Blog – Page 15 – Lana Lulu

September 2, 2009 1

quilt update

I was on a roll and got this much done since I started on Saturday. (This is a record for me!) But now everything is on hold. Why? Well, now I just need to chose my border. Dark blue (stay within the primary colors theme) or a lime green? Red, Orange, Turquoise? I am stuck.…

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Crafts

August 31, 2009 2

116 days till christmas....

As of right now there is only 4 months, 116 days, 3 hours and 38 minutes left till Christmas! Which means I need to get on the ball and start on my Christmas presents for this year. We have a big family so I like starting early because that gives me enough time to make…

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Baking

August 28, 2009 3

Sushi

So for the last couple of weeks my husband and I have been craving sushi but not just any sushi, we have been craving our favorite, The Lisa Lisa Roll. We have been searching for places that had the Lisa Lisa Roll here in town and we found two places that we love but this…

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Sewing

August 26, 2009 6

My first tutu!

I have always wanted to make a tutu for Juliana for so long and was just nervous about it not turning out right. But when I saw that Joann’s was having there huge sale on tutu fabric (can’t think of the name right now, it is 11pm!) a few months ago I bought a lot…

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Sewing

August 25, 2009 0

A new shirt for Jules

So a couple of weeks ago Joann’s had a sale on McCall patterns for $1.99. I just could not pass this up and so I grabbed a few patterns. This pattern I used to make this shirt was McCall’s M5458. This was actually simple to make. I love the style of this pattern. It was…

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Sewing

August 22, 2009 0

Red Polka Dot peasant shirt

This week I wanted to learn how to sew with elastic thread. After watching this video on Martha Stewart website that featured one of my favorite designer Heather Ross, I saw how easy it was and I decided that I would give it a go. I used this technique on the sleeves of this shirt.…

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Baking

August 19, 2009 0

Watermelon cooler

One way to beat the heat here in Vegas is to drink a nice tall glass of watermelon cooler. I saw this on Weekend magazine, September 2006 issue and tried it the other day. Boy was it delicious! It also smelled so sweet as I was drinking it. All you need is some juicy watermelon….…

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Sewing

August 18, 2009 1

Refashioned Stripped shirt

Here is another refashion shirt that I created from my husbands stash that was going to the thrift store. It was a simple dress to make. Here is what I did. I guess you can call this the reversible refashion shirt. You can wear it with the buttons in the front… or you can go…

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