When we first…
got back to PA …I was playing around with some sewing projects…wanting something different than the quilt blocks…so I made me a bag holder you know the ones that hold WM plastic shopping bags..I needed one for here…I made up my own pattern..made it with the sunflowers on it…I was telling my daughter about it and she said she would like one…so I looked in my material stash and could not find anything that would go with her kitchen..a few years ago she she had went lemon yellow and lime green in her kitchen…it is beautiful… I made a post with pics on this b l o g if want to check the archives…you can check it out…so one day while looking around in Jo-Anne’s I saw this cool material with lemons on it…
So I got a couple yards…it was even on sale…and stared sewing it up…
I loved it so much I got carried away and made a couple pot holders and a pad to drain the dishes on….my camera is the pits ..but the color in the pic below is the closest to the ture color of the material…
The pot holders were fun to make…I made them using the string quilt block pattern…I am making a string block quilt…I will post about that soon…anyway that is what I used on the pot holders…got some of that special padding for the heat …I stitched in the ditch along each strip…to hold it all together…I think this set would make great Christmas gifts…I was thinking about making a few sets for the church bazar when I get back to Florida…
And here is a Maggie girl pic…she is looking up at me waiting for her treat…a couple years ago when she was sick with those hot spots…she didn’t want to eat much…to bribe her into eating I would give her one when she would eat…well she got better and eating normal …but the treats she did not let go of…lol…she now has to have them…
And the rest of the story….
This sewing is what I have been doing for fun …with my sister …also we have been going to yard sales…mostly for fun the only thing I buy is material or sewing related things…this year was the last big push to get the house done and on the market…I did most of it this year by myself…son was very busy to be able to help me…let me tell you this was a huge job..sometimes I didn’t think I would make it…but now down to the last of it …can hardly believe it…after 6 years of down sizing and and purging…I have been posting about it on my other b lo g …the link is on the side bar …just click on it and check it out…when I get back to Florida this winter I will be making more post on here…I seem to have got my muse back for art and crafting….so anyway all for now thanks for looking and come back soon …blessings to all …donna
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