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Mar 8, 2016

I attended a Tea party with my Aunt Junie, last year. The hostess of our table had a tea pot I'd never seen before, it was an Insulated Metal covered Teapot with cork stopper, love it!! Of course I had to have one! With the insulator it keeps your tea hotter longer, that's awesome. I priced them online, brand new they were $100....

A month later I found this one at a garage sale, $5. Yes it has cracks in the porcelain, but it does not leak. Even with the insulator on the pot, I would like my tea even hotter.

Looking in my Mother's cupboards, I came across one of her tea cozy's, it almost fit my pot perfectly except it need to be longer at the top.

I traced it for the pattern, and made my own.

Here's the steps:

Cut 2 fabric for sides and cut 1 for bottom.
Cut 2 lining and cut 1 for bottom.

Sew Velcro on both sides of top of each side piece of lining

Sew 1/4" seam up each side around the top, leaving bottom open.

Cut 2 foam for sides and cut 1 for bottom.
Cut 2 batting for sides and cut 1 for bottom.
Cut 2 heat bond for sides and cut 1 for bottom.

Iron heat bond to batting, iron batting to foam.

Sew across the top 2" down, then in the middle, and on both sides. See next photo.

Sew both sides.

Pin bottom of sides, right sides together, 2" on one side, 1" on the other side.

For bottom piece
Iron all layers together,
Sew 1/4" around, then zig zag edge.

Pin sides to bottom, Sew 1/4" around, then zig zag edges.

Insert tea pot!!

Let the tea sipping begin!!

Thank you for joining me,

Happy Sewing!

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Feb 28, 2016

I love these old bushel baskets.

Years ago you could purchase liners at your local drug store...... times sure have changed......

I’ve been wanting to make this Basket Liner. I had one for years, every time I visit my daughter in CO, oh look, there it is….. anyways,

I wanted one for myself. I found this pattern on Vintage Pattern Market Place. The pattern is easy to follow, I need more oil clothe to make a few more.
Happy Crafting.

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Dec 29, 2013

Hanging Towel with added Flare

Easy Hanging Towel

With my sewing supplies in WI, while I was there I was determined to bring something back with me to Mexico so I could sew, (even though I know I have to hand sew.) I went through my sewing bin for all I need to make my Hanging Towel. I don't have one on my stove here, I miss my towel not falling off when I'm cooking.

While digging I found a finished towel that was already stamped.

My wonderful sister bought a stamp with my trademark.
Now I have the pattern, the towel (material), the fat-quarters, pins, needles, thread, scissors (forgot a thimble). I'll heal.....

A gift for baby

I wanted to make this Old-fashioned bonnet for my niece, who is about to have her first baby. Since her generation does not like to be surprised at the birthing, we all know it’s a baby girl. Her name is Madison Rose….awe.

When considering the fabric I would use, it dawned on me that I had this night gown. I wore it once for about 5 minutes. My boyfriend commented that it made me look like an old granny. It’s been sitting in a drawer for ever since. With the ruffle, the trim and the lacy embellishments on bodice, I figured it would be perfect for the bonnet.

I basically followed the instructions for the Old-fashioned bonnet, except (of course I changed it). Here’s what I did different. In her photo you can tell that baby is not a newborn. So I re-sized it, and followed her instructions up to this step.
Step 4: Form the unstitched end of a tie into a Z (fold it in thirds) and pin it to the large rectangle about 1.25″ back from the decorative trim along the 16″ side. Repeat with the other tie on the other side.

What I did was to fold up the rectangle (measuring all across to be sure that the ruffle was even from top to bottom), and stitch only the sides.

Pinning the ties inside.

I turned it outside in and pressed it with an iron. Then pin the opening and the raw end of the ruffle and top stitch both sides and stitched the opening. Sew close to the edge.

Per her instructions fold up the bottom, creating a casing for the back ribbon, pin and stitch close to the edge.

I centered and sewed the pretty laced ribbon on the front seam across the ruffle. On the back seam I sewed the trim.

I know, I was a purty baby!

Now after it was finished I had no way to gauge whether it would fit a new born or not. So I researched the average size of a newborn baby's head, enlarged a doll head pattern, printed off my baby picture, to make it more realistic, (hehe), I laughed the whole time, come on, that's funny. And this is how it looked, when I was taking the pictures for this post, my boyfriend come around the corner and caught a look of the baby face, and jumped, he didn't expect it.....I'm still laughing.

I made this for baby Madison. A romper with a matching bonnet 3M. For the bonnet I partially used Simplicity A2104 pattern and of course I changed it. I got the romper pattern from you can make this.com it's called THE CHELSEA ROMPER SIZES 3M-5T. What's cool about this pattern, it's downloaded so you can print it as you use it; and with it going all the way up to a 5T, I can make it for my Ella Bear, too.

Happy Sewing!

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Apr 7, 2012

A Match Set

My daughter Deby loved my "Hanging Towel" and asked me to make her one to match her kitchen. I bought the towel (set of 3) at a Home Goods store. I really didn't notice when I bought them, but the towels are huge. I cut it and used the leftovers to make a matching potholder.

I pleated this towel so it would lay right. Besides it being a little shorter, I made it exactly like the first one. For the potholder I used this tutorial found at Sew WE Quilt and since Deby loves owls, I knew it would a perfect for a match set.

I made the shapes needed for the pattern on MS Publisher.

Cut the shapes out of different fabrics and used heat bond paper on the backs of each. I ironed them on, then stitched around all the pieces.

After finishing both, I could not wait to give them to her.

She loves them and hung them up right away.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Sewing.

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Apr 5, 2012

Easter Gifts

I lost track of my days, probably from being on the computer so much, that I had to scramble to get the Easter gifts sewn and shipped. I was in such a hurry that there are pictures, no tutorials. But I still want to share the photos.

For my Harmy Bear, I saw the weekender tote, by Leah Williams, and based my little purse off that picture. So Harmony's purse is a "Grammy Bear Original".
For my El Bear, I made the "Blossom Handbag", I printed the pattern at 40%, it's so cute. Here's where to find it.
Free Amy Bulter Pattern.
Now, for my Boo Bear, I made this cool bow tie. Naturally it would only look good with a white dress shirt, I picked that up for him, too. Here's the Free Bow Tie Pattern.

The fabric Twirl by Me & My Sister for Moda - Blue and Green 1/2 yard bundle - 7 half yards I purchased from Stitches and Giggles. Love the fabric.
I started Sunday night, and shipped out on Tuesday morning. The package will arrive on Thursday. So YAH, I got that done......