Kitchen Towels or Pillows?

There are times when you find the perfect hand towel and you just have to get it.
But why should it be used to wipe  your hands?



This one I picked up in D.C. at the Smithsonian. Perfect for the camper! It was to pretty. The gingham on the bottom, real cross stitch framing the map. I thought it would be  more sufficient as a pillow for the camper.
Perfect!

 

This one I found at Cracker Barrel. I love the colors, it matched the inside camper.
There was a lot of space up top, so I added a twill and a couple of buttons.
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The America towel cost $15 and the other one cost $12.
 Yhea I like them better as pillows.

Another Locker Hooking Project

My second Locker Hooking rug I made!

Remember my first one here!

Like the first one I collected sheets and pillow cases and ripped them into 1 inch strips.

There is a good tutorial here which shows you how to Locker Hook.

Your thinking pink and green!
My bedroom walls are a spring green. I did that for my dh, that's how I got away with the pink colors.
LOL

I put this on his side of the bed and he comments, "It's pink!".

I said, "No, it's green".

I love the feel of it under my feet, nice and cozy.

The pattern was free hand, I didn't want it to have perfect shapes since the colors were off too.

Now to make another one just like this. To go on my side of the bed.

This craft is very easy, the hardest part is not to annoy the family with the ripping sound.

My Antique Book Cover

As you all know we do a lot of traveling and camping with our 5th wheel.

When we reminisce on our travels we (me) usually forgets some of the details.

Well over at Just Something I Made

Cathe Holden, was nice enough to share a copy of this antique book here
Bought a cheap journal, printed out the book covers and label. I trimed it up a bit.

Modge Podge the new cover on the book.

I love the way it turn out. I brought it with us to our Florida trip. Jotted down times we stopped, where we stayed, what we did during the day, places we visted and people we met.

Of course labeled it too!

My NEW Necklace Holder

Below is a section cut from a floor board Rob put down in the basement.

He saved them for me. I took 2 of these and glued them together with Gorilla Glue, (my new best friend).

I then took my special book of special pages, and Modge Podge them to the front,

and the back. As you can see I used the taps from a soda can. Bent them a little and glued them with my new special friend.

I also glued (glue gun) the lace around the edge.

Found a few knobs at a thrift store, love the glass look.

Hooks from another thrift store, I sprayed them with white, they were a ugly brown.

You like the pearls? They are buttons.

Another glass knob.

Out of my scrap booking clutter, I pulled the floral paper and ripped and more Modge Podge.

Put it all together and what do you have ?

Necklace Holder!

The necklace in the center, with the ring on the bottom is what Heather made for me when I used to wear reading glasses.

I Love It!!!!

I'm so happy with it!!

The pic above the holder is a pic of me and my grandmother I made. It's very special to me, as was she.xo

My daughter Heather got me hooked on the necklaces, cute huh?

Locker Hooking

Love my NEW floor.

Tiled!

It does look a little blaa......doesn't it?

A NEW hobby I found!

I walked into a Fabric Store an saw a Locker Hooking Rug.

I was hooked! :~)

I can use up fabric scraps and old sheets.

Loving it.

Recycle.

I love the way it turned out.

I like it so much I'm making two more for our bedroom, for the sides of our beds. I'll try a different pattern with this one.

Using a bunch of old sheets I have, and can't use anymore.

Recycle.

Check out the loops!
It looks sweet doesn't it?
You can even attach more and make it larger.
This craft is so much fun.

Bee in My Bonnet Giveaway

Anyone into quilting? Then you need to check out Bee in my Bonnet A Give Away!You have the choice of 3 different awsome patterns to choose from . My favorite is the Family Reunion.What's yours? Hurry up the dead line is the 31st of January.

November Banner

Last month I got the pumpkin banner done on Halloween. This month I wanted to get November done before Thanksgiving.

I found some leaves and wheat pattern fabric.
Great Autumn colors.

Gobble -Gobble

Some corn and more leaf pattern fabric.

Love the corn.

That's on my front door this month!

Now busy with a few other things.

Thanks for stopping by.

Monthly Banner-October

I found this kit for monthly banners, I had to have it!

This is the first one I finished for the month of October.

I worked on appliques, something new to me. Ladies at the quilt club told me how to use freezer paper also.
Cute little bats and spiders.
This was allot of fun looking through my stash for scraps, and shopping for some theme fabric.

Some little pumpkins.

We also did a fabric swap at the club to get a variety of different fabric.

Little spider web, with a big smile.

I have a regular sewing machine. So I don't have much to choose from for fancy stitches.(Not much at all)

I think it turned out great!

Now to finish November before Thanksgiving.

My Bathroom Window

I've been needing curtains in our Master Bathroom since we moved in. Well we are waiting to tile the floor, fix the ceiling and paint the room.

I got tired of waiting.
I collected a few hankies and sewed them on a cotton valiance. We have NO neighbors behind us, nothing but trees.
Besides I like to look outside and see the animals, squirrels, birds, deer having fun.

This is another thrift find!

25 cents!

It's a glass frog usually it goes for $7 and up.

I was so excited when I snatched it up.

My little Camper

I wanted to make a little something for our camper to hang up.

Making it homey.
Found this on clip art, figure out what colors I wanted and sewed it together.
The window shades and the border are matching the inside of the camper.
Did I say, "I Love Our Camper."
xo

My NEW Pillows

Not exactly new. Old pillows new covers.
I was at Joannes and saw the fabrics samples on sale for $2 each.

I bought some that I like, and thought it would look in the living room.

Sewing them differently. Kind of scrappy.

I love them!

What do you think?