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Pot Holders

Cut your fabric to size. Turn each end under 1/4" twice, creating a hem on each end. Fold the whole piece in half and mark the center. Lay it flat and bring the ends to the center mark, with the right sides together. Make 1/2" seams on both sides. Turn right side out.

Cut the pieces of blanket or quilted scraps into 6" squares. Sew several layers together, around all edges and from corner to corner, creating an X in the middle.

Fill one end if your fabric pouch with the padding. Fold the other end of of the pouch over the stuffed end. You even have a place to slip your hand in when a mit would be the safest thing to use.

Vary the size to create the size you want.

Craft Tools and Paint Brush Holder

Turn under one long edge of the fabric by folding it under 1/2" twice and stitching it down. Measure and mark 4" from the hemed edge. Fold unhemed edge down -right sides together to your 4" mark. Sew a 1/2" sem and turn so the right sides of the fabric are out.

Fold hemed edge up in your 4" mark with the right sides of the fabric together. Make a seam by sewing as close to the turned in seam as possible. Turn so the right sides of the fabric are out. You will have a long open pocket

Sew the elastic horizontly up from pocket at 2" intervals using 2 strips. Make vertical stitch lines at 1/2 to 3/4" intervals, creating small pockets for your brushes.

Sachets - Easy for a Beginer

Sew the trim on to both 4" ends of the fabric. Fold the fabric in half with the wrong sides together, lining up the lace ends. Make a narrow seam down both edges.Turn so right sides are out.

Loosely fill pouch with pouppori, leaving room at the top to tie closed with a piece of ribbon. Get creative if you like and add extra loops to the bow. Glue or stitch on a one or two rbbon roses.

One year the kids went nuts making these and I ran out of pouporri. My solution --- I let them use some of the old pouporri from the bowls in the house but it had lost its "zip". I dug out the avon samples, and they added a perfume pad to the ones that needed "zip".

Sachets -As Ornaments and Gift Tags

Cut a circle or heart shape out of both the lace and fabric. If you have a sewing machine with embrodery capabilities use stabilizer and sew a name and date in the fabric piece. If you don't have the machine capabilities,and your into cross stitch, make a design on the fabric before you put it together or use fabric paint when your all done.

With the wrong sides together, stitch the fabric and lace together, leaving an opening to loosly fill with pouporri. Fill with pouporri and stitch closed. Zigzag or serge (3 thread, narrow) around the edge. Sew lace around the edges on both sides.

Make a loop from the piece of ribbon and tack it to the top of your sachet. Make two small bows out of the rest of the ribbon. Attach one to each side of the top hiding where you attached the loop. Attach a ribbon rose to the center of each bow.

Kids Pajamas

Instead of buying a pajama pattern... Use a sweat suit pattern. I've even used ribbing at the waist when I discovered I was out of elastic.

A Use for Those Serger Shavings!

Soft Sculpture Snowman

Find a length of stocking about 6" long that doesent have a run in it. Make a running stitch around the edge. Pull the thread to close the end and stitch it closed. Turn the stocking so the end is inside. Stuff with Poly fill to form a ball. Make another row of running stitch at the top and tuck the ends in as you pul it closed. Knot off well. Roll the ball to form a plump cylinder. Thread a needle with a long doubled thread leaving a tail after your knot. Make a running stitch around the cylinder to divide him into three balls. Pull the tread tight and wrap around your stiching line,tie off by using the tail and extra thread.

Thread another needle. Go down through the top to where you want the eyes. Attach a button or bead and go back up through the top. Pull the thread until the eyes is slightly indented. Repeat for the second eye. Go in again to make a dent for a carrot nose by just making a small stitch and pulling the same way you did for the eyes.

Using a small scrap of orange felt, create a carrot, by rolling a triangle to form a cone. Attach with glue.

Make a scarf out of scraps. Wrap around under the top "ball" and glue where it overlaps. Glue a hat on top.

Make a couple and use them for a center piece with a piece of batting and pine greens for a base.