The Pomegranate Chronicles

Re-purpose pants to shorts.

For my birthday, I received a package in the mail from my Bestie Westie Peacefully Knitting. I opened this unexpected parcel to find this fabric lined-felted purse chock-full of goodies! There were sewing patterns, knitting patterns, some beautiful alpaca yarn, new tools, a crocheted top pin cushion (so that I don’t have to keep using [...]

A Great Heating Pad Project

I got to some sewing this weekend. I saw this cute tutorial from Betz White and had to have a basket of these furry cuties for myself. I used some flannel and fabric I still had on hand from the owls I made at Christmas. These were really quick to cut out. I did not [...]

I hope you aren’t too sick of seeing posts on my new space. This is the last post, I hope I can inspire some new closet transformations or organizational ideas. My sewing closet was the biggest change in my studio make over. This is what it looked like before the makeover. This sewing space was [...]

Every sewing space has one. No one ever knows what to do with it. Do you hang it, fold it, hide it? Mine usually stayed open, ready for action. Then I decided to use an old over-the-door towel rack and hang it in my sewing closet. This is what it looked like before: Yep, it [...]

I just can’t wait any longer to show you this. I have been working almost a month now, trying to create an inspirational place where I can work. Something that speaks to me. I think I have officially accomplished it! YAY! There were so many pins on pinterest that got me to this stage. I [...]

It will always amaze me that a pile of fabric and parts like this: Can be made into this: I made this large bag for my Tae Kwon Do sparring gear. I wanted a special bag that was original. I found this pattern by The Green Pepper. It was available at my local JoAnn Fabrics [...]

A very productive weekend in deed. It started with a bit of snow. Organization was on my list.  Any free chance I got, I worked on little projects. In the kitchen, we have a few cupboards that have pull out draws. This one next to the sink had two- but it wasn’t that functional and [...]

A quiet weekend was well received by our family this weekend. It started a bit early with some family games. Watching a 4 year old win at Candyland is good for the soul. Dinner included this Sesame Crusted Pork Loin. It only marinated for about 45 minutes and it was fantastic. I think next time [...]