Dish Drying Mats

I finished a bunch of dish drying mats for my sisters, sisters-in-law, and mother's birthdays this year.

These are made out of my fabric scraps and a dish towel.

I made a BUNCH of these at Christmas for all my neighbors/friends, and one for me. I use mine ALL THE TIME, every time I unload the dishwasher I set the drippy dishes on the towel.

I also use it as a hot pad for my larger pans, cake pans, etc.

Felt Flower Basket

My neighbor "re-gifted" this to me the other day, I filled it with goodies for Teacher Appreciation Week. I thought it was cute and would be pretty easy to replicate, so I took photo's for inspiration for all who want to look!

Weekend projects

I managed to complete a few projects that have been waiting patiently for me to work on them this weekend.

First we have Rainie's animal print coin purse, it is lined with the pink striped print it's sitting on.

Next we have Shellie's doughnut pincushion, the beads are a light green and the stitching is a sage green, kinda hard to see in the pic...

And last, we have one of the pillows from this post that my neighbor gave me, I made a cover out of a sweater she also gave me! The sweater was in great shape, and was a Calvin Klein, but the only time anyone I know is going to wear a big American Flag around would be in July, which is NOT sweater weather. So now I have a cool patriotic pillow for my front room!