#TBT - A quick project to add to your Father's Day Gifts!

Quick & Easy Hot Pads - Find the Tutorial HERE

These Quick & Easy Hot Pads will make a perfect addition to the XL Oven Mitt shared last week!

#TBT - A quick & useful Father's Day Gift....with FREE Pattern!

Father's Day is JUST around the corner! As in, 10 days away.

No worries, I've got you covered with a perfectly useful gift for all those awesome BBQ Kings! :)

Find the Downloadable Pattern & Tutorial HERE!

Happy Sewing!

Easy - Panel Hot Pads Tutorial

When focused on productivity, I love the opportunity to simplify and get more done in the amount of time I have. This tutorial shares a perfect way to make some super cute Hot Pads using a fabric panel that will produce a PILE in a hurry! Gotta love that!

Start by carefully cutting your blocks from our panel.

Also cut a backing and 2 layers of insulated fleece for each hot pad, using your block as a guide.

You could alternatively use only 1 layer of the insulated fleece and 1 layer of batting.

 Layer your stack... panel, fleece, fleece, backing.  

Pin your layers. Stitch or quilt the layers together as desired. This is easiest when using a Walking Foot or Even Feed Foot to help prevent bunching and sliding of your layers. 

 Trim the edges of your now quilted pad evenly.

 Either using your own handmade or pre-made bias tape, pin the bias binding around the edge of your hot pad, leaving a little extra overlap where they two ends meet. 

Stitch your binding in place, turning the raw edge in at the end.   

If you have any extra small pieces of binding, you can use them to add a hanger to the backside of your Hot Pad.

There you have it! 

A quick and easy way to have a stack of adorable and unique handmade hot pads in no time!

There's plenty of time to participate in our March Project and I invite you to join in!
Feel great about giving back while doing something you love....while encouraging those that are serving others at the same time!

Oh!!! And if you could use supplies to help you with your sewing for this month's project, this is the last day to enter our giveaway for a bundle that includes one of the panels pictured, a package of insul-fleece and some extra fabrics for backing. Enter here! 

March 2013 - Monthly Project Announcement

OH YEAH!!!

It's time to kick off another fabulous sewing project designed especially with the purpose of giving back to a group of the most giving people I know of!

This month we will be sewing for the people in our community that serve others regularly. More specifically, those that prepare and provide meals. This is one of those months that I'd like to encourage you to look within your own communities for an opportunity to give back. Is there a local church or community group that regularly provides meals for those in need? Does your community have a meal delivery service? A Food Pantry? Take a moment to consider who is feeding those in need around you. 

Perhaps your town/city has a Meals On Wheels program to help provide meals to Senior Citizens in their homes? Visit the Meals On Wheels Association of America here to see. 

Or maybe Mobile Meals is active in your community? Simply web search "Mobile Meals" + the name of your city to find out. 

We are going to be sewing to serve those that serve this month!

What are we sewing?

Aprons

Oven Mitts

Hot Pads

Any type of kitchen accessory that can be handmade!

Don't have anywhere local to donate? Then you can of course send your items to me. I would be happy to include yours in my box! I will be donating my items locally, to The Love Kitchen.

This incredible kitchen began in 1986. 

It was, and continues to be a labor of love of two beautiful sisters, Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner. You can read more about this warm and generous women here. They are actually famous now! :) 

Currently, this amazing outreach is serving more than 2,000 meals a week in our community. Their volunteer-run kitchen is overflowing with people giving their time, energy and resources to help those around them. I want to encourage them in their work! I want to remind them how very important what they are doing is! I want them to be dressed in beautiful aprons, wearing and using beautiful handmade accessories while they are busy cooking up their love-filled dishes! 

Will you join me???

I've created a Pinterest album full of all kinds of kitchen-y goodness! Links to free tutorials and patterns to help inspire and guide us as we sew. Find it here, Kitchen Wearables & Accessories.

As you sew, I invite you to share what you've made and where you will be donating it in our March Project album here. 

I have all kinds of fun planned for the month and can't wait to share it with you!

If you have any questions or wish to mail your completed items to me, just email me. 

Love to have you grab our "Order Up!" badge and add it to your blog or website to help spread the word! Looking forward to sewing with you this month as we serve those who serve.

Ready....Set.....