Her Life At Home

At HerLifeAtHome.com it is our goal to help people with ideas for a new craft, or to become more proficient at what they are doing now. On this site we will present tips on sewing, quilting, quilling (paper filigree), candlemaking, and other interesting crafts and hobbies We will provide links to tools and materials and articles by experienced practitioners. We will also do reviews on products and books to help you make informed buying decisions. This page will show our latest recommendations, but other craft ideas will be available on the navigation bar to the left. In the future, we will present articles and products in the areas of Health, Weight Loss, and Beauty. Thank you for visiting, and come back often!

When many people first begin to sew, they find that "fitting" pants and skirts to be one of their major challenges. Marian Lewis has solved that problem with a "Common Sense Fitting Method" that she developed over years of trial and error. This book takes all of the mystery and most of the difficulty from this necessary, but sometimes frustrating step

in the clothes making and altering process. For more information on Marian's method, just click on the "Sewing" icon on the left hand side of this page, or click on the bookcover to go to Marian's website, where you will find a selection of e-books on other sewing subjects.

No, I didn't misspell it. It's not quilting, it's quilling! Otherwise know as "paper filigree", this ancient art has seen a strong resurgence over the last decade. It's done by cutting and curling pieces of colored paper into a few basic shapes, then combining them to create amazingly complex patterns. The result is a true work of art that can be

used to decorate almost anything, from cards to boxes to luggage.

See our "Quilling" page for more information from Articles, Books, and You Tube Videos! Then get started right away by visiting Claire Harris' "Quilling Magic" Website!

Home crafts are wonderful, fun, and fulfilling. However, they don't provide a lot in the way of physical activity, and this can lead to gaining weight. Usually by the time we realize that we need to lose weight, conventional diet and exercise programs are too slow. All of sudden, summer's coming, and you need to burn fat fast. Not to mention all the time it takes to calculate, count calories and grams, and develop menus. This takes time from your home crafts, and from your life.

Fat Loss 4 Idiots, and the calorie shifting diet plan, solves all of these problems. You can lose up to 9 pounds in 11 days, twice the rate of conventional diets. And Fat Loss 4 Idiots provides you with daily menus, you don't have to calculate anything. Just eat until you are satisfied, but not overstuffed. Try it out today! It's online, so you get instant access, and it comes with an unconditional 60 day Money Back Guarantee.

Have you ever heard of the Kindle? I hadn't until recently. It is one of the most amazing and useful devices ever invented by man. It is an electronic reader that you can take with you anywhere. It will store up to 1500 books, and you can download books, newspapers, magazines, whatever any time, any place. The screen is like paper, no glare, so you can read outside. It will even read to you, in a male or female voice, while you drive. I just can't say enough about this marvelous device, so click on the icon in the left column and go to the Amazon Kindle page. Watch the video, I promise you will be impressed. By the way, with the Kindle, you can download new books at a lower price than the printed version! This thing will pay for itself. Need a unique gift for your spouse for that very special occasion? The Kindle could be just what you've been searching for!

Whether you are a novice or an accomplished, experienced quilter, this wonderful book will give you everything you need to know in order to make over two hundred quilts from the designs of quilts made by actual American pioneer women!

Step-by-step instructions, cutting designs, materials

suggestions, yardage estimates. You will be able to add a special value to the each quilt that you make, because you will be able to tell the story of the original quilt in American history. Mrs. McKim’s charming, well-illustrated book brings together historical research, a treasury of over one hundred authentic early American quilting designs, a wealth of practical methods, and a satisfying helping of nostalgia. You will not want your craft library to be without it!

Birding may not fit neatly with sewing, quilting, and quilling, but you've got to get out of the house sometime. It is an inexpensive hobby (well, it can get expensive, but it doesn't have to), and I'm surprised that more people aren't into it. I use it for relaxation and entertainment. Like most people these days, I live and work in a world of noise and

chaos, hurry hurry. My birdwatching spots are off the beaten path in places where nature rules, and I enjoy being there even if I don't see a bird. If you don't like going to quiet, peaceful, relaxing places, you can put a birdfeeder in your yard and purchase a Field Guide all for less than $50.00. Now, I'm just an amatuer birder, but my good friend Donna Besskin is a real professional Field Naturalist. If you would like to learn more about birding visit her site at http://www.birdsight.com. There you will find informative articles, neat bird pics, and interesting videos. I go there at least once a week to find out what's new!