http://icouldsewdothat.com Spend less, live more. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/693?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=punchfork-recipes-made-beautiful-and-easy http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/693#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:56:56 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=693 I love the internet for many reasons, but one of my very favorites is the access to an impossible number of recipes, often with user reviews and pictures so that I know that even I can do it. This has meant countless apps, blogs, feeds and searching to get just the recipes that I want. [...]

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]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/633/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heavy-metal-vegan-cooking-rock-out-with-seitan http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/551#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:07:05 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=551 As you may know from reading my blog my mother is a Vegan. She made the switch a few years ago in response to high cholesterol. Rather than take medication daily, she decided to alter her diet and lifestyle. I’ve always dabbled in healthy eating, mixing in both vegan and vegetarian cuisine, but claiming neither [...]

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]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/529/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/486?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=threadbanger-tutorial-how-to-refashion-a-sweater-into-a-brimmed-beanie http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/486#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:15:08 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=486 I’ve been busy crafting for Christmas, so unfortunately I haven’t completed any original tutorials recently. However, here is a really cool one that you can use to make last minute gifts for friends and family. The brimmed beanie is loved by boys and girls of all ages, so head to your closet or the thift [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/486/feed 3 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/389?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=easy-refashion-dress-tshirt-fold-over-waistband-skirt http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/389#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 04:44:02 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=389 This tutorial is short, sweet and perfect for a beginner. I’ve made variations of this skirt at least five times already this year and I never grow tired of the supremely comfortable, soft and stretchy fold-over waistband skirt. I am petite which means that dresses rarely ever fit me right. My proportions just aren’t the [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/389/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/336?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=threadbanger-how-to-spring-skirt-from-old-dress-shirt-sleeves http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/336#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:47:43 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=336 That’s right, you read that title right. Take some old cotton dress shirts from your friend, father, or significant other, cut off the sleeves and make a really cool spring skirt with cute button embellishments. I’m planning on whipping myself up one shortly. I’m thinking I could also grab some corduroy or flannel shirts for [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/336/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=refashioned-t-shirt-gauchos-tutorial http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/316#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:14:06 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=316 In Megan Nicolay’s newest book titled Generation T: Beyond Fashion: 120 New Ways to Transform a T-shirt she shows you how to make gauchos out of a tshirt on page 69. This is a photo tutorial to review this project. You can make these eco-friendly refashioned gauchos with just three t-shirts and a bit of [...]

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