Hi, All! I read the post on BobbieSue's Blog about her inexpensive storage idea and thought I'd share my own. I had two 9 cube organizers (ClosetMaid type) around the house being used for other purposes. After figuring out a place for all of the stuff inside of them, I placed them back to back, put a thin board on top and nailed it down which holds the two organizers together. Now I have double-sided…

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I had tried using a sturdy folding table to cut patterns out, but I didn't like the crack that was in the table, where it folded.

S-O-O, I had 2 dresser drawers (that were approximately the same height). My husband attached pieces of 2x4 on the legs of the shorter dresser, to…

Huh??? Is this a puzzle, a paradox, an oxymoron? Maybe she’s just a moron (only some days!!). In fact, imperfection is acceptable, desirable and to some (those of us who are discerning!) particularly preferable. As always it is a perspective issue.



Once upon a time there was only the handmade. Everything we needed, from our bowls and clothes, to our shelters and adornments were handcrafted. Often painstakingly, laboriously, methodically and patiently. Raw materials…

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Beverly Lee parlayed a lifelong love of sewing into a successful small business, one that draws its lifeblood from the city's industrial base and, ironically, grew by leaps and bounds after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

"We've really been blessed," said Lee, who runs Stitches by Lee out of an unassuming wooden workshop near…

A former Blenheim woman has won a coveted business scholarship to help take her online sewing pattern company to the next level.  Katie Brown started Papercut Patterns last September after noticing a gap in the market for modern versions of dressmaking patterns.

The easy-to-follow patterns are printed on recyclable brown paper and can be hung when cut out, just as you would find in a professional workroom, making customers feel like their own fashion designer.  The…