Resweater customers, please read!

As you know, my shop is on Artfire. Arfire has made some changes, mostly minor, like the general look of my shop, but there is a big change that will greatly affect my shop, and how I do things. As you may know I have a shipping max of $6 for orders going to Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan, and $10 for all other states. Since there is no way to set up my shop to stop adding shipping after $10, you have had 2 choices up until now: 1. "check out" through Artfire without paying, email me, and I would send a revised invoice, or 2. pay the full amount, and I would refund the shipping difference (ie: shipping totals $25 in my shop, you pay that, then I send you a refund for $15 for the difference in shipping). Artfire just changed the ability to check out through them without paying. Now you have to pay for your order at the time of ordering, or the sweaters will remain in my shop. I am in contact with Artfire, hoping for a better solution, but it looks like from now on, you will need to pay for the order, with full shipping amount, and wait for me to refund the shipping difference (I will do so asap). The only other option is to email me with what you want in your order, and I manually remove the sweaters from my shop and send a correct invoice. The problems with that, is that it is obviously much more time consuming for the both of us, and you run the risk of someone purchasing the sweaters you want before I am able to read your email & mark the sweaters sold. Any suggestions? Is everyone comfortable with paying the full order amount & being refunded the difference right away, & I am worrying too much about this, or is this a valid problem for some of you?

It's What I've Been Working on Wednesday!

I finished the covers for the cushions for the camper, except for the 2 small ones, but I think you get the idea by now ;) . I love all the bright colors, but I think I need to make a less clashing tablecloth.



I promise i'll stop boring you with my camper decorating now, & get back to my felted wool projects!

It's Tutorial Tuesday! Recycled wool sleep sacks

This adorable & practical tutorial is brought to us by Christina on her fun blog Tree Huggin' Momma (a great blog that i'm glad I now follow!). Thanks, Christina!!!



Sleep sacks are fantastic! My son wore them from birth, and even still uses the big kid one I made him out of a wool blanket.

I love Christina's sleepsacks! They are so cute, and can be used as an outfit by itself... brilliant! Wool sleep sacks are breathable, can double as a diaper cover, are naturally fire retardant, are insulated (will help regulate baby's temperature), and are naturally hypoallergenic. Why wouldn't you want one on your baby?



Ready to make one of these yourself? Head on over to Christina's full tutorial here!

It's What I've Been Working on Wednesday!

I have been working on the camper every spare minute. Jack has nature camp for a couple of hours in the morning this week, so I have been able to get a lot of sewing in. I have completed the curtains, and have made covers for the bunk beds. I had enough of the curtain fabric to make a pillowcase for Jack's pillow. These pictures do not do the colors justice! They look so much better in real life. The orange isn't as dark in real life, and the colors of the curtain fabric are brighter, and not as washed out looking.



The curtains are not uneven... I put a panel from the other window up by accident. All the panels are on the correct windows now, but i'm too lazy to retake pictures ;).


Here's a closer look at the fabric:




Now to get all the other cushions made!

It's What I've Been Working On Wednesday!

While I was on my hiatus, I bought a little Scamp travel trailer (virtual tour here). I have a feeling that the next few What I've Been Working on Wednesday posts will be all about the things I will be making for it, like a recycled wool throw pillow...



It turned out a little wonky, but it'll be fine for the camper.

I was lucky to find this great fabric at a local garage sale.



It was perfect for making a fitted tablecloth for the camper table!



I bought a lot of it, so I made a fitted tablecloth for our kitchen table too.



The material for the camper curtains is on it's way, and I can't wait to make them!

Resweater is on hiatus!

I love blogging, and doing all things Resweater, but I feel like I need a break from schedules (even self imposed ones) for a short time. I will be taking a little break for about 2 weeks, where I will not be posting at all, not even Sweater Sunday. For a week, I may even put my shop on vacation mode for a short time. Please feel free to email me (krisnstevep *at* netzero *dot* com) if you have any questions or anything. I'm still available. I just need a couple of schedule free weeks.

It's Tutorial Tuesday! Recycled wool tanagram magnets

Here's a great project for kids! Kids can make these themselves, or they can be made for kids. Tanagrams are educational & fun! To start you will need some felted wool scraps. You can use all the same color, or use different colors. You will also need some magnets. I used magnets from junk mail.



You'll want to peel as much of the paper labels off as possible, so the magnet is less weighed down, and so the glue will stick better. You don't have to get all of it off... just what you can.



Now you'll need everything in the picture below (tanagram pattern, scissors to cut the magnets & the wool, Elmer's glue, and a Q tip), then you are ready to get started!



Click on the picture below to enlarge the tanagram pattern, and you can print it, or you can go here to find a really large one, if you prefer.



Cut your tanagram pieces out, and use them as patterns to cut out the shapes from your magnets.



Now take your Q tip and thickly spread some Elmer's glue over the entire shape, and press it into the scrap.



You will need to make 2 of the parallelogams, but one of everything else is fine. With wooden tanagram sets, you are able to turn the parallelograms over to use the other side. Since these are magnets, you won't have that option, so you want 2 of them to represent both sides. Did that make sense?



Once the glue is dry, you can cut out your shapes.



Now you can head on over to the fridge or steel baking sheet to play! I made 2 sets, one in different colors, and one with just one color. I prefer the one color, but the choice is yours! Sorry for the terrible pictures, but the lighting in our kitchen is awful.





Here are some tanagram problems, and solutions that you can click on to go to & print. I suggest giving the solutions page to smaller children, and the problems page to older children.



To learn more about tanagrams, why they are so great, to get more patterns, etc, go here!

Not sure if the kiddos will be interested, think you're kiddos will ruin them, or just want to make this super easy? Just cut them out of cardboard instead. If they destroy them, you can always throw them in the recycling & make another set!