Fun Fri~ Making Use of the Last Piece of Yarn

 

Any more I just can't sit and watch an entire movie on TV and do nothing,

 or I find my hand trying to stuff food in my mouth.

 (not an ad, but I watch

 premium You Tube 

where I've found a lot of movies that

 I don't have to pay additional. 

I pay the premium price because I despise ads.)

So lately, I've been grabbing the knitting needles and making

 my favorite dish cloth 

that now takes a little over 2 hours

 which is the length of a lot of movies these days.

 While using the last of the yellow,

 I ran out of that color and 

grabbed a piece of green. 

The piece of yarn you see is

 what was left of the green 

when I got done. 

This is a cotton yarn

so it can be used

as a dish cloth.

Although,

I wouldn't think over a second to use 

under a warm bowl.

 

Have fun keeping your hands busy

with something

 that has ZERO calories.

Thoughtful Thurs~ Busy in Santa's Workshop: Casserole Carrier

To be reversible, 

just bring the handle around to the other side.

Folds up to take less space.

 

Find my old tutorial HERE 

For REVERSIBLE CASSEROLE/PIE CARRIER.

 

Wordless Wed 398~ Christmas with Friends at Holly Hill Inn

 

Tues Tutorial~ 2024 Christmas Post Cards

 So here is this year's post cards to go in the mailboxes at church. A few will be mailed to family and friends. There were 24 made today, and probably will need more. Each one does not take a lot of time to make. It's a way to use up those tiny bits of scraps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First make dryer sheets (or whatever backing you choose) full of stitched on fabric like is done HERE or HERE without backing. For these cards, dryer sheets were covered then folded in half and cut to making almost exactly 2 cards.

 

With a word processor (I used Open Office, a free program, which I've used since 2011), make the words to go on the front of the card. Above shows the picture of the half sheet remaining. The font that was used is called "pw Christmas font" downloaded free from www.dafont.com. A rotary blade specifically used for cutting paper, aka dull blade, was used to cut the phrases apart with a rotary cutting ruler.

Experiment with special edged cutting scissors.

 

 Stitch the phrase to the fabric only.

 

 Stitch around the edge

with 

an edge foot

or any foot with a blade.

Let the blade of the foot move along

the edge of the card,

while the needle is moved to the left around the 2.0 position.

 

 

Trim

The card stock was printed using the 

"Just Cole Cursive" font

also from Dafont. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mon Memory ~ Flat Bowl Holder

 

Sometimes known as "A Bowl Cozy".  This is a cozy I designed a few years back. Instead of using darts, these are made with pleats. They can then lay flatter, and in a drawer. They can also be used as a hot pad. To find out how to make them, go to my old tutorial, FLAT OUT BOWL HOLDER.

 

Here are some shots of a few

 I've made recently.

 Note the emphasis on pleats.

 

I'm lucky to have a machine that stitches 

easily through thick layers.

 

Sun Best~ Provoked Thought: Phillipians 4:11

 

Pulled out this drawer,

and this is how it appeared.

Fun Fri~ Just Playing with Scraps Cause It's Card Time Again

 

Thoughtful Thur~ DIY Gift Ideas

 Lately, I've been going back through my blog,

to review the directions to make 

some of the favorite DIYs for gift giving.

Thought you'd like a review.  

I'm working on my second Casserole/Pie Carrier right now,

because I overheard someone asking my daughter

about this one.

Then said they could use one like that.

Do you spend your time eves dropping during 

Thanksgiving, to get gift ideas?

 

So here are some you might try.

Some were totally my ideas,

some were variations of 

what others had made.

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Please click on the picture 

to take you to the

tutorial link.

 You'll find more DIY gift ideas here including

Doll Clothes and their patterns

Christmas Decorations

Yard Flags

 

Go HERE for Card/Tag ideas 

See links at the top of this page in web view