Dish Towel & Potholder Tutorial

I pulled out my sewing machine last weekend.... and worked on a couple of projects....

Here's my old clunker...got it at an auction for $3 a few years ago and it works perfectly...

I was so excited to get a sewing machine and not spend a lot of money..

because I might sew a few times each year...
but how hard can sewing some straight lines be?

Let me show you what I started with for this project...

I went shopping for a kitchen towel and matching potholder...

and got this Paula Dean set...the teapots and colors are cute...

And then because I'm never happy to buy just one of anything...
I got this set in red...love the salt n pepper shakers....

I took the towel and folded in in half...

you'll want to put the right sides together

which is opposite of this picture but I wanted to show you

to fold the towel in half the width of the towel and not the length...

Now it's time to get sewing, no pins needed...

sew a line about an inch from the middle of the towel on the biggest stitch your machine can sew...

possibly a basting stitch? not sure but you get the idea, right?

Make sure to leave plenty of thread on each end of where you sew for gathering later on...

Then sew another line on the other side of the middle of the towel.....

pretty easy!

then start pulling on the threads to gather so that the towel is as

wide as the potholder....

then you'll want to match things up so that the middle of the potholder

is in the middle of the stiching you just did....

this time you'll want to change the setting to a smaller stitch and sew it all together....
remove your basting stiches...

add a fun button and use the loop on the potholder to hang in from your stove...

and here's the other one I made...

super cute and fun to make...

I also did another sewing project which I'm half way done with...

I'll show that off next week...

Not to bad from someone who knows doesn't know much about sewing...

LOL

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Giveaway - Kiwi Lane

I'm super excited to be a part of this great giveaway from Kiwi Lane...

If you're like me...you can buy scrapbooking paper and know exactly

what you're going to do with it and then once you sit down to

make something...you experience fear or hesitation

that you were going to do isn't going to work out right....

 

Kiwi Lane has a great products to simply your scrapbooking process...
They offer a wide variety of designer templates to help you plan your pages and layouts before you cut any paper..

Simply pull out your background paper and start moving templates around...
this is the fun part...layer and layer..and layer all the different shapes and strips....
grab your pictures.....

and the end result will be amazing!

Let me show you more projects using Kiwi Lane designer templates...

This card is so special using various patterned paper, I can't imagine

who wouldn't love to receive this!

And by changing the paper and the pattern, your cards take on another

look perfect for any holiday...or for no reason at all...

The templates are perfect for making layouts...

I love all the bright papers and how they all work together

and bring out the personality of this cute puppy...

And the templates can make your layouts become more sophiscated
than you might realize...

Let me show you a couple of cards I made...

let me first say,  I struggle making cards and I was very impressed with myself...

I laid out the templates to my liking and then pulled out my 6 X 6 paper pads..

and in no time I made a card....

and I also jazzed up the inside....

This is pretty much the same layout as the other card but completely

different colors and pattern..

I added some distressing to this card and the yellow paper pops..

Then I made a card using October afternoon papers....

The best part about making these cards...
I layed out the templates to get the look I wanted and then
picked out my paper and these cards were made very quickly...

Now for the giveaway part..

Kiwi Lane Designs sent me two designer templates for one lucky person...

12" border set - Paisley Place - 6 templates in 3 sets...

 

 

and the Sweetheart Accessory Kit... 4 piece set...

The value of this giveaway is $30.90!

The designer templates are also perfect for wedding pictures...

aren't these pages so pretty?

And then to turn around and use them to make these darling baby pictures...

With Father's Day just around the corner...how about using the templates to make a card for that special Dad....

or make a scrapbook with pictures full of memories....

So here's what you need to do to enter this giveaway:

Six ways to enter....

1)Become a follower of Cherished Treasures and leave a comment...

2)Become a friend of Cherished Treasures on Facebook and leave a comment...

3)Become a friend of KiwiLane and leave a comment on their FB page that Cherished Treasures sent you over...
4)Leave a comment and tell me what you're going to make with the templates if you win..

5) Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post...

6) Post about this giveaway on Facebook and link back to this post...

The winner will be announced on Tuesday, June 5th...

Good luck everybody!

Sorry but this will be limited to the US!

May Altered Calendar Page

The month of May has just flown by, hasn't it?

Let me show you how the May calendar page looked like before I altered it...

The calendar was a kit I picked up at Michaels after Christmas on clearance...

now I could've just added a picture and call it good...

but I love to embellish things and this simply wouldn't do as it was...

This is how it really looked until this weekend...

I forgot about adding pictures and highlights from the month.....

We were lucky enough to spend lots of time with Macie this month and so there's lots of pictures of her...she loves my metal measuring spoons....and I got a special picture of my son Michael holding Macie too...

and of course more pictures of Macie playing with the measuring spoons...

she is growing up so fast...and I added some washi tape ....

I added several different colors of washi tape to highlight the rummage that we had....

Summer holidays tend to be patriotic and I wanted to add some red,white and blue things to the page..

It's hard to see, but the sticker on the 15th is a 6 - which means that Macie is now 6 months old...

And now the page for May is complete....

Thanks for stopping by...

On Tuesday I have a great giveaway, courtesy of Kiwi Lane that you won't want to miss...

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