Fabric Casserole Carriers and a Tutorial

casserole carrier

I asked my husband to stop at Walmart on his way to work a few weeks ago to see how much 9″ x 13″ casserole dishes were. I needed more than what I had in order to make all of the side dishes I was planning to cook for Thanksgiving. He found a great deal [...]

More Handmade Wallets

Over the weekend I was able to squeeze in some sewing time.  I had cut out the fabric for these wallets and laminated it before Thanksgiving which meant I was able to sew all three wallets in one morning.  I found the tutorial for these laminated kids’ wallets at The Polka Dot Chair and thought [...]

Homemade Christmas 2010

I decided I needed to compile a list of all of the homemade Christmas gifts I have made so far this year. I need to keep track of what I have accomplished so far. I will be adding to this list as I finished more gifts. Doily Pillow (with tutorial) Washer Necklaces Spool Picture Holders [...]

Fleece Covered Ice Scrapers

This is my third sewing post in a row this week.  I am on a roll with the Christmas gifts.  I don’t know how much sewing I will get done with Thanksgiving and decorating for Christmas next week.  So, I thought I would get as much done as possible this week. Today I finished these [...]

Handmade Wallets

I wanted to make my daughter a new wallet for Christmas and decided I could use a new one, too.  When I found a wallet tutorial at That *Darn* Kat I thought I would give it a try.  I did a few things differently than the tutorial called for.  I used a button and elastic [...]

Hand Towel Plastic Bag Holder

When we were at my in-laws recently I noticed that they didn’t have something that I have-a place to put their plastic grocery bags.  You mean everyone doesn’t have a special holder for their plastic bags?  Well, they should.  Ideally, everyone should use reusable grocery bags, but if you are like us you still end [...]

T-Shirt Quilt

A few months ago my husband went through his closet and took out quite a few t-shirts from his coaching days.  He cut up the shirts and made rags out of them, but he saved the printed fronts and backs.  He mentioned that he would like for me to make him a t-shirt quilt sometime.  [...]

Spool Picture Holders

A few weeks ago I saw a post at Creative Passage about photo holders made from spools.  I bookmarked it and went to look through my craft supplies to see what I had on hand to use for this project.  I had a bunch of empty plastic spools, Mod Podge and scrapbook papers on hand.  [...]

Washer Necklaces and More

  I just realized that I never posted about the washer necklaces I made in June.  I followed the tutorial I found at Little Birdie Secrets.  Basically, I used some metal washers I found at a hardware store, some scrapbook paper scraps, glue, a glaze and some cording. I couldn’t find the “Diamond Glaze” the [...]

A Pillow Made from a Doily and Napkins

When I found two brand new green satin napkins at a yard sale recently I knew exactly what I was going to do with them.  I made a pillow.  The doily on the front was one of my grandmother’s.  I inherited quite a few and haven’t had enough places to put them all, so they [...]