Getting back to this kit, I figured out what I needed to do. I had to pin the base all around to one layer of Timtex to hold it tight while I added the pockets, thread holding elastic, and scissor holding elastic with clear vinyl point guards. I sewed through only one layer of Timtex …
Category: Scrap Crafting
Sewing Kit
Looking over the supply list for a class I am going to take, it had a lot of little things that could easily get lost in a big bag. Things like marking pencils, seam measure, seam ripper, thimble, thread snips, and well you get the idea. I remembered I had a pattern for a sewing …
Coffee Bag Project
I was in a cute quilt shop while on my last vacation, and found an adorable coffee motif panel. It had six little mug rug size motifs. I had to have it along with a yard of the coffee bean fabric that went with it. Getting home, I pulled out my coffee color stash …
Wool Work Valentine Penny Rug
I enjoy all kinds of needlework, but there is a special place for wool work. I don’t really know what it is about it, maybe because it is so easy and fast, or maybe it is the charm of it. Either way, it is fun to do. I wanted something with hearts for February to …
A Tote Bag Project
It seems I always have too many tote bags, but not one when I need it. Why is it that I have a half-dozen of them in the trunk, but half the time I get to the checkout line at the grocery store only to realize I forgot to bring them in? Or, more often, …
The Scrap Basket
How many scraps of material have you saved? Do you have uneven pieces from cutting, partial yard leftovers, old clothes you can’t stand to give away because of the fabric or a pretty embroidery, bits and pieces of this and that? Do you buy 4 yards of fabric when the pattern calls for 3? “I’m …
