pleat week guest! - amanda from simply homemade

Today's guest is Amanda from Simply Homemade. Amanda is one of my real life sewing friends. Sometimes we lug our sewing machines over to each others' houses and sew. Together! She has 5 kids and a blog full of recipes and projects!

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Hello all you "See Kate Sew" fans!! I'm Amanda from "Simply Homemade"

It's my cyber place to put my stuff. I love pretty fabric, cupcakes, ruffles

and mod podge! I also have 5 kids and am the most embarrassing mom EVER!

aka: super cool!

On to the pleats! When Kate asked me to be a part of Pleat Weeks,

I squealed just a little. I love Kate and her awesome blog. She's amazingly

creative and her style is impeccable! (so thanks lady!)

However, then I remembered my love hate relationship with pleats.

I love them, they hate me. We've had some difficult projects in the past

and I think we both blame the other for failed attempts at what should

have been lovely pleat-y things.

So I dawdled a bit trying to figure out what would be "Pleat Week"worthy

and came up with this:

a pleated table runner.

Measure your table. My table is big what with 5 youngin's and all.

Your length should be your desired length x 3. It's long I know,

but I wanted the pleats to be very full. The width of my runner is 13".

Step 2:

Hem all four edges.

If you have a serger, use it! It'll make your life easier.

Step 5:
Stitch down the center of the entire length of the
runner.
You know, just to keep things in place.




And that's it. Pretty simple.

Here's a little peek at what I do. (sometimes)

Thank you so much Kate for inviting me today! I really enjoyed
thinking pleats!

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Thanks Amanda! 

You can find more of Amanda here:

Simply Homemade

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