yo face!, free blog clipart, she's crafty
Tagged project runway, tim gunn, tim gunn art, tim gunn poster
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Free photo frames!
Sometimes I get bored with just plain old photos in my posts and want to shake things up a bit. While most of the time I'm too lazy to do just that, I've been meaning to make a point of making some fun frames to mix the photo dumps up.
In an effort toward that direction, here are 8 free photo frames I've created that you are free to use! As always, click here to download a zipped file of .pngs that you can use however you see fit.
You can use these to spruce up any old photo. Like this, for example:
or this!
Plenty to concoct with that creatively brain of yours! So go forth and frame, fellow bloggers.
If you have a request for a freebie you'd like to see, email me and let me know! I'm always looking for ideas.
And just out of curiosity, how many of you use Photoshop? What about Picnik? Gimp? Just wondering so I can make sure to make things accessible to everyone!
Posted in DIYs, free blog clipart, she's crafty
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