There
have been quite a few things I have wanted to make that I thought would just
make life a little nicer but I kept putting them off. In fact, I have put some of these projects
off for years. In starting my big
Mission Project I am finding that there is no better time than the present to
get things done.
Project
#2 – Hanging Dish Towel
I buy
bathroom hand towels for my kitchen instead of the traditional dish
towels. They are thicker and more
absorbent and I think they last longer. They
also tend to be less expensive. I am
also not a fan of the fringy stuff on the bottom of a lot of dish towels.
Last
year I noticed one of my towels had a corner mysteriously go missing. Weird since the rest of the towel seemed
fine. I tucked it in the back of the
drawer and thought “I need to do something with it”. It seemed too nice a towel to put in the rag
basket.
Well, I
finally got out the towel and did something with it. I made a hanging dish towel for my stove out
of it and I love, love, love the results.
I also think this would make a great gift for someone and I made a few
for my Etsy store.
I cut
my towel in half, a little more than half for this particular project, and
using a pattern I downloaded off the internet, I cut some scrap fabric I had
and made the towel per the pattern instructions. I then embellished the bottom of the towel
with some ric rac and pom pom trim I had leftover from previous projects. All scraps I used up and a towel refurbished to
make this darling little towel to dress up my kitchen.
The remaining half was trimmed and zig zag stiched. Now it is ready for the rag bag.
Why did
I wait so long?
Project
#3 - Pan Pads
For
years I have used old dish towels to put between my non-stick pans so they
don’t scratch the surfaces when I stack them.
Smart idea but not very tidy or aesthetically pleasing, in my
opinion. I like things to function and
to look nice and neat as well.
I dug
into my plethora of fabric donations from my two friends this summer and found
exactly what I needed to make the pads I wanted to put in between my pans. I also think they would make great gifts for
someone.
I took
some quilted fabric and some coordinating flannel fabric and cut a square of
each 12 ½” X 12 ½”.
I sewed them
together leaving a three inch opening. I
then clipped the corners and turned them right sides out.
After pressing them I did a double straight
stitch top stitching along the edge to close up the opening and make it look
nice as well.
They
work great and I just love how they look.
Project
#4 - Drawer Liner
I also
made a pad to line the drawer under the stove.
I made it the same way I made the pan pads only larger, 18” X 24”. Nice and easy. Only took me about 20 minutes to cut it out,
sew it, press it and topstitch it.
I had also
been using a towel in there but it kept wadding up and then the pans were
sliding all over the drawer. Now it is
all clean, neat and organized in there.
My grandma and great grandma’s pans have some pretty swanky digs now and
once again I am very pleased with the results.
I must
admit. I am really having fun with all
of these little projects.
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