Monday Making

Opportunities to make and GIVE potholders

keep popping up!!!

I am EMBRACING them!

:)

This little pair began with an old quilty experiment.

I found the wavy pieces in my scrap basket.

WOW!

That meant ALL I had to do was make a little

Potholder "sandwich"

Quilt

( I used wavy lines)

Trim 

and then...

Bind!!

Viola.

Wish ALL my little gifties were that easy.

What are YOU making this week???

Small finishes

This is the time of year we MAKERS 

do a lot of MAKING!

I've been doing a little bit of this

and....

a little bit of THAT.

I love the colors in this small potholder...

Don't you?

That center spot of color POPS inside the soft blue!

This table runner has been in my MIND 

for quite a while now.

I wanted to merge some silver sparkly yarn

as the warp

and weave SOMETHING into it.

The question was WHAT color??

I finally decided on this soft greenish gray cotton.

It is a simple blend of color.

Soft and serene.

Weaving is sort of like knitting.

Peaceful and contemplative.

Just right during this busy season.

This table runner is now in my etsy shop.

Friday Finish

A FRESH potholder

because...

all this garden GOODNESS deserves it!

When the garden is FULL.

The kitchen is BUSY!

Practical Patchwork

I poured some scraps on my sewing table today

and had some fun!

Patchwork fun.

Kitchens need quilts.

So do our coffee CUPS!

Do you take it black?

I like to add Coconut cream to mine!!!

Monday Making

After a few days of travel

the sewing room needs to be dusted off.

The dust settled into mountains and hills of FIBER.

There are rivers of thread RUNNING across the floor.

There are FIELDS of fabric full of color!

How in the world did everything pile up

while I was away...

or so it SEEMS!

I think..... as I did my coming and going

I kept doing a little of this

and a little of THAT.

I was packing 

and unpacking.

Plus...

Sewing little seams here and there.

THAT, my friends, is what it takes to make a big mess!

Good thing I have this JEWEL of a potholder

to show for ALL that mess!

ISN'T she sweet??

She IS a potholder..

but I imagine holding HOT lids will not be on her first agenda!

First, She needs hang up and be admired.

She needs to sing!

She needs to SHINE!

I'll be binding her today and singing along.

;)

What are you up to this Monday Morning??

Link up and join the party.

Helpful HINT

When the rotary blade doesn't feel like turning.....

Add a little oil.

It's MAGIC!

I'll be doing lots of trimming soon.

I like to work in stages.

Adding the binding with machine is NEXT.

As you can see....

I'm using some old towels (clean of course) for the potholder stars.

 

I THINK this is my last batch.

Do you like Christmas sewing...

or...

Christmas BAKING???

 

Guess which one I like?

Hah!

Hostess gift

I have TWO new potholders today.

 

I needed a hostess gift to send with my son

who is traveling soon to Haiti.

 

I have them because......

Toni sent THIS today!

She knows I like orphans....

And....... you know me!!!

I can't let sleeping blocks LIE!!!

 

They have to be PUT INTO ACTION

IMMEDIATELY!!!

I quickly pulled these two blocks out.

Added a border that was SUPER handy.

In other words....

Sitting on the floor next to my machine!!!!

Found some cute backing RIGHT NEXT to the border fabric...

ON the FLOOR!!!

LOL!

 

Thank you so much TONI!

It was FUN!

 

My floor now is clear of TWO pieces of fabric.

What will I do with the REST????

Art and Fabric

There's a natural progression from quilt to art.

First you make something USEFUL

then...

You make something for FUN!

This little art quilt won a 2nd place today

in the local art show.

I'm pleased.

;)

Sometimes my little art projects

DO

turn into something USEFUL.

Here's a small practice piece.

 

It didn't work in the art quilt I made a while back....

but it WORKS in the kitchen!!!

;)

 

Edible Scraps

These LOVELY green scraps appeared at my house yesterday.....

As a result of buying........

ONE big BAG of GREEN apples.

;)

Good thing my 18 year old son was around to EAT half of them!

I hate to see GOOD scraps GO to WASTE....

Even if They're NOT FABRIC scraps!!!!

The apples were quickly seeded and pared.

Thrown into a pot with a TINY bit of water.

While they cooked on LOW.....

I did a bit of stitching.

IF YOU'RE going to COOK...

YOu're going to need NEW POTHOLDERS

every now and THEN!!!!!

I need to add a binding on this one

and I want to see if I can do it ALL by hand!!!!

The apples cooked in a short time.

We ALL enjoyed APPLESAUCE...

and then.....

 I got back to STITCHING the IN-edible kind of scraps!!!!