Category: Sewing

Super-soft reversible child’s robe

Posted on March 8, 2019 by

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Super-soft reversible child's hooded robe | Easy to sew! {Heather's Handmade Life}

Our daughter loves this super-soft reversible hooded robe, and it was easy to sew thanks to a free pattern!

Category: Our Daughter, Sewing

Anne of Green Gables quilt

Posted on March 4, 2019 by

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DIY Anne of Green Gables quilt {Heather's Handmade Life}

The Anne of Green Gables quilt is perfect in our guest room. The colours are light and cheerful, and it goes perfectly with the pastel-painted furniture and light greige walls. I even had enough scraps left over to make a tiny accent pillow! I think Anne would have approved.

Category: My Handmade Home, Sewing

Bodysuits are back (and easy to sew)

Posted on February 27, 2019 by

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Bodysuits are back (and easy to sew) How to sew kids' bodysuits for dance, gymnastics, or fashion {Heather's Handmade Life}

Fellow 30-somethings, remember the bodysuits of the ’90s with snap crotches?! And if you stretched or arched your back or breathed wrong, you’d pop one of the snaps open? And if they all came unsnapped, your bodysuit would start to hitch upwards until you…

Category: Our Daughter, Sewing

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m journalist and blogger in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have an 9-year-old son and a 7-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

I have depression and anxiety, and I fight like hell every day to keep it from taking over my life. Making things isn’t just a hobby — it’s part of what keeps me alive.

Whether I’m decorating a room, busting out my power tools to build furniture, getting muddy in the pottery studio, sewing clothes for my kids, or cross-stitching a swear word, I’m all about using my creativity to craft a life I love.

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Pre-bed, clean counter vibes 🙌 . . . #fullheart #cleankitchen #cantlose #sunset #modernfarmhouse #ourhome #kitcheninspo #whitecabinets Today’s post is a colourful one about school lunch containers — which ones are the best and why — and how we organize ’em in our kitchen to make the lunch-packing process as fast as possible. . . . #backtoschool #organization #schoollunch #kitchenorganization #momlife #dadlife #parenting #elementaryschool #mableslabels #tupperware #rubbermaid #sistema Today on the blog, I’m sharing the latest DIY in our backyard: a climbing structure made from old winter tires! . . . HeathersHandmadeLife.com . . . #DIY #woodworking #backyard #DIYplayground #playground I’m doing something I haven’t done in AGES! Any guesses? . . . #craftlife #papercrafting #glitter #sparkles #handmade #craftsupplies Every morning at 7:30 a.m. during Clarke Family Morning Announcements, our #Alexa reminds us of our family motto: Work hard and be nice to people. . . . #workhardandbenicetopeople #motto #handpainted #livingroom #gallerywall #homedecor #ourhome #modernfarmhouse #iphonexr It’s hard to believe this mini-mudroom used to be a basic closet with a hanging rod, two white bifold doors, and zero functionality. Removing the hanging bar, adding lots of hooks, adding built-in wire bins for the kids’ shoes, and converting the bifold doors to double doors that open FULLY has made all the difference. . . . #DIY #homedecor #organization #homehack #smallspaces #homesweethome #frontentry
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