So, I'm trying to make Bride/Groom shirts for my mom and her husband-elect. They want to have their reception at CiCi's and don't want to wear their formal attire to a pizza joint so they asked if I could make shirts for them. The groom shirt wasn't a problem. It looks perfect. The bride shirt however.....It is a hobby lobby tshirt, 50% cotton 50% polyester. This is what happened.





I'm thinking maybe it happened because I used a poly blend shirt. Has anyone had any experience with fixing anything like this? I was thinking maybe I could try bleach or paint.

My friends and I have get togethers on Fridays. We all take turns cooking. Next friday is my turn. I want to make chicken pot pie, but I don't know what to make for a side dish. I would do a salad, but nobody would eat it.

My recipe for the chicken pot pie has peas, carrots, and potatoes. It seems like doing corn or a potato for a side dish would be veggie overload.

Dessert will be New York style cheesecake.

Anybody have a good idea, because I sure don't.

Thanks!!

I have a cat. My friend, whom I'm moving in with in April, has a pug, a pug with a chewing problem. I need some crafty help with some sort of gate that I can leave in my bedroom doorway all the time which will do as many of the following as possible:
a. allow my door to shut
b. swing open somehow so I don't have to climb over it
c. allow my cat access to my room (he can jump, no problem)
d. keep the chew-happy pug out of my room

If I was rich, I would buy a baby gate.  I'm not rich, however, I am crafty!

I was thinking that I might be able to construct something with some old shutters, if I could find them for cheap somewhere.

If anyone has ever dealt with a similar problem in a crafty (and cheap!) manner, I would love to hear your solutions!

I want to keep the budget around $20 and I don't really care how attractive it is, as long as it's functional.

I know this is going to make me sound like a noob, mostly because I pretty much am...but....

Can someone give me some basic instructions on making a button hole either
a. by hand OR b. on a machine that doesn't have a setting for making button holes

To anyone that offers advice (particularly pictorial advice!)  THANK YOU! and may karma be kind to you

My grandpa recently died and my mom wanted to put her sympathy cards into a scrapbook. Her idea was to glue the backs of the cards to sheets of paper and put them in a three ring binder. I told her I could make something much much much better. So, this is what I did.
Each card is sewn in individually. She really likes it and everyone she shows it to is really impressed.

I've been making books for quite a while and just started having this problem where my cover has little tiny rips at the fold. I've done everything I can think of to make it not happen. I've made my cover in three pieces, front, back, and spine with a gutter to accomodate the fold, bone folding, not bone folding. Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep this from happening?

oh, I am using regular scrapbook paper and it's happened with several different brands.

Here are some photos.


   

I got this machine at a garage sale for $5 because the machine I was using broke. I was wondering if anyone could help me find a manual for it. I've figured out the basics, but I would like to know how the bobbin winder works.  Thanks!