I’ve been sewing up these simple placemats for years for our church bazaar, and they are great sellers every time. The key to creating a high-end impression with this simple design is the fabric selection. Of course you can use two fabrics from a collection, but another strategy I use is to pick a larger pattern paired with a tone-on-tone plaid/stripe or small print. Each fabric also has contrasting background colors. By using this strategy, the placemats are both coordinating and reversible! I’ve tried different sizes and found that too small look kind of…
Here’s another version of the Super Simple Towel Topper Tutorial – adding gathering to the towel and creating your own quilted fabric. I tried a gathering option for towels that have images and words that go across the entire towel. And making your own quilted fabric makes it possible to use any coordinating fabric you like! To create this towel, use the same supply list from my Super Simple Towel Topper Tutorial, replacing the pre-quilted fabric with regular fabric and batting pieces. Supplies: Kitchen towels (I’m using fall towels from the Christmas Tree Shops in this example.) Fabric…
Super Easy Quote Blocks Have scrapbook paper with inspirational quote designs? I buy these paper pads to make handmade greeting cards, but also like to think of other ways to use the pages. I see so many inspirational wooden / metal / chalkboard plaques and frames with handwritten lettering in stores, and I wanted to make my own crafty version. This project is a super simple version, using supplies you probably already have in your craft room. And the final result is so cute and fun! Supplies: Craft acrylic paint in brown and metallic gold (I used Bark Brown, Cinnamon and Inca…
I’ve been sewing towel toppers over the years for gifts and for our church bazaar. They are fairly easy to make and fun to match up fabric stash scraps to towel colors and themes. But sometimes it gets a little hard to push the towel with the fabric topper through the sewing machine. So I was inspired to try a design that avoids sewing over the doubled bulk of the towel altogether. This is a version of a towel topper crafted by a lovely lady named Florence from our church. She’s been sewing and donating beautiful fabric creations…