Tuesday, March 15, 2011

It's Tuesday!

And with that brings more painting in new house and more sewing!

I got a little sewing done over the weekend - some cute pot holders for the shop - I have never made one before and it was a new thing to bind a circle - easy, except for making it a continuous binding.  As I tell my students I'm still a newbie - always learning.  I'm very tickled how these turned out though.  The pattern is in the latest Quilt Magazine with a few free patterns with the fabric on their site (and lots of other free patterns):

  

I use to be an avid QNN.com watcher, but once they started charging yearly fees, I stopped.  One of my first and neatest notions I purchased based off of one of the early videos was this Brandy 9" Circle Template and the Brooklyn Revolver Rotary Mat on one side and a ironing mat on the other.  I don't use this too often, but I'm grateful that I own it to use it when I do need it:

I also received my Autumn Swap gift from Heidi, it's a wonderful tote and a zipper pouch - I LOVE them both!  And they are in use already!

More pictures later this week.

9 comments:

  1. Wonderful pot holders! Great bag and zipper pouch from Heidi.

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  2. I'm so glad you played along in OASS. Hope you enjoy your gifts!

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  3. I love the pot holders. How lucky you are receiving the matching tote and little bag. You will enjoy using them.

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  4. What a great swap gift! Awesome. The potholders are cute -- I've never made a round one.

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  5. You know, I think I'd like to have one of those rotating mats. Seems much better than walking around the table like I do now! Cute bag!

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  6. Toni, congratulations on the purchase of your new home. The potholders are adorable.

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  7. With out you telling i would never have guessed that these potholders were your first - they are really well done.

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  8. Your potholders turned out wonderfully!

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