Square management

You may not need another little thing on your sewing table.

You may have the fabric organization GENE!  :)

You may already have the perfect spot for ALL your scraps and leftovers.

I'm always collecting little squares.

I have a "THING" for little squares.

I like to cut them up out of the leftovers from projects.

Getting them rounded up is always the challenge.

This little basket was a prototype.

I was designing a little COASTER basket found here

and made a FEW

I WONDER baskets.

"I wonder if this work?"

"I wonder if THAT will work??"

This basket was TOO big for coasters...

but it works for my

2", 2 1/2" and 3" squares.

They all have a corner

and ONE corner is leftover for....????

Do I dare begin a 1 1/2" corner??

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This little basket is made up of TWO 11"x 11" squares.

I laid them out BACK to back

(wrong side to wrong side)

and cut out 2 1/2" squares from the corners.

I used some bias tape.

Laid that bias tape down

and covered EACH corner.

I opened it up and sewed around...

I turned at each corner after going 1/4" past the corner.

With needle DOWN...

I turned the basket and stitched.

Then I rolled the bias tape over and top stitched.

Each corner is now covered.

I added bias tape around the top

in the same way.

The only tricky part is moving EACH side

up to meet at the corners.

Not really tricky.

Maybe a little fiddly.

;)

I don't really need anything else on my sewing table...

BUT...

I DO appreciate a little organizational HELP!!!!

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Thanks to everyone who entered

the fabric giveaway.

Winners were announced here.

;)

congratulations Shawna!

Quick and Easy Gift Ideas Blog Hop

Hi Friends!

Today I'm joining a great BLOG HOP

hosted by Sew in Love (with fabric).

A BERNARTEX fabric company blog.

During the next week there's

a GREAT line up of projects and ideas you'll want to

watch out for!

There will also be a giveaway at EACH stop along the way.

 A Win Win situation.   ;)

I received a selection of prints from the 

ORIGINS line of fabric

and designed this great set of coasters

ALONG with a "berry basket" to hold them in!

I LOVE the BRIGHT green in the center of my coasters!

Plus...

that little bit of green stitching

makes them EXTRA special

and takes just a little bit more time.

;)

The Origins line of fabric also includes

these ROUND motifs

that are SUPER simple to construct

and also FIT in the handy dandy basket.

I had a hard time deciding which set to make....

so ....

I made them BOTH!

The tutorial for this project is over at the Sew in Love (with fabric) blog today.

I hope you'll make a few 

and give something....

or....... a WHOLE bunch of SOMETHINGS

that are HOMEMADE away this holiday season!!!

For a chance to win a fat quarter bundle of Origins, make sure you're signed up to follow the Benartex blog either by email or through a blog reader (see both options in the right hand sidebar at Sew in Love with Fabric). Leave a comment letting me know you are, and leave a second comment if you follow Benartex on Facebook. In your comment, let us know if you're making any handmade gifts for the holidays this year (and if you are...where are you in the process? Idea stage? Halfway done? Already wrapped?). The giveaway will remain open through Tuesday, December 9th at 11:59 pm EST. 

Homemade weekend

It is SO satisfying living a homemade life.

I love using the things I make

and eating the food my husband grows.

The past weekend was FULL of homemade over here.

 

We ate outside on the thrifted table cloth

that began life as a shower curtain.

;)

I Pickled the beets from my husband's garden.

I also ate a few blueberries off the bush he has on the patio.

It's the PERFECT snacking tree!

 

Living a homemade life is also knitting between things.

between cooking.

between computer.

during computer...??

while waiting for school buses....

During picnics talking with friends.....

I love getting a FEW more stitches in!

 

 

During the picnic this weekend

We used the scrappy patriotic quilt....

that shows how much we LOVE using it!

We used my Homemade picnic bag.

 

Yes.

It's FUN to USE the things we make.

Isn't it?

It's not as much fun to CLEAN.

But...

Long weekends are good for that too.

and...
HOMEMADE means

MESS

at my house.

;/

 

Homemade also means GREAT containers!

Right?

 

I saw this at the thrift store

and knew I'd find SOMETHING

to fit inside.

 

Are you living homemade too?