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Pin It If you are looking for a last minute hand made gift, I’ve got an idea and tutorial for you.  These no-tie polar fleece blankets  are so easy you can make them in a hour!  Plus they take only 3 yds of fleece (which you can find on sale this week) so they are inexpensive…
Looking for a fun craft idea for back to school or a teacher appreciation gift? You may enjoy making this Back to School Ruler Wreath. Â If you like this project, you may also enjoy this Personalized Teacher Appreciation Banner tutorial. A couple of days I posted on the Polkadot Chair Facebook page asking for ideas…
Pin It I’m completely obsessed with pinwheels right now. I blame it entirely on Pinterest…. For a visual person like me, that has got to be one of this decades greatest inventions! Last Saturday I was in charge of a church picnic for 500 people… (I’m still recovering). It turned out to be a fun…
Pin It If you follow the Polkadot Chair on facebook, you may remember that I shared this photo a few weeks ago of my work table… The story goes like this: I was working a pinwheel quilt out of some Denyse Schmidt fabric that I picked up at Joanns and glanced down at the pile…
Pin It Our extended family has taken on a bit of a project this summer. Â We are putting together a little family cabin getaway. Â Â I’ve got very talented family members on both sides of my family. My mom and sister are extremely creative… and are my husband’s mom and sister. Â Actually to say they…
Summer has arrived with full force here in Kentucky. The cold rainy days of May have been replaced with the hot and humid days of June. Â With the heat comes the desire to move at a slower pace, sip lemonade on the porch and spend days out by the pool. This is summer in the…
One of the most frequent questions I get about my blog is: “is there really a Polkadot Chair?” Â Well the answer is yes, there is a Polkadot Chair… it’s pink, and it lives in my craft room. When I first started my blog I didn’t like the 1st name I had picked for it. Â After…
Okay to kick of my theme of “home” this month, I thought I’d share with you photos of my sons room that we recently redid. I shared a little ‘sneek peek’ on my facebook page last month and thought I’d share the details with you today. This room has been through a few transformations. When…
Please welcome Linsday who is sharing a tutorial for a Baby Double-Sided Changing Travel Mat made with Laminated Fabrics. I’m Lindsay, and I blog over at Lindsay Sews and Craft Buds. I’m so excited that Melissa has asked me to share this tutorial for readers of The Polkadot Chair. I hope it gets you all…
After I finished up my last Moda Bake Shop Project (to be posted in March), I had a bunch of charm squares left over and knew that I could not let them go to waste! Â If they get put in my “scrap bucket” they are likely to sit there forever, so I thought I’d make…
Use this simple modification to a pillowcase dress pattern to create an adorable girls’ dress. Sewing with Sheets (Vintage & New) The tutorial to make this will be at the end of this post, but I wanted to share the reason for this little sundress with you. Even before I started this blog, one of…
I’m so excited today to have Amy from Diary of a Quilter as a guest poster here today! I got to meet Amy last summer in Utah and can say she is just as nice in real life as she seems on her blog! She’s sharing a tutorial for a simple tote bag made from…
For this weeks Tuesday Tutorial, we are switching gears a bit. I seemed to have lost a bit of my sewing “mojo” this month, so whilst I wait for it to come back, Â I thought I’d share this fun and easy project for a vacation “flip” album with you! I like to make “mini” albums…
Around here Summer is winding down, our school starts early and we are down to less than one month of Summer left. I’m in denial about it all… we got back from vacation on the 4th and have had family visiting the last couple of weeks. It seems like there still not time to get…
A free sewing tutorial to make a set of colorful Jockey Silks placemats perfect for the Kentucky Derby! Hi! I’m Lori! I have my own blog, dedicated mostly to sewing projects, called love hazel. I would love for you to visit me there! I’m so excited to be a guest blogger today, and I am…
Pin It Hi – it’s Traci, from amazing mae. I am lucky enough to be one of Melissa’s friends. We have known each other for over 10 years ever since we both moved to the same area of Kentucky. She is awesome and I love bouncing ideas off of her, copying her ideas and just…
My son received a nice set of scriptures for his 8th birthday. He’s been toting them to church for almost a year and I’ve been worried the whole time something would happen to them. I’d been meaning to make him a scripture case and finally last week got around to it! (yes it took me…
First, Thanks to everyone for entering The Vintage Pearl giveaway! Â I’ll have a winner announced tomorrow! I can tell I’m starting to get “old” because there are less babies around me. Â It seemed like a few years ago all of my friends were having babies, and I was always making baby things (which, by the…
Hello all! My name is Emily and I am Melissa’s little sister. Melissa has asked me to share a little bit about myself and tell you all the secrets of my kid’s quirky Halloween costumes. Before we begin, take a moment to see them in action for the full effect: A little about…
If you’d like to make your own vintage-inspired Halloween banner, it’s pretty simple. Just gather a bunch of black and white paper, ink the edges with walnut ink to give them an “old” look, use LOTS of black and orange glitter, and raid your scrapbook stash for any Halloween-themed embellishment you have. Celebrate Halloween in…
If you’re looking for ideas to help you celebrate and appreciate Thanksgiving this year, I’ve rounded up a bunch for you. These Thanksgiving countdown calendar activity ideas range from simple to more complex. Just pick the ones that work best for your family. The Thanksgiving countdown calendar was one of the first projects I ever…
We have a guest room in our basement. I’m so excited because this is the first time we’ve had one. When we finished the basement last summer, we just bought a mattress and threw it in there and that was about it… no decorating just utilitarian. Now it’s time to get the room pulled together-…