I haven’t been overly crafty lately. Hopefully, I can get back in the swing of things soon. I did have a chance to make something for my mom for Mother’s Day.
The bag pictured above was made of two placemats and is my design. I am working on getting a tutorial together and hope to have it up by the end of the week.
The frame is holding a piece of linen that has some cutwork lace. It came from a tablecloth of my grandmothers. I inherited her large dining room set and the tablecloth went with it. However, it was in sad shape in a few spots. It had alternating squares like the one pictured above and ones that were all lace. I cut it apart a couple of years ago thinking I would do something with it, but never had. So, I decided to use one of the squares for a gift for my mom.
I first put a piece of scrapbook paper behind the fabric. Then I placed a small picture of my first Mother’s Day which shows 4 generations of mothers (my mom, my grandma, my baby girl and me) which was taken 9 years ago. I placed everything in an 8×10 frame and made a label for the back stating some of what I just told you using fewer words. 🙂 I think my mom liked it. Now, I just need to come up with some other ways to use the pieces from that tablecloth.
