I was trying to think of what I was going to enter for my Make It from Scratch entry this week, then I thought of the pillows that I made for munchkin right before we came here. I received the roll body pillow from a fellow freecycler, but didn’t like the fabric that was on it, so I recovered it in fleece for munchkin. She loved it so much that she asked me to make pillow cases for her two other pillows to match. They didn’t take very long to make as fleece is extremely easy to work with. So,…
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Make It From Scratch Carnival #3
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The results are in from this weeks Make It From Scratch Carnival. Make sure you head over to Stop the Ride to see all of the great entries and see who the winner is this week. My entry this week was new pjs for Munchkin. You can see the results here.
Make It From Scratch: Pajamas
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I have never made pjs before, but my daughter is outgrowing everything at an amazing rate. I was suppose to make these for her for Christmas. I was also going to make matching pjs for her American Girl dolls. But, I never did get around to it. So, I have finally tackled making the pajamas! First I made the long sleeve pink top with pink sleeping bear bottoms (I had a pattern for these). Then, I decided that I also wanted to make a short sleeve/short version, so I adjusted everything according to what I thought would work. Yes! It…
Make It From Scratch Carnival #2
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The carnival entries are up over at Stop the Ride. Please take some time to stop by and check out the made from scratch entries. Next week’s carnival will feature items that are being made for the first time from scratch.
My make it from scratch entry this week is spaghetti sauce and biscuits. I’m posting my entry early, since I won’t be able to post it before Monday if I wait until the weekend. To see more about this carnival, head over to Stop the Ride. I make spaghetti sauce from scratch on a regular basis. My family doesn’t really care for the store bought any more as we’re all use to the homemade stuff. Now, the problem that I’ve been running into lately is that the canned tomatoes have been having a very bitter flavor which leads to a…