Microwave Bowl Mitt

So I've been a little busy sewing again.  I made several of these at Christmas and gave to my mom, 2 sisters, a niece, and a few friends.  These are great helpers in preventing your fingers from getting burnt when taking a bowl out of the microwave.


This is the three I made today.  The two are a dog print on one side with bones on the other.  These can be inverted.  The third one I just Christmas print I had.  The second picture is showing them stack with a bowl inside.  As you can see the little corners are what you hold on to when removing from the microwave.

This shows the instructions with the mitt and bowl.  This is really a cute idea and a very useful project.  I purchased the instructions from "The Back Door" in Greenwood located on Meridian.

I just gave a fourth one away to one of Caleb's friends.  Being in college I'm sure he uses microwaves a lot so when he saw what I was making he was thrilled to receive one. 

Whimsical Flower

So here is a cute little flower pin I found from Jennifer Jangles blog.  Since I am in the Indianapolis Chapter Sewing Guild, we were given a challenge.  This is one of several that was available.  I thought this looked fairly fun, didn't need to really purchase anything, and easy.  I actually sewed it once and then took it all apart because I didn't like how the flower pedals looked.  I like the second attempt much better.  The pedals are more separated like I wanted.  I am going to end up giving this one to my sister for a bag that I made her.  The bag is the darker blue with the white for the handles and inside lining.  Just hot glue a pin on the back and there you have a little decoration on your bag.

A Sewing Project

So, with all the extra time on my hands due to the weather, I decided my daughter and I could work on something together. I really wanted to have these done for her as a Christmas gift but never got to them.  I'm really glad I didn't.  It gave us this time together. 

 

 

Aren't these pretty?  My daughter's name means butterfly.  I really like the orange on the main fabric and the butterfly's are smaller.  Then the accent fabric that separates the body from the top is tiny flowers with then the larger butterflies at the opening.  Before serging, she put stitching at the base of the accent fabric to help the fabric lay flat and also gives a finished look.  I then serged the pillowcase.  This was a quick project but gave us a little something to do.  This weather has been so crazy.  We were suppose to be back to school on Monday.  That was three days ago.  Tomorrow we return but on a 2 hour delay.  It's been almost 3 weeks that we have been out of school.  It will be nice getting back into the swing of things.

What to do when snow bound? Make dog boots!

Well, I found a couple of things to do.  It made me really sad when my dogs went outside to do their business in the frigid cold, and with temperatures below zero and all the snow and ice, it was hurting their paws.  Fortunately, with the internet and information easily made available, I found a YouTube video that provided instructions on making dog boots.

So, here they are.  Baylee and Scottie in their new little booties.  What a difference this made during their last potty break last night and this morning.  I had some left over fleece for the boot and some leather for the sole part.  The leather keeps the fleece dry and the fleece basically supports the leather. 

Scottie ran around in his new boots for about half hour before he tried them outside.  He did fine and seemed to enjoy that his paws were protected.  Baylee didn't like them on her paws but did do better outside when she realized her paws weren't going to hurt like they had earlier.  It was her response that really concerned me and got me on the hunt on what I could do to help.  She was crying/wining when she came in.  I had never seen her act like this and it worried me.

You can see how thrilled Baylee is in her coat and boots.  Stylish?  Maybe not, but serves the purpose superbly. 

NOTE:  I had to appreciate the lady that gave the instructions on the boots.  She is from Minnesota.  Should you like to try this or have a pet to protect, here is her webpage:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=99rvpp4dlPw

Twelve Little Snowmen

Well aren't these cute!  I made these for a little Christmas gift for the ladies I work with.  Basically a Hersey bar candy cover embellished with hat and scarf.  They want to look fashionable too.  I think I will make a few extra to have on hand for those last minute gifts.  I'm thinking our mail carrier, my caregivers (with of course some other things I've already purchased). You get the idea.  You think they will like them?

Project - Sewing an Apron using a man's shirt

I thought I would show a project that I worked on a few weeks back.  I actually have some things I enjoy other than just taking pictures.  Although I'm not sewing as much as I probably would really like to (I let other things get me sidetracked) here is an apron I sewed using a man's shirt.  

How awesome is this.  My sewing guild friend showed us how to use a mans shirt (has to have a collar and long sleeves) to make an apron.  Around the top you can see the green fabric I used for the ties and pockets.  The arms of the shirt are used to put on a waistband.  The shirts cuffs are used for the ruffle on top of the pockets.  You keep on the buttons and the front pocket becomes a back pocket.  Great for keeping anything in a back packet you don't want to get wet (such as a cell phone).  Thanks Darlene for the fab idea.  It was a fun project!