KitchenAid Mixer Cover

Rob had given my a gift certificate for Christmas to a fabric shop in town. I wanted to make one thing out with that money, so I looked and looked, and this is what I found. I used an idea from homemade by jill (a great blog I found recently). She has a link to about.com that shows how to create a mixer cover. Like here, I added a lining and a pocket. It was so easy and only took me part of an afternoon. I love this bright splash of color on my kitchen counter.

Here's an idea....

I have been wanting to make a quilt for our bed for a while now, but haven't gotten enough guts to pick out a patter, fabric, or even start for that matter. All I do is look online at all the beautiful pieces other people create and try to get inspired. Well, that isn't how things get done. But I found this great blog called thelongthread.com. She is an amazing quilter, seamstress, and over-all idea collector. And from her, I finally got an idea! She started doing something like this...



Using a bunch of scraps, she sewed a long piece of lines. Now she is making this...





I am now inspired! She said "sew now... figure out if you like it later." I think I will do that. We will see where it leads me.

Yikes!

A giveaway....

One of the blogs I follow is having a giveaway just in time for some Christmas shopping! (Oh a little something for yourself) Go over to brownpaper--packages.blogspot.com. She has a lot of cute ideas for crafting and decorating.

The giveaway is from The Pleated Poppy. It is a little shop that sells handmade checkbook covers, little pouches, and hair pieces. Here are some examples.